Please help me reconcile a couple things. Thank you in advance for your patience.

[CV75]

6 hours ago, teddyaware said:

The doctrine of Christian nationalism, in its truest and unalloyed form, is a major theme throughout the Book of Mormon. Simply stated, the doctrine is that the American promised land, the covenant land of promise now inhabited by the gentiles whom Nephi beheld in his great vision, are under a most solemn covenantal obligation to come unto Christ in humility and repentance, and serve him in righteousness, or be swept off this land of promise after their rejection and rebellion against Christ inevitably causes them to ripen in iniquity and be swept off the land. This solemn obligation to receive, honor and obey Christ was ultimately rebelled against and utterly rejected by two great previous civilizations who once inhabited the American promised land, and true to his word God affirmed his solemn decree by utterly destroying them. That’s what the Book of Mormon teaches us, and as sure shooting, if the Book of Mormon is true, those who reject Christ and rebel against him in our day will face the same fate suffered by the Jaredites and Nephites. There’s no secret about it, and pretending this most solemn divine decree doesn’t apply in our day will reap the whirlwind. Who can deny that the following verses of from the Book of Mormon clearly validate and confirm everything I’ve just said? Only the blind and/or willfully rebellious can deny these sacred things!

7 And the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people. Read and weep!

8 And he had sworn in his wrath unto the brother of Jared, that whoso should possess this land of promise, from that time henceforth and forever, should serve him, the true and only God, or they should be swept off when the fulness of his wrath should come upon them.

9 And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, that it is a land of promise; and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve God, or they shall be swept off when the fulness of his wrath shall come upon them. And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are ripened in iniquity.

10 For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands; wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off; for it is the everlasting decree of God. And it is not until the fulness of iniquity among the children of the land, that they are swept off.

11 And this cometh unto you, O ye Gentiles, that ye may know the decrees of God—that ye may repent, and not continue in your iniquities until the fulness come, that ye may not bring down the fulness of the wrath of God upon you as the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done.

12 Behold, this is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ, who hath been manifested by the things which we have written.

So here’s the question. Is it wrong for Latter-Day Saints to teach that this nation must turn unto Christ if it’s going to have a chance of being preserved, or do modern notions of humanism, pluralism and political correctness somehow make the above unalterable divine decree on this land of promise of no effect?

 

Teaching that this nation must turn unto Christ if it’s going to have a chance of being preserved is not nationalism / Christian nationalism. D&C describes how we must teach the gospel and deal with those who oppose it. 

It takes a lot more than inhabiting a land to constitute a nation. Like priesthood, Amen to the nation that exercises unrighteous dominion, and the Lord will replace it with another nation, His covenant people. This is what and why we teach what we do.

[The Nehor]

6 hours ago, Peacefully said:

I know this has already been said but it bears repeating. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will not be the favored church under Christian Nationalism. We are still not considered Christian by some evangelicals. Would we be allowed to practice openly? Would we be allowed to keep our temples? Do you want to take that chance? 

Many members are incredibly naive and don’t recognize that in this movement they are ‘useful idiots’ and not ‘full citizens of the movement’.