Tag: 1 Nephi 14
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Concentric degrees of holiness (and unholiness)
I need to add a disclaimer to the top of this post. What I write below is merely a fleshing out of ideas. It is not meant to be a definitive declaration of my beliefs. The purpose of this blog is to document ideas and impressions that come through my study of the scriptures. I…
-
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…
-
"…in time to come, you will return to the LORD your God and heed him."
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.28 And there ye…
-
Power from on high
In his recent General Conference talk (October 2021), Elder David A. Bednar gave a great talk titled “With the power of God in great glory”. This is based on 1 Nephi 14:14 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of…
-
(No more be) confounded
In a previous post I touched upon the topic that I will address, without knowing some aspects I recently learned providing even more depth. The tower of Babel and the New Jerusalem are presented as antithetic parallels in the Book of Ether. Which Jared came forth with his brother and their families, with some others and their…
-
A temple pattern in the Book of Mormon, Overview
The purpose of this series of posts is to connect Nephi\’s concept of \”the two churches\” with shaking/falling [to the dust]/and arising — a major theme I\’ve encountered in scripture (especially the Book of Mormon). Stisa has already extensively discussed one of the topics I\’ll be covering, here and here. First, a little overview of…
-
Amulek and "the foundations of the devil"
Stisa and I have both written about Amulek\’s words in Ammonihah. Here is a list of what we\’ve already found in his words: Amulek paraphrases King Mosiah (see item #31 here). There is tremendous irony in the fate of the leaders of Ammonihah (see here). Mormon adds elements we know from the Book of Moses…