When Isaiah says, “They are not a discerning people. Therefore their Maker shows them no mercy; he who formed them favors them not” (Isaiah 27:11), he is speaking of the aftermath of God’s people’s addictions to idols or the things of this world. Inevitably—with or without their knowing—opportunistic forces step into the vacuum created by […]
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Question: Regarding the story of the Prodigal Son in the Bible, I understand the word “Prodigal” is never used. That term was assigned by someone’s using it through time. I also understand that the two brothers represent Judah and Ephraim. Judah has maintained the feasts, etc. Identifying someone as a “Jew” prompts immediate recognition of
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Israel’s ongoing assault by enemies surrounding it—Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthies—and America’s providing it with ordinance to defend itself, resonates with Zechariah’s prophecy that says, “I have bent Judah for me and filled the bow with Ephraim.” In that day, “his arrows will go forth as the lightning” and he will “subdue with sling stones” (Zechariah
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Question: I have been pondering the meaning of Mathew 7:7-8: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” I believe it has a
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When the Lord says, “The ox knows its owner, the ass its master’s stall, but Israel does not know; my people are insensible: (Isaiah 1:3), what does he mean? And when he also says, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says Jehovah. But as the heavens are higher than
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Question: Who is the “remnant” who shall be in the midst of the Gentiles “as a lion” (3 Nephi 21:12)? This is a question I’ve struggled with because on one hand, Isaiah 10, where the word first appears, seems to denote those Israelites among the Assyrians who are not destroyed (Isaiah 10:19-21) when the Lord
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With the obscene spectacle of the opening of the Olympic Games—its mocking Jesus’ Last Supper and its rearing up the Golden Calf that Israel worshiped in the wilderness—a new low has ingratiated itself into western civilization. Now is laid in plain view where the narcissistic woke trend that has infected formerly Christian nations is leading
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As humanity grows ever more corrupt and God’s Day of Judgment upon the world looms near, many who believe the prophecies of Isaiah and the Book of Mormon wonder at what point God’s servant will come on the scene. According to the Lord’s “pattern in all things, that ye may not be deceived” (Doctrine &
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Question: If the scriptures define the restoration of the gospel as the “beginning,” “commencement,” or “foundation” of the Lord’s great and marvelous work (I have wondered about this for a long time), is current missionary work and temple building, which were instituted by the prophet Joseph Smith, still a part of that beginning of gathering
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Because literary structures and patterns form an integral component of the prophecies of Isaiah, it is essential to learn them if we would understand these prophecies’ meaning. Those who balk at the idea of their having to “analyze” them, who are scared off by the word “literary” and want Isaiah’s words reduced to their lowest
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Question: How do the seven laws of Noah, which some people advocate, relate to the gospel of Jesus Christ? Answer: The so-called “Seven Laws of Noah” or “Seven Noahide Laws” are a universal moral code formulated by Jewish rabbis for non-Jews. While several of these laws overlap with the Ten Commandments God gave Moses, all
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As a pivot point on Isaiah’s spiritual ladder, the Jacob/Israel level consists of people in the world who believe in the true God—the God of Israel—but who are ambivalent about repenting of transgressions. That includes persons who go through the motions of religious worship but who don’t know what it is they need to repent
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