Tag: Genesis 17
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Karath (כָּרַת): to cut
The following has been mentioned on this blog before but is repeated because it is important for the context of this post. Strange as it sounds, in Hebrew you don’t make a covenant, you cut a covenant. (It is still translated into “make” in English to make sense to us). In Old Testament tradition, a covenant agreement was…
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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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King Benjamin and × Ö¸×ªÖ·×Ÿ (natan)
In my last post, I outlined how King Benjamin subtly makes repeated reference to the Garden of Eden narrative in the opening portion of his sermon through the various meanings of the Hebrew roots abad and shamar. He has done for the covenant people under his care what God instructed Adam and Eve to do…
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The Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants in the Book of Mormon — Part 2
The first part was an introduction to the topic. In this part I will focus on the Abrahamic covenant and how it is used in the Book of Mormon. As explained in part 1, the term \”the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob\” is used to specifically refer to this covenant and the God who…
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"…the way is prepared that whosoever will may walk therein and be saved." (Part 1)
8 Now, the decrees of God are unalterable; therefore, the way is prepared that whosoever will may walk therein and be saved. (Alma 41) \”Walk\” as a covenant symbol. I love identifying covenant symbols in the Book of Mormon. The more I carefully study these words, the stronger I come to know how carefully prepared…
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