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Category Archives: Prophecy
Western Religions: The Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism) Part 2
Authority 1. The Bible There is a claim to believe the Bible. Joseph Smith declared, “We believe the Bible to be the word of God…” (The Pearl of Great Price, The Articles of Faith, 8). However, their belief is qualified … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, History, Holy Spirit, mormon, Mormons, Prophecy, World Religions
Tagged 1 Nephi 13:25-29, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 13 basic points of belief, 1823, 1832, 1835, 1851, 1978, 2 Nephi 29:7-10, 2200 b.c., 385, 385 a.d., 600 b.c., Abraham 1:21-27, Abraham 3:22-23, Acts 26:9, archaeology, authority, bedrock of faith is jolted, bedrock of faith jolted by william lobdell, bible, book the golden myth of mormonism, brigham young, churchofjesuschrist.org, civil war, cognitive dissonance, continued revelation, continuing revelation, credibility, D&C10, D&C107, D&C57, D&C84, dark skin a curse, Deuteronomy 18:20-22, dna, dna issues, doctrine and covenants 10, doctrine and covenants 57, doctrine and covenants 84, doctrine and covenents, doctrine and covenents 87, doctrines of salvation, document difficulties, don simpson, fail prophecies, failed prophecies, fall of jerusalem, feelings as a guide, george q cannon, george q. cannon, hill cumorah, holy ghost testifies, introduction to book of mormon, James 1:5, james e faust, james e. faust, jared, jaredites, Jeremiah 36:27-ff, Jesus in Americas, john wentworth, joseph f smith, joseph fielding smith, josheph smith, journal of discourses, Journal of Discourses Vol 7, LA Times, la times feb 16 2006, laman, lamanites, lehi, lemuel, los angeles times february 16 2006, manchester new york, martin harris, Matthew 24, missing book, modern day prophets, Mormon 6, Mormon 6:6, Moroni 10:4, nephi, nephite, nephite records, nephites, nullification, orson pratt, Proverbs 16:25, Proverbs 28:26, richard draper, size of Book of Mormon, smith prophect on temple, smith prophecy on coming war, south carolina, spencer w kimball, subjective feelings, summary of book of mormon, the articles of faith, The Articles of Faith 7, The Articles of Faith 8, The Articles of Faith 9, the book of abraham, the book of lehi, the book of mormon, the book of moses, the moroni challenge, the moroni promise, the moroni test, the pearl of great price, the smithsonian institute, the writings of joseph smith, the writtings of joseph, tower of babel, translation problems, trustworthiness, us.archive.org, wilford woodruff, william lobdell
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Jesus: The Son of David
Jesus is described as “the Son of David,” or “David’s son,” or some equivalent, more than a dozen times in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Matthew’s account begins with the genealogy of Jesus, saying – “Jesus Christ, the Son of … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Jesus, Phrase Study, Prophecy
Tagged canaanite woman, christology, contidiction, david's son, genealogy, j.w. mcgarvey, Jesus, Jesus' genealogy, Luke's genealogy, Matthew 22:42-46, Matthew v. Luke, Matthew's genealogy, memory devise, multitude, Phrase Study, Psalm 110, series Jesus:, son of david, two blind men, two blind men near jericho, vine's, wayne jackson, what do you think about the christ? whose son is he?, william wilder
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Jesus: The Son of Man
Jesus is described as “the son of man” over 80 times in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Most of the time, with only a couple of exceptions, Jesus is the one who used this phrase. Moreover, he was using this … Continue reading
Prophecy: A Ram, A Goat, And A Little Horn
Daniel 8 records a vision of Daniel. This vision is said to have occurred in the third year of the reign of Belshazzar (Daniel 8:1). Belshazzar was co-regent with his father Nabonidus (cf. Daniel 5:7, 29). He was the last … Continue reading
Posted in God's Providence, God's Sovereignty, History, Prophecy, Suffering, Textual study
Tagged 1 maccabees, 2 Maccabees, alexander the great, antiochus epiphanes, antiochus IV, astyage, battle of gaugamela, belshazzar, cambyses, circumcision, cyrus, Daniel 8, don simpson, evel merodach, four divisons of greece, glorious land, goat, greece, josephus, judas maccabeus, kings of babylon, labashi marduk, little horn, medo persia, nabonidus, nabopolassar, nebuchadnezzar, neriglissar, onius III, persecution, persia, Prophecy, prophecy series, ram, rex turner sr
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The Potter and The Clay
“The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying: ‘Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.’ Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, … Continue reading
Posted in calvinism, God's Sovereignty, Man, Prophecy, Textual study
Tagged adam clarke, adelaide pollard, can one change, character, choice, clay, david lipscomb, destruction of Israel, foy wallace jr., free will, God's Sovereignty, jeremiah, Jeremiah 18, Jeremiah 19, moses, pharaoh, pliable, potter, potter and clay, potter wheel, potters house, responsible, robert taylor jr., Romans 9, song: have thine own way, vessel for destruction, vessel for honor, vessel of glory, vessel of wrath, wayne jackson
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Peace Series: Righteousness and Peace Have Kissed
“Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed” (Psalm 85:10). If God demanded righteous according to truth without mercy there could be no peace. This is true because “all have sinned and fall short of the glory … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Mercy, Peace, Prophecy, psalms, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged Jesus, john the baptizer, mercy, mercy and truth meet, peace, peace series, Psalm 85:10, righteousness, righteousness and peace kiss, tom wacaster, truth
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Peace Series: A False Sense of Peace
“They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace” (Jeremiah 6:14; 8:11). God, through the prophet Jeremiah and others, had warned Judah that if they did not amend their ways, then … Continue reading
Posted in Peace, Prophecy, Word Study
Tagged 2 Timothy 4:3, babylonian captivity, do not prophesy right thing, false prophets, false security, hananiah, Isaiah 30:10, jeremiah, Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 8:12, nebuchadnezzar, peace peace when there is no peace, peace series, prophesy deceit, seventy years of captivity, speak smooth things
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Prophecy: Jesus In the Minor Prophets (Part 2)
Entrance “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9). … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Prophecy, Textual study
Tagged crucifixion, dig out, donkey, fountain opened, horses, humble, jeremiah or zechariah, Jesus king, just, lowly, Matthew 27, pentecost, pierced, potter, pour out spirit, regret for rejection of messiah, rejection of messiah, righteous, second chance, shepherd, song there is a fountain, thirty pieces of silver, triumphant entry, two staffs, types of execution, william cowper, Zechariah 11, Zechariah 12, Zechariah 13, Zechariah 9
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