Tag: D&C 76
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"Concentric circles of holiness"
As I read through the Old Testament, I’m struck by the amount of verses dedicated to explaining all of the procedures and rituals necessary to allow the children of Israel to become holy. Jehovah explains the reason for this: 44 For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: … 45 For I am the Lord that…
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"the blood of this wicked generation"
Stisa’s “Adam and adamah” series has really stuck with me as I’ve been reading the Old Testament. There is a lot of blood imagery in the ordinances of the tabernacle. Exodus and Leviticus describe numerous situations in which an animal is to be killed and its blood poured on the ground. I can’t help but…
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Bosom
I became interested in the word bosom as I studied the phrase “taken unto himself” in Alma 45 and Alma 46. The connection comes from this verse: 69 And Enoch and all his people walked with God, and he dwelt in the midst of Zion; and it came to pass that Zion was not, for God received it up into his own…
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The small meal, the grand feast, Adam and Eve, and ancient temple worship — Part 2: "Delivered into your hand"
In my last post, I noted this verse from Genesis outlining the commandment God gives to Adam and Eve right after their creation. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing…
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A note about "brimstone" — gophrith (גָּפְרִית)
This is a short note that came up as a result of my deep dive into gold and treasure in the scriptures (see part 5 here) about the Hebrew word for brimstone ‘gophrith’ (גָּפְרִית) which appears 7 times in the Old Testament. I did not know this, but the word is directly related to ‘gopher’…
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Covenant as messenger — "[God's] strong reasoning" (Part 2 of 4)
This post is a continuation of this post, in which I looked at the description of the covenant as the messenger before God’s face as noted in Doctrine & Covenants 45. In part 2, we’ll look at the first of three phrases from Section 45 which describes how the covenant helps prepare a Zion people:…
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The Creation-Covenant Connection in more detail, part 4
These days I\’m spending a lot of time thinking about the connection between Creation and Covenant. Margaret Barker proposes that both words derive from a primitive Hebrew root associated with \”organizing\” and \”bringing together.\” The covenant was first introduced in the Garden of Eden. Transgression led to the Fall, which drove Adam and Eve out…
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Connection between "the Holy Order" and the first resurrection
My previous post made a connection between Enoch\’s visionary experience, during which he was clothed in glory by Michael at the throne of God, and Alma-2\’s talk of having been \”born of God\” and becoming \”a new creature\” after his miraculous experience with an angel. It is not difficult to see the obvious symbolic connections…
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