Tag: 2 Nephi

The battle of the warrior is with confused nose and garments rolled in blood. Even when you win these battles waged in man’s way some of your people are hurt or killed. Contact that with the Lord’s way which is like a consuming fire, none of your enemies escapes and none of your men are…

The ways of men in the face if a threat is to build up their defenses or to augment their support system. Isaiah knew that the solution wasn’t alliances, but putting trust in the Lord of Hosts.

It is interesting that while responding to an immediate concern the Lord makes a promise for 60+ years in the future and well as a prophecy about Christ coming in several centuries.

Thinking about the symbolism of the seraphim that Isaiah saw. Wings are symbols of power and we normally think of them as having the power to move. These angels had three sets of wings which would indicate great power. They only used one set to move. Most of the power was used to cover their…

I used to joke (or half joke) that this was an injunction against apartment living but as I think about it I think it might apply more to multigenerational living arrangements, specifically when those are a matter of necessity, when the conjoined family living arrangements are necessary because at least one of the nuclear families…

What will it be like when Jerusalem is purged to become a holy city?

There will come a time when order will be turned upside down because people are choosing to ignore the wisdom of the Lord and follow the counsel of their own making.

I look forward to the day that men seek out the Lord to learn His ways instead of leaning on their own wisdom.

And also my soul delighteth in the covenants of the Lord which he hath made to our fathers; yea, my soul delighteth in his grace, and in his justice, and power, and mercy in the great and eternal plan of deliverance from death. 2 Nephi 11:5 That is a great list of things to be…

Today I am seeing the promises of the Lord to the Nephites and to the gentiles in the promised land in a new light. We who are of the lineage of Joseph are numbered among the seed of Lehi with regard to being covered by the promises for those in this land. This is the…