Tag: 1 Nephi 11
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Nephi, Enoch, and heavenly ascent
This post will serve as a short break from my deep dive into bride/harlot themes in the writings of Nephi, but we won’t stray too far from that topic. I’m studying a few sources at the same time, as usual. Whenever I do that, I find that ideas from each source tend to come together…
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Nephi’s vision of the harlot
In my last post, I noted that Nephi’s description of his own vision carefully synthesizes elements from his father’s visions, adding layers of depth to his writings. In this post, I want to focus on one particular detail of Nephi’s vision, and look at what Lehi had to say on the same topic. We’ll begin…
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Nephi’s synthesis
Stisa and I often discover a new theme and then work together looking at various scriptures through the lens of that theme. Such is the current situation with the “bride/harlot” theme. His last two posts have looked at King Noah and Abinadi through the “bride/harlot” lens, and my last few posts have done the same…
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A side note about “hearkening” and “fighting against” the Lamb of God
In my last post, I pointed out three examples of righteous ascent/descent in 1 Nephi 11-14. One of the key distinctions between the righteous and the wicked in that vision is the response to encountering the word of God: The righteous path is best summarized here, with the condition in green and the promised blessings…
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The Bride and the Harlot — 1 Nephi 11-14
In this post we’ll continue building on the theme that has captured my attention (and Stisa’s) over the past few weeks — the contrasting scriptural metaphors of the bride and the harlot. This theme has really sharpened the meaning of numerous verses, especially the writings of Nephi. I think for the purposes of keeping this…
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The Cosmic Mountain, part 4
In this post, we progress from Jacob’s ladder to the sacred Buddhist Mount Meru.
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The Cosmic Mountain, Part 2
Part 1 of this series is found here. At the end of the last post, I promised to connect more scripture stories to the cosmic mountain. Below, I’ll lay out key quotes from each of these important passages, and invite you to read the full passage on your own time and ponder the common elements.…
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The Cosmic Mountain, Part 1
Buckle up. This series of posts is going to tie together ideas from many different places. When considered together, I can honestly say this set of ideas is by far the most important thing I’ve gained from several years of intense study of the Book of Mormon. To understand the significance of the cosmic mountain,…
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Belief as the gate to "wisdom's path"
Moses 1:31-32 stood out to me recently: 31 And behold, the glory of the Lord was upon Moses, so that Moses stood in the presence of God, and talked with him face to face. And the Lord God said unto Moses: For mine own purpose have I made these things. Here is wisdom and it…
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Cast out — Part 2
In part 1, we saw several examples of messengers with the word of God being cast out. This resulted in the wicked people casting them out being destroyed and the word being preserved. One of the outcasts we read about is Jesus Christ himself, who is also known as \”the Word\”. But the pattern looks…