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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 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...
Question about What Will Cause a ‘Great Division’
Question: Do Isaiah and other scriptures say what causes the “great division” at the time...
Question about a Millennial Temple in America
Question: Does Isaiah say anything about a millennial temple in America, considering Isaiah lived only...
Question about the Church and the Davidic Servant
Question: Why doesn't the Church teach us about the Davidic Servant? Is it because the...
Metaphors as Aliases of End-Time Persons
I sat spellbound as a rabbi taught that the clean animals Isaiah mentions allude to...
Salvation Leads to Exaltation
The roles Israel’s God fulfills when redeeming humanity from evil—of Father and Son, Priest and...
The Servant as a Seraph
Continuous with Jehovah’s re-creation of persons who attain Isaiah’s seraphs level—who “ascend as on eagles’...
Personifications in Metaphor
Isaiah characterizes Jehovah as a personification of “salvation”—as the epitome of a Savior of his...
Two Opposite End-Time Entities
Isaiah describes God’s people who descend spiritually as a “whore” or harlot. That imagery identifies...
Messianic Intersection of Jehovah and Israel
If it is inherent within the terms of Jehovah’s covenants with his people Israel and...
The Call of Abraham
When Abraham’s people, including his own father, worship idols and a famine sweeps the land,...
Higher Law Leads to God’s Presence
The prophet Malachi identifies “righteous” people in God’s Day of Judgment not as those who...
Redemptive Suffering
In the redemptive context of the second unit, the burden of suffering that precedes or...
Following Jesus Christ
Nephi sees that “because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine”—which “pervert...