Tag: Jacob

Jacob 3 – 4“Seek not to counsel the Lord but to take counsel from his hand.” This does not mean that we should not counsel with the Lord, it means that as we do so our intent should not be to educate him, but to share with Him so that He may instruct us.

Jacob 1 – 2I’m not sure if we have a particular proof of how old Nephi was when his family left Jerusalem. In my mind he was 14 at the time. If that’s the case (or at least close) then he lived to be approximately 70 years old. I notice that Jacob “first obtained {his}…

Jacob 6 – 7The prophecy of Jacob confirming the words of Zenos and lining up the timing of that allegory with the prophecies of Isaiah is similar to the promptings that I have felt at times where scriptures and prophecies become clear. Sharem sought much opportunity to talk to Jacob – I’ll be that Jacob…

Jacob 5I’m not sure why I never felt this so strongly before, but the servant of the Lord of the vineyard is that prophet among the people of the Lord represented by the tree being discussed. The wild branches may bear tame fruit for a while, but being wild they do not bear good fruit…

Jacob 3 – 4Jacob actually says a lot to those who are pure in heart in the first verse. They may look unto God with firmness of heart and pray in faith and he will console them in their afflictions, plead their cause, and send justice upon the heads of those who seek to destroy…

Jacob 2I wonder if someone besides Jacob actually kept the record of these words (it starts in the third person referring to Jacob). It may be that he engraved them from a transcript kept by someone else on the day he spoke to the people, or it may be that he had a scribe or…

Jacob 1Nephi had been a strong and beloved leader – even after he turned over the reins of civil authority to another the people probably still revered him. I wonder if it is normal for the people to begin to be rebellious and selfish in some degree when such a leader is no longer around.…

Jacob 7It’s amazing that Sharem could claim that no man can know the future and yet he knew that there would be no Christ. Also he claimed that the doctrine of Christ was blaspheme.

Jacob 6It is important to note that even if we choose to trample the word of God and make a mock of that which is sacred the redemption and the resurrection which are in Christ still reach to us and bring us to stand before God – only we will do so with same and…

Jacob 5The way the Lord of the vineyard grafted branches from the parent tree to the children and back reminds me of the necessity of having the parents and the children turn to each other. In crossing those generations they were each improved that the bad fruit was purged from the vineyard. not only does…