Tag: 2 Nephi 33
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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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The Brightness of the Scriptures
Not only are the scriptures of great worth, they are enduring. The metal upon which they were recorded is a symbol of the timelessness of their message. As demonstrated in this post, a fundamental aspect of the \’way of life\’ is that it is unchanging — it transcends time. This creates a variant of the…
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Worth
In 1 Nephi 5:21, Nephi says And we had obtained the records which the Lord had commanded us, and searched them and found that they were desirable; yea, even of great worth unto us, insomuch that we could preserve the commandments of the Lord unto our children. It seems that this realization is what inspires Nephi to write about…
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The welfare of our souls
In a secular society, well-being or welfare is largely defined by the fulfillment of physical or temporal needs. Also for Christians, to feed the hungy, clothe the naked, etc. has always been an important part of discipleship and is brought up in several Book of Mormon passages like Alma 34:28, Mosiah 4:14-26 and Jacob 2:19.…
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Devilish Details in the Book of Mormon — Part 3
Part 3Description of the devil or those who follow him: The series continues, today we\’ll look at words that describe the devil and those who follow him. The first number is how many times the word (or related variants) show up in the Book of Mormon text. The second number is how many times the…
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Nephi and the Prophecy of Joseph
In 2 Nephi 3:6-21, we read a prophecy from Joseph in Egypt about a choice seer who will be raised up from his seed in the last days. Nephi clearly studied the words of this prophecy and carefully and deliberately weaves them into his final sermon found in 2 Nephi 25-33. Below I will embed…
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Mormon paraphrases Nephi about the "great and last day"
In Helaman 12 we get an entire chapter of editorial lamentation by Mormon about the frailties of humanity. He ends his lament with these words: 25 And I would that all men might be saved. But we read that in the great and last day there are some who shall be cast out, yea, who…
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Prophets as witnesses at the day of judgment
In yesterday\’s post, we looked at King Benjamin\’s and Alma-2\’s use of the word \”bright\” to describe the words on the plates which will be used to judge the world. These two prophets were not the only ones to speak on this topic. In Jacob 4, Jacob seems to have a clear knowledge that the…
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A deep dive into Helaman 5, part 2 of 2
In part 1, I made note of numerous examples of internal consistency found in just the first 13 verses of Helaman 5. The remainder of the chapter also includes references to other chapters as well as an incident which is later referred to twice. Verses 14-52 — The missionary experiences of Nephi-2 and Lehi-2 In…