knowledge of God, he could not be kept from within the veil, and he saw Jesus, who spoke directly to him, face to face.
The Lord said to Jared's brother,
- "You will not allow what you have seen and heard to go to the world until the time comes when I will glorify my name in the flesh. When you come to me, you will make a record of what you have seen and heard and seal it up so that no one can interpret it, for you will engrave your record in an unknown language.
- I will give you these two stones to seal up with your plates. The language that you will engrave has been confused, and in my own due time these stones will allow your engravings to be translated.”
After saying this, the Lord showed Jared's brother all the inhabitants of the earth who had lived, and who would yet live.
The Lord did not hold back anything that would happen from his sight. The Lord did this because He had said to Jared's brother, "If you believe in me, I can show you all things."
Jared's brother knew the Lord could show him all things, and so the Lord could not withhold anything from him.
The Lord said to Jared's brother, "Engrave these things on plates, then seal the plates along with the two stones, and do not show them to anyone. In my own due time, I will show them to all people."
More to come to the sanctified...
(compare Ether, chapter 4)
The Lord commanded Jared's brother to go down the mountain, away from His presence, and engrave the things he had seen--
