Question: Would not the spiritual kings and queens of the Gentiles who gather God’s “sons” and “daughters” of the house of Israel (Isaiah 49:22–23) be themselves of the house of Israel? Answer: Hosea’s prophecy that “Ephraim has assimilated among the nations (hitboleil ba’amim); Ephraim is an unturned pancake” (Hosea 7:8) affirms Jacob’s birthright blessing on […]
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“O Lord, be favorable toward us; we have waited for you. Be our [strength of] arm from morning to morning, our salvation in troubled times.” (Isaiah 33:2) “O that you would rend the heavens and descend, the mountains melting at your presence—as when fire is lit for boiling water, which bubbles over from the heat—to
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Isaiah describes God’s people who descend spiritually as a “whore” or harlot. That imagery identifies them with Greater Babylon, also called a “whore” or harlot. In effect, God’s rebellious people do all that Babylon does and thus suffer the same fate. They regard evil as good and good as evil. They devise schemes to exploit
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Question: What does Isaiah teach about how to live through the time when his prophecies are starting to be fulfilled, especially as it concerns members of the church? Answer: While the words of Isaiah spell out ahead of time how the end of the world is going to unfold, they indeed also reveal what pulls
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“Woe to those who suppose what is evil to be good and what is good, evil! They put darkness for light and light for darkness;they make bitterness sweet and the sweet bitter. “Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own view! Woe to those who are valiant at
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“Who has believed our revelation? On whose account has the arm of the Lord been revealed? “Like a sapling he grew up in his presence, a stalk out of arid ground. He had no distinguished appearance, that we should notice him; he had no [pleasing] aspect, that we should find him attractive. He was despised
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If it is inherent within the terms of Jehovah’s covenants with his people Israel and with individuals to deliver them from any mortal threat, then such a threat must include death itself—humanity’s ultimate mortal threat. From the Book of Genesis we learn that death came into the world as a result of Adam and Eve’s
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Question: How can you tell the difference between when Isaiah is speaking about the Lord and when he is speaking about the servant? Answer: Whereas the Lord identifies himself as the God of Israel, the servant does not. Each refers to the other as a different person than himself. Yet, both suffer in the course
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“Hear me, you followers of righteousness, seekers of the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut, to the quarry out of which you were hewn; look to Abraham your father, to Sarah who bore you. He was but one when I called him, but I blessed him by making him many.” (Isaiah
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Question: On one hand Nephi says that in order to understand the things of the prophets one must understand “the manner of the things of the Jews” (2 Nephi 25:5). On the other hand he says, “I have not taught them many things concerning the manner of the Jews; for their works were works of
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When Abraham’s people, including his own father, worship idols and a famine sweeps the land, God commands Abraham to leave: “Jehovah said to Abram, ‘Move from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to a land I will show you. And I will make you a great nation. I will bless you and
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The prophet Malachi identifies “righteous” people in God’s Day of Judgment not as those who profess a particular creed or repeat religious slogans but as those who “serve God,” while the “wicked” are those who “don’t serve him” (Malachi 3:18). Noah wasn’t born “a righteous man, perfect in his generation,” but he became this by
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