The wonderful cohesiveness of Mormon scriptures with the words of Isaiah here appears on a level we may not have guessed, showing how much more these scriptures are intertwined than we may have supposed, the one forming a key to understanding the other. For the endtime Ephraimites who had assimilated into the Gentiles - who are identified as "the Gentiles" or "fullness of the Gentiles" - applying Isaiah's covenant theology to their birthright role of restoring the house of Israel divides the righteous from the wicked.
The wonderful cohesiveness of Mormon scriptures with the words of Isaiah here appears on a level we may not have guessed, showing how much more these scriptures are intertwined than we may have supposed, the one forming a key to understanding the other. For the endtime Ephraimites who had assimilated into the Gentiles - who are identified as "the Gentiles" or "fullness of the Gentiles" - applying Isaiah's covenant theology to their birthright role of restoring the house of Israel divides the righteous from the wicked.
