Tag: 1 Nephi 13
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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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The everlasting covenant and gospel dispensations — Part 4 (Abraham)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints boldly and uniquely teaches that the gospel was preached from the beginning. Jesus Christ did not introduce it, he only restored what had existed since the days of Adam 58 And thus the Gospel began to be preached, from the beginning, being declared by holy angels sent forth from the presence of God, and…
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The Gentiles and the Holy Ghost
For someone who has grown up in a modern Western culture, it may be difficult to understand God’s different dealings with different people throughout history. For instance, when Abraham receives special promises concerning his seed, does that favor one nation above other nations unfairly? Personally, I have no problems with this because I simply observe…
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Costly apparel versus clothing their nakedness
Clothing and nakedness with its symbolism has been discussed extensively on this blog before. The robe of righteousness or \”clothed with glory/purity\” and similar terms have deep symbolic meaning. But when actual physical clothing is described in the Book of Mormon, there might be some underlying symbolism as well. I just noticed that when the…
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Plain speech, plainness, and highways
The covenant path is plain, not in the sense of being mundane, but rather in the sense that it is not complicated or convoluted. The Book of Mormon states this repeatedly in many different ways, often centering the description on the word \’plain.\’ This post will offer an overview of how this word is used…
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Old Testament Temple Symbolism — Exodus 26
This post is the next installment in a series of posts about temple symbolism in Exodus 25-28. The previous post in this series discussed symbols from Exodus 25. This post will cover Exodus 26. \”Fine-twined linen\” 1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.…
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"Kept and preserved"
One of the many beautiful symbols of God\’s work is that of gathering. It\’s a concept that President Nelson recently acknowledged studying throughout his time as an Apostle. I love the concept, too. There is so much to learn about it, and so many deep related concepts. One of these is that in the latter…
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The interpreters and "gift and power of God"
For the first time in the Book of Mormon, we are introduced to the \”interpreters\” in last week\’s \”Come Follow Me\” lesson in Mosiah 8. 13 Now Ammon said unto him: I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records; for he has wherewith that he can look, and…
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Psalms in the Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi
I\’ve been fascinated recently by the influence of the Psalms in the Book of Mormon. This paper by John Hilton III is a useful resource. In this post, I\’ll begin listing examples of intertextual connections. I will mostly follow the outline given by Hilton in the paper, sorted by order of appearance in the Book…