In closing, Jacob reassured his people that the promises of the Lord will protect them and that they will not be forgotten. Their posterity in years to come will still be remembered and blessed, and that, even though they may die out in the wilderness, it’s not all over. The real land of promise will be the eternal heavenly Kingdom of God (10:25). We too can find comfort in the promise that we will be brought back again into God’s presence because of the Atonement and Resurrection of the Savior.
May you take this encouragement of Jacob into your hearts and take it away with you from this lesson: "Therefore, cheer up your hearts and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves, to choose the way of the everlasting death or the way of eternal life" (10:23). "Reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the Devil and the flesh; and remember after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved" (10:24; accord 2 Nephi 25:23). Jacob’s plea that people will choose the way of life over the way of death echoes Lehi’s words regarding choice and accountability spoken to Jacob and his brothers in 2 Nephi 2:27. And those words align with Joshua’s ancient covenant-renewal charge: "Choose ye this day whom you will serve," either the Lord or other gods (Joshua 24:15). Nothing much has changed. The plan is the plan, and it is still the plan.