Beautiful Garments—strengthen Stakes—enlarge Borders

K. Douglas Bassett

3 Ne. 22:2

“Verse 31 says: ‘Awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put on thy beautiful garments.’ Then, ‘strengthen they stakes’ follows, and, lastly, ‘enlarge thy borders forever.’ I could clearly see that ‘enlarge thy borders’ meant to enlarge the Church through missionary work and to proclaim the gospel to all the world. It seemed that I could also see clearly that ‘strengthen they stakes’ meant to perfect the Saints through the priesthood organizations and the auxiliaries. And, it seemed to me that ‘put on thy beautiful garments’ referred to the temple robes and going to the temples of the Lord to redeem our beloved ancestors.” (Robert E. Wells, Doctrines of the Book of Mormon, 1991 Sperry Symposium, p. 14)

Latter-Day Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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