Ether Chapter 9

9:1-3 - "...the Lord was merciful unto Omer..."
Omer listened to the Lord and was spared because of it.  We must listen to the Lord if we want to be saved, either in this life and/or the next.


9:20 - "...whoso should possess the land should possess it unto the Lord, or they should be destroyed when they were ripened in iniquity..."
Whoso should possess this land should possess it to the Lord - if they want to be blessed.  That is our responsibility as citizens of our own countries.


9:35 - "...And it came to pass that when they had humbled themselves sufficiently before the Lord he did send rain upon the face of the earth; and the people began to revive again, and there began to be fruit in the north countries, and in all the countries round about. And the Lord did show forth his power unto them in preserving them from famine..."
The people showed their faith, and the Lord saved them.  We have great blessings when we are faithful, and we can definitely be destroyed if we are not faithful.
Let us be faithful to the Lord.