Podcast Outline Overview of the First Israelite Temple Drama Psalm 110 – The Most Quoted text from the Tanakh in The New Testament Contrasting photos of Trevor Dunford weeping for loss and then later weeping for joy Podcast Ep 167Continue Reading

D&C 133.3 Make bare his holy arm – Isaiah 52.10 D&C 133 quotes a great passage of Isaiah from the very start: The Lord shall suddenly come to his temple… for he shall make bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends ofContinue Reading

D&C 77 Questions and Answers concerning St. John’s Ἀποκάλυψις Apokalypsis, or Revelation[1]ἀποκάλυψις definition:   1. Laying bare, making naked, 2. A disclosure of truth, instruction, 2a. Concerning things before unknown, 2b. Used of events by which things or states or … Continue reading In the form of questions and answers, the ProphetContinue Reading

Ether 6-11 take readers on a journey of the violent and turbulent world of the Jaredite kings. It is almost like the Book of Mormon in miniature: we have a heavenly ocean crossing, prophetic peoples ruled by kings, a series of wicked and righteous kings, secret Gadianton-esque societies, wars andContinue Reading

3 Nephi 20 These chapters (3 Nephi 20-26) is the story of the victory of Zion at the end of the world. This is one of the places where Jesus shares his favorite story. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland put it this way: In fact, I have a theory about thoseContinue Reading

Show notes for 3 Nephi 17-19 – 3 days of Jesus’ visits (although he periodically returns to them – see 3 Ne. 26.13) 3 Nephi 17 – Jesus heals the sick and the children are brought to him (1-2) You are weak… go home (3) Jesus is going back toContinue Reading

3 Nephi 8-11 Show Notes podcast #70 Main things to cover Jesus visits the Nephites Why the destruction came – 3 Nephi 9.3-13 Jesus testifies of who he is – 3 Nephi 9.15-18; 3 Nephi 11 3 Nephi 8 Mormon tells us to trust the person who give the datingContinue Reading

The Book of Mormon is written in code.1 It has many layers. On the surface we read the stories, wars, sermons, and the situations the heroes in the text find themselves in. Underneath the text there is the message about the mysteries of God, the temple, and character of theContinue Reading