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. . Temporal Parallel between the Lehite nation history and the history of Israel from beginning to end.

Spiritual Parallel between these two civilizations and an individual in his/her progression through life.

I Nephi 17 Chiasm (pp. 136,137; Appendices A-C)

Parallels Between Lehite and Jaredite History (Appendix D)

Parallels Between the First Portion of Lehite History and the Vision of the Tree of Life (Appendix E)

Parallels Between the Latter Portion of Lehite History and the Vision of the Tree of Life (Appendix F)

Parallels Between the Earlier and the Latter Portions of Lehite History (Appendix G)

III Nephi 20 (Isa. 52) Chiasm (Appendix K)

Chiasm of the First and Second Appearances of Jesus Christ in III Ne. 11-26 (Appendix L)

Declaration of Independence Parallel to Today (Appendix N) (from 6/23/90 proclamation)

Bi-monthly publication of chiastic and parallel structures from various inspired sources, mostly scriptural.

Key: chi = Chiasm; par = Parallel; sub = Substructure (smaller chiasms & parallels)

Introductory (March 4) : "Will the Gentiles Also Look Beyond the Mark?" Includes II Ne. 26 chi, par.; and 2 Ne. 26 - Isa. 29 comparison.

Issue #1 (April 2): II Nephi 28 chi, par; II Nephi 33 chi.

Issue #2 (April 21): Alma 37 chi/sub; III Nephi 26:9-11; Abraham 1:2 chi; D&C 64:31-44 chi.

Issue #3 (May 6): Isaiah 28 = 29 parallel; Revelation 2:2-7 chi; II Nephi 3 chi, par, sub; Alma 16 chi, sub

Issue #4 (May 20): Isaiah 28 = II Nephi 28 parallel; Daniel 7 triple parallel; 1 Nephi 5 chi, sub; III Nephi 26:4-11 sub.

Issue #5 (June 13): Declaration of Independence chiasm; Alma 9 chi, par, sub; Alma 13 chi.; 2 Ne. 28 = 29 par (cont.)

Issue #6 (June 25): Nahum 1 chi, par; Alma 20 chi/sub; Alma 34 chi, sub; Ether 8:18-26 chi; History of the World chi.

Issue #7 (July 15): Exodus 3:6-21 chi; Alma 4 chi; Alma 5 chi, 3x-par, sub; Ezra Taft Benson, April 1987 chi.

Issue #8 (July 31): Hebrew Alphabet chi; 1 Nephi 14 chi, par, sub; Alma 19 chi; D&C 35 6x-par.

Issue #9 (Aug. 19): Deut. 32 chi, sub; JST-Mark 9:40-48 par; Mormon 8 chi, sub; D&C 4 par, chi.

Issue #10/11 (Aug. 29/Sept. 19): Samuel the Lamanite's address; Hel. 10 chi & sub; Hel. 12 chi, par, sub; Hel. 13 par, sub; Hel. 14 chi, sub; Hel. 15 chi, sub; Hel. 16 chi, sub; D&C 85 chi; Alma 5:43-46 & Hel. 7:29 and 8:3 cross-ref; Hymn #102 chi. (Pre-1985 LDS Hymnal).

Issue #12 (Oct. 24): "The Law and the Word of the Lord: Our Duty and Our Quest:" chi, par, sub, of 10-minute talk prepared Sept. 24, 1989 for delivery in Gen. Conf.

Date. . Scripture. . Type. . Comment

3/4/92. . Isa. 29=2 Ne. 26. . Comparison. . II Ne. 26 is a quotation of Isa. 29, with commentary.

1/23/92. . I Ne. 20=21=22. . Triple Parallel. . (Hand written) I Ne. 20,21 = Isa. 48,49

4/6/93. . Psalms 118 . . Chiasm. . "tabernacle;" "stone which builders rejected". .

