Category: Scripture Notes
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Changing sides
I have always wondered why do many of the Lamanite prisoners would choose to join the people of Ammon. It occurred to me tonight that most of the labor soldiers were likely single (unattached), relatively young men. After fighting in the war and finding that it wasn’t as glamorous or easy as they might have…
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A hard task
I can only imagine how hard it was for Pahoran to write his letter to Moroni annoying what must have felt like a failure to him and acknowledging his own indecisiveness which had exacerbated the struggles Moroni and his men were facing. At the same time, the reader can feel the weight having been lifted…
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All things advance the work
How will the Lord use things in our day that go against what we would expect Him to want to forward His work, like when He used the Assyrians to chasten Israel even though the Assyrians thought they we operating of their own accord. (They were operating of their own accord, what they failed to…
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Repent to be cleansed
The Lord wanted Israel to repent so that their offerings could have any beneficial effect. Keeping the feasts without turning to the Lord leaves then no better than heathen nations. I just realized that the Lord telling Isaiah to make the ears of Israel heavy with prophecy was a fulfillment of the prophecy that he…
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Bestir yourselves
I wonder if that phrase hit Pahoran. He might have felt that he was doing all he could. Whether he felt chastened nu that call to action or not, his response was admirable.
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What if…
What would Moroni have thought about the fall of Nephihah of he had already received the report from Helaman about the lack of receiving support? Would he have assumed that the support was being concentrated on Helaman and the armies in his theater of the war? It was when he had information from all the…
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Reporting in
Helaman wrote to Moroni at this point not just because he wanted to report in but also because he was concerned about the potential implications of the lack of support he had received. He wanted to encourage Moroni if the way was going badly in his theater but also alert him in the event that…
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Yea, and they did obey…
Why is it that the sons of Helaman did observe to perform every word of command with exactness? Obviously a key party of the reason was that they choose to be obedient—being true was in the character they had cultivated—but I’m sure there was more. How critical was it to their obedience that Helaman had…
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Timing of Ecclesiastes
When did Solomon write Ecclesiastes? It must have been later in his reign because he seems to have lost sight of life. The only wisdom I found was the first half of chapter 3 and I half suspect that people kept this book in their scriptural Canon largely because they assumed it was wise simply…
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Nuggets of wisdom
There are many sayings with merit in Proverbs. I think the thing that is hard is that there is no structure or order, just little pearls scattered all about.