[Nappaljarri]

And a bit more:

1. 16:7 – they took the daughters of Ishmael for wives. The whole point of them leaving Jerusalem would have be destroyed, had they not kept the covenant of the Lord and be married and have posterity.
2. Chapter 17: 36-38 - “Behold, the Lord hath created the earth that it should be inhabited; and he hath created his children that they should possess it. And he raiseth up a righteous nation, and destroyeth the nations of the wicked. And he leadeth away the righteous into precious lands, and the wicked he destroyeth, and curseth the land unto them for their sakes.” This judgement is coming upon this earth once more. It is not because of “carbon emissions” that the earth is changing and “being cursed”, it is because his people do not turn to him and keep their covenants that they have promised to him. He is cursing the whole earth for the sake of The House of Israel, so that they will humble themselves and repent.
3. 1 Nephi: Chapter 17: 41: “And he did straiten them in the wilderness with his rod; for they had hardened their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity. He sent fiery flying serpents among them (I wonder were they dragons?….LOL) and after they were bitten he prepared a way that they might be healed; and the labor which they had to perform was to look; and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were many who perished.” This is just like today. To be saved and exalted, God has set the pattern of eternal families bound together by the priesthood officiated by this Church. Very simple. Keep the commandments and prosper, don’t keep the commandments and be cut off from his presence. But because of the easiness of this pattern, some try to make it complicated and hard to understand, when it is so simple. And because of the simpleness they stumble and miss the mark (or sin). They try and make other things in life “seem” to be more important than the family (ie: church acitivities, work, church callings, girlfriends, social groups), and in so doing, they stumble and loose their family (being the eternal family unit, created by the power of the priesthood in our temples), the only thing God has commanded us to uphold.


these are just a few points. I will try to keep it to a minimum, but the reading for today was so good.