Tag: Doctrine and Covenants
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Celestial apprenticeship
It occurs to me that one of the reasons that Christ was so central to the creation and everything else that His Father did was so that he would have an intimate knowledge of everything to assist Him in His mission on Earth as well as in eternity.
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Alma taught of Christ
The reason that the book of Alma is so long is because Alma and the sons of Mosiah taught so clearly and voluminously about Christ. Alma taught so much about Christ because Christ was his salvation and his message of good tidings.
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The Millennial Reign
Who could hear of the millennial reign of Christ and not desire to experience such peace and justice?
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Jesus the Messiah
I love the verse that Christ used to announce himself as the Messiah – that he was sent to preach glad things and deliverance to the captive.
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The messenger of the covenant
The message of the gospel is centered on the Savior – I never considered the Savior as the messenger of the covenant that He represents.
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The mediator of the new covenant
The first covenant (as early Jews turned Christian might have called it) didn’t include a mediator because it was simply the humanly impossible conditions of loving perfectly to return to God. The “new” covenant (the one that Heavenly father planned for from the start because He knew that any other path was too narrow for…
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Christ as Lord
I’m surprised at how few references there are too Christ as Lord. I would have expected many more.
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The light of the world
Christ is the light of the world and those who follow His light need never walk in darkness.
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The Lamb and the Shepherd
It is interesting and people that Christ is both the lamb of God and the Good Shepherd to the children of God.
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King of saints
Pilate inscribed the cross of Jesus calling Him king of the Jews but truly He is King of the saints because the saints recognize his authority to rule.