Tag: Alma 36
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The Bride and the Harlot — 1 Nephi 11-14
In this post we’ll continue building on the theme that has captured my attention (and Stisa’s) over the past few weeks — the contrasting scriptural metaphors of the bride and the harlot. This theme has really sharpened the meaning of numerous verses, especially the writings of Nephi. I think for the purposes of keeping this…
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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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Overcoming fear by developing a righteous fear of God
Saint Francis of Assisi writes, “It is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.” To this list of paradoxes, we could add, “It is in fearing God that we no longer need to be afraid.” It’s by…
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Scriptural repetition — An introduction
In this paper, Alan Goff makes a good case for intentional repetition in ancient Hebrew scripture (including the Book of Mormon whose writers have Hebrew heritage). The modern notion among historicist biblical scholars is that many repetitive elements in the Old Testament are clumsy, narrative failures and often evidence of various origins and textual development…
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"Therefore he sent angels to converse with them, who caused men to behold of his glory."
The title of this post comes from Alma 12:29. This verse encapsulates both a major theme from the temple and a major theme from the scriptures, particularly the Book of Mormon. It\’s been on my mind quite a bit lately. This concept helps us connect the teachings of the temple to the scriptures. After studying…
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Achaz — part 2
In my last post, I outlined the various meanings of the Hebrew root \”achaz\” in the Old Testament. I\’ve searched the Book of Mormon for passages with similar words and found the verses listed below. Each reference is highlighted in red if has a negative connotation or green if the connotation is positive. Grasp/Seize 10 O…
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The Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants in the Book of Mormon — Part 3
In part 1, I gave an introduction to this topic, largely based on Tyler Halverson\’s last FairMormon conference presentation. In part 2, I focused on the Abrahamic covenant and how it is referenced in the Book of Mormon. In this part, I want to focus on the Mosaic covenant and how it is referenced in…
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Bitter and sweet
2 Nephi 2 is known as Lehi\’s discourse on an \”opposition in all things\”. He says it must needs be that there was an opposition; even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet and the other bitter. (2 Nephi 2:15) Curiously, Lehi changes the order when he refers to the taste of the fruit.…
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More on food/drink metaphors appearing together with judgment
I admit it\’s a strange connection that I posted about before, but there seems to be more examples than what can be brushed off as coincidence. I gave four in the last post. There are more. But first, let\’s recap: Book of Mormon prophets talk about standing before God to be judged according to our…
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Alma and the two fountains
Nephi describes two fountains he saw in vision: 22 And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the love of God, which sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things.23 And he spake unto me, saying: Yea, and the most joyous to the…
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