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*The prophecies here play a major role in Nephi's understanding of God's involvement in history.[http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=14&num=2&id=375] | *The prophecies here play a major role in Nephi's understanding of God's involvement in history.[http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=14&num=2&id=375] | ||
− | *Nephi's "great and abominable church" seems to be the same thing as John's "mother of harlots" and Babylon. Comparing the common elements in the Book of Revelation and in Nephi's prophecy can provide some interesting insights.[http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=7&num=1&id=168] | + | *Nephi's "great and abominable church" seems to be the same thing as John's "mother of harlots" and Babylon. Comparing the common elements in the Book of Revelation and in Nephi's prophecy can provide some interesting insights.[http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=7&num=1&id=168] |
+ | *Nephi prophecies that plain and precious parts of the gospel would be lost in a three step process which involved more than just the editing of the biblical manuscripts.[http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=776] | ||
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===Potential Criticisms and Faithful Information=== | ===Potential Criticisms and Faithful Information=== | ||
*Critics, particularly critics of other faiths, take offense to the references of "great and abominable church", "church of the devil", and "whore of all the earth", thinking this refers to them or other specific churches. There is no official position establishing it as any specific organization. These labels are best understood as reference to any group or organization that opposes the people of God. [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Great_and_abominable_church] | *Critics, particularly critics of other faiths, take offense to the references of "great and abominable church", "church of the devil", and "whore of all the earth", thinking this refers to them or other specific churches. There is no official position establishing it as any specific organization. These labels are best understood as reference to any group or organization that opposes the people of God. [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Great_and_abominable_church] |
Lesson 4: The Things Which I Saw While I Was Carried Away in the Spirit: off-site
The Book of Mormon contains a number of literary structures called poetic parallelisms, chiasmus being the best known. While these are frequently used as evidence for the Book of Mormon’s authenticity, their real value is in helping shed light on the meaning and message in the text. The following passages contain examples of these structures from chapters being covered in this lesson. If you are planning on using any of these passages in your lesson, it may be worthwhile to check these structures to see if they help emphasize or focus attention on the message you hope to convey, or if they provide an alternative perspective you had not considered before which may enhance your lesson. For the sake of space, the references can only be listed here. To look at these structures, see Donald W. Perry, Poetic Parallelisms: The Complete Text Reformatted, which is graciously provided online for no charge (you have to go to the PDF file) by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute.
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