Tag: Abraham 3
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Jubilees and Enoch, part 1
I’ve been studying the apocryphal Book of Jubilees and having a great time seeing the book of Genesis as told through the angelic, revelatory worldview of certain “long exile” Israelites (see this post for an overview of what that means). When the narrative gets to Enoch, we are given far more than we find in…
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“if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
Today is Palm Sunday. As I read the relevant passage from the Gospel of Luke recounting Jesus’ triumphal return to Jerusalem, this part really caught my attention: 37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud…
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"Formless," "functionless" and "dark" — the connection between the pre-creation state, covenant rebellion, and the desert
Mortality is a place of co-existing contrasts held in tension by the agency of man. This is not a coincidence, it is by design: 24 And there stood one among them that was like unto God, and he said unto those who were with him: We will go down, for there is space there, and…
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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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In the midst — Part 2
Here is part 1 introducing the topic of the word “midst” (tavek in Hebrew) and its covenant connections. I just find the placement of God/Jesus/temple/the word in the midst too often in the scriptures to not have any meaning beyond mere position. This post considers some more examples. We start out with an example in…
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A temple pattern in the Book of Mormon, continued — More about shaking
4 Yet now … be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts: 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. 6 For thus…
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Overlapping connections between the purpose of the word and the purpose of the creation
The work of conversion is all about \”winning hearts\” by inviting God\’s children to make room for the word of God. Alma-2 invites the poor outcast Zoramites to \”give place\” for the word in their heart, to \”experiment upon [his] words\” (Alma 32:27). It occurs to me that the work of conversion is God\’s work…
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Psalm 7 and "sleep[ing] in the dust"
I came across this interesting passage in Psalm 7 while studying a different topic. Recently, I posted about \”fear and darkness.\” The fundamental idea is that those who are unprepared for the day of judgment attempt in vain to hide within the creation. This is a deeply symbolic reference to the creation-covenant connection. The earth…
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