Tag: mosiah 23
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"the Lord did strengthen them"
In my previous post, I wrote that people in the Near East in the Bronze Age relied on their gods for literally everything of significance. For the Israelites, it was only one God and to the extent that they managed to keep the first two out of the 10 commandments (which was very often not…
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"An instrument in the hands of God"
This is a short follow-up note on my series of posts on the phrase “stretch forth thine hand” (which begins here). One main lesson from that study was that prophets are messengers from God calling a covenant people to repent. As we learned from the account of Enoch (discussed in part 4), Enoch feels the…
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Adam and adamah — Part 3 ("in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed")
Links to Part 1 Part 2 We have looked at the story in Genesis 2-4 from the perspective of the ground (Hebr. adamah) because it plays a central role and is even sometimes personified, but also because it forms an intimate relationship with man (Adam) in the text emphasized through the similarity of words. In…
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Endowment Narratives in the Book of Mormon, Part 4 — More symbols and their meaning
This has turned into a pretty long series so far, but we aren’t done yet. I hope you’ve enjoyed the ride. This post will cover a few additional symbols which appear frequently in the ‘endowment pattern’ I’ve outlined in this series. Before I get to that, it’s probably useful for us to recap what we’ve…
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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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The Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants in the Book of Mormon — Part 2
The first part was an introduction to the topic. In this part I will focus on the Abrahamic covenant and how it is used in the Book of Mormon. As explained in part 1, the term \”the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob\” is used to specifically refer to this covenant and the God who…
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"Catch/Caught" in the Book of Mormon
As I was studying the double-meaning of \”carried away\” in the scriptures (see here, here and here), I noticed a similar term is used in the same way: \”catch/caught\” The positive examples are intimately connected with the word of God and heavenly experiences: We find people \”[catching] hold of the end of the rod of…
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May 11–17. Mosiah 18–24: “We Have Entered into a Covenant with Him”
Here are some additional resources for this week\’s lesson: Mosiah 18 — \”Redeem his people\” is a unique phrase, Covenant Symbols, \”Before the foundation of the world\” Mosiah 19/Mosiah 22 — Gideon Mosiah 20/Mosiah 22/Mosiah 23 — A note about going \”up\” and \”down\” Mosiah 21 — Another story told twice, Long Side Stories, \”Dry Bones\” Mosiah 24 — \”Remember the captivity of our fathers,\” \”Cunning,\” Physical and spiritual…
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Consistent Geography in the Book of Mormon
“Go up” and “go down” A person travels “down” to Zarahemla and “up” to the Land of Nephi: There is a wilderness between Zarahemla and the Land of Nephi that is thick enough for a person to become lost.
Book of Mormon Notes 