Prophets Testified and Warned

So for many years, the prophets in the Book of Mormon would teach and testify of what was to come. Especially dividing what would happen between the righteous and the wicked. I don’t know how many times and with just slight variations the prophets taught that if the people would keep the commandments, they would prosper in the land, but if they were wicked, they would be cut off.

One common reaction to the prophets testifying of these things, unfortunately, was to reject them and run them off, or even quite a few of them had their lives threatened. This shows how important their message was, because they generally understood the danger of preaching to wicked people, but they continued to do it anyway.

This passage from 3 Nephi talks about how so many prophets had testified of the experience the Nephites ended up going through, with all the destruction and darkness.

“14 And now, whoso readeth, let him understand; he that hath the scriptures, let him search them, and see and behold if all these deaths and destructions by fire, and by smoke, and by tempests, and by whirlwinds, and by the opening of the earth to receive them, and all these things are not unto the fulfilling of the prophecies of many of the holy prophets.
15 Behold, I say unto you, Yea, many have testified of these things at the coming of Christ, and were slain because they testified of these things.” (3 Nephi 10:14-15)

To me, this points out that we need to listen to and heed our prophets because they are only telling what God wants us to know, and we will be protected and helped if we do what God wants us to do I believe the promise is still in force: If we keep the commandments, we will prosper in the land.