8/93. . II Ne.12 (Isa.2) . . Chiasm. . "proud shall be brought low"

9/8/93. . II Ne. 25. . Chiasm. . Post-Isaiah quotation comment; "manner of the Jews"

9/30/93. . D&C 11. . Chiasm. . "all things shall be made known;" "to all who have good desires"

10/18/93. . I Ne. 20 (Isa. 48). . Parallel. . "I have called him to declare"

11/6/93. . Dallin H. Oaks . . Chiasm. . Oct. '93 Gen. Conf. talk on procreation & sanctity of life.

11/29/93. . II Ne. 11. . Chiasm. . Pre-Isaiah quote; "delighteth in the covenants of the Lord"

12/31/93. . Mark 9:49,50. . Rhetorical study. . Salt Riddle; "have salt in yourselves"

4/6/94. . D&C 112. . Chiasm. . "Upon my house shall it begin; from my house shall it go forth"

4/14/94. . II Ne. 9&10. . Parallel. . Temporal and spiritual covenant compared/contrasted.

4/25/94. . I Ne. 17. . Mixed Parallel. . Nephi's comparison of Lehites and Israelites

4/26/94. . I Ne.17=Deut. 9. . Parallel. . Nephi and Moses' accounts of Israelites entering promised land

4/26/94. . I Ne.17=Exo. 6. . Parallel. . "I will be your light in the wilderness"

4/28/94. . I Ne.17:30-42. . Chiasm. . "they did harden their hearts"

4/30/94. . I Ne.2=Exo. 3. . Parallel. . Commission: Lehi's vision and Moses' visitation. .

5/3/94. . Exo. 3:7-20. . Chiasm. . (original by E.L.A.; 7/15/92) "I am that I am;" Moses' call.

5/16/94. . Job 5. . Chiasm. . "He taketh the wise in their craftiness"

10/18/94. . Zephaniah 3. . Chiasm. . "I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly"

1/26/95. . Ezekiel 22 . . Chiasm focal pt.. . "Thy dross shall be be purged in the midst of my furnace"

2/13/95. . Ezekiel 22. . Chi. elem. B. . "her prophets raven for the prey;" "There is a conspiracy"

3/15/95. . Alma 26. . Chiasms. . "I do not boast in my own strength;" "I will give you success". .

3/25/95. . Alma 26=DC 11. . Parallel. . A great and marvelous work

3/31/95. . Ezekiel 20 . . Triple Parallel. . They refuse God's way, he grants them their desire.

4/2/95. . jst-II Thes. 2 . . Chiasm. . Man of Sin Revealed; "He it is who now worketh"

4/6/95. . Isa.66=II Thes. 2. . Parallel. . "God shall send them strong delusion, that they believe a lie". .

4/6/95. . "Cast Out". . Word study. . Isa. 66:5 the only O.T. verse with this phrase.

4/13/95. . JST-Matthew13. . Chiasm. . "Parables"

4/18/95. . James E. Faust. . Chiasm. . "The Keys that Never Rust" [not!] (10/2/94 Gen. Conf. talk)

4/21/95. . Pres. Hunter . . Mini-chiasm. . "All is well and all will be well" (4/94 Gen. Conf. talk)

4/25/95. . D&C 21. . Chiasm w/ refs. . "Move cause of Zion in mighty power" (comp. Jer. 30,31; Eph 1-4)

4/28/95. . Deut.19 = Mat.18 = II Cor.13 = II Ne.11 = D&C 6 = Ether 5 = D&C 128 . . . . Parallel. . "In the mouth of two or three witnesses"

4/28/95. . Moro.10=D&C 46 Parallel. . The New Covenant and Witness With multi-column parallels to JST-Gen. 17,50; Jer. 31; Isa. 55,52; I Cor. 11,12,13; Eph. 1,3,4; II Ne. 3,29,31,33; Alma 6; 3 Ne. 12,18; Moro. 6,7,8.

5/1/95. . D&C 1=11=21. . Parallel. . 'That all might speak in the name of the Lord."

