Tag: Alma 2
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"the Lord did strengthen them"
In my previous post, I wrote that people in the Near East in the Bronze Age relied on their gods for literally everything of significance. For the Israelites, it was only one God and to the extent that they managed to keep the first two out of the 10 commandments (which was very often not…
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"An instrument in the hands of God"
This is a short follow-up note on my series of posts on the phrase “stretch forth thine hand” (which begins here). One main lesson from that study was that prophets are messengers from God calling a covenant people to repent. As we learned from the account of Enoch (discussed in part 4), Enoch feels the…
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The Nephite governmental transition
I am very fascinated by and interested in Nephite history. Obviously I wish we had more information, What was on the large plates that Mormon abridged from? What information did he leave out? What was on the translated pages that Martin Harris lost? I expect it will take a while before I can get those…
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Nephite splinter groups and Book of Mormon wars
A few years ago I started making an overview of all the wars in the Book of Mormon: When they occurred, who was involved, how it was initiated, etc. It was a bit difficult since there are so few details sometimes, like Enos just saying that \”I saw wars between the Nephites and Lamanites in the course…
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May 25–31. Mosiah 29–Alma 4: “They Were Steadfast and Immovable”
Here are links to additional resources for this week\’s Come, Follow Me lesson: Mosiah 29: A fascinating connection to Kings in the Old Testament, A note about tracking the timeline, Transitions to first person voice, and more. Alma 1: \”Anti-Christs\” in the Book of Mormon, Gideon, The Profession of Nehor, and more. Alma 2: Cunning…
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"Cunning" in the Book of Mormon
In light of the Hebrew connection between \”naked\” and \”shrewd\” or \”cunning\” in the word arum, I decided to look at how the word cunning is used in the Book of Mormon. First, a little background on the word itself and what it meant at the time of the publication of the Book of Mormon. …
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Gideon, another example of internal consistency (and possibly Hebrew wordplay) in the Book of Mormon
If we simply compare all the mentions of the name Gideon in the Book of Mormon, we quickly discover that the name can either refer to a place or a person. In this post, we\’ll compare these references to see if they are internally consistent. We\’ll also explore the meaning of the name, since it…
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