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Here is the definition of word 588 in Zodhiate's Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament:

588 apodechomai; fut. apodexomai, mid. deponent from apo (575), an intens., and dechomai (1209), to take from another for oneself, to receive.  Used only by Luke, of person, to receive kindly or hospitably (Luke 8:40; Acts 15:4; 18:27); of God's Word, to receive or embrace heartily (Acts 2:41); or benefits, to receive or accept gratefully (Acts 24:3).
    Deriv.: apodektos (587), acceptable; apodeche (594), a receiving back.
    Syn.: lambano (2983), to receive without necessarily indicating a favorable reception; paralambano (3880), to receive from another; apolambano (618), to receive from another as one's due; proslambano (4355), to take to oneself; eudokeo (2106), to approve; sugkatatithemai (4784), to consent; eurasteo (2100), to please or be pleased; paradechomai (3858), to accept with delight, receive; prosdechomai (4327), to accept, to look for; egkrino (1469), to reckon on, approve; homologeo (3670), to assent, confess, accept, accept together.
    Ant.: lambano (593), to reject by disapproving; atheteo (114), to do away with; ekptuo (1609), to spit out or reject; paraiteomai (3868), to beg off, ask to be excused; arneomai (720), to deny, renounce; parakouo (3878), to refuse to hear, disobey; apoballo (577), to cast away; aporripto (641), to reject; apotheomai (683), to put away from oneself; aparneomai (533), to deny utterly; apotassomai (657), to renounce or to place in its proper category away from oneself; apopheugo (668), to escape, avoid; apodokimazo (593), to disapprove.

I don't have a scanner right now, but here is a digital photo of the page I just quoted:

I've quoted it verbatim from the page.  The only change I've made is to add red highlighting of pertinent words (most of them).

Receive, e.g. of God's Word.  That is one of the example usages given.

One can hardly imagine a more suitable word definition to correlate as a witness of the Book of Mormon.

Page 588 in Gesenius' OT Lexicon

The first word definition on page 588 of my Old Testament, Hebrew lexicon by H.W.F. Gesenius conveys a similar concept:

5541 sawlaw  To lift up. Whence --
(1) To suspend a balance, to weigh
(2) to despise (as light things are of small importance and value, heavy things much)
PUAL  used of wisdom, "it cannot be weighed with gold of Ophir," it cannot be bought with gold.

The word "weigh" fits the idea, "I will try their faith."  The definition in Strong's is even more fittings:

5541 sawlaw  to hang up, i.e. weight, or (fig.) contemn: -- tread down (under foot), value.

Here is the exact word used in III Nephi 26: "if they shall not receive these things, then shall the greater things be withheld unto their condemnation."

The grouping of words on the last half of the page seem to paint a picture of the Savior, Jesus Christ, which is the central message of the Book of Mormon.

5543 "lifted up"
5544 a thorn
5545 to pardon, forgive
5546 forgiving
5548 pardon, forgiveness

We lifted him up and condemned him, plating his head with thorns, yet he