Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026

By Elder Dale G. Renlund

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

When we gather our family histories and go to the temple on behalf of our ancestors, God fulfills promised blessings simultaneously on both sides of the veil.

(3 Nephi 21:1–7) Elder Russell M. Nelson talks about how the Book of Mormon gathers scattered Israel.

Elder Gary E. Stevenson shares insights on how we can reach out to others in love by following the example of the Good Shepherd.

By Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Let us reach out and care as our Savior would, especially to those whom we are privileged by love and assignment to minister.

Waters issue from the house of the Lord and heal the Dead Sea—The Lord shows the borders of the land.

Ezekiel is shown the valley of dry bones—Israel will inherit the land in the Resurrection—The stick of Judah (the Bible) and the stick of Joseph (the Book of Mormon) will become one in the Lord’s hand—The children of Israel will be gathered and cleansed—David (the Messiah) will reign over them—They will receive the everlasting gospel covenant.

In the last days, all the house of Israel will be gathered to their own lands—The Lord will give them a new heart and a new spirit—They will have His gospel law.

The Lord reproves those shepherds who do not feed the flock—In the last days, the Lord will gather the lost sheep of Israel—The Messiah will be their Shepherd—The Lord will make His gospel covenant with them.

Watchmen who raise the warning voice save their own souls—Repentant sinners are saved—The righteous who turn to sin are damned—The people of Judah in Jerusalem are destroyed because of their sins.

Ezekiel is made a watchman unto the house of Israel—The blood of Israel is required at his hand unless he raises the warning voice.

Ezekiel is called to take the word of the Lord to Israel—He sees a book in which lamentations and mourning are written.

Ezekiel sees in vision four living creatures, four wheels, and the glory of God on His throne.

Ezekiel was a prophet in exile. Along with other Israelites, he had been captured and sent to Babylon. In Jerusalem, Ezekiel would have been a priest serving in the temple. In Babylon, he was among “them of the captivity,” and he “sat where they sat” (Ezekiel 3:15), hundreds of miles from the beloved house of God and with little hope of returning. Then one day Ezekiel had a vision. He saw “the glory of the Lord” (Ezekiel 1:28)—not back in the temple at Jerusalem but there in Babylon among the exiles. The wickedness in Jerusalem, he learned, had become so severe that God’s presence was no longer there (see Ezekiel 8–11; 33:21).

And yet there’s something hopeful about Ezekiel’s message. Despite how far the covenant people had fallen, God had not totally abandoned them. If they would “hear the word of the Lord” (Ezekiel 37:4), what was once dead could be revived. Their “stony heart” could be replaced with “a new heart” (Ezekiel 36:26). And in the future, the Lord would establish a new temple and a new Jerusalem, “and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there” (Ezekiel 48:35).

For an overview of the book of Ezekiel, see “Ezekiel” in the Bible Dictionary.

By Elder M. Russell Ballard

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

By Elder David A. Bednar

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

The Savior’s promise to abide in us is true and available to every covenant-keeping member of His restored Church.

By Elder Alan R. Walker

Of the Seventy

The Lord declared that His people would be a peculiar treasure unto Him if they would obey His voice and keep His covenant.

Jeremiah, speaking for Judah, laments the calamity but trusts in the Lord and prays for deliverance.

Jeremiah laments the miserable condition of Jerusalem—Jerusalem herself complains of her deep sorrow.

Jerusalem is taken, and the people are taken captive—Jeremiah and Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian, are preserved.

The rulers cast Jeremiah into a muddy dungeon—He is freed by Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian, and put in the court of the prison—Jeremiah counsels Zedekiah concerning the war.