The faithful on the continent of America will also stand in their proper place

Author- John Taylor

“Adam, Seth, Enoch, and the faithful who lived before the flood, will possess their proper inheritance. Noah and Melchizedek will stand in their proper places. Abraham, with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise, will come forward at the head of innumerable multitudes, and possess that land which God gave unto them for an everlasting inheritance. The faithful on the continent of America will also stand in their proper place; but, as this will be the time of the restitution of all things, and all things will not be fully restored at once, there will be a distinction between the resurrected bodies and those that have not been resurrected; and, as the scriptures say that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption; and although the world will enjoy just laws — an equitable administration, and universal peace and happiness prevail as the result of this righteousness; yet, there will be a peculiar habitation for

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resurrected bodies. This habitation may be compared to paradise, whence man, in the beginning, was driven. The Gospel Kingdom:

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