Tag: 1 Nephi 15
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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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Hearken, ‘shama’ and the Two Ways
I’ve been studying the word ‘hearken’ in the scriptures. In the Old Testament, the word translated to ‘hearken’ is: shama: to hear (שָׁמַע) Source: Biblehub In my studies, I came across an interesting note about how the bivalent usage of ‘shama’ in the book of Jeremiah. In the prophetic books (esp. Jer), hearing sounds is…
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Land of our inheritance — Part 2
In Part 1 we looked at the covenant connection of the Hebrew yeresh, meaning to inherit/possess. The promised land is an inheritance given by covenant. It is a blessing (“flowing with milk and honey”) but also a great responsibility. 9 And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, that it is a…
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Thoughts on Joseph, part 1
You meant to hurt me, but God turned your evil into good to save the lives of many people, which is being done. (Genesis 50:20, EXB) Image by Robert T. Barrett (source) My personal study of the Old Testament this year has been richly rewarding. The story of Joseph has taken on multiple layers of deeper…
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Karath (כָּרַת): to cut
The following has been mentioned on this blog before but is repeated because it is important for the context of this post. Strange as it sounds, in Hebrew you don’t make a covenant, you cut a covenant. (It is still translated into “make” in English to make sense to us). In Old Testament tradition, a covenant agreement was…
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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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"Touch not that which is unclean"
Often we read about a physical, concrete concept in the Old Testament that has an abstract or spiritual counterpart. This counterpart is typically more prevalent in other scripture. The Law of Moses is one example. It is easy to get hung up on the rituals and rules that are found in Numbers and Leviticus and…
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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…
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(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…
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A description of "knowledge" in 1 Nephi 15:14
Repetition can be a very powerful literary device. Nephi\’s words to his brothers struck me as I recently read them. In responding to their questions about the words of their father, Nephi explains what he has learned through his study and through revelation: 14 And at that day shall the remnant of our seed know…
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