“A Work Which Shall Be Everlasting”
The new and everlasting covenant is the fulness of the gospel, the aggregate of all covenants and obligations which lead to salvation (see D&C 1:22; D&C 39:11; D&C 45:9; D&C 49:9; D&C 66:2; D&C 133:57; Doctrines of Salvation 1:156). “The gospel is the everlasting covenant because it is ordained by him who is Everlasting and also because it is everlastingly the same. In all past ages salvation was gained by adherence to its terms and conditions, and that same compliance will bring the same reward in all future ages. Each time this everlasting covenant is revealed it is new to those of that dispensation. Hence the gospel is the new and everlasting covenant” (Mormon Doctrine , pp. 529-30; italics in original.) The angel instructed Nephi that one accepts or rejects the message of the Restoration at the peril of his own salvation.
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