Tag: Moses 5
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Heavenly and Earthly Manifestations of the Voice of God
File this post under “familiar verse suddenly takes on tremendous new meaning as a result of a gradual accumulation of insights.” 11 For thus spake the prophet: The Lord God surely shall visit all the house of Israel at that day, some with his voice, because of their righteousness, unto their great joy and salvation, and others with the thunderings and…
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Jubilees and the curse of Cain
This is a short post continuing my study of Jubilees. See here and here for background. Jubilees contains only a short reference to the murder of Abel: 1 In the third week in the second jubilee, she gave birth to Cain; in the fourth she gave birth to Abel; and in the fifth she gave…
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The curse of “slippery” treasures and early Genesis themes
Image: Moroni Buries the Plates. Artwork by Katie Payne If you read this blog on a regular basis, you’ve probably picked up on the fact that both Stisa and I believe that key themes in the early Genesis accounts are vital to understanding the worldview of the Book of Mormon writers. It follows logically that…
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Tying together Creation-Covenant themes about division – part 2
In part 1 of this series we took a look at how the creation account and the story of Cain and Abel offer rich, contrasting symbolism which can help us understand God’s working with His people. In this post, we’ll explore specific examples in the Book of Mormon. The most important takeaway lesson for me…
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“Will a man rob God?” Thoughts on the Hebrew root ‘betsa’
Today’s post will cover an item from my “things to study in more depth when I find the time” list. It’s been there for about one year. While studying Genesis early last year, I noticed this fascinating Hebrew root ‘betsa’ and posted about a likely connection to Cain. (See this post.) Throughout the year, I…
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Hearken, ‘shama’ and the Two Ways
I’ve been studying the word ‘hearken’ in the scriptures. In the Old Testament, the word translated to ‘hearken’ is: shama: to hear (שָׁמַע) Source: Biblehub In my studies, I came across an interesting note about how the bivalent usage of ‘shama’ in the book of Jeremiah. In the prophetic books (esp. Jer), hearing sounds is…
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The Cosmic Mountain, Part 2
Part 1 of this series is found here. At the end of the last post, I promised to connect more scripture stories to the cosmic mountain. Below, I’ll lay out key quotes from each of these important passages, and invite you to read the full passage on your own time and ponder the common elements.…
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"Cutting" covenants in Alma 46
This post is a follow-up of Stisa’s most recent post about the ancient understanding of how covenants are made. (To summarize, covenants are ‘cut’ and those who break them are ‘cut off.’) It is always interesting to me to learn how ancient people thought about covenants and the stark imagery and symbols associates with keeping…
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The everlasting covenant and gospel dispensations — Part 4 (Abraham)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints boldly and uniquely teaches that the gospel was preached from the beginning. Jesus Christ did not introduce it, he only restored what had existed since the days of Adam 58 And thus the Gospel began to be preached, from the beginning, being declared by holy angels sent forth from the presence of God, and…
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The everlasting covenant and gospel dispensations — Part 1 (Introdution and Adam)
I have started to ponder the everlasting covenant, what it is and how it was restored at every gospel dispensation. As I wrote the recent posts on Melchizedek, I realized that there is a covenant connection between Enoch, Noah and Melchizedek/Abraham, which led me to think about the everlasting covenant in the context of gospel…
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