We now continue with part two of Dr. N. Covenant section 63 with Dr. Lynn Wilson.

Verse 31, I counted up dozens of times where the Lord commands His people,

I do not want you to kill. If you're shedding blood, that is Satan's plan.

And that is not my way. In fact, in section 98, there were ten times, the Lord says,

I don't want you to fight. I want you to proclaim peace. Then in section 103, we are people of peace,

in section 105, in section 57, in section, and here it is beautifully in verse 31 of section 63.

You are forbidden to shed blood. The gift of life is the Lord's to give and the Lord's to take away,

and let us never interfere with either of those. I feel like the Lord has already set them up.

If they would have followed His counsel, when you talked about the land of Zion, do you remember back up in

verse 24, He says, don't come too fast. I don't want any confusion. I don't want any pestilence.

And we don't want to overwhelm the locals. Just do this in an orderly fashion.

If we would have followed that one thing, it might have helped.

And we meaning the bodies of the church, I don't know. And then of course, as He comes down here, He's saying,

when you're working with your neighbors, don't be angry with them. And these poor saints are so excited

to get there. They're saying things like, oh, we're going to take over this whole area. This

can be a new Jerusalem. We're getting rid of all your houses of ill-reputed. We're getting rid of

all your money making. The Lord's going to change this. We're taken over. That just didn't bite too

well. Let alone the differences on their religious feelings. But economically, they really made some

enemies. And their political feelings, I mean, everything is opposite. You mentioned there about

the shedding of blood. And you made a statement about, don't, you know, that's the Lord's territory.

That's interesting because just what a few verses earlier, he had talked about adultery, which is

giving the life, which is also the Lord's territory. I remember Elder Holland talking about that.

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