Tag: 3 Nephi 11
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Nephi’s synthesis
Stisa and I often discover a new theme and then work together looking at various scriptures through the lens of that theme. Such is the current situation with the “bride/harlot” theme. His last two posts have looked at King Noah and Abinadi through the “bride/harlot” lens, and my last few posts have done the same…
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"Stretch forth thine hand" — Part 3 (Book of Mormon)
This post will take us back to continue a series of posts from a few weeks ago on the phrase “stretch forth thy hand.” Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Old Testament In today’s post, we’ll look at how this phrase is used in the Book of Mormon. So far, we’ve seen (in part one) that…
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"…that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified."
 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. (Isaiah 61) In my last post, I hinted that…
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In the midst — Part 1
This has been mentioned several times on the blog before, but for the benefit of new readers and because many do not know about this ancient Israelite tradition (I didn’t until quite recently), I will repeat some things about covenant making. At a time and in a culture where literacy was rare, covenants were not…
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Hearing His voice
Recently, the Prophet has invited us to hear Him like the boy Joseph Smith did. I want to contextualize this by looking at how the scriptures invite us to hear God and how He has spoken to people in the past. I have picked up several learning points that I have divided into sections of…
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Book of Mormon language in D&C 10
D&C 10 was part of the the Come, Follow Me reading for this week and the revelation that Joseph Smith received as he and Oliver tried to figure out how to go on with the translation after the loss of the 116 pages (which according to church historian Don Bradley probably were much more than…
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Witnesses
The Law of Moses required two or three witnesses to convict someone of a crime. Also, commercial transactions and signing of documents of importance was done in the presence of witnesses. As a general rule, a single witness was not competent to attest or testify. (See e.g. Deuteronomy 19:15 and Isaiah 8:2). This was probably…
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More recipes for eternal life
This is a continuation of this post. As we look at further examples of scriptures of the form: \”if ye do […], ye shall have eternal life\” or similar, let\’s see if the summary of the pattern in the table below still applies. Covenant preparation / find the way and enter through the gate Faith…
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What the Book of Mormon teaches about the relationship between the Eternal Father and His Son, Jesus Christ (and each of us), part 1
10 And for this cause ye shall have fulness of joy; and ye shall sit down in the kingdom of my Father; yea, your joy shall be full, even as the Father hath given me fulness of joy; and ye shall be even as I am, and I am even as the Father; and the…