***Because of the Standard works it has given me a greater understanding of the Bible.
Ezek 37 (The stick of Judah (Bible) and the stick of Joseph (Book of Mormon) become one in the Lords handIsrael shall be gathered and cleansedThe Messiah shall reign over themThey shall receive the everlasting gospel covenant.)***
It might be a good idea to see what the Bible says about this verse.
As you can see it has NOTHING to do with the Book of Mormon. It is the rejoining of the northern tribes (Ephriam) with the southern tribes (Judah) into ONE NATION.
Eze 37:15 ¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Eze 37:16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:
Eze 37:17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
Eze 37:18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou [meanest] by these?
Eze 37:19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
Eze 37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
Eze 37:21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
Eze 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
The Book of Mormon is about the descendants of Ephraim and Menasseh.
She don't care: that's YOUR 'opinion' or YOUR 'interpretation'.
Headquarters has FULLY convinced her it reads the way THEY say it does.
"This comes out only by prayer and fasting."