Category: Scripture Notes

I never took note before that Isaiah compares us to sheep (“all we, like sheep, have gone astray”) just as he compares Christ to a sheep (“he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth.”). It makes me feel connected…

It’s ironic when people try to use the Law of Moses to argue against the doctrine of Christ. Abinadi turned that on its head when he asked the priests of Noah if salvation came by the Law of Moses perform he demonstrated the hollowness of their claim that it did. They said that salvation came…

When Abinadi first came among the people of Noah Noah responded by saying “Who is Abinadi, that I and my people should be judged of him, or who is the Lord, that shall bring upon my people such great affliction?” When Abinadi came again asking them after 2 years in hiding gree prophesied “the life…

It struck me today that the building of towers, especially ancientley, was not something that anyone would undertake lightly or frivolously. There we have examples of both good and bad reasons to build towers but it is rare to build a tower just to see if you can. It makes me wonder about building spiritual…

I asked who wrote the history of Noah’s kingdom. The answer seems clear now. I’m sure there was some record from Limhi but obviously the detailed record of Abinadi in Noah’s court came from Alma and I expect that as part of that record which Alma made when he had chosen to repent he also…

While Mormon is clearly writing the history of the reign of Noah in his own words as part of the abridgement I am left wondering who kept any record of the kingdom under Noah. He obviously shut his eyes to the actual danger of living near the Lamanites and I’m confident that he would have…

I wonder why Zeniff didn’t choose to leave the land of Nephi after he finally realized that king Laman had tricked him and intended to conquer his people. That seems like it would have been the most prudent course of action.

How often do I act like Zeniff and go down the path of my choosing while ignoring any warning signs that would suggest that the path will not lead to the results I hoped for?

The description of men as a wild flock who flee from the guiding hand of wisdom is a reminder a flock can only be led as much as they allow. It is not enough to be in the care of a shepherd because the flock may refuse to follow even if the shepherd cares. Sometimes…