Tag: Moses 6
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Jubilees and Enoch, part 2
With wond’ring awe the wisemen sawThe star in heaven springing,And with delight, in peaceful night,They heard the angels singing: Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to his name!By light of star they traveled farTo seek the lowly manger,A humble bed wherein was laidThe wondrous little Stranger.Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna to his name!And still is found, the world around,The old…
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Jubilees and Enoch, part 1
I’ve been studying the apocryphal Book of Jubilees and having a great time seeing the book of Genesis as told through the angelic, revelatory worldview of certain “long exile” Israelites (see this post for an overview of what that means). When the narrative gets to Enoch, we are given far more than we find in…
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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 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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Footstool
I’ve got multiple series of posts going on at the same time, but I haven’t forgotten about them. This post will open up another topic — footstool. After this I’ll get back to the “stretch forth thine hand” series and finish that, then, I’ll return to Moses 7 from my most recent post. Footstool This…
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Adam and adamah — Part 2 ("the earth which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood")
Adamah as the mother of adam When I write adam with lower case ‘a’ in the heading, it is in the meaning of mankind, not as a personal name. With so much focus on the earth (Hebr. adamah) in Genesis 2-4, it is an interesting exercise to read these chapters from the perspective of the…
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The everlasting covenant and gospel dispensations — Part 2 (Enoch)
Part 1 introduces the everlasting covenant in the context of gospel dispensations and shows how Adam sought to establish this covenant after the fall. This is characterized by The creation Eternity or “before the foundation of the world” Hearkening to the word of God and receiving instruction Being called after His order Preaching and exemplifying redemption,…
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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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Endowment Narratives in the Book of Mormon, Part 3a — Finding Meaning in the Symbols
The more I study the scriptures and ponder their meaning, the more I realize how much we underappreciate the significance of the archetypal story of Adam and Eve as presented in the books of Genesis, Moses, and Abraham. I believe the ancient prophets saw themselves as Adam and created intentional parallels in their accounts. As…
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"He sent angels to converse with them … therefore God conversed with men"
In my last post, I outlined a temple pattern found in the scriptures related to hearkening and then later being taught to speak with the tongue of angels. In this post, we’ll look at another example of this pattern, the archetype of which is found in Moses 5-6 (detailed in my previous post here). 29 Therefore…
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