“Whatsoever Nation Shall Possess It Shall Serve God or They Shall Be Swept Off”

Brant Gardner

Moroni attaches the promise to the land, not the people. Therefore, it becomes a land of promise to all who might inhabit it, and the inherent promise of the land becomes the potential covenant of all who live on it. The blessing of the promise will apply to “whatsoever nation shall possess it,” but so will the promise that if that nation should turn from God, that it shall be “swept away.”

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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