Tag: 2 Nephi
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12 August 2008
2 Nephi 1Somehow I had never noticed before how directly Lehi promised and warned Laman and Lemuel that if they continued to disobey they would be cursed in the land. I guess it just never connected that these scriptures which explain the land of promise were spoken directly for the benefit of those who were…
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21 September 2007
2 Nephi 32 – 33The reason that there was no more doctrine of Christ that would be given until His coming is that what was given was so complete. They had the Law of moses prescribing their details of worship. They had been admonished to follow Christ by being baptized. They were then left with…
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20 September 2007
2 Nephi 30 – 31After Nephi finished prophesying he summed up his counsel by emphasizing the baptism of Christ. I feel confident that it was when they translated this part that Joseph and Oliver began to pray concerning baptism and that the coming of John to give them authority was a testament that they truly…
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19 September 2007
2 Nephi 28 – 29The doctrine of “eat, drink, and be merry” was the doctrine of Nehor – I wonder if the Nephites ever felt that the prophecy here was about their time. When Nephi says that all have gone astray he is talking specifically about the preachers – among them the few who were…
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18 September 2007
2 Nephi 27Nephi says that the gospel will come forth in a day when the ears of the deaf shall hear and the eyes of the blind shall see. I looked up Braille and Sign Language. Sign Language has been used since as early as the 1500’s but did not really get established until 1750…
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17 September 2007
2 Nephi 26Even when Nephi prophesies the destruction of his people he is forced to declare that the judgments of the Lord are just. It is just part of his nature to declare what wonderful things the Lord has done for all men and how He has made the invitation that all might come and…
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16 September 2007
2 Nephi 25I want to learn about the various places listed by Isaiah. Nephi indicates that knowing about those places is part of the reason that he understood the words of Isaiah so well.
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15 September 2007
2 Nephi 21 – 24I had never connected the fact that when the Lord is decrying the state of His people one of the things He says about them is that children are their oppressors. When he is describing their time of peaceful Zion he says that a little child shall lead them. The difference…
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14 September 2007
2 Nephi 18 – 20When Isaiah said that the people “turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts” I had always thought that the Lord was “him that smiteth them.” Now I realize that the king of Assyria is “him that smiteth them” and Isaiah is saying that…
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13 September 2007
2 Nephi 15 – 17Isaiah’s call is very interesting – to speak so that the people will not hear. I also realize that Ahaz was being disobedient to not ask for a sign when Isaiah invited him to ask for a sign to prove the prophecy of Isaiah true.