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Ezekiel’s Remarkable Visions
Due to my schedule for the past few weeks, I have been unable to continue my weekly posts on the Sunday School lessons from the Old Testament. As I was looking over the lesson to be studied this week, I was somewhat disappointed that it did not cover some of the early chapters of the [...]
Also posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Scripture, Temple Tagged Chariot, Ezekiel, Merkabah, Rachel Elior, Sunday School, Temple, Throne, William Hamblin Comments closed
“How Beautiful Upon the Mountains”: Some Thoughts on OT Lesson 39
Isaiah 50-53 In 1979, a biblical scholar named John Eaton published a work entitled Festal Drama in Deutero-Isaiah. Eaton, following the work of Ivan Engnell and others, saw in the “Servant Songs” and other themes of chapters 40-55, 60-62 of Isaiah allusions to the themes of the Ancient Israelite New Year Festival (which I’ve so [...]
Also posted in Scripture Tagged Atonement, Day of Atonement, Deutero-Isaiah, High Priest, Isaiah, James Davila, Jesus Christ, John Eaton, King, lesson, New Year Festival, Old Testament, scapegoat, Second Isaiah, Servant, Servant Songs, Suffering Servant, Sunday School Comments closed
“Beside Me There is No Saviour”: Old Testament Lesson 38
Isaiah 40-49 Sorry for the dearth of posts recently — the semester at St Andrews has now started up and I have found myself overwhelmed trying to set a new schedule and routine for myself. Among the various things I’m doing this semester, I am very excited about sitting in on Jim Davila’s Book of [...]
Also posted in Scripture Tagged Cyrus, Deutero-Isaiah, Eric Liddell, festival, Handel, Isaiah, Jerry Hadley, Jesus Christ, Jim Davila, Messiah, Parry, Persia, Psalms, Second Isaiah Comments closed
Thou Hast Done Wonderful Things: Further Thoughts on OT Lesson 37
This post is a continuation of the last one — just sharing some further thoughts Sunday School Lesson 37. Isaiah Chapter 25 This chapter begins like many of the psalms, praising the Lord for the great salvific deeds he has performed for the redemption of the house of Israel. Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, thou art [...]
Also posted in Scripture Tagged Anointing Oil, death, dew, dragon, Isaiah, Jehovah, Lesson 37, Leviathan, New Year Festival, Psalms, Resurrection, Sunday School, wonderful, Yahweh Comments closed
“Thou Hast Done Wonderful Things” (OT Lesson 37)
Isaiah 22; 24-26; 28-30 With this lesson we have skipped chapters 7-21 of Isaiah (many of which are quoted in the Book of Mormon, so that may be part of the reason) and moved on to chapter 22. The chapters covered in this lesson contain many symbols and themes that we can interpret as prefiguring [...]
Also posted in Scripture Tagged Angels, Eliakim, house of David, Isaiah, Jesus Christ, key, LDS, Lesson 37, Messiah, messianic, nail, Old Testament, prophecy, Sunday School, sure place Comments closed
The Glory of Zion Will Be a Defense: Part 2
This is a continuation of my last post on Old Testament Lesson 36 covering Isaiah 1-6. I had hoped to post it before today (Sunday), but unfortunately didn’t quite make it. Hopefully it is still of some help to those wanting to study a bit more about these chapters of Isaiah. Isaiah Chapter 4 Due [...]
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The Glory of Zion Will Be a Defense (OT Lesson 36)
Isaiah 1-6 As the Savior emphasized to the Nephite people, “great are the words of Isaiah” (3 Ne. 23:1). It is with this reminder and caveat that I approach writing a post on the first chapters of the book of Isaiah. Attempting to give any type of summary, nevermind an in-depth analysis, of these chapters [...]
Did Jesus Deny the Possibility of Heavenly Ascents? (John 3:13)