Behold, I have written upon these plates the very things which the brother of Jared saw. And, there never was greater things made manifest, than that which was made manifest unto the brother of Jared. Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to write them, and I have wrote them. And He commanded me that I should seal them up. And He also hath commanded that I should seal up the interpretation thereof. Wherefore, I have sealed up the interpreters, according to the commandment of the Lord, for the Lord saith unto me: They shall not go forth unto the Gentiles until the day that they shall repent of their iniquity, and become clean before the Lord. And in that day that they shall exercise faith in me, saith the Lord, even as the brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified in me, then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw, even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations, saith Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the Heavens, and of the earth, and all things that in them is. ~ Ether I
