David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • 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.

  • Three witnesses

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    The prophecy regarding the duration of the tribulation where evil reigns throughout the earth before the second coming of Christ is very specific and based on three agreeing witnesses it is quite clear: 1260 days is exactly 42 months of each month is 30 days. 42 months of exactly 3½ years (“a time, times, and…

  • Great destruction

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    The great destruction prophesied by John reminds me in many ways of the destruction the Nephites experienced at the death of Christ. In fact, when we face this prophesied destruction I expect it will be a witness to many who have read the account in 3 Nephi but not believed it. Also, I’m not confident…

  • Who is saved?

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    Here is the number 144,000. These are the servants of God sealed in their foreheads but that is not the number of people who inherit the celestial kingdom. John describes “a great multitude which no man could number” who have “come out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in…

  • The opening of seals

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    Once again, making sure to look through the lens of Nephi’s vision I am seeing the words of John with more clarity. The white horse that was sent out considering and to conquer at the first seal could refer to the British empire that was allowed to have control throughout the earth for many years.…

  • Warning against secret combinations

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    It seems to me that Ether 8 and this warning against secret combinations might be the core reason that the book of Ether needed to be included in the Book of Mormon. We are certainly at a place as a society that we are more likely to uphold secret combinations than to combat them.

  • Mortal stability

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    I wonder if it is even possible for people to maintain stability for extended periods of time without having transformative events such as Christ visiting or mass conversions to anchor them to righteousness on a wide scale.

  • Divine design

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    Sometimes I forget that the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon weren’t chosen by Joseph Smith nor did he show them the record. Also, when Moroni records that Joseph can show the record to those who help bring forth the work that is separate from the promise that unto 3 they will be shown…

  • Gospel in 10 seconds

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    I have often noticed places in the scriptures where the gospel of Jesus Christ (or the gospel of repentance) is encapsulated in 1 or 2 verses. I noticed one of those instances in Ether 4 and have decided to start tagging them as Gospel in 10 seconds. Basically off the top of my head I…

  • The vision of all things

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    I am finally understanding the book of Revelation because I have been filtering it through the clarity of Nephi’s vision. Now if I were to receive the record of the brother of Jared I would finally be able to understand what he recorded from his vision.