Tag: 2 Nephi 32
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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…
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"And I have put my words in thy mouth…"
16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people. (2 Nephi 8; Isaiah 51) What a profound verse! One of my favorite things about scripture study…
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The small meal, the grand feast, Adam and Eve, and ancient temple worship — Part 1
In this post, I mentioned a very interesting presentation on ancient Egyptian priestly rituals. The overall pattern of the rituals share much in common with ancient Israelite temple rituals, and we can also see some fascinating parallels with our modern worship in the church. This post will discuss one set of rituals in the Egyptian…
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Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, and Speaking the Word of God
In this post I’m going to introduce a concept from a fascinating presentation given by John Thompson, PhD, as part of the Interpreter Foundation 2021 Egypt Lecture Series. I’ll have more to say in future posts on this presentation, but this post will focus on a one-minute segment dealing with ancient Egyptian anointing rituals. Here…
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What is the gift of tongues? — Part 1
I must admit that this spiritual gift has puzzled me. If it only means suddenly bursting into ramblings in a language that you never learned, then this gift must be almost totally absent in our church today. So we often explain it by being able to learn a language quickly when required, for instance when…
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Forbidden to write — Part 1
We see it several times in the Book of Mormon. The prophet who is writing is about to write something, but is then forbidden. I thought I should identify all those passages and make an overview of what they were about to write when they were stopped. I\’m only going to include those that say…
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The doctrine of Christ and the temple
I have spoken with people before who argue that the Book of Mormon does not contain the fullness of the gospel as claimed in e.g. the D&C, because it doesn\’t contain temple ordinances. I have also heard people claim that temple ordinances are not necessary because they are not included in the Book of Mormon.…
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The words of Christ
In 2 Nephi 31, Nephi explains what we should do to enter through the gate to the \”strait and narrow path\”. He also explains that entering through the gate is not enough and tells us what we should do afterwards. In 2 Nephi 32, he elaborates on that and refers back to two details from…
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March 2–8. 2 Nephi 31–33: “This Is the Way”
The \”Come, Follow Me\” lesson for this week covers 2 Nephi 31-33. Here are several blog posts connected to these chapters that can be used as supplement to your study: 2 Nephi 31 — \”Understanding,\” \”Fire and smoke,\” 2 Nephi 32 — \”Brought into the light\” or \”perish in the dark,\” \”Thoughts on Zion in the Book of…
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Brought into the light or perish in the dark
In 2 Nephi 32:4, we read Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in the dark. This is another reminder of the two ways: Depending on whether…
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