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II Nephi HUGE Parallel
2 Nephi -2 - 10+ = 2 Nephi -18 - 28+
(Including Isaiah 8-14, 29, 50, 51)
By Sterling D. Allan Greater Things; February 4, 1998
P.O. Box 66, Fountain Green, UT 84632
More (working backward)...
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2 Nephi 2 |
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2 Nephi 18 |
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| 22 And now, behold, if Adam |
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13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts
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had not transgressed
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and let him be your fear,
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he would not have fallen,
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and let him be your dread.
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14 And he |
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shall be |
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| in the garden of Eden. |
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for a sanctuary; |
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And all things which were created must have remained in
the same state in which they were after they were created;
and they must have remained forever,
and had no end.
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but for a stone of stumbling,
and for a rock of offense
to both the houses of Israel,
for a gin
and a snare
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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| 23 And they would have had no children; |
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15 And many among them |
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wherefore they would have remained
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shall stumble
and fall,
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in a state of innocence,
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and be broken,
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having no joy,
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and be snared,
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for they knew no misery;
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and be taken.
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| doing no [passive] |
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16 Bind up [active] |
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| good, [tree of knowledge of
good & evil] |
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the testimony, [tree of life] |
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| for they knew [accountability] |
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seal the law [stewardship
accounting] |
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| no sin. [holy without spot] |
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| among my disciples. [perfected
in Christ]a 24 But behold, all things [fulness/completion]
a2 have been done
b in the wisdom
c of him
b who knoweth
a all things.
[the opening and closing points often
correlate to the focal point in chiasms] |
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a1 17 And I will [as God is man
may become]
a2 wait upon
a3 the Lord,
b that hideth
c his face
b from the house of Jacob,
a1 and I will
a2 look
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25 Adam
fell |
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18 Behold, I |
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that men might be; |
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and the children |
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and men |
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whom the Lord hath given me |
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are, |
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that they might have joy.
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for signs
and for wonders in Israel
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26 And the Messiah |
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from the Lord of Hosts, |
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cometh |
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which dwelleth |
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in the fulness of time, |
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in Mount Zion. |
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A that he may redeem the children of men |
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A 19 And when they shall say unto you: Seek
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B from the fall.
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B them that have familiar spirits,
[occult revelations and demonic possession] |
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A And because that they are redeemed |
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A and [seek] unto |
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B from the fall
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B wizards that peep and mutter--
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they have |
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should not a people |
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become free forever, [agency] |
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seek [quest] |
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knowing good from evil; |
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unto their God |
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[knows all things and will reveal what is
expedient] |
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to act for themselves |
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for the living |
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and not to be acted upon, |
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to hear from the dead? |
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[occult revelations and demonic possession] |
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save it be by the punishment of the law |
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20 To the law at the great and last day,
[day of judgement] |
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and to the testimony; [A New
Testament] |
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according to the commandments
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and if they speak not according to this word, |
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which God |
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it is because there is no light |
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hath given.
[through the
revelations of the Spirit] |
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in them . [in-dwelling of the
Holy Ghost] |
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27 Wherefore, men are free
[agency]
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21 And they shall pass through it hardly
bestead [consequence]
[bestead: placed, situated, disposed, or
circumstanced as to convenience, benefit (Web. >71)] |
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according to the flesh;
[and spirit] |
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and hungry;
[wherefore come, all
ye that hunger...] |
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and all things are given them
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and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, |
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which are expedient unto man. |
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they shall fret themselves, |
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And they are free to choose |
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and curse |
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liberty
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their king
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and eternal life,
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and their God,
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through the great Mediator
of all men,
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and look upward.
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or to choose |
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22 And they shall look unto the earth
[worldly] |
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captivity
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and behold
trouble,
and darkness,
dimness of anguish,
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and death, |
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and shall be driven to darkness. |
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(2 Nephi 2 (cont.))
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(Isaiah 9)
(** 2 Nephi 19 **) |
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according to
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1 Nevertheless, the dimness shall not be such as |
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the captivity
and power
of the devil;
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was in her vexation,
when at first he lightly
afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali,
[LDS footnote: ARabbinical
commentators relate this to the attacks by Assyria] |
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for he seeketh that all men might be miserable
like unto himself. |
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and afterwards did more grievously afflict
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28 And now, my sons, I would that ye should look |
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by the way of the Red Sea beyond Jordan |
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to look] |
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[i.e. Jesus Christ: see Matt. 4:14-16] |
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to the great Mediator, |
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in Galilee of the nations. |
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and hearken unto his great commandments; |
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2 The people that walked in darkness |
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and be faithful |
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have seen |
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unto his words, |
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a great light ; |
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and choose [go one way or the
other] |
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they that dwell [linger,
plateau] |
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eternal
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in the land of the shadow
[temporary, myopic blockage of light] |
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life, |
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of death, |
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according to the will of his Holy Spirit; |
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upon them hath the light shined. |
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29 And not choose eternal death,
[covenant curse] |
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3 Thou hast multiplied the nation,
[covenant blessing] |
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according to the will of the flesh
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and increased the joy--
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and the evil
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they joy before thee
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which is therein,
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according to the joy
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which giveth the spirit of the devil power
to captivate,
to bring you down to hell,
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in harvest,
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that he may reign over you in his own kingdom. |
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and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. |
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30 I have spoken these few words [of
life] unto you all, my sons, |
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4 For thou hast broken the yoke [of
captivity] |
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in the last days of my probation;
[that he might leave legacy of
righteousness] |
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of his burden,
[feeding off the people] |
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and I have chosen [agency] |
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and the staff [compulsion] |
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the good part,
[flowing from heart given to and changed by
God]
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of his shoulder,
[sins of many caused by the iniquities of kings;
answered on head of kings. (Msh 29:31).] |
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according to the words [invite] |
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the rod [disinformation] |
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of the prophet. [of
life] |
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of his oppressor. [of death] |
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And I have none other object save it be
[concentrated focus vs. !] |
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5 For every battle of the warrior
is with confused noise,
and garments rolled in blood;
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the everlasting welfare of your souls. Amen.
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but this shall be with burning
and fuel of fire.
[Ashall
be saved even if it so be as by fire@
(1 Ne. 22:17)] |
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