I will get into the part on the Book of Jacob in the #BookOfMormon after further study.
for right now, i know that the gathering and scattering of israel is compared to dissemination of the tame olive tree through planting of young branches and graphing the daughter branches back to the original tree. i will be using the metaphor to talk about the branches of the Restoration and how we can come together and engage peacefully, lovingly, and ecumenically. and why that's important