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 Then the Father of the vineyard sent His Son, who gave other servants power to preach and cleanse. These servants were few when compared to the hosts of the wicked.

The Father said to them, "Go and labor in my earth with all your might, mind and strength because this is the last time I will work in my earth, for the end is near.

If you labor mightily with me, you will have joy in the fruit that I will preserve to myself against the day of judgment, which soon comes.”

Then the servants labored with their might, obeying all the commandments of the Father, who labored with them.

The natural, good fruit grew again in the earth. The servants did as they were commanded, keeping the spiritual roots and the governing tops of the trees in balance.


 * Note: This balance is between the Lord's word and His law, which will go out from Zion (the old and new Jerusalems ( 2 Nephi 12:3 ).

They did this by destroying only part of the wicked at a time, allowing the natural branches to grow in their place.

The servants labored with all diligence, according to the Father's commandments, until all the wicked had been swept off the earth and the Father had preserved to Himself the natural fruit.

Now all of Israel's house had become unified in love, as one body, and were all equal. The Father of the vineyard had preserved to Himself the natural fruit (His righteous children) which had been most precious to Him from the beginning.

When the Father of the vineyard saw that His fruit was good, and that all the corrupt had been destroyed, He called up all His servants and said to them,