#142: “The Justice of an Offended God”

34 And wo be unto him that will not hearken unto the words of Jesus, and also to them whom he hath chosen and sent among them; for whoso receiveth not the words of Jesus and the words of those whom he hath sent receiveth not him; and therefore he will not receive them at the last day;
35 And it would be better for them if they had not been born. For do ye suppose that ye can get rid of the justice of an offended God, who hath been trampled under feet of men, that thereby salvation might come?

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Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 28:34-35

#141: Mayday!: Scam Losses

For the next year, Mayday will periodically feature headlines that witness to the scriptural lamentation of the nature of men and women without conscience. We lose when we fail to discern the true and dual nature of mankind.

Albertans lost $5.4 million to scam calls last year, anti-fraud centre data says: Consultant said scammers are getting a lot better at picking their targets*

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*CBC: Jade Markus · CBC News · Posted: Mar 04, 2023 at https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-scam-calls-data-1.6767492?cmp=newsletter_CBC%20Calgary_1652_924196

#140: Mayday!: The Grandchild in Distress Scam

For the next year, Mayday will periodically feature headlines that witness to the scriptural lamentation of the nature of man without conscience.

How scammers likely used artificial intelligence to con Newfoundland seniors out of $200K: Vocal cloning software is cheap and effective, warns computer security expert*

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Ryan Cooke · CBC News · Posted: Mar 22, 2023
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ai-vocal-cloning-grandparent-scam-1.6777106

#139: Warning - “In the Great and Last Day”

23 Therefore, blessed are they who will repent and hearken unto the voice of the Lord their God; for these are they that shall be saved.
24 And may God grant, in his great fulness, that men might be brought unto repentance and good works, that they might be restored unto grace for grace, according to their works.
25 And I would that all men might be saved. But we read that in the great and last day there are some who shall be cast out, yea, who shall be cast off from the presence of the Lord;
26 Yea, who shall be consigned to a state of endless misery, fulfilling the words which say: They that have done good shall have everlasting life; and they that have done evil shall have everlasting damnation. And thus it is. Amen.

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Book of Mormon | Helaman 12:23-26

#138: The Real World: Breach of Trust

For the next year, Mayday will periodically feature headlines that witness to the dire state of the world — proving that the Natural Man* is an enemy to God and to the Good; and that all men and women everywhere must repent and seek to prize and defend the Good.**

In wake of Jesuits' revelations, survivors stress 'this cannot continue to happen': List released Monday [March 13, 2023] by religious order names 27 priests accused of sexually abusing minors***

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*Book of Mormon | Mosiah 3:19
   19 For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 121:39
   39 We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 1:16
   16 They seek not the Lord to establish His righteousness, but every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth old and shall perish in Babylon, even Babylon the great, which shall fall.
New Testament | 1 Corinthians 2:14
   14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 
**Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 11:31-32
   31 Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, I will declare unto you My doctrine.
   32 And this is My doctrine, and it is the doctrine which the Father hath given unto Me; and I bear record of the Father, and the Father beareth record of Me, and the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and Me; and I bear record that the Father commandeth all men, everywhere, to repent and believe in Me.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 133:16
   16 Hearken and hear, O ye inhabitants of the earth. Listen, ye elders of My church together, and hear the voice of the Lord; for He calleth upon all men, and He commandeth all men everywhere to repent.
Pearl of Great Price | Moses 5:14-15
   14 And the Lord God called upon men by the Holy Ghost everywhere and commanded them that they should repent;
   15 And as many as believed in the Son, and repented of their sins, should be saved; and as many as believed not and repented not, should be damned; and the words went forth out of the mouth of God in a firm decree; wherefore they must be fulfilled.
**Pearl of Great Price | Moses 6:55-57
   55 And the Lord spake unto Adam, saying: Inasmuch as thy children are conceived in sin, even so when they begin to grow up, sin conceiveth in their hearts, and they taste the bitter, that they may know to prize the good.
   56 And it is given unto them to know good from evil; wherefore they are agents unto themselves, and I have given unto you another law and commandment.
   57 Wherefore teach it unto your children, that all men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God, for no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in His presence; for, in the language of Adam, Man of Holiness is His name, and the name of His Only Begotten is the Son of Man, even Jesus Christ, a righteous Judge, who shall come in the meridian of time.
*** by Leah Hendry, Benjamin Shingler · CBC News · Posted: Mar 14, 2023 at https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jesuits-canada-montreal-loyola-brebeuf-1.6777466?cmp=newsletter_Morning%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1613_932188

#137: Warning - “Remember, Remember”

30 And now remember, remember, my brethren, that whosoever perisheth, perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth iniquity, doeth it unto himself; for behold, ye are free; ye are permitted to act for yourselves; for behold, God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath made you free.
31 He hath given unto you that ye might know good from evil, and he hath given unto you that ye might choose life or death; and ye can do good and be restored unto that which is good, or have that which is good restored unto you; or ye can do evil, and have that which is evil restored unto you.

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Book of Mormon | Helaman 14:30-31

#136: Warning: “Ye Shall Suffer Yourselves”

17 But behold, the resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind, yea, even all mankind, and bringeth them back into the presence of the Lord.
18 Yea, and it bringeth to pass the condition of repentance, that whosoever repenteth the same is not hewn down and cast into the fire; but whosoever repenteth not is hewn down and cast into the fire; and there cometh upon them again a spiritual death, yea, a second death, for they are cut off again as to things pertaining to righteousness.
19 Therefore repent ye, repent ye, lest by knowing these things and not doing them ye shall suffer yourselves to come under condemnation, and ye are brought down unto this second death.

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Book of Mormon | Helaman 14:17-19

#135: Déjà Vu: Repeating History

5 Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished because of their money; and moreover to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get gain and glory of the world, and, moreover, that they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and do according to their own wills—

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Book of Mormon | Helaman 7:5

#134: Warning: “Woe to the Bloody City!”

9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

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Old Testament | Ezekiel 24:9-13

#133: Deja Vu: Amnesia

2 Yea, and we may see at the very time when he doth prosper his people, yea, in the increase of their fields, their flocks and their herds, and in gold, and in silver, and in all manner of precious things of every kind and art; sparing their lives, and delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; softening the hearts of their enemies that they should not declare wars against them; yea, and in fine, doing all things for the welfare and happiness of his people; yea, then is the time that they do harden their hearts, and do forget the Lord their God, and do trample under their feet the Holy One—yea, and this because of their ease, and their exceedingly great prosperity.

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Book of Mormon | Helaman 12:2