Tag: Ether
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Too great to communicate
Moroni worked about the fact that he and his father couldn’t write the powerful spiritual truths that they were able to assist. I realize that I have a similar problem – I often find it difficult to articulate valuable truths that are clear in my head. I find that Moroni was able to communicate powerful…
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Is there yet more?
As the brother of Jared did what he was required to do and worked through the new issues that he faced he ended up in the position of receiving the most complete revelation of God that he could ever receive.
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Getting back to work
After the brother of Jared called upon the Lord again his first task was to do the same kind of work he had previously done. As he got toward the end of that work he found that he had a new challenge that he hadn’t experienced before, one that caused him to grow.
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Complacency
When the brother of Jared was chastened for forgetting to call upon the Lord I am confident that it was because he got complacent, not that his faith wavered hit that his righteousness took a sabbatical. I feel like I have come to the same place where I don’t see a direction forward and I’m…
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I find no comfort
Having been casually but deeply cut emotionally in front of the kids by Laura I’m looking for some kind of peace. She is completely clueless about why or how her words were hurtful. She had no idea how damaging they were in their delivery nor how haughty she is to have thought them – let…
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Inquire of the Lord
Perhaps the first thing I should do is seek the guidance of the Lord to learn what questions are worth asking right now.
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Cry unto the Lord
Perhaps the reason that scripture study and prayer are so flat for me at times is because I have no questions I am seeking to answer. That is what drive the brother of Jared to become so familiar with the Lord.
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Two Holy Cities
The people in both Jerusalem’s, both the residents of the rebuilt Jerusalem in Palestine and those of the new Jerusalem in America are blessed people.
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Mount Zerin and the brother of Jared
Moroni refers to an event where the brother of Jared moved a mountain with his word through faith. I would imagine that story was told in full in the original record of Ether but Moroni didn’t choose to share that event in his abridgement.
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New Jerusalem
I get the impression that the coming/building of the new Jerusalem will be later than we often assume. It might happen after many of the great trials that will precede the second coming of Christ – perhaps even after the Christ has come again to reign.