Category: Scripture Notes
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Backsliding
Ephraim and Judah are not equal in iniquity but both have rejected the God of Jacob and will receive the reward if they iniquity before they return to Him.
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Spiritual adultery
The interesting thing about Hosea is that he married in a way to demonstrate how Israel had abandoned their covenant. Even with that he did not commit any sins in providing his demonstration. While he was told to marry a harlot we have no indication that she was still counting whoredoms after he married her…
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Correcting the record
While Christ was telling the people that the law was fulfilled and that anything the prophets had prophesied would be fulfilled if it had not already it would have been easy to leave behind a fulfilled prophecy that had not been recorded. Instead He ensured that the record was complete.
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We only think we know
Sometimes prophecies seem very clear and we assume that we have the full picture. The truth is, we will only have the full picture after the fact and then we will fully understand the projected. People to that full knowledge we will know at least as much as we need to know so long as…
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Two paths, one outcome
Either the gentiles will repent and be spared from being scattered by the remnants of Israel—at which point Israel will be gathered together—or else they will not repent and they will be scattered by Israel like they had previously scattered Israel—at which point Israel will be gathered together.
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Three separate prayers
I never thought about the fact that Jesus separated himself three times to pay while his disciples and the multitude were praying to Him. By His third prayer He spoke things too great for man to utter. The people were able to understand him because their hearts were opened but that may not have been…
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All should be welcomed
The overriding themes are that all should be welcomed to partake and that Christ is the light for them to hold up to the world. Even those who are not worthy to partake of the sacrament, who the disciples are instructed to forbid in that thing, are explicitly welcomed with instructions that they should be…
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The rule of law
Darius made a foolish law—not thinking of the potential consequences. Daniel knew the consequences if his actions in disobeying that law. He didn’t discover because it was foolish, he did so because being faithful to God was not important than avoiding the consequences of breaking the law. What is instructive here is that Darius kept…
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Year two
I never realized before that Daniel interpreting the dream of Nebuchadnezzar to place in only the second year of his captivity. It occurs to me that Nebuchadnezzar might have conceived of his great statue because if the dream Daniel had interpreted for him—seeing as Daniel had told him the golden head of the statue was…
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Not ready for words
When the Nephites were too weak to be able to receive all the words Christ had from the Father He instead blessed their children and prayed things too marvelous to record.