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Abinadi teaches how Christ is both the Father and the Son. For more on this, go here. For more on Abinadi’s breakdown of Isaiah 52, you will want to read the article “Beautiful Feet In Abinadi’s address: An analysis of Isaiah 52 and Mosiah 12-17”, here.Continue Reading

Questions arise as to where Alma the Elder received his priesthood authority. I provide insights on this issue here. The people of Limhi repeat the same mistake over and over again. For more on applying the lesson taught in these chapters of Mosiah, go here. For more details regarding theContinue Reading

Mike and Martin Evans discuss how 2 Nephi resembles an ancient Near Eastern legal document. This is supported by Nephi’s mention of sealing and judgment, the law of witnesses citing Isaiah and Jacob, its format echoing Neo-Babylonian practices, formal citations of Isaiah, and legal terminology. ➡ Click here for Martin’sContinue Reading

In this podcast we discuss how Nephi sees his vision of The Tree of Life throughout the history of three groups: The Nephites, Jews, and Gentiles. The main elements of the vision are all included: The Tree of Life, Rod of Iron, Mist of Darkness, Filthy River, and Great andContinue Reading

➡ The New Jerusalem, A Practical Application: https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2012/05/the-new-jerusalem-a-practical-application/ ➡ The tree restored in the holy of holies: https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2019/10/the-tree-restored-in-the-holy-of-holies-revelation-22/ ➡ For more on Satan being bound for 1,000 years: https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2017/04/satan-bound-during-the-millennium/Continue Reading

➡ Detailed Show Notes: https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2017/05/revelation-12-the-woman-flees-into-the-wilderness/ ➡ More Show Notes: https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2019/12/revelation-12-the-dragon-the-woman-and-the-child/Continue Reading

➡ Detailed Show Notes: https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2019/12/revelation-7-the-preservation-of-the-righteous-saints/ ➡ More Notes: https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2018/07/what-is-going-on-in-revelation-72-4-with-the-144000/Continue Reading

Revelation 3 Show Notes Detailed Show Notes on the Book of Revelation and more information regarding the Book of the Dead: https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2019/12/revelation/Continue Reading

For the quotation regarding the East Wind in Mosiah 7.30-32, and what it can show a careful reader of the Book of Mormon, go here. For the quotation from The Marriage of Martu where the ancients depict their enemies in negative terms, see the article Scripture Comes in its Cultural Packaging. See the text citedContinue Reading

For more commentary on coming to sense of your own nothingness, go here. In Mosiah 5.8, King Benjamin says “there is no other name given whereby salvation cometh.” Go here to see the connection between naming and existence as understood by the ancients. Smith’s quote on the Great Parent ofContinue Reading