Tag: 2 Nephi 2
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Thoughts on ‘wisdom’ and ‘joy’ — the two trees
It’s hard to read through the Book of Proverbs in the Old Testament without asking this question: what is ‘wisdom’? The Proverbs repeatedly admonish us to seek and cherish wisdom, personified as a female, above all else. 13 ¶ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. …35 The wise shall inherit glory: Proverbs 3 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the…
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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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Creating a covenant people
In this post, I will just elaborate on something Lord Wilmore wrote in his series on the endowment pattern. Here, he explained how new names are part of this pattern. I will just repeat and extend the quote from the NRSV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible If creation is the act of bringing something into existence,…
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"an help meet for him"
I used to think that “helpmeet” was an archaic noun meaning something like “helper”. But these are two separate words translated from the Hebrew “neged” and “ezer” in Genesis 2:18. Ezer means a help or helper. Neged is in the KJV translated into meet, an archaic word meaning something like suitable. But the Hebrew ,…
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Subtle evidence that the latter-day Gentiles are meant to be a covenant people
32Â (And these are the words which I spake unto my servant Moses, and they are true even as I will; and I have spoken them unto you. See thou show them unto no man, until I command you, except to them that believe. Amen.) (Moses 4) As I finished up my most recent three part…
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Adam and Eve in the scriptures, part 3
This is the final post in a series about references to Adam and Eve in the scriptures. Part 1 offered a numerical overview. Part 2 looked qualitatively at references to Adam and Eve in the Bible and the Doctrine & Covenants. This final part will first look at references to Adam and Eve in the…
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King Benjamin and × Ö¸×ªÖ·×Ÿ (natan)
In my last post, I outlined how King Benjamin subtly makes repeated reference to the Garden of Eden narrative in the opening portion of his sermon through the various meanings of the Hebrew roots abad and shamar. He has done for the covenant people under his care what God instructed Adam and Eve to do…
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Satan = Enemy, adversary, accuser
In the Old Testament, \”Satan\” generally has a different meaning from what we are used to. It is actually a transliteration from a Hebrew word meaning enemy, adversary or accuser. Although Old Testament names usually have a specific meaning, satan is not used as a personal name, but rather a generic label for an enemy.…
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A temple pattern in the Book of Mormon, continued — overcoming the devil (part 1)
I\’ll continue with my series on the temple pattern in the Book of Mormon. Se these two prior posts for background and references to shaking: Overview Shaking We left with Mormon\’s words from Helaman 12 about the power of God\’s voice to save us if we will hearken. In that passage, he also laments: \”how…
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Bitter and sweet
2 Nephi 2 is known as Lehi\’s discourse on an \”opposition in all things\”. He says it must needs be that there was an opposition; even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet and the other bitter. (2 Nephi 2:15) Curiously, Lehi changes the order when he refers to the taste of the fruit.…
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