Tag: 3 Nephi

This prophecy concerning the timing of the work of the Lord in the latter days is as clear as any prophecy ever uttered (at least now – there may have been times when it seemed less clear than now).

As I read this “thy watchmen shall lift up their voice together” and “Jerusalem will be inhabited by my people” I think of the way the world looks at Jerusalem today – as a place of major historical significance and as a city which, if it weren’t for the presently ongoing conflict in the region,…

As I read about all the motion of the covenants of the gospel being brought to one group and then another through history until all have had the gospel and been blessed by it for so long as they choose not to abandoning it I get an image of a master chef carefully mixing ask…

What did the people think as Christ told them they would be among the gentiles as a lion among the beasts of the forest – they they would have power to go through and tread down the gentiles if they didn’t repent and hold to the covenant they would be receiving in the latter day.

When Jesus produced bread and wine miraculously for the sacrament it was not done to help the people believe – it was done because they already believed enough that there was no reason to limit the use of His power because there was no rush of people being converted to the miracles rather than the…

Because the Nephites were immediately responsive to the message of Jesus He was able to show them things on the second day of His visit greater than He had done among the Jews.

It seems clear now that only the disciples were baptized before Jesus came and after He came His prayer told the multitude that the disciples had received the Holy Ghost and also that those who believed in the words of the disciples would also receive the Holy Ghost.

After Jesus ascended to heaven the people immediately began to prepare for his return on the morrow. When the people had gathered the next morning the disciples began to teach them the words Jesus had taught and followed that up by performing baptisms (at least for the disciples – it is unclear if others were…

“Blessed are ye if ye have no disputations among you.” That sounds like a very clear bar against which to measure righteousness among the people. There may be things wrong among them but if they are not boiling over to disputations they are probably in a relatively good place. The people may be mostly righteous…

Confirming the way I read the meaning of “these things” that His followers should not to more or less than, jesus declares that He has set the example of what His disciples should do and that He is the light that they should hold up for the world to see.