Today I read Joshua 21 where the Levites are given cities to live in. Also in this chapter the Lord fulfills all His promises to the Israelites. This is by far the more important part of the chapter. Joseph Smith said that in order to have faith in Heavenly Father, we must first have a correct understanding of His character. This chapter helps lay out part of that character. It is important to know that God will always fulfill His promises to man. We need to understand that if God says something will come to pass, it will unless the requirements He sets forth are met, such as repenting, or He rescinds what He has spoken.
Mankind can avoid the bad things that God says will happen by repenting of their sins. God always gives the people a way to avoid it. Such as the case of the city of Nineveh and the prophet Jonah. When Jonah preached his message to the people of Nineveh, they repented and the city was spared. This happened at times with the Nephites also in the Book of Mormon. When they were getting too wicked, Alma or another prophet would preach the word of God and the people would repent, or in the case of Ammonihah, cast out the righteous among them and so the destruction that God promised, came to pass. God cannot say an untrue word otherwise He would cease to be God. That will never happen so we know that if He says it, you can count on it happening. That's comforting to me to know that we can rely on Him no matter what! Until tomorrow.
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