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Salvation—not by Works, Exaltation—by Works?
If salvation is by grace, not works—made possible through Jesus’ atonement for humanity’s transgressions—then how...
The Father’s End-Time Intervention in His Children’s Affairs
Whenever we see mention of “the Father” in the scriptures, particularly in an end-time context,...
How the Vain Things of the World Hold Us Back
Among a series of “woes” or covenant curses the Lord pronounces on his end-time people...
The Shift from Searching the Scriptures to Heeding the Pulpit
Paul and Silas’ missionary experience with the Jews in the synagogue at Berea reveals a...
Three Signs of the End-Time
A dear friend received three signs of the end-time from Elder Neal A. Maxwell before...
Restoring the Kingdom to Israel
The era of righteousness and peace that followed Jesus’ visit to the Nephites forms a...
The Servant Prepares the Way for Jehovah’s Coming
Just as in Jewish tradition the best man at a wedding blows the shofar or...
Moving between Telestial and Terrestrial Time Zones
When, at Joshua’s command, “the sun stood still” and the Israelites slew the Amorites for...
Becoming Clean from the Blood and Sins of this Generation
When Isaiah says, “Turn away, depart; touch nothing defiled as you leave [Babylon]. Come out...
United in the Truth of God
The “cause of truth” (Isaiah 42:3), the “God of truth” (Isaiah 65:16), and doing all...
Isaiah’s Imagery of Temple Ordinances
Isaiah’s mention of “ordinances” doesn’t leave us wondering very long about which ones he is...
Signs of the Coming of the Servant
If the Ephraimite Gentiles will be “as much mistaken” about Jesus’ second coming as the...
Question about End-Time America
Question: If the prophecies of Isaiah are about the end of the world, where does...
Question about the Imperative to Understand Isaiah
Question: What is so important about understanding the words of Isaiah that the Savior makes...
Question about Church Members Being Gentiles or House of Israel
Question: In a class discussion, the question arose as to when Gentiles become numbered among...
Question about a Seeming Last Days Discrepancy
Question: If we are living in the last days, how should we account for the...
Question on Church Members Being Caught Up
Question: Will members of the church be saved from major calamities and caught up in...
Question about Identities and End-Time Roles
Question: Would not the spiritual kings and queens of the Gentiles who gather God’s “sons”...
Question about Living in these Times
Question: What does Isaiah teach about how to live through the time when his prophecies...
Question about the Savior and the Servant
Question: How can you tell the difference between when Isaiah is speaking about the Lord...
Question about Using the Manner of the Jews
Question: On one hand Nephi says that in order to understand the things of the...
Question about the Law of Translated Beings
Question: How is the law translated beings observe different from that of other celestial people?...
Question about Single Servants or Handmaidens
Question: How can one who is single act as a king or queen as that...
Question about Who Will Reign with Christ
Question: Does Isaiah indicate who it is that will reign with Christ for a thousand...
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...