Tag: Mosiah 2
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Concentric degrees of holiness (and unholiness)
I need to add a disclaimer to the top of this post. What I write below is merely a fleshing out of ideas. It is not meant to be a definitive declaration of my beliefs. The purpose of this blog is to document ideas and impressions that come through my study of the scriptures. I…
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Mysteries
As Lord Wilmore is posting about ancient cosmology and temple themes in Alma 12, among other things, my mind goes back to a scripture we have discussed before 9 And now Alma began to expound these things unto him, saying: It is given unto many to know the mysteries of God; nevertheless they are laid under a strict command that…
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Another parallel between the word of God and the covenant people
14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one. And I will show unto them that fight against my word and against my people, who are of the house of Israel, that I am God,…
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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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Endowment Narratives in the Book of Mormon, Part 2a — The (first half of the) Big Picture
This post is a continuation of my previous post on the endowment narrative in the Book of Mormon. This is part 2a. In this part (and part 2b to follow), I’ll lay out the evidence I’ve found so far about the general pattern described in part 1. Before I get to that, I will make…
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Gold and the Two Ways — part 4a
Gold and the Two Ways in the Book of Mormon Parts 1, 2, and 3 are found here: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. We’re looking at references to gold and riches and the like in the scriptures in the context of the doctrine of the two ways. In this post, we’ll look at some of the references…
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Examples of thematic repetition in Mosiah — part 1
Stisa\’s recent series of posts about thematic repetition in scripture (here, here, and here) got me thinking. As I recently re-read the Book of Mosiah, I couldn\’t help but see numerous examples, which I\’ll lay out in two posts. We already know a lot about the complexity of the Book of Mosiah, so this added…
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Scriptural repetition — Book of Mormon examples 2
This topic was introduced in this post and is largely based on a paper I read. It made think about posts we have already written that fit into this framework and other examples of \”types of repetition and shadows of history\” in the Book of Mormon. I presented several examples here, but I want to…
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Earth as the "mother of men"
This is a short note connecting a unique description of the earth in the Book of Moses with three references from the Book of Mormon. This is another example of thematic connections between these texts, and strengthens the case that the Book of Mormon authors had access to and embraced concepts and doctrines found in…
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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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