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       come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast; for were

       it not so ye could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more

       than this?

      Ether 3:10

       10 And he answered: Nay; Lord, show thyself unto me.

      Ether 3:11

       11 And the Lord said unto him: Believest thou the words which I

       shall speak?

      Ether 3:12

       12 And he answered: Yea, Lord, I know that thou speakest the

       truth, for thou art a God of truth, and canst not lie.

      Ether 3:13

       13 And when he had said these words, behold, the Lord showed

       himself unto him, and said: Because thou knowest these things ye

       are redeemed from the fall; therefore ye are brought back into my

       presence; therefore I show myself unto you.

      Ether 3:14

       14 Behold, I am he who was prepared from the foundation of the

       world to redeem my people. Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the

       Father and the Son. In me shall all mankind have life, and that

       eternally, even they who shall believe on my name; and they shall

       become my sons and my daughters.

      Ether 3:15

       15 And never have I showed myself unto man whom I have created,

       for never has man believed in me as thou hast. Seest thou that

       ye are created after mine own image? Yea, even all men were

       created in the beginning after mine own image.

      Ether 3:16

       16 Behold, this body, which ye now behold, is the body of my

       spirit; and man have I created after the body of my spirit; and

       even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit will I appear unto

       my people in the flesh.

      Ether 3:17

       17 And now, as I, Moroni, said I could not make a full account

       of these things which are written therefore it sufficeth me to

       say that Jesus showed himself unto this man in the spirit, even

       after the manner and in the likeness of the same body even as he

       showed himself unto the Nephites.

      Ether 3:18

       18 And he ministered unto him even as he ministered unto the

       Nephites; and all this, that this man might know that he was God,

       because of the many great works which the Lord had showed unto

       him.

      Ether 3:19

       19 And because of the knowledge of this man he could not be kept

       from beholding within the veil; and he saw the finger of Jesus,

       which, when he saw, he fell with fear; for he knew that it was

       the finger of the Lord; and he had faith no longer, for he knew,

       nothing doubting.

      Ether 3:20

       20 Wherefore, having this perfect knowledge of God, he could not

       be kept from within the veil; therefore he saw Jesus; and he did

       minister unto him.

      Ether 3:21

       21 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto the brother of

       Jared: Behold, thou shalt not suffer these things which ye have

       seen and heard to go forth unto the world, until the time cometh

       that I shall glorify my name in the flesh; wherefore, ye shall

       treasure up the things which ye have seen and heard, and show it

       to no man.

      Ether 3:22

       22 And behold, when ye shall come unto me, ye shall write them

       and shall seal them up, that no one can interpret them; for ye

       shall write them in a language that they cannot be read.

      Ether 3:23

       23 And behold, these two stones will I give unto thee, and ye

       shall seal them up also with the things which ye shall write.

      Ether 3:24

       24 For behold, the language which ye shall write I have

       confounded; wherefore I will cause in my own due time that these

       stones shall magnify to the eyes of men these things which ye

       shall write.

      Ether 3:25

       25 And when the Lord had said these words, he showed unto the

       brother of Jared all the inhabitants of the earth which had been,

       and also all that would be; and he withheld them not from his

       sight, even unto the ends of the earth.

      Ether 3:26

       26 For he had said unto him in times before, that if he would

       believe in him that he could show unto him all things—it should

       be shown unto him; therefore the Lord could not withhold anything

       from him, for he knew that the Lord could show him all things.

      Ether 3:27

       27 And the Lord said unto him: Write these things and seal them

       up; and I will show them in mine own due time unto the children

       of men.

      Ether 3:28

       28 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that he

       should seal up the two stones which he had received, and show

       them not, until the Lord should show them unto the children of

       men.

      Ether 4 Chapter 4

      Ether 4:1

       1 And the Lord commanded the brother of Jared to go down out of

       the mount from the presence of the Lord, and write the things

       which he had seen; and they were forbidden to come unto the

       children of men until after that he should be lifted up upon the

       cross; and for this cause did king Mosiah keep them, that they

       should not come unto the world until after Christ should show

       himself unto his people.

      Ether 4:2

       2 And after Christ truly had showed himself unto his people he

       commanded that they should be made manifest.

      Ether 4:3

       3 And now, after that, they have all dwindled in unbelief; and

       there is none save it be the Lamanites, and they have rejected

       the gospel of Christ; therefore I am commanded that I should hide

       them up again in the earth.

      Ether 4:4

       4 Behold, I have written upon these plates the very things which

       the brother of Jared saw; and there never were greater things

       made manifest than those which were