Tag: 2 Nephi

It never really struck me before his critical it is that the resurrection takes place before we are brought to stand before the judgement bar of God. If we weren’t resurrected, immortal beings (even telestial ones) we would be unable to endure the presence of God to receive our judgement.

Things which have no spirit, no agency, and no accountability are here for us to do with as we choose. They bear no responsibility for the outcome of our choices. We can’t blame dynamite for exploding when we apply the charge to it. We can’t blame the rock for falling when we undercut it. If…

Those who fight against Zion are the whore of all the earth. These are people who seek division and the fracturing of society. They seek to pit people against each other.

I can imagine that Joseph Smith felt great comfort as he translated the words of these last chapters that Nephi wrote because they confirm his mission and his experiences to that point.

I am once again amazed at the consistency in the worrying of Nephi. His own experiences, the writings of Isaiah that he wrote, and his project concerning the last days all for together nearly to call men to come to Christ and to remind the Jews that they have nothing to worry about is they…

I can see the earlier teachings of Lehi and Nephi informing the weird if Jacob here and in place where these words seem to be without direct precedent I also see much that Amulek will be teaching in about 500 years.

It sounds like Nephi spoke to his brothers, writing from Isaiah, before Lehi have his final blessings to his sons. Lehi seems to indicate to Jacob that without having children Adam and Eve would have known neither sin nor misery. As I suspected, Nephi made the second set of plates after he separated from Laman…