Tag: 3 Nephi

3 Nephi 2It never ceases to amaze me how ironic it is that the people based their time reckoning on the sign of the night of no darkness even as they steadfastly refused to believe in Christ whom it witnessed and in the signs they continued to see.

3 Nephi 1I wonder what happened to Nephi (the son of Helaman) – it seems that he disappeared like his great-grandfather Alma had except that the record does not say that the people commonly supposed that he was taken to heaven like Moses. How many times has the current prophet in the latter-day dispensation felt…

3 Nephi 28 – 30The desire of the nine was the worthy desire to come unto Christ. The desire of the three was that they could just continue to labor for Christ and bring all their brothers and sisters to salvation. The nine did not want to spend years where they could no longer serve…

3 Nephi 26 – 27When Christ tells the disciples that none of this generation are lost, He clarifies the statement by saying that He means none who are now alive of the generation. I had always thought that was His way of saying that those not yet born had no guarantee. Today I realized the…

3 Nephi 22 – 25It sounds to me as if in large measure the wicked of the world will be allowed to thrash themselves and destroy themselves as they turn their aggression against the righteous before the Millenial reign of the Prince of Peace after the children of the covenanthave been gathered together but that…

3 Nephi 20 – 21I find it intrrestifng that when Christ spoke of the prophets testifying of Him He spoke of Moses then skipped to Samuel and all who came after him. He skipped right over Joshua and any of the leaders of the people under the system of judges before Samuel. Perhaps Josua was…

3 Nephi 18 – 19I find it interesting that the Savior indicates that only one of the disciples will be ordained to administer the sacrament to the people. That would seem to be a testament to the sacredness of the ordinance that it would not be more widely available. I would have expected him to…

3 Nephi 11 – 12As I read this description of the proper mode of baptism I began to wonder if this was where Joseph and Oliver began to ponder and ask the question about baptism themselves that led to the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood. I am confident that it was not. Their question came…

3 Nephi 9 – 10When Christnwas born there were some who mistakenly began to argue that it was time to cease the practice of burnt offerings. Now after His death, that there can be no confusion on the matter, the Savior himself declares an end to the practice and requires in it’s place the sacrifice…