Tag: 2 Nephi
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29 April 2009
2 Nephi 6It is interesting to note that this is Nephi recording these words, not because Jacob spoke them, and not because Jacob thought them worthy to be in the sacred record, but because Nephi felt they were an appropriate addition to the book. Perhaps that is because Nephi had recommended to Jacob that the…
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28 April 2009
2 Nephi 5I would like to have known more about Joseph. Why did Nephi choose to call him as a teacher with Jacob? Was it because he had had experiences like Jacob?
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27 April 2009
2 Nephi 4Nephi did not want to share the wickedness of Laman and Lemuel in his sacred record although he felt it necessary to record the doings of the people, including their wickedness, in his record of history.
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26 April 2009
2 Nephi 3Lehi tells Joseph that he was born in the days og Lehi’s greatest tribulation – I wonder if he was born on the ship.
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24 April 2009
2 Nephi 2I really don’t think that Lehi is preaching to Jacob here – he is simply conversing with a beloved son who has proven his faithfulness. Lehi is sharing some of the spiritual treasures in his heart with a son who appreciates them but this does not mean that the information is particularly new…
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23 April 2009
2 Nephi 1Lehi sounds tired, as if he knows that his work is finished. An interesting thought occurred to me – the person who was ancestor to every member of the second generation (meaning those who were the children of Nephi and Zoram and the sons of Ishmael) is Ishmael and not Lehi. Every member…
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5 September 2008
2 Nephi 32 – 33There can be no doubt about the central theme of Nephi’s teaching after reading the last words and prophecies that he recorded. I would not be surprised to learn that there are more mentions of Christ (per page, per chapter, or even per word) in chapters 25 – 33 of 2…
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4 September 2008
2 Nephi 31Nephi does not state why we obviously have more need to be baptized than the Savior. Of course because of our sins, but he does not take the time to explain what about baptism addresses our sins. Is there something in the word that implies a removal of sin, or could it be…
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3 September 2008
2 Nephi 30There are two interpretations of being a covenant people, an expansive one that includes any direct descendants of a people with whom the Lord has made covenants, and a precision one which includes those who have made and continue to keep covenants with the Lord. The precision interpretation is individual and only those…
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2 September 2008
2 Nephi 29For those who say “we have a Bible” it may be just as well that they only have one book of scripture to pretend to revere. Of course, that is not being fair. I’m sure that there are some who honestly revere the Bible, and try to follow it, who say that they…