Tag: alma 32
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The curse of “slippery” treasures and early Genesis themes
Image: Moroni Buries the Plates. Artwork by Katie Payne If you read this blog on a regular basis, you’ve probably picked up on the fact that both Stisa and I believe that key themes in the early Genesis accounts are vital to understanding the worldview of the Book of Mormon writers. It follows logically that…
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Alma-2 and the temple — part 1
Every so often I hear members of the church and critics confidently claim that the Book of Mormon contains nothing about the temple. This is not true at all, and the more I study the Book of Mormon, the more examples I find. Given the highly symbolic nature of the temple, these examples are easiest…
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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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Endowment Narratives in the Book of Mormon, Part 3a — Finding Meaning in the Symbols
The more I study the scriptures and ponder their meaning, the more I realize how much we underappreciate the significance of the archetypal story of Adam and Eve as presented in the books of Genesis, Moses, and Abraham. I believe the ancient prophets saw themselves as Adam and created intentional parallels in their accounts. As…
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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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The small meal, the grand feast, Adam and Eve, and ancient temple worship — Part 1
In this post, I mentioned a very interesting presentation on ancient Egyptian priestly rituals. The overall pattern of the rituals share much in common with ancient Israelite temple rituals, and we can also see some fascinating parallels with our modern worship in the church. This post will discuss one set of rituals in the Egyptian…
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New creation in the image and likeness of God
Lord Wilmore has written several posts lately on the new creation and spiritual rebirth. He has demonstrated that this is an ancient teaching that goes all the way back to Adam. This was in the back of my mind when I read the creation account in Genesis recently. The following passage is very well known…
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"Become a new creature" as an ancient doctrine
I was born into the church and have considered myself an active, believing Latter-day Saint throughout my life. Until recently I viewed the doctrine of “spiritual rebirth” as a modern Christian spin on the words of Paul and Christ from the New Testament. One of the many results of my deep dive into the scriptures…
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Cast out — Part 3
This is a continuation and finalization (I think) of the \”cast out\” theme and how it is used in the scriptures. It is used in different ways, but as I have shown in the previous posts in this series, it is often about removing whatever does not fit in a given environment. It may be…
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A temple pattern in the Book of Mormon, Overview
The purpose of this series of posts is to connect Nephi\’s concept of \”the two churches\” with shaking/falling [to the dust]/and arising — a major theme I\’ve encountered in scripture (especially the Book of Mormon). Stisa has already extensively discussed one of the topics I\’ll be covering, here and here. First, a little overview of…
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