Author: David
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Foreshadowing
And now, verily, I say concerning the residue of the elders of my church, the time has not yet come, for many years, for them to receive their inheritance in this land. Doctrine & Covenants 58:44 The Lord hunted from the beginning that it would be a long time before Zion was to be the…
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Whom I will forgive
I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men. And ye ought to say in your hearts—let God judge between me and thee, and reward thee according to thy deeds. Doctrine & Covenants 64:10-11 The Lord makes clear His forgiveness is not universal but He…
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An inspired mission
I wonder if part of the reason the Spirit inspired the sons of Mosiah to go among the Lamanites was to set up easy conditions for the Nephites to transition away from a monarchy. I also wonder if our American democracy has served its most critical purpose in allowing for the restoration of the gospel…
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An entire separation
Until that hour (the coming of the Son of Man) there will be foolish virgins among the wise; and at that hour cometh an entire separation of the righteous and the wicked; and in that day will I send mine angels to pluck out the wicked. Doctrine & Covenants 63:54 We will never be able…
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An unlikely kinship
Perhaps the reason that the sons of Mosiah actually believed that the Lamanites could be covered was that they had been more staunchly opposed to the gospel before their conversion than their between who thought that leaving to the Lamanites was a waste of effort. They considered that if the Lord could reach them He…
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Setting a foundation
The Lord sent a vanguard of trusted servants to establish businesses and begin to acquire property so that the coming saints would have the means to settle in Missouri.
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The implications of physically gathering
The church had unique problems to solve because of the command for them to physically gather to a common place. This necessitated the church coordinating donations, purchased, and disbursement of land and goods.
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Celestial symmetry
It feels like spiritual poetry that the people of Limhi were baptized by Alma just as the original converts who were baptized in the Waters of Mormon from among the people under king Noah. And now because of their unbelief they could not understand the word of God. Mosiah 26:3 Without a believing heart to…
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Signs come by faith
Hear the word of him … Who willeth to take even them whom he will take, and preserveth in life them whom he will preserve; Who buildeth up at his own will and pleasure; and destroyeth when he pleases, and is able to cast the soul down to hell. Behold, I, the Lord, utter my…
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Trust no man to be a king over you
When the people of Alma looked to him to be their ruler he taught them to jealously guard their right to make their own choices by not being ruled by someone else. Alma recognized the danger of turning our decision making over to another person. He knew that even if you have a good person…