David Journal

Tag: Moses

  • Adult sons

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    I never considered before how old the sons of Noah were by the time of the flood. I hadn’t expected then to be teenagers or anything but didn’t think of them being over 100 before the flood arrived. (I don’t know that they were all that old.)

  • Interesting possibilities

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    The promise from the Lord to Enoch that a remnant of the seed of Noah would always be had among the children of men is interesting. If so men are descendants of Noah then the promise is meaningless because the children of men are, by definition, the seed of Noah. This really opens my mind…

  • Water, Blood, and Spirit

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    Ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the spirit… Moses 6:59 Water from the womb Blood from your mortal mother Your eternal spirit Even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood… Moses 6:59 Water of Baptism…

  • The Fall in Moses

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    In Moses we get more background on Satan and his influence with the serpent before we hear the story of the fall. I also like the clarification that the Lord for not say to Adam “for dust thou art” but rather “for dust thou wast.”

  • The Moses creation

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    The creation story in Moses has man created in the sixth day before God rested unlike the Genesis version. Interestingly this version also seems to suggest a two part creation process, like a design followed by a build. If so the design was before the seventh day and the final build, implementing the plants, animals,…

  • “I have a work for thee”

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    I can imagine how empowering it would feel to have a clear understanding of the work the Lord had in store for you. There were likely times when it seemed less than clear but men like Moses and Joseph Smith could not truly doubt that they had been called and that the Lord was mindful…

  • Face to face with Jesus

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    We see that men have been privileged at times throughout history to see Jesus face to face. It isn’t common but it isn’t without ample precedent either.

  • The premortal Messiah

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    How critical is it to our faith that Christ was preeminent before mortality and not simply when He came to earth?

  • The veil in reading the old testament

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    2 Corinthians soaks of the minds of the Jew being blinded in their reading of the Old Testament. It says that this cell that blinded them was taken away in Christ. It seems to me that it is taken away for those who accept Christ, but that for those who read the Old Testament without…

  • He shall save His people

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    Besides the Savior being openly proclaimed, He promises to openly defend His covenant people.