WEEK  # 47

THE  GATHERING  OF  ISRAEL

" He who scattered Israel has promised to gather them."  (Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 195).

Questions and Activities

• What were the significant events that lead to the scattering of Israel?
• What is spiritual bondage?
• By what means has the Lord promised to gather his people from spiritual bondage in the last days?  What will be the major gathering places?  What is the significance of being "fishers of men"?  (See Jeremiah 16;16;  Matthew 4:19.)
• What does temple work have to do with the gathering of Israel?
• Why is the restoration of the gospel essential to the gathering of Israel?
• What responsibilities for scattered Israel has the Lord placed on you?

Topical Guide

Bondage, Spiritual

Graff, Graft

Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands

Israel, Deliverance of

Israel, Gathering of 

Israel, Remnant of 

Israel, Restoration of 

Scriptures

I Nephi 15:12-20

2 Nephi 15

Jacob 5

3 Nephi 15:17-24;  16:4-20;  21

D&C 110:11;  133:17-35

Isaiah 5, 54

Jeremiah 16

Ezekiel 34

Micah 4

Zechariah 10

Romans 11

Articles of Faith 1:10

Bible Dictionary

Adoption

Israel, Kingdom of

Joseph, Son of Rachel

Other Sources

Gospel Principles, chapter 42

A Marvelous Work and  a Wonder, chapters 15-16

The Articles of Faith,  chapters 17-18