Ep 287 | 3 Nephi 1-7, Come Follow Me 2024 (September 16-22)

Talking Scripture

Mike Day & Bryce Dunford

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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→ Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(01:09) The greatest Christmas story. Jesus came just in time to save the righteous from death.(11:52) The sacred relics are no longer in the stewardship of the chief judge and are taken away into the priestly line, perhaps indicating the beginning of societal breakdown.(19:53) We can trust that Jesus will fulfill every whit of every promise he has given.(20:38) Once you have light, beware of the temptation to doubt it.(24:26) Some of the Nephites start to defect as great wickedness increases, just 4 years after the sign.(25:27) Commentary on 3 Nephi 2.15-16. The cultural separation was removed when outsiders began to have faith in Jesus.(27:29) The destruction of a people can result when they abandon their religious values, identity, and culture.(28:28) Giddianhi’s letter to Lachoneus illustrates the adversary’s tactics and goals. He seeks to convince the faithful to walk away from their covenants by using flattery, sowing seeds of doubt, threats, boasts of strength, guilt, fake sincerity, and the promise of acceptance.(36:00) Lachoneus’ stalwart defense of his people is a type for our day. Don’t take council from fears, cry unto the Lord, gather together, build fortifications, set guards round about, repent, follow leaders, protect the family, and be strong with the armor of God.(43:38) Avoid being the aggressor in war and initiating the conflict.(45:40) In 3 Nephi 4.7-8 the Gadianton robbers were girded about with a lambskin dyed in blood. They were taunting their enemies or perhaps even mocking the Nephite faith.(48:01) What is the Greek name Lachoneus doing in the Book of Mormon? Eric Cline, professor of Classics and ANE studies, demonstrates cultural mixing from Greece to Palestine in 1177 B.C.(51:48) With only 5 years left before Jesus comes again, there are just few righteous among them. We should be careful to not lose blessings in the final moments.(1:00:14) The prisoners who repented are set free. There is order, justice, and equity in God’s kingdom.(1:06:19) Mormon describes what it is like to be a scribe and also a prophet. He promises that God will restore and gather his people.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate
0:06.8	relevance and application of the scriptures in Come Follow Me. We also dive into
0:11.0	the history and cultures of the text.
0:13.3	Thanks for taking the time to share and subscribe to this podcast.
0:16.7	For show notes, head over to our website talking scripture.org.
0:20.0	Welcome to talking scripture. I'm Mike and I'm Bryce and today we're going to be in
0:27.2	third Nephy 1 through 7. This is the breakdown. Things just go south for the
0:32.2	Nephites here.
0:33.0	Yes, and this is where the pattern of our day starts to show itself.
0:37.0	Not so much things we've seen, but things we will see.
0:40.0	So there will be a great sign, kind of like a day, a night and a day with no darkness.
0:45.4	And we will have that.
0:46.5	And then there's going to be a period of rest, of silence, and then there's going to be
0:50.7	destruction, and then Jesus will show his face, and then there will be to be destruction and then Jesus will show his face and then there will be
0:53.8	peace for many years and then there will be war.
0:56.1	So this is kind of the pattern of the second coming, but we're going to focus mostly in these first
1:01.2	few chapters, kind of the disintegration of their society, the
1:05.0	falling apart, they're going to take on the Gadianton robbers. But I can't
1:10.4	pass up this opportunity in third Nephi chapter one to not tell the greatest Christmas
1:16.9	story ever.
1:18.0	Latter-day Saints have in our possession a Christmas story like no other, and we don't tell it very often. If your
1:24.5	families like mine I'm sure you read Luke Chapter 2 on Christmas Eve and you talk
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