“In that day the Lord will thresh out [his harvest] from the torrent of the River to the streams of Egypt. But you shall be gleaned one by one, O children of Israel. In that day a loud trumpet shall sound, and they who were lost in the land of Assyria and they who were […]
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Where do we suppose believers will learn what is next in line for them and this nation? As they don’t hear this from the pulpit, there must be another way the Lord has provided for his end-time people. We know he gives no commandment unless he prepares a way to keep it—and that “he speaketh
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Question: I’m having difficulty with how to respond to people who judge the general authorities of the church based on what the scriptures are saying about our day, and also how to respond when I see the church, its representatives or affiliates withholding the same privileges they give to others from those who search the
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“Jehovah of Hosts [spoke this] in my hearing: Surely many buildings shall lie desolate, large and fine [houses] unoccupied.” (Isaiah 5:9) “Poor wretch, tempest-tossed and disconsolate! I will lay antimony for your building stones and sapphires for your foundations; I will make your skylights of jacinth, your gates of carbuncle, and your entire boundary of
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In a day when searching and understanding the scriptures and prophecies of our day becomes a life-or-death issue—when the times become such that it is all men can do to separate the truth from an ever mounting onslaught of falsehoods—why are people still ensconced in worldly pastimes and trust in human institutions as sources of
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It was in the context of his people’s lost and fallen state that the redemptive role of Israel’s God as their Savior and King awakened in their consciousness. When they prospered in the Promised Land, his people gave little thought to the need of a Savior. Many even forgot their heavenly King. Only after they
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The Lord, in the scriptures, comes down hard on those who put other men on pedestals—as if somehow they are more than human—worthy not just of respect as with all men, but of adulation and kowtowing. Says he to these benighted souls, “Let no man glory in man, but rather let him glory in God,
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Question: I would love to hear more about the temple covenants. So many Christians use the New Testament to say that the veil of the temple was rent, so that access to God changed and the temple was no more to be used. Can you write more about why temples were not to be ended,
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Jesus refers to his servant again when giving Lehi’s descendants “a sign, that ye may know the time when these things shall be about to take place—that I shall gather in, from their long dispersion, my people, O house of Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion” (3 Nephi 21:1; cf. vv 8–11).
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“The sinners in Zion are struck with fear; the godless are in the grip of trembling: Who among us can live through the devouring fire? Who among us can abide eternal burning?” (Isaiah 33:14) “Because the women of Zion are haughty and put on airs, painting their eyes, ever flirting when they walk and clacking
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If “by their fruits ye shall know them” (Matthew 7:16, 20), it may be time to take a look at what kinds of fruits we are yielding. Are we bringing forth “fruit meet for repentance” (Matthew 3:8; Alma 13:13)—“fruit meet for their Father’s kingdom,” which, if not, “there remaineth a scourge and judgment to be
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Question: How do LDS temple covenants relate to biblical covenants such as the Sinai Covenant, Davidic Covenant, and Abrahamic Covenant that appear so prominently in the theology of Isaiah? Answer: While temple covenants are in the nature of individual covenants that Latter-day Saints make, the covenant made at baptism—in which we take upon ourselves the
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