Tag: 3 Nephi

If the gentiles will not repent, that would be the time when this nation or the constitutional order inspired by God upon which it was founded would fall. Then we can expect that the posterity of Israel living here would go through and tread down the unrepentant gentiles. At that day, the righteous will not…

I always imagined that Jesus was among the Nephites all day on the day of his first visit but I realize it must have been much shorter than that despite all that He did and taught. They had time to gather more people before the next day and His disciples had time to repeat all…

I never noticed before that when Christ introduced the bread of the sacrament he told the Nephites that it represented the body that he had shown them. I wonder if that was meant to emphasize his resurrected person.

When Jesus taught the people about going to see yet other people He knew His teachings had overwhelmed them and he invited them to take time to digest what He had taught and prepare for more. When they wanted Him to stay He gave them more that they could feel in their hearts even though…

It is important for us to understand discussions such as the difference between the law and the prophets. Those two could easily be linked together but they served separate purposes. The law was tied to a preliminary covenant while the prophets, or the prophecies of the prophets, were meant to warn and teach specific things…

We have to be careful of how we judge because it is so easy to get things wrong based on myopic perspectives. People will think that they have been righteous when they were actually operating out of pride self aggrandizement. People will also be prone to mistake the fruit they think is coming from the…

How do we show where our treasure truly lies? It is in the choices we make in how to spend our time and resources.

When Christ breathes new life into the life laws with His “but I say unto you…” the law take on a more perfect form, one that promises increased peace and tolerance by having people focus more on their personal response and less on the actions of those who are talking from them (justly or unjustly).

I wonder if the people recognized the voice they heard at the temple, even subconsciously, before they were able to understand it. I imagine that it must have been the same it very similar to what they had heard in the darkness during the days of destruction.

I never realized before the the rumblings and groanings of the earth—probably aftershocks and settling of material—continued throughout the three days of darkness. I imagine that the messages of invitation and explanation from Christ were repeated multiple times during that period. The people were not simply sitting in darkness waiting for time to pass, they…