Tag: Jacob
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Zenos and Zenok
The prophets Zenos and Zenok interest me because they are quoted in the Book of Mormon in such a way as to indicate that they were solid sources of truth (by Jacob and Alma respectively) but we have no other record of them. Zenos seems to have had the vision of eternity but we know…
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Jacob ben Lehi
There is a tenderness about Jacob on the way he speaks to his people that sets him apart from other prophets. Others frequently had tender feelings for their people but it comes through from Jacob on a special way. All examples of priesthood men undoubtedly felt a significant tenderness towards those they served. Jacob managed…
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Israel part 3
After living through a physical drought (and possibly a spiritual drought as well) after Joseph was sold into Egypt, Jacob was blessed with the opportunity to see his family settled together in Egypt in a situation of safety and prosperity before he died.
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Israel part 2
Why is it that the sons if Jacob chose to seek vengeance rather than seeking reparation like their father? I hadn’t realized that Isaac was still around by the time Benjamin was born. That shouldn’t be so appraising since he lived for nearly 200 years.
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Israel part 1
Jacob received the name of Israel right before he met Esau again after twenty years of living and serving in the household of Laban. Jacob expected a fight when he met Esau but got an embrace instead. I notice a pattern that Jacob learned not to be very trusting of people. He left Laban without…
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Jacob part 2
Jacob demonstrates perseverance while Laban took advantage of him. Jacob served for Rachel but was given Leah, then he had to serve seven more years after receiving Rachel. His wives bore him 11 sons and a daughter while he was in service to Laban for thirteen years after he got married. In all that time…
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Jacob part 1
Jacob seems to have caught and held the vision of what his grandfather had been promised more than his father had. Where Isaac seemed content to be good and askew the Lord to operate, Jacob seems tutu be more if an active seeker as Abraham had been.
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24 January 2014
Jacob 7 Men such as Sharem throughout the history of the Jews are one reason that there is far from a clear picture of the Messiah when you read through the historical writings of Jewish theology. If Sharem sought much opportunity to come unto Jacob it doesn’t sound like Jacob made much effort to confront…
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23 January 2014
Jacob 4 – 5 I had always thought that Jacob recounted the allegory of the olive tree in a sermon to his people but it’s clear now that he recounted it in writing while speaking to the reader in future generations.
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22 January 2014
Jacob 1 – 3 Faith is essential in settling questions of a spiritual nature. For example, none of the alternative explanations for the coming forth of The Book of Mormon can be proven conclusively. Likewise, there are believable alternative explanations for the various aspects of its coming forth and we don’t have the means to…