David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • His father’s words

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    I wonder if Moroni wanted to give a more personal view of the spiritual side of his father than what had been included in the sacred record already. Up to this point Mormon had talked about his actions as a military leader but had only given a very high level overview of his work as…

  • Worship services

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    5 And the church did meet together oft, to fast and to pray, and to speak one with another concerning the welfare of their souls. 6 And they did meet together oft to partake of bread and wine, in remembrance of the Lord Jesus. … 9 And their meetings were conducted by the church after…

  • Precise language

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    It is a testament to the faith of Moroni that he recognized the importance of recording the precise words used in various ordinances in his sacred records even as he knew that nobody alive then would ever read his record.

  • Keep paying attention

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    It is easy to overlook but just because they considered their enemies did not mean that fighting stopped for the Lamanites. After utterly destroying the Nephites these people who had been steeped in war for decades didn’t simply stop fighting. Instead they fought fiercely among themselves because the problem wasn’t the neighbors, it was the…

  • Ether’s perspective

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    I can only imagine life for ether during the four years of gathering. On one hand there was no way in the land but on the other hand both arms were gathering up every last person they could find so Ether still had to keep himself hidden. I expect that it was during those four…

  • Complete division

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    I don’t foresee our nation being reduced to open warfare throughout the land but I consider it entirely plausible that we could divide more firmly into two committed “armies” who fought politically (beyond the bounds of casting votes) such that all who want any political relevance just join one of the two sides with no…

  • Every chance to repent

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    The Lord did not consign the people to destruction until he had given them every opportunity to repent. That is a consistent pattern with the Lord. People do not face spiritual or societal destruction in ignorance.

  • Weakness

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    It occurs to me that Moroni might have been wrong about where the weakness was in their writing. He says that the Nephites were mighty in speaking but that they stumbled over the placement of their words when writing. Considering that the language they spoke and the language they kept their sacred records in were…

  • Clawing back

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    I said that things were never the same for the Jaredites after the introduction of secret combinations but we see an example with Lib and the two generations before him where they sought righteousness long enough that Lib even saw the Savior as well as with Com who protected the prophets against the wickedness of…

  • No going back

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    While there was a period of righteousness after Akish introduced secret combinations among the Jaredites their society was never the same afterward. To recognize the magnitude of the change, consider how wicked a society would have to be to destroy themselves down to only two dozen people.