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The Allegory of the Olive Trees explains the redemption of the lord's covenant people and the establishment of Zion

Allegory of the Olive Tree & Return of the Servants

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The mysterious allegory of the olive trees in Jacob 5 can be tough to understand. If one is familiar with the end-time prophecies of Nephi, Isaiah, Jesus and Joseph Smith it begins to make more sense. The servant counsels with the Lord about how to produce good fruit: saved souls who partake of the tree of life. Their plans include the reestablishment of the everlasting covenant, and the fulfillment of God’s promises to the fathers. Zion will come again by power.

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Isaiah's Terebinth Tree & Salt That Loses Its Savor

Isaiah’s Terebinth Tree & Salt That Loses Its Savor

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In the last days, only a portion of those who have entered into the Everlasting Covenant will endure to the end and avoid destruction, the rest having become “salt that has lost its savor.” Isaiah’s metaphors speak of a terebinth tree being cut down, only to regrow again from its tenacious root stock. Those that prove true and faithful (the 10% of the 10%) will dwell in the New Jerusalem and receive their reward.

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Isaiahs Song of the Lord's Vineyard

Isaiah’s Song of the Lord’s Vineyard Understood

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Isaiah saw the symbols of the house of Israel in the metaphor of the “vineyard in a very fruitful hill.” When the vineyard produced wild fruit, he declares “I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard” explaining the apostasy that occurs when the Lord of the vineyard starves the vineyard of nurture, care, weeding and rain. The parallels to the last days are compared in the parable of the redemption of Zion.

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