Category: Scripture Notes

For the prophecy about “more shall be the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife” to be fulfilled, the redeemed of Zion must first have been (or appeared to be) forsaken of the Lord. That being the case, when we feel forsaken it may be part of the path.

Those who are following the Lord will not act like those being driven before a plague. They will be deliberate and directed towards their goal rather than away from their fear.

Among the gentiles the Lord will eventually cut off from among them anything that is if interest to the world but without eternal value. People will be disappointed if they are interested in the wealth and desires of the world rather than turning to God and things of eternal value.

This prophecy concerning the timing of the work of the Lord in the latter days is as clear as any prophecy ever uttered (at least now – there may have been times when it seemed less clear than now).

As I read this “thy watchmen shall lift up their voice together” and “Jerusalem will be inhabited by my people” I think of the way the world looks at Jerusalem today – as a place of major historical significance and as a city which, if it weren’t for the presently ongoing conflict in the region,…

As I read about all the motion of the covenants of the gospel being brought to one group and then another through history until all have had the gospel and been blessed by it for so long as they choose not to abandoning it I get an image of a master chef carefully mixing ask…

What did the people think as Christ told them they would be among the gentiles as a lion among the beasts of the forest – they they would have power to go through and tread down the gentiles if they didn’t repent and hold to the covenant they would be receiving in the latter day.

When Jesus produced bread and wine miraculously for the sacrament it was not done to help the people believe – it was done because they already believed enough that there was no reason to limit the use of His power because there was no rush of people being converted to the miracles rather than the…

Because the Nephites were immediately responsive to the message of Jesus He was able to show them things on the second day of His visit greater than He had done among the Jews.

It seems clear now that only the disciples were baptized before Jesus came and after He came His prayer told the multitude that the disciples had received the Holy Ghost and also that those who believed in the words of the disciples would also receive the Holy Ghost.