Thirty-Two (1837)they “may be brought to a knowledge of me, their Redeemer.”^13 Christ then explained to the
twelve that “the truth [would] come unto the Gentiles, that the fullness of these things
[would] be made known unto them.”^14
Christ continued with an important warning that most LDS/Mormons completely
disregard upon reading the complete text of the story. First, he specifically described what the
European whites (the Gentiles) would do in decimating and “scatter[ing] my people”^15 (the
Native Americans). He continued by declaring that even though they would do this, “the
mercies of the Father unto the Gentiles”^16 would still give them (“my people,” the Native
Americans) the “fullness of my gospel.”^17 Then, the part that LDS/Mormon readers miss, or
rather, do not want to consider, is this:
And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you: At that day
when the Gentiles [LDS/Mormons] shall sin against my gospel, and shall
reject the fullness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their
hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth...behold,
saith the Father, I will bring the fullness of my gospel from among them.^18In other words, he would take the true gospel away from them and give them a church and
religion and the desires of their heart.
What the account does not relate, because Mormon was not allowed to give
“even a hundredth part of the things which Jesus truly taught the people,”^19 was that
Christ counseled the twelve to teach the people “nothing varying from the words which
[he] had spoken.”^20 He warned the twelve that if they allowed anything to be taught or
considered that was not part of the “fullness of the everlasting Gospel” that he had just
delivered to them, then the people for whom they were responsible would do as the
Gentiles would one day do. In this, both groups would “sin against my gospel,
and...reject the fulness of my gospel, and...be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above
all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth.”^21 Only to the twelve did he
explain that if the people wanted a religion, he would be forced to give them one so that
they might stumble. He explained many other things to his disciples that were never
written or recorded and which Mormon was not allowed to include in his record.
Christ then “looked round about again on the multitude” and said, “I perceive that ye
are weak, that ye cannot understand all my words which I am commanded of the Father to
speak unto you at this time.”^22 He told them he had to go teach the same things to other
groups of people living in “other parts of the world.”^23 But the people, being “weak” and not
understanding what Christ and his gospel was all about, begged him to stay. Jesus “groan[ed]
within himself”^24 because of the wickedness of the people in not understanding that they
needed to do nothing more than follow the commandments that he had given to them. He
knew that people had already begun to “look beyond the mark.”
Had the people understood what Christ taught them, he would have left
everything in the hands of the twelve he had chosen to continue his teachings (“nothing
varying”) and been on his way. It wasn’t his desire or intention to do anything more
among the people, except to “deliver unto them the fullness of the everlasting Gospel.”^25
But he perceived their weakness and lack of understanding; therefore because “[his]
bowels [were] filled with compassion towards [them],”^26 he stayed around and gave
them what they wanted.