Promised Lands

     Promised lands are holy - for they are sacred places of righteousness and freedom - places to raise children in liberty, free to teach and practice worship to the Lord, free from confounding of true principles. All that is required to have these blessings, these tender mercies is obedience and faith to the Lord. It is a place to build Zion/New Jerusalem - to fulfill prophecies of the scattered people being reunited in the Lord. If you become lost, or a stranger in the land without land of your own - you may always repent and be returned to land. Promised lands are so sacred, that they are on par with being promised seed/posterity/children(to be like God) and if you remain faithful, you will keep your land in the eternities.

*Gen 12:1,7,13:14-17,15:7,18,17:8,24:7, Abr 2:19, Gen 26:3, 28:13(35:12, 48:4), 48:21, 50:24, Ex 20:12, 32:13, Deut 1:8, Deut 34:1-4, Josh 21:43, 1 Chron 16:18, Psalms 105:11, Acts 7:5, 3 Ne 20:14 - The Lord covenants to give seed and land and land to seed. Land is as great a promise as children/posterity.

*Num 27:12 - When children of Israel wer disobedient they were lost, without land. Once they obey, they get land (Num 34:1-12)

*Heb 11:9 - By faith, you can sojourn in the land of promise

*1 Ne 2:20, 7:13, 18:23, Ether 13:2, 2 Nephi 3:2 - must be obedient, faithful to keep land of promise

*1 Ne 5:5 - Lehi rejoices in(for)promised land, 12:1, 13:14 - multiplied land of promise

*1 Ne 10:13 - Led to the promised land to fulfill prophesy of being "scattered"

*1 Ne 13:30 - This promised land is choicest above all others - must be righteous to be in it. - Ether 1:42, 10:28, 13:2, 2:7

*1 Ne 14:2 - promises that come with land - blessings, fruitful, no captivity, no confounding

*2 Ne 1:5-7 - No one comes to the land of promise unless led by the Lord and as long as they are obedient they will always have it and freedom and liberty - 2 Ne 10:11, Ether 2:7

****D&C 38:20 - If you've been promised land as an inheritance, it is also yours in eternity

*2 Ne 9:2 - When you repent(Jesus), you are restored to your lands of promise

*Jacob 2:12 - precious ores within promised land

*Ether 6:12 - Being led to promised land is tender mercy, much cause for rejoicing

*Ether 13:8 - New Jerusalem to be built in land of promise

*D&C 103:11, 109:64 - The scattered people will return to their promised lands and build up Zion

*Abr 1:16 - Lord had to remove Abraham to a "strange" land because of the disobedience of the people, the Lord will take to the safety of a promised land if you are obedient