Tag: Exodus 2
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The Garden and the Seed
This post explores the symbolism of the seed and the garden, relating the Tabernacle to the seed and exploring themes of new beginning and the conveyance of divine potential. It draws parallels from scriptural narratives and reflects on the profound covenant promise embodied in the symbol of the seed.
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The importance of developing a symbolic worldview
This post is adapted from an answer I gave to a question about the significance of the rainbow in the story of Noah. Question: [R]egarding the meaning behind the covenant God made with Noah with the rainbow. Part of this promise is that God would never flood the entire earth again. Does anyone have any…
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The everlasting covenant and gospel dispensations — Part 5 (Moses)
The previous parts of this series are found here: Part 1: Introduction and Adam Part 2: Enoch Part 3: Noah Part 4: Abraham I honestly thought that I would combine at least 2-3 dispensations in each post, but this turned out to be more elaborate and a longer series than anticipated. Moses This post is…
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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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Noah, the ark, and "rest" — part 7 ("Remember")
This post continues an overview of many related concepts, ultimately connecting Noah\’s ark with the rest we find through an everlasting covenant with God. Today we\’ll focus on \”remember\” — a word we\’ve discussed many times on the blog (see here and here for example). The Hebrew context of the word \”remember\” is very interesting. …
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Noah, the ark, and "rest" — part 4 ('Tevah' and 'the word')
This post continues a series of posts connecting Noah, his ark, Enoch, his city, and the “rest” we find as we enter into the everlasting covenant. In this post, I’ll lay out the case connecting Noah’s ark to ‘the word’ of God, which is an expansive concept Stisa and I have both discussed many times…
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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…