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A Day of Small Things
When the angel of the Lord asks, “Who has despised the day of small things?”...
What Is a Prophet?
Scriptural definitions of what constitutes a prophet start with Moses: “If there be a prophet...
Overnight Experts on the Words of Isaiah
With the Internet flooded with podcasts about end-time events, we are seeing a sudden surge...
Righteousness out of Heaven and Truth out of the Earth
When the Lord says, “Righteousness will I send down out of heaven; and truth will...
Rending the Veil of Unbelief
Because as a church, Latter-day Saints are still “under condemnation” for having “treated lightly the...
The Hidden “Knowledge” of the Brother of Jared
As a singular type of the end-time Gentiles’ kings and queens who restore the house...
Birthing Process of End-Time Deliverers
Perhaps many in our day never expect to be called to fulfill their Ephraimite birthright...
End of the Times of the Gentiles
When Jesus said, “Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of...
Good Out of Evil: A Great Reversal of Circumstances
The type and precedent of an end-time great reversal of circumstances among God’s people happened...
How Israel’s Patriarchs Typify the Life of Jesus Christ
When Jesus said, “All the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many...
How Proxy Saviors Merit Others’ Temporal Salvation
As the wickedness of the Nephites was reaching a point of no return, Mormon—typifying the...
Who Are the Three Daughter Trees in Zenos’ Olive Tree Allegory?
At the time wild olive branches are grafted into the mother olive tree in order...
Question about Inconvenient Parts of Moroni’s Prophecy
Question: In my gospel doctrine class, I rarely find topics discussed that touch on censuring...
Question about Who Were the Magi or Wise Men
Question: Do we know who the wise men were who came from the east, bringing...
Ancient and End-Time Gift Bearers
As all that happens in the end-time has a type or pattern in the past,...
Question about Why People Aren’t Being Translated in Our Day
Question: Why don’t we hear of persons that are translated in our day? It seems...
Question about Temple Covenants and the Davidic Covenant
Question: How are temple covenants “manifestations of the Davidic Covenant” as you have taught in...
Question about Making Sure Your Calling and Election
Question: Does Isaiah teach anything about making one’s calling and election sure as the prophet...
Question about the Queens of the Gentiles’ Ministering Role
Question: According to Isaiah, what is the end-time role of the queens of the Gentiles...
Isaiah’s Context of Malachi’s Prophecy of Fathers and Children
From Isaiah’s covenant theology, Malachi’s prophecy of the hearts of the fathers turning to the...
Question about Why Joseph Smith Is not the Servant
Question: I recently watched a podcast that claimed the servant Jesus speaks of in 3...
Question about the Power of God Descending
Question: Who are the saints and covenant people of the Lord mentioned in 1 Nephi...
Question about the Palestinian–Israeli Conflict
Question: Can you explain the current armed conflict between Palestinians and Israelis from an Israeli...
Question about Failing to Acknowledge the Operation of Evil Spirits
Question: If the casting out of evil spirits was common in the past, and human...
Two Woman Figures in the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah’s prophecies address two kinds of end-time Israel: first, people like the Jews, who have...
Reading in Context—An Interpretive Principle
Built into Isaiah’s prophecy—and indeed into all scripture—are two different ways one may interpret them....
Following Jesus Christ, Not a Man
Nephi sees that “because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine”—which “pervert...
God’s Great and Marvelous Work
God’s performing his great and marvelous work “among the children of men" (2 Nephi 25:17;...
The Sealed Book of Isaiah
In this modern age, when materialism, idolatry, perversions, and telestial trivia seduce the masses, one...
The Fulness of Truth
Consistent with the “other books” that are to come forth that will fulfill his prediction,...
A Great Division Among the Gentiles
Paradoxically, on the other hand, as noted, because additional scriptures come forth only when the...
God’s Sons/Servants Overcome Sin and Iniquity
Those who attain this second level of blessedness are freed from iniquity as well as...
Three Years of Warning before Three Years of Judgment
According to Isaiah, God raises up his servant when the world is spiraling in a...
Future Zion and Jerusalem
“In that day the Lord will thresh out [his harvest] from the torrent of the...