Tag: 2 Nephi 1
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"Teach them diligently unto thy children"
In the Book of Deuteronomy, when the Israelites are about to enter into the promised land, they are admonished over and over to keep the judgments, statutes and commandments of the Lord. They are informed about the blessings that await if they do and warned about the curses that inevitably follow if they don’t. This passage…
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"An instrument in the hands of God"
This is a short follow-up note on my series of posts on the phrase “stretch forth thine hand” (which begins here). One main lesson from that study was that prophets are messengers from God calling a covenant people to repent. As we learned from the account of Enoch (discussed in part 4), Enoch feels the…
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Captivity
Captivity is a very central theme in both the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon. Searching for that particular word gives 163 results in those two volumes of scripture combined and 4 results in the rest of the standard works! No wonder, perhaps, considering the captivity in Egypt between Abraham and Moses, when the…
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Endowment Narratives in the Book of Mormon, Part 3c — Finding Meaning in the Symbols
The last two posts have focused on the symbolism and meaning of the elements I’ve identified as belonging to an “endowment pattern” in the Book of Mormon. This post will discuss the remaining six symbols. Tents (a symbol of the presence of the Lord) A deep dive into the symbolism of the tent can be…
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Endowment Narratives in the Book of Mormon, Part 3a — Finding Meaning in the Symbols
The more I study the scriptures and ponder their meaning, the more I realize how much we underappreciate the significance of the archetypal story of Adam and Eve as presented in the books of Genesis, Moses, and Abraham. I believe the ancient prophets saw themselves as Adam and created intentional parallels in their accounts. As…
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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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What is the gift of tongues? — Part 2
In part 1, I suggested a more expansive view of the gift of tongues. It is not just about speaking a different language in a miraculous way, it is about speaking a heavenly language, the tongue of angels. Nephi explained that it simply means speaking by the power of the Holy Ghost. That is a…
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"Carried away" — part 1
I got carried away (pun intended) in a recent post and stumbled upon a really interesting covenant term with a double meaning –\”carried away.\” That post was already far too long, so this post will fill in the details. Stisa has already created a two-part series of posts (here and here) with some overlap to…
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"And behold, it is the hand of the Lord which hath done it."
What can we learn from Moroni\’s covenant allusions in the second half of Mormon 8:8? Having spent the last several weeks unpacking this verse, I\’ve learned some important lessons in the process. …and the whole face of this land is one continual round of murder and bloodshed; and no one knoweth the end of the war. (Mormon 8:8) Previous posts…
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The Spirit, the word, and the heart
I\’ve noted a connection between the word of God (or the work of covenant-making) and the hearts of His children. Lately, I\’ve also noticed a connection between these two elements and the Spirit. Here is an example, as Alma-1 is preparing to baptize at the waters of Mormon: Â 12 And now it came to…
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