5/3/95. . D&C 22 = JST-Mat. 9. . Chiasm. . "When the new is come, the old is ready to be put away."

5/7/95. . Hymn #16. . Parallel. . What glorious scenes mine eyes behold

5/13/95. . D&C 84=Ether 4. . Parallel. . The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood (including significant selections from Matt. 6,10; Mark 6,13,16; Luke 9,10,12; 3 Ne. 13; Mormon 9; D&C 112)

5/18/95. . Eph. 6=D&C 27. . Parallel & refs. . The Whole Armor of God (cross references very significant)

5/25/95. . JST-Matt. 21:40-55. . Parallel. . "The stone which the builders rejected" expounded.

5/20/95. . II Ne. 26:10-18. . Chiasm. . Convincing Jews and Gentiles that Jesus is the very Christ

5/20/95. . II Ne. 26:13-20. . Chiasm. . The Lord will give unto him power that he may whisper...

5/21/95. . II Ne. 26:20-28. . Parallel. . None are forbidden, both Jew and Gentile.

5/21/95. . II Ne. 28. . Chiasm. . And great must be the fall thereof.

5/22/95. . II Ne. 28. . Parallel. . "We have enough" = "everlasting chains" of hell.

5/22/95. . D&C 64:31-43. . Chiasm. . Inhabitants of Zion shall judge all things pertaining to Zion.

5/27/95. . II Ne. 3. . Chiasm. . ...and that which has already gone forth...shall grow together.

5/28/95. . II Ne. 3. . Parallel. . The Seer and the Spokesman.

5/29/95. . II Ne. 3. . Substr.. . "Shall grow together" "In the hands of God"

5/31/95. . Isaiah 28=29. . Parallel. . Marvelous work and a wonder = line upon line

6/2/95. . Isa.28=II Ne.28. . Parallel. . Drunkards of Ephraim = Great & abominable church.

6/4/95. . I Ne. 5. . Parallel. . Plates of Brass

6/20/95. . Alma 9. . Parallel. . After all the light and knowledge; ye are a lost and fallen people

6/15/95. . Isa. 54=55 . . Parallel. . "Sing, O barren;" "Ho, every one that thirsteth"

6/16/95. . Ezk. 21=DC 112. . Parallel. . "Remove not thy house"

8/8/95. . Alma 36. . Chiasm. . "In the presence of my God" (this chapter famous by Welch)

12/7/95. . II Ne. 3 = JST Gen. 50 Comparison. . "A seer shall the Lord raise up out of thy loins"

2/28/96. . JST-Luke 1:45-54. . Chiasm. . "He hath put down the mighty...and exalted them of low degree"

5/15/96. . Shekinah. . Dictionary Chi.. . "she" through "shirk" (apprx. 60 consecutive words)

8/22/96. . D&C 89. . Chiasm. . Word of Wisdom (orig. by L.P.) "The staff of life"

1/4/97. . D&C 121:33-46. . Parallel. . "Unrighteous dominion;" "man might put forth his puny arm"

5/15/97. . Pres. Hinckley. . Chiasm. . Every Word (Excerpt from Apr. 6, 1997 Gen. Conf. talk)

5/16/97. . Moro. 10:30-33. . Structure. . "Come unto Christ and be perfected in Him."

2/4/98. . II Nephi -2-10+ parallel to -18 - 28+ . .Huge Parallel. . (75pp+) which contain Isaiah 8-14, 27, 50, 51 (ten chapters)  (original connection:   "Again the second time.")

2/25/98  Hebrews 12 = II Nephi 9:17-38 parallel ("take up the cross, despise the shame, set down in the kingdom of God")

10/3/98  Nehemiah 9 Chiasm (Though man is full of contradiction and disobedience, God is faithful and fulfills his promises)

10/3/98  Ezra 2 = Nehemiah 7  Comparison (mention of 666 decoded).

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