Category: Scripture Notes
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A tame tree
It think it is important for the people who are being compared to the tree to understand that the Lord started with a tame olive tree. Had he started with a wild olive tree they could excuse the poor fruit as being the result of the tree that bore the fruit.
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Keeping the law
I love the simplicity of how Jacob explains the motivation behind their keeping the law of Moses although they understood about Christ. They kept the law and allowed it to point them towards Christ who was their ultimate source of hope
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Repentance
The message from Jacob to those whose sins he had just expressed was “humble yourselves and begin to recognize and repair the damage you have caused through your iniquity.”
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Passover reminders
The children were to be reminded of the Passover each year. I never thought about it before but i wonder if they are supposed to mark the door posts and lintels every year or just before they left Egypt. I believe that was only part of that first Passover. In what ways can we have…
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Variations in signs
I never before noticed the various distinctions between the many plagues. Some plagues hit everyone while others hit only the Egyptians. With the hail the Egyptians were warned and all who would heed the warning of Moses were spared by staying out of their fields. As things grew worse Pharaoh would offer more conversations before…
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Speaking of pride first
Why did Jacob speak out against the pride of the neighbors first before moving on to their grosser sins? I always thought it was because he couldn’t bare to drive into the deep end first but now i wonder if it was also because the infection of pride and inequality within their society helped to…
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Manifest unto us
Nephi must have felt great confidence that Jacob would see things like he did relative to the spiritual welfare of their people since they had both had the vision of what would happen asking their people. Nephi knew that after he was gone Jacob would shepherd them with the same care that he tried to…
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Written vs Spoken
I have doubted Nephi when he said that his written words were less powerful than the spoken words among his people. I trained that the spoken words were powerful to Nephi because He was receptive to the Spirit just as his written words are powerful to me when I am receptive to the Spirit. There…
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Covenant promises
Nativii makes clear that the promises of the Lord are to those who covenant with the Lord whether Jew or gentile. Nobody can rely on their lineage without making covenants. Likewise nobody who makes and keeps covenants needs to fear because of their lineage.