Tag: Abraham 2
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Footstool
I’ve got multiple series of posts going on at the same time, but I haven’t forgotten about them. This post will open up another topic — footstool. After this I’ll get back to the “stretch forth thine hand” series and finish that, then, I’ll return to Moses 7 from my most recent post. Footstool This…
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The everlasting covenant and gospel dispensations — Part 4 (Abraham)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints boldly and uniquely teaches that the gospel was preached from the beginning. Jesus Christ did not introduce it, he only restored what had existed since the days of Adam 58 And thus the Gospel began to be preached, from the beginning, being declared by holy angels sent forth from the presence of God, and…
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Endowment Narratives in the Book of Mormon, Part 5
This post continues the exploration of an endowment pattern found throughout the Book of Mormon in which a new covenant group is formed and called by God to: leave the fallen world behind, enter into the wilderness, learn to be led by the hand of God, and find a promised land. In previous installments of…
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The covenant context of Mosiah 25
I have learned that covenants permeate all scriptures, more than we tend to think, because a lot of the covenant language is not obvious to us. Some is hidden in symbolism, some is lost in translation both in terms of language and culture. This post introduces key terms associated with the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants.…
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The Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants in the Book of Mormon — Part 2
The first part was an introduction to the topic. In this part I will focus on the Abrahamic covenant and how it is used in the Book of Mormon. As explained in part 1, the term \”the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob\” is used to specifically refer to this covenant and the God who…
Book of Mormon Notes 