:20 Minute Scriptorian

This very personal story of Enos' wrestle with God is our story.

God wants us to find Him and draw near to Him.

Enos, a man, and representative of all mankind, he tells a story of personal redemption, personal conversion, personal testimony.

Powerful Stuff

I pray we can each draw close to God and wrestle to know Him.

Moving onto a new set of books. First, the prophet ENOS.

1. who, what, where

2. A story of personal conversion, testimony, and redemption

3. some themes

Love each other during the trials

Wrestle for your own testimony and redemption

LOVE YOU, sisters and brothers

The prophet Jacob continues with his sermons.

First, we hear of two issues that cause serious concern in the Nephite civilization: pride from wealth, and "whoredoms."

Not the most cheerful sermon, but I love that God looks out for his children. He cares for each of us, no matter our political nor economic status. From all of the society, women and the "poor" He is aware of us and has strong words for those who afflict His gentle ones.

We are introduced to the WONDERFUL, EMOTIVE Prophet Jacob.

Let's jump into the context, before we read the short 7 chapters.

Let's cover:

Timing

Setting

Culture

Who was Jacob?

Themes

Structure

https://rsc.byu.edu/book-mormon-jacob-through-words-mormon-learn-joy/jacob-prophet-theologian-historian

Nephi's great sermon to is people.

Why Did Christ Get Baptized? The answer is different than you might think.

1. Holiness

2. Tapping into the Atonement

3. Witness to the Father

4. Witness to us

Nephi uses Isaiah to teach us about

1. The remnant (Shearjashub)

2. God with Us (Emmanuel)

3. The opposite, destruction and terror when we don't turn to the Lord (Mahershalahashbaz)

4. The Child who will be Victorious and usher in a rule of hope and salvation (Jesus)

While the politics and story is a little hard, the analogies used of the children help us see the vision of the Lord and His saving grace.

Isaiah's amazing call.

Vision of the Lord

And what can we learn of His vision, the call of a prophet, and the HOPE he gives for a remnant and a seed.

The plot thickens!

Isaiah turns to poetry to help us understand the Lord's love for His Covenant people and lament over their folly.

First, a few pointers about poetry, specifically Hebrew Poetry

1. Short lines

2. Doesn't rhyme, but is concise

3. Parallelism. It might deepen, enhance, or even contrast

Then, 2 Ne 15....

Feel the emotion, the lament, the Lord's love and care....

Let's dive back into Isaiah

We have done some prep work, so let's talk about

THE DAY. When God will come and bring salvation to ALL NATIONS!

2 Ne 12 starts with a vision of what it will be like!

2 New 14 ends with the vision of...the same thing

And in the middle we get a poem about the pride that brings all people, and nations, down. Power, pride, social power, is all eclipsed by the LORD when He comes.

A great and beautiful vision into the Salvation of All by God.

Nephi and Jacob use Isaiah for specific purposes. They BOTH use the term: Liken. They want us to know about the Savior, the covenant, and the being the Remnant of the House of Israel.

a. Framing. They tell us why/what they are going to tell us. Then they use Isaiah, then they summarize.

b. Isaiah's structure of Judgment/Hope and linked with the remnant.