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The firstborn and the birthright

“The first shall be the last and the last shall be the first”. This is a statement that we find several times in the New Testament, the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants. I have been searching for all the instances of this statement and found the following references: I discuss regularly with…

Heavenly and Earthly Manifestations of the Voice of God

File this post under “familiar verse suddenly takes on tremendous new meaning as a result of a gradual accumulation of insights.” 11 For thus spake the prophet: The Lord God surely shall visit all the house of Israel at that day, some with his voice, because of their righteousness, unto their great joy and salvation, and others with the thunderings and…

Piercing eye, nakedness and dust

I will circle back to several themes from previous posts on this blog, but from a new perspective. Jacob 1:19 started this train of thought that I will try to run the reader of this post through: 19 And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon…

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