Tag: 2 Nephi

I notice that Lehi never spoke to the children of Jacob – suggesting that Jacob had no children at that time or if he did they were very young. Since Joseph was younger than Jacob he might very well have still been as young as I wondered yesterday.

I wonder how young Joseph was when Lehi spoke these words to him. I think he was quite young, not a youth eyeing life on his own but a child still in the close care of his parents.

The whole plan of salvation can be done up in these 48 words: “All things have been done in the wisdom of Him who knoweth all things. Adam fell that men might be and men are that they might have joy. And the Messiah cometh in the fullness of time, that He may redeem the…

This promised land is both blessed and cursed. Those who are here will never be brought into captivity save for iniquity. It seems safe to conclude that when any nation here chooses iniquity they will become captive to some leader or some wicked combination. Only when they repent will they gain their liberty again.

The prophets can teach the Doctrine but the individuals must pay to understands the doctrine in the context of their individual circumstances.

I find it interesting that Nephi speaks of the baptism of Christ in the past tense. I wonder if that was because, having seen it in vision, it was past tense for him or if that is because he was worrying to people in a future time when the baptism of Christ was past tense…

We talk of inherited closings, such as the covenant that the Lord made with the posterity of Israel. That covenant and is attendant blessings are real but those blessings are contingent upon righteousness. Those who are wicked will lose the blessings that were intended for them. Those who are righteous shall receive the blessings they…

While it is true that many many people over long periods of time in predominantly Christian nations have clearly shown a bias against Jews, a true understanding of the gospel makes clear that a person cannot follow the teachings of Christ and still despise the Jews. Any person who despises the Jews while claiming Christianity…

It is natural that churches run by men who can do no miracle would claim that God is no longer a God of miracles. Most of the time those spiritual leaders teaching such things honestly believe in their work and have reasonably concluded that the Lord is no longer doing His work – having already…

“Ye shall be drunken but not with wine, ye shall stagger but not with strong drink. For behold, the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep.” This spirit of deep sleep, causing people to be drunken and to stagger, will leave men unable to think clearly it observe correctly the connections…