David Journal

Tag: 1 Nephi

  • The people of the land

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    I never before thought about Nephi’s assertion that the people in the land promised to Abraham had rejected the gospel before they were driven out by the Jews.

  • The death of Ishmael

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    Tonight I wondered for the first time if Ishmael died due to the stress of going without food not long before.

  • Questions

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    Why was Nephi taken to a mountain he had never been to? Was it just to get him alone or was there something significant about that mountain? I never before considered that the fountain of living water was a representation of the love of God and yet he also clearly stated that the river of…

  • An expensive vision

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    It is clear from the full extent of what Lehi said from his vision that, like Nephi later, he saw more than the tree of life. He saw John the Baptist and the ministry of Jesus. He saw the scattering and gathering of Israel. I wouldn’t be surprised if he saw his seed like Nephi…

  • Not knowing beforehand

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    Neigh days that they were desirous that stream should come with them lest the Jews become aware of their departure. I wonder when he decided that Zoram should come. Obviously by the time Zoram started to flee but did he think it back when he invited Zoram to carry the plates? Did he think it…

  • Graven upon His palms

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    With a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter to the end of the earth; say ye: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob. And they thirsted not; he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also and the waters…

  • The Lord will open the way

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    And if it so be that the children of men keep the commandments of God he doth nourish them, and strengthen them, and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he has commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means for us while we did sojourn in the wilderness. 1 Nephi 17:3 Once again,…

  • Led in the fertile parts

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    Even in the midst of a wilderness, those who are humble enough to be less by the Lord will find that they are led through the more fertile parts.

  • Removing stumbling blocks

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    He shall manifest himself unto them in word, and also in power, in very deed, unto the taking away of their stumbling blocks. 1 Nephi 14:1 What we most directly think of as the Atonement—suffering in Gethsemane and Golgotha—constitutes the taking away of the ultimate stumbling blocks.

  • God is love

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    And he said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension of God? And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; 1 Nephi 11:16-17 The first attribute of God is love for His children. That is the thing which animates everything else. He makes and enforces law because of His love for His…