Tag: Words of Mormon 1
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The Nephite governmental transition
I am very fascinated by and interested in Nephite history. Obviously I wish we had more information, What was on the large plates that Mormon abridged from? What information did he leave out? What was on the translated pages that Martin Harris lost? I expect it will take a while before I can get those…
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Qodesh (holy) in Alma 13
I consider Alma 13 a temple sermon of sorts. It is not mentioned directly, but when trying to read it through an ancient Israelite lens, there are temple themes everywhere. As mentioned in my previous post, there is a Hebrew root, q-d-s, that is basis for a cluster of words like holy, sanctify, consecrate and…
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A deeper look into the Words of Mormon — Part 3
In part 1, I asked several questions in the introduction and have really only attempted to answer the last: Where exactly do the small plates end and the large plates start? Since this is complicated and speculative, I spent part 2 also dealing with that question. To answer the rest, we will have to rewind…
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A deeper look into the Words of Mormon — Part 2
The main takeaway from part 1 is this: Martin Harris did not lose all the translated pages. A small part was not brought to Palmyra. It is the part leading up to and perhaps also consisting of some of our current Book of Mosiah. The part leading up to our current Book of Mosiah is…
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A deeper look into the Words of Mormon — Part 1
If you are like most church members, you read the Words of Mormon like any other book of scripture, focusing on the spiritual insight to gain from it. In this case, for instance, you rejoice in the “workings of the Spirit of the Lord” (WoM 1:7) who prepared a remedy for the loss of the…
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The (s)word of God — Part 1
I have written extensively about \”the word\” on this blog and apparently I cannot give it up quite yet. The word is frequently likened to a sword in the scriptures. And now, as the preaching of the word had a great tendency to lead the people to do that which was just—yea, it had had more powerful effect upon the minds…
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שָׁמַר — shamar: to keep, watch, preserve, part 2
In my last post, I reviewed various words translated from \”shamar\” in the Old Testament. In this post, we\’ll look at how those same terms are used in the Book of Mormon. I\’ll post many examples below, but one example stood out to me as I undertook this study, from the words of King Benjamin…
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An explanation of the Large and Small Plates of Nephi
Since the topic is a bit complex, I copy an explanation that I previously wrote about the Large and Small plates of Nephi and Mormon\’s abridgment: At about 600 B.C. Lehi leaves Jerusalem with his family. At some point after they arrive in the promised land, Nephi is commanded to make plates. See 1 Nephi…
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Mormon and the Nephite records
I\’m trying to set the record straight (pun intended) for myself with respect to Mormon\’s dealings with the Nephite records. Writing some sort of timeline is helpful: About 310 AD: Mormon is born probably somewhere in the land northward, which usually is not part of the Book of Mormon narrative. We know little of his…
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Mormon paraphrases Nephi about the "great and last day"
In Helaman 12 we get an entire chapter of editorial lamentation by Mormon about the frailties of humanity. He ends his lament with these words: 25 And I would that all men might be saved. But we read that in the great and last day there are some who shall be cast out, yea, who…
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