Tag: 2 Nephi
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Make their ears fat
Sometimes we need to understand that the ways of the Lord must allow for things to get worse and worse, sometimes seeming to be beyond the point of no return, in order to allow the transformations that His with requires. I wonder if we are watching one of those times in eastern Europe with Putin’s…
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Not left alone
I have always wondered the meaning of “joining house to house.” I used to joke that it was an injunction against apartments. I know that’s not literally true but there are times I have wondered if it was metaphorically true. Today I considered the possibly meaning that people are not allowed to be independent—that they…
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Seeking refuge
The day will come when people will be looking for even the appearance of refuge (“we will eat our own bread and wear our own apparel but let us be called by thy name”) but real refuge, “shadow from the heat and a covert from rain and storm” is available from the Lord to those…
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Like war
I notice that the consequences outlined for when the people have rejected the Lord sound comparable to the destruction that comes with war and poverty. They can’t have nice things, they must simply survive with the leftovers.
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A good reminder
It is good to be reminded that the day of the Lord will come when men will seek to flee from their past wickedness and get in line with the image of righteousness. I don’t know that they will ask be rights but they will at least want to avoid the assistance if wickedness even…
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Delight in Christ
“I delight in proving to my people the coming of Christ.” Nephi invited them to rejoice in Christ as he does
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No kings in the land
The promise that there shall be no kings in the land promised to the seed of Lehi does not seem to have a qualifier. It suggests that anyone who seeks to raise up a king will be frustrated in their efforts and fail in their pursuit. Maybe that means the efforts of Trump supporters are…
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Two paths diverged
Satan seeks to convince people to put something, anything (wealth, power, strength, wisdom, popularity, fear, desires) before God in their lives. The path to exaltation is to put God before everything else.
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Omniscience
If we believe in the goodness of God and that he is actively interested in our welfare then it would be comforting to know that he has foreknowledge with such to make correct decisions for our benefit.
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A comforting acknowledgement
It should be comforting to Israel that the Lord acknowledges their suffering. There is no “it could have been much worse” simply “I will come and take your suffering out of your hands.’