Tag: Mosiah 18
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Lessons from Mosiah 9-24: ‘wild beasts’ and ‘wild flocks’
There is a fact which becomes increasingly clear to me as I study the Book of Mormon and which bears repeating: The Book of Mormon was carefully written and deserves our careful attention. This post will offer yet another example of this by discussing a central theme of Mosiah 9-24 as outlined in Mosiah 8:21…
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Ancient religious significance of trees
Genesis 12:6 in the KJV Bible reads like this And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. Reading a different translation last week, I noticed that “plain” is from the Hebrew word, “elon”. This appears to be a bad translation. Elon means…
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Endowment Narratives in the Book of Mormon, Part 2b — The (second half of the) Big Picture
This post will continue detailing five additional examples of the “endowment pattern” I am describing in this series. By the end of this post, I hope you will be convinced that there is a pattern. Future posts will detail the deeper meaning of the pattern. Please read part 1 and part 2a if you haven’t…
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Qodesh (קֹדֶשׁ): Holy
I have studied the Hebrew root, קֹדֶשׁ – qodesh, which is related to that which is holy. There are several words based on this root: Qodesh: Apartness, sacredness (noun) Qadash: To be set apart, consecrated (verb) Qadosh: Sacred, holy (adjective) In the Bible, words for “holiness” appear more often than words for “love”. This is definitely…
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Examples of thematic repetition in Mosiah — part 2
My last post introduced the purpose of this series on examples of thematic repetition in the Book of Mormon. Please read that post first before reading this one. Example #2 — The type and shadow of things to come Our next example teaches an extremely important lesson in a subtle way. This is accomplished through…
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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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Old Testament Temple Symbolism — Exodus 25
My list of topics to study almost always far exceeds my time constraints. As a result, I often find myself unable to get to something in a reasonably timely manner. When I do manage to go back and study that topic, I inevitably find myself wishing I had learned those lessons earlier! This post is…
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Internally consistent detail about Nephi's reign
There is a curious detail in 1 Nephi 10:1 And now I, Nephi, proceed to give an account upon these plates of my proceedings, and my reign and ministry What reign? At this point, Nephi is likely a teenager who has just left Jerusalem with his family. The first time reader does not yet know that it…
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Bitter and sweet — Part 2
I didn\’t label the last post on this topic part 1, because I didn\’t know there would be a part 2 at the time. That seems to happen a lot these days. In the first post I connected the bitter/sweet contrast in the scriptures to the the trees in the Garden of Eden and its…
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The Spirit, the word, and the heart
I\’ve noted a connection between the word of God (or the work of covenant-making) and the hearts of His children. Lately, I\’ve also noticed a connection between these two elements and the Spirit. Here is an example, as Alma-1 is preparing to baptize at the waters of Mormon: 12 And now it came to…
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