David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • A record of spiritual things

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    When Nauvoo was commanded to keep a second record focused on the ministry among his people that should have made more sense to him because of what he had been told in his vision of the tree of life that the record from his sex would restore many of the plain and precious truths that…

  • A constant struggle

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    Nephi saw the history of his posterity from a very high level and the consistent theme was struggling against their brethren and struggling against pride and sin.

  • A fractured covenant

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    I find it interesting for the Spirit of the Lord to note that the house of Israel fought against the Apostles of the Lamb. Those who had inherited (and forgotten the meaning of) the first covenant setting themselves at odds with those who first received the new covenant. The Lord however is constant and will,…

  • Further witnesses

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    Nephi wanted to know for himself the things that Lehi testified of. His late chapters in 2 Nephi are price that he received that witness for himself just as Jacob 5 is evidence that Jacob had come to know for himself the things that his father, Lehi, had taught.

  • Water, Blood, and Spirit

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    Ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the spirit… Moses 6:59 Water from the womb Blood from your mortal mother Your eternal spirit Even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood… Moses 6:59 Water of Baptism…

  • Genesis generations

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    I wonder if all the sons listed in Genesis 5 were firstborn sons or if they were simply the line of sons through which we arrived at the pivotal figure of Noah. If they were firstborn sons it makes you wonder why they waited between 60 and 200 years to start their families. I understand…

  • Looking for direction

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    I notice that in Lehi’s dream Sariah, Sam and Nephi we’re looking for direction while Laman and Lemuel weren’t. When we consider that it should be no surprise that Sariah, Sam and Nephi we’re more amenable to taking direction than Laman and Lemuel were.

  • Conditional obedience

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    Laman and Lemuel are clasic examples of people who practice conditional obedience. They will be obedient when they agree and not if they disagree. They were willing to try to get the brass plates until it got hard. They were willing to persuade Ishmael and his family so that they could have wives but after…

  • Being comforted

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    I notice that while Lehi sought to comfort Sarah about there sons she wasn’t really comforted until she saw them again when they returned from Jerusalem. Sometimes it’s hard to have faith.

  • Large in stature

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    I never before considered that Laban was a large and powerfully built man. We know this because Nephi was and when dressed as Laban he was mistaken for Laban which means Laban was. That might have contributed to the fear that Laman and Lemuel had of Laban.