David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • What of Esau

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    I would love to know more about what happened with Esau during the twenty years that Jacob was gone. What caused him to leave behind any anger he felt for his brother?

  • Strife

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    I wonder again at the uneven affection Jacob had between his wives that led them to compete for his affection. Leah knew that he loved Rachel more but expected him to live her for beating him children. Rachel knew that he loved her more but feared that without providing him children she would lose his…

  • Loving Leah

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    Could Jacob have saved future trouble by learning to love Leah more equally to Joe he loved Rachel? Did he do all he could to treat them equally? We can never know the answer but in life we must learn how not to play favorites when we should have no favorites (such as among our…

  • Seeking refuge

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    The day will come when people will be looking for even the appearance of refuge (“we will eat our own bread and wear our own apparel but let us be called by thy name”) but real refuge, “shadow from the heat and a covert from rain and storm” is available from the Lord to those…

  • Like war

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    I notice that the consequences outlined for when the people have rejected the Lord sound comparable to the destruction that comes with war and poverty. They can’t have nice things, they must simply survive with the leftovers.

  • A good reminder

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    It is good to be reminded that the day of the Lord will come when men will seek to flee from their past wickedness and get in line with the image of righteousness. I don’t know that they will ask be rights but they will at least want to avoid the assistance if wickedness even…

  • Delight in Christ

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    “I delight in proving to my people the coming of Christ.” Nephi invited them to rejoice in Christ as he does

  • No kings in the land

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    The promise that there shall be no kings in the land promised to the seed of Lehi does not seem to have a qualifier. It suggests that anyone who seeks to raise up a king will be frustrated in their efforts and fail in their pursuit. Maybe that means the efforts of Trump supporters are…

  • What is the birthright?

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    Esau acknowledged that Jacob had received his birthright but listed it as separate from his blessing that Jacob also received. That makes me wonder what the birthright was. Is it possible that the birthright Esau sold to Jacob was priesthood authority? Also, if Jacob and Esau we’re born when Isaac was 60 and Isaac lived…

  • Isaac and Rebekah

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    I think it is interesting that Abraham insisted that Isaac have a wife from his relatives in his homeland but also insisted that Jacob never travel to that land. I remember hearing that Rebekah was batten until Isaac prayed for her but never realized that they were married twenty years before she had children. (That…