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Moses as a Type of God’s End-Time Servant
Like Moses, God’s servant is called a “shepherd” of his people: “Then his people recalled...
King Hezekiah as a Type of God’s End-Time Servant
Because Isaiah’s Seven-Part Structure places the historical events surrounding King Hezekiah’s life in a parallel,...
Forty Messianic Personas of the God of Israel
Creator of Heaven and Earth—“It is I who made the earth and created man upon...
The End-Time Reversal of Circumstances between the Gentiles and House of Israel
Jesus’ twin chiastic discourses to the Nephites after his resurrection from the dead show a...
The Price and Rewards of Searching the Words of Isaiah
The Price of Searching the Words of Isaiah Are you unreservedly committed to keeping Jesus’...
Significance of the Verb “Appoint” as a Word Link
God’s servant and son—his vassal—is “appointed” to restore God’s people Israel (See the terms “servant”...
Isaiah’s Prophecies of God’s End-Time Servant
Origins Comes from the east (Isaiah 41:2, 25; 46:11) Is a man of God’s counsel...
Mission of the 144,000 End-Time Servants of God
Key: Blue—God’s servants; Purple—God’s servant; Red—the king of Assyria “I saw another angel ascending from...
Preparing for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ
A mandate we have received from the pulpit to prepare for the second coming of...
A Book of Mormon Exodus Pattern
Considering that Book of Mormon writers wrote only those things that most typify the time...
The “Fulness of the Gentiles”—Ephraim’s End-Time Mission
The expression “fullness of the Gentiles” (Hebrew melo’ haggoyim) appears four times in the scriptures....
Preaching the Gospel through Calamities
As humanity grows increasingly hedonistic, unforeseen calamities take effect. There is no stopping them because...
Question about Jesus’ Quoting Isaiah 61 in Reference to Himself
Question: When Jesus quotes Isaiah 61 in Luke 4:17-21, he says “This day is this...
Question about Seeing the Father before the Son or the Son before the Father
Question: I’m having a difficult time reconciling that we are to prepare for the second...
Question about Unnatural Disasters
Question: With at least three major fires in the Los Angeles area having been observed...
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...
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...