Tag: Jacob 7
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Parallel/inverted story arcs — Sherem and Abinadi
My last few posts (here and here) have covered interesting ideas from a recent Interpreter paper authored by Val Larsen about cultural decline in the Book of Mormon from a prophetic worldview (the mantic) to an intellectual/materialist worldview (the sophic). It\’s obvious that the Book of Mormon endorses the mantic perspective, yet over and over…
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A note about "signs"
I posted this a few weeks ago, contrasting how Sherem sought a sign in order to believe, and the result served as a sign for the people, bringing them to repentance, but the sign did not benefit Sherem. Notice the words of Jacob\’s prayer, found in verse 14: if God shall smite thee, let that…
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A note about what happened after Sherem died — "let that be a sign unto thee that he has power"
 The account of Jacob\’s encounter with Sherem in Jacob 7 is multilayered and interesting on many levels. I just noticed one additional layer, involving what happens right after Sherem dies: 21 And when the multitude had witnessed that he spake these things as he was about to give up the ghost, they were astonished exceedingly;…
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Heaven and earth — Part 1
A footnote in Quentin L. Cook\’s last General Conference talk led me down the rabbit hole. He refers to another conference talk by Ezra Taft Benson in October 1986. They both quote Moses 7:62 And righteousness will I send down out of heaven; and truth will I send forth out of the earth This poetic parallelism involving…
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Reinforcing Jacob 4 with Jacob 7
After having found the parallels between Jacob 4 and Jacob 7 that I posted about recently, I started finding many more. I just have a hard time believing these came about by accident. Two seemingly unrelated chapters, but yet connected in so many ways. I\’ll just list what I found and you can judge for…
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"Unshaken"
Reading Enos 1:11, I noticed the word, \”unshaken\” And after I, Enos, had heard these words, my faith began to be unshaken in the Lord I remember having read this before in Jacob somewhere, so I looked it up. I have written about Jacob\’s personality previously, showing some expressions typical for him. This is one that I missed but \”shaken/unshaken\”…
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Jacob's personality — Part 2
Having looked for Jacob’s “distinct voice” in the Book of Mormon, I am trying to get under his skin. I showed some examples in part 1. Compared to other Book of Mormon writers and the relative proportion of his writings, Jacob seems very focused on His anxiety for the welfare of the Nephites Taking his…
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The Book of Mormon rocks
Sorry, I couldn\’t resist the temptation to use a word-play to create a click-bait title, it should read \”the rocks in the Book of Mormon\”. For context, let me comment briefly on the use of rocks in the Bible. About 50% of the use is metaphorical and points to the Savior. \”Rock of my salvation\”…
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"Anti-Christs" in the Book of Mormon
We read about many people in the BoM who denied Christ, but there are three persons who stand out as \”anti-Christs\”, who go around among the people and actively preach against His coming. Here\’s a short summary/analysis: Sherem (Jacob 7) is preaching that a belief in Christ is distracting the people from keeping the Law…
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Devilish Details in the Book of Mormon — Part 2
The devil is a very common topic in the Book of Mormon. In yesterday\’s post, we looked at names for the devil used in the Book of Mormon. Today\’s list contains words that describe Satan\’s tactics.Part 2Description of the devil\’s ways:lie — 41, 7 42 Behold, I know that thou believest, but thou art possessed…
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