Tag: 3 Nephi
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3 April 2010
3 Nephi 7 – 8The people whi did not accept Jacob as their king were united, like our fifty states. They just had no central government to regulate and oversee their alliance. There would be little strengh to the alliance except to prevent the people of Jacob from conquering the rest of the people. Their…
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2 April 2010
3 Nephi 5 – 6Mormon’s declaration that he is a pure descendent of Lehi indicates that he did not have any lineage tracing to the people living in Zerahemla before Mosiah brought the righteous Nephites into that land. It also reminds us how open the possibility that there were other people who had arrived in…
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1 April 2010
3 Nephi 3 – 4I am amazed at how much falsehood Giddianhi can proclaim as truth in ine epistle. Like so many bloodthirsty brigands in history he confuses barbarism for bravery. Then he offers to let the Nephites share in the substance of the robbers as if they had Ny substance that they did not…
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31 March 2010
3 Nephi 1 – 2I wonder if prejudice drove some of the argument that the words of Samuel had not come to pass and that the time had passed. Could it be that among all their general hard-heartedness many of the people were even more anxious that Samuel be wrong than others, like Nephi, because…
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11 October 2009
3 Nephi 30These two verses are the message of the restored church in the latter days – to all the gentiles who did not receive the preaching when the gospel was first brought to the earth, turn from your wickedness and repent and be baptized that you may be numbered among the children of the…
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9 October 2009
3 Nephi 29I wonder if Mormon was thinking of the fact that the Book of Mormon would come in a day when people would say those very things that he is telling us as readers that we need not say once we have read the Book of Mormon.
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8 October 2009
3 Nephi 28The disciples were not offered or given the gifts they sought during the three days of the Savior’s ministry among the people. That offer was made when the Savior came to answer their question regarding the name of the church. We don’t know how much later that took place, but apparently long enough…
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7 October 2009
3 Nephi 27When the Savior first arrived he told the disciples that there should be no disputations among them and taught them the manner of baptism to end some existing disputations. Now when they discover disputations among the people about the name of the church and they do not have a ready answer they pray…
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6 October 2009
3 Nephi 26On the second day of his visit Christ healed all their sick again and even raised a man from the dead.
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5 October 2009
3 Nephi 24 – 25The Aaronic priesthood shall never be taken again from the earth until the Sons of Levi do offer again and offering in righteousness (John the Baptist in the Doctrine and Covenants) and we are told that the Lord of Hosts shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver and purify…