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The Kingdom of God

… The Lord has commanded us to seek “first the kingdom of God” (Matthew 6:33). Just what the kingdom consists of, … beyond our personal spiritual well-being and status in God’s Church and celestial realm? Clearly the identification … importance of the physical, embodied dimension of human existence. The religion of the Restoration could not focus on …

The “Same” Organization That Existed in the Primitive Church

… of faith: “We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, … that over the centuries had attached themselves to existing Christian traditions, many religious souls in and … “sameness” between the primitive Church and the kingdom of God in latter days. Apostles Any thorough exploration of New …

Lying for God

… probably not accepted even in antiquity as inspired by God any way which would give them normative power. … “genuine” revelations and “forged” ones. The terms merely denote relative and subjective religious bias. Scholars … “forged” revelations because this would imply the existence of “genuine” revelations, and scholars have …

The Meaning of God’s Glory

… greatly help our understanding of the nature of God’s glory, the premortal war in heaven, Satan’s attempt to … has gone into exile] from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her … 1:14–15, where Moses, after having seen and partaken of God’s glory, recognized Satan’s loss of it: “For behold, I …

Singing of God’s Love

… in Psalms 120–34. These psalms reminded the people of God’s grace, mercy, provision, protection, and salvation and … composition, a coherent group. [5] They might have even existed independently as a separate book before being … [42] Section 2: Psalms 125‒29 Psalm 125: An affirmation of God’s protection of the faithful While the previous section …

I See You, God

… about how I know. I have entitled my talk “I See You, God” for reasons that will become clear later. Let me frame … Stake Center. As I emerged into the open air, I felt God’s love envelop me. Heaven seemed as real and close as the … it says in Lectures on Faith that faith and doubt cannot exist in the same heart at the same time, but this does not …

Jacob in the Presence of God

… to be offered as a sacrifice in the presence of God forever stands as a similitude of the Atonement of God’s Only Begotten Son (see Genesis 22; Jacob 4:5). Indeed, … over and over throughout the long eons of a premortal existence and thus lay at the heart of Jehovah’s promise to …

Seeing God in His Temple

… or the Old Testament, contains several episodes in which God appears to mortals. Such an appearance is called a … of the temple’s central purposes—bringing worshippers into God’s presence—in ancient hymns of Israel that were composed … God’s presence and see him face-to-face is as old as the existence of Israel itself. We know this from the culminating …

"The Lord God Which Gathereth the Outcasts"

… groups as well as reveals the beautiful promises God proclaimed for all his children. Israel and the Stranger … while living among the Israelites, may have had their own gods and their own worship practices. [11] As such, like the … metaphor of Israel as a harlot among foreigners is used to denote Israel’s apostasy. [13] Legally, Israel was to have …

"And God Blessed the Seventh day, and Sanctified It"

… as temple dedications). In fact, the similarities that exist between these two events, the day of rest and … [8] The creation of this social cosmos begins in Eden, God’s earthly garden. Further geographical areas are … "And God Blessed the Seventh day, and Sanctified It" …