Enos 1:26-27

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Enos 1Â*

26 And I saw that I must soon go down to my grave, having been wrought upon by the power of God that I must preach and prophesy unto this people, and declare the word according to the truth which is in Christ. And I have declared it in all my days, and have rejoiced in it above that of the world.

27 And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my Redeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest. And I rejoice in the day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand before him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me: Come unto me, ye blessed, there is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father. Amen.

Quotes for Discussion

See his face with pleasure

Peace in this world always comes after the receiver has done the works of righteousness. Enos…had…demonstrated, by good works…faith in Christ before the reward came. This is the way peace comes in this world. It can be obtained in no other way. The promised peace…emanates from Christ. He is the source of it. His spirit is the essence of it.

Hugh B. Brown, in Conference Report, April 1967, 82

It was one hundred and eighty years since Lehi and his people left Jerusalem. Three generations of Lehi’s family were now history: Lehi, Nephi and Jacob, and Enos. All of these great men were stalwart leaders for Christ. Each seems to have received the Second Comforter or made their calling and election sure. The Prophet Joseph described the Second Comforter:

The other Comforter spoken of is a subject of great interest, and perhaps understood by few of this generation. After a person has faith in Christ, repents of his sins, and is baptized for the remission of his sins and receives the Holy Ghost, (by the laying on of hands), which is the first Comforter, then let him continue to humble himself before God, hungering and thirsting after righteousness, and living by every word of God, and the Lord will soon say unto him, Son, thou shalt be exalted. When the Lord has thoroughly proved him, and finds that the man is determined to serve him at all hazards, then the man will find his calling and his election made sure, then it will be his privilege to receive the other Comforter, which the Lord has promised his Saints, as is recorded in the testimony of St. John, in the 14th chapter, from the 12th to the 27th verses.

Note verses 16, 17, 18, 21 and 23:

16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

17 [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Now what is this other Comforter? It is no more nor less than the Lord Jesus Christ himself; and this is the sum and substance of the whole matter, that when any man obtains this last Comforter, he will have the personage of Jesus Christ to attend him, or appear unto him from time to time, and even he will manifest the Father unto him, and they will take up their abode with him, and the visions of the heavens will be opened unto him, and the Lord will teach him face to face, and he may have a perfect knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God; and this is the state and place the ancient Saints arrived at when they had such glorious visions—Isaiah, Ezekiel, John on the Isle of Patmos, St. Paul in the three heavens, and all the Saints who held communion with the general assembly and Church of the First born. [TPJS, 150-51]

Monte S. Nyman, The Records are True, p. 130-132

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27 it what we are always wanting for always to one day be with god but when we get with him we will only rest cause we are at peace with him and he is with us too