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Book Of Mormon 121
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/07/2013

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Lehi's Prophecies
Definition
Jerusalem Destroyed; Babylonian Captivity; Jews return to Jerusalem; Coming of Messiah in 600 years; Ministry of John the Baptist; Baptism of the Messiah; Christ's ministry, death and resurrection; Scattering and gathering of Israel;
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1st Group
Definition
Hear the message and don't do anything
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1st Group (Parable)
Definition
Fall by wayside and eaten by fowls
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1st Group (Dream)
Definition
felt way toward great and spacious building (apparently ignoring rod and path to tree altogether)
Term
2nd Group
Definition
They that hear message and start to obey, but fall away quickly.
Term
2nd group (parable)
Definition
fall into stony places and sprung up, but having no root withered in the sun
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2nd group (dream)
Definition
those that started on path, but lost their way in the mist.
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3rd Group
Definition
hear and accept message, but are lost to the world.
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3rd group (parable)
Definition
those that fall among thorns, which choked them.
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3rd group (dream)
Definition
those that make it to the tree and partake of the fruit, only to hear the scoffing of those in the great and spacious building and become ashamed and fall away.
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4th Group
Definition
Hear and accept message and bring forth good fruit.
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4th Group (parable)
Definition
those that fall into good soil and bring forth good fruit
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4th Group (dream)
Definition
other multitudes that pressed forward, holding to the rod, and partook of the fruit. They heeded not the scoffers in the great and spacious building.
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Great and Abominable Church in 1 Nephi 13
Definition
Used historically and exclusive= Some early Christians in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. (before the Catholic Church) A specific group of people who fought against God.
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Great and Abominable Church in 1 Nephi 14
Definition
Used typologically and inclusive= Any person or group who fights against God.
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"Other books" mentioned in 1 Nephi 13:39
Definition
“These last records which were to come forth to bear witness of the ‘book of the Lamb of God,’ which
is the Bible, are the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the revelations of the Lord to
Joseph Smith” - Joseph Fielding Smith, Man, His Origin and Destiny
Term
What Nephi means by the phrase “the fulness of the Gentiles” and how that relates to the House of
Israel and the Lehites
Definition
GENTILE = NON-JEWISH=NOT FROM TRIBE OF JUDAH - The Gospel will first go to the Gentiles. - The
Gentiles will bring the Gospel to the House of Israel (both Jews and Lehites).
Term
Description of Liahona
Definition
Made of brass; two spindles: one pointed way they should go in the wilderness while the other perhaps pointed to some fixed location; Worked by faith
Term
What happened at Nahom?
Definition
Ishmael died and was buried.
Term
N-H-M=? N-CH-M=?
Definition
to growl, groan. To console oneself; to be sorry.
Term
Comparisons between Liahona and Brass Serpent?
Definition
Made of brass; Symbol of Christ; Worked by faith; Worked too easily
Term
how long it took Lehi and his party to make the complete journey through the wilderness
Definition
8 years
Term
comparisons between the rebellion at sea incident on Lehi’s boat and the Golden Calf
incident with the Children of Israel
Definition
Rebellion at Sea: Singing, Dancing, Forgot by what power, Exceeding Rudeness
Golden Calf Incident: Singing, Dancing, Forgot by what power, Nakedness
Term
What language was Nephi writing in?
Definition
Language of the Egyptians
Term
names of some of the “many prophets” who were roughly contemporary with Lehi in Jerusalem
Definition
Jeremiah, Habakkuk, Micah, Obadiah, Zepheniah,
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The Prophet Pattern
Definition
Presence of fire; apprehension of the prophet; Lord IDs Himself; Prophet is purified and prepared; accompanied by angels; Given a heavenly book; Prophet is then sent forth to lead/prophecy;
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Nephi's thesis statement
Definition
1 Nephi 1:20- But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all
those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto deliverance
Term
distance between Jerusalem and Valley of Lemuel in days and miles
Definition
11 days; 275 miles
Term
three approaches used by Nephi and his brothers in their attempts to retrieve the plates of
brass from Laban
Definition
1. Luck 2. Money 3. Spirit
Term
wording of the sacred oath used by Nephi with Zoram
Definition
For ancient Semites, “to be most binding and solemn, an oath should be by the life of something”; Most solemn oath of all: “as the Lord liveth, and as I live” (1 Nephi 4:32)
Term
Lehi and Laban's common ancestor
Definition
Joseph of Egypt
Term
what Nephi said was the ‘fullness of [his] intent’ concerning his writings
Definition
The fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come unto the God of Abraham, and the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and be saved. -1 Nephi 6:4
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