Tag: 3 Nephi

We have no record of Christ asking his apostles in Palestine what they would want from him but we do know that like the three Nephites John desired and was granted life on earth until the second chiming of the Lord. (I wonder if any of the four of them knew that would be thousands…

The fact that the people told throughout the night to have as many as possible at the place Jesus would come to again but that nobody brought any good is a testament to them being either very excited or VERY destitute (I favor excited as the operative reason). I had always assumed that the members…

When reading the scriptures we bring or cultural bias with us. We read about fasting the Lord and easily interpret that as skein akin to terror rather than reverence. When Christ tells the Nephites that they are too weak to receive all his words at this time we might construe that as a gentle insult…

Jesus father his flowers to not seek public recognition of their charitable and worshipful actions. In light of that it is more understandable why spiritually shallow or immature people would mistake those who advertise their Christianity and their charity and receive no apparent benefit as evidence that God doesn’t actually reward such religious practices. It…

When Christ told the Nephites that “blessed are ye when men revile you and persecute you…” I wonder how many of them would experience any persecutions anytime in the remainder of their lives considering the peace and righteousness that prevailed in their society for the next multiple centuries. Perhaps the value to them in hearing…

When the Nephites heard the voice from heaven and it pierced them to the center despite being a small voice I had always assumed that it pierced them simply because Heavenly Father intended for this to be an unforgettable experience. I feel confident now that the piercing was simply a result of a deep spiritual…

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to understand how the people could go from fighting for their survival to destroy the secret combination that was openly defying the government to only four years later forming a new secret combination for the purpose of destroying the government. Mormon is very clear in his record that…

I’ve always wondered how the people gathered together in under a month before the Gadianton robbers attacked or else why the Gadiantons didn’t attack for several months. While I’m sure there are several reasonable explanations it occurs to me that the Gadiantons may have interpreted the action of leaving their lands behind as a sign…