Tag: 2 Nephi 6
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"the tongue of the learned"
Several posts ago, I detailed a pattern related to Noah. Noah transforms from one who is protected by resting in God’s hand to one into whose hands the fulness of the earth in delivered. I connected this to Adam and Eve and the commandment given to them in Genesis 1:28. This concept of receiver becoming…
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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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Scattering as a necessary prerequisite for gathering — Part 1 of 2
Something in one of Stisa\’s latest posts caught my attention. In speaking about Zenos\’ allegory, he said: He is now planning on how to be able to obtain good fruit again, by grafting the natural branches back into the \”mother tree\” among other things (the gathering of Israel in these latter days). (link to post)…
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Jacob's personality — Part 1
I know, it’s a bold title. But I have thought about it since reading Grant Hardy’s “Understanding the Book of Mormon”. His book analyzes the writings of the three main authors, Nephi, Mormon and Moroni, to get under their skin. Jacob is not included but might perhaps be the fourth main author. His words are…
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Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased
We are familiar with the words of Jesus in Matthew 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. I have noticed this theme as I have been reading 1st and 2nd Nephi, especially the chapters quoting and commenting on Isaiah. Language like this is common…
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Internal Consistency in Jacob's Sermon — "learn[ing] … the name of your God"
In 2 Nephi 6, at the outset of Jacob’s sermon to the Nephites, he says this: 4 And now, behold, I would speak unto you concerning things which are, and which are to come; wherefore, I will read you the words of Isaiah. And they are the words which my brother has desired that I…
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More on Isaiah 49, the great and abominable church and dust
I noted in a recent post that the great and spacious building = the great and abominable church, based on some textual connections between 2 Nephi 10 and 1 Nephi 8 and 11. Here is another one, perhaps even clearer, in 1 Nephi 22:14 And all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed, and that great whore,…
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"A great division"
There have been numerous posts lately about the concept of The Two Ways, which is quite prevalent in the Book of Mormon. Lately, I have noticed this in particular in conjunction with prophecies of the latter days and the gathering of Israel in the books of Nephi. In Nephi\’s vision, the concept of \”two churches\” is…
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Isaiah 49 in the Book of Mormon
The first time Isaiah is really quoted in the Book of Mormon, is in 1 Nephi 20-21. (Sure, there are small references here and there like \”how beautiful upon the mountains\” in 1 Nephi 13:37). Here Nephi quotes Isaiah 48 and 49. The next time Isaiah is quoted is in 2 Nephi 6-8. Here Jacob…
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The Holy one of Israel
It\’s nice to live in an age with digital texts and search functions, making these kinds of studies easier. I looked at the term, \”the Holy one of Israel\” in the scriptures. In the Old Testament, the majority of the 31 occurrences come from Isaiah. In the Book of Mormon, there is also a clear…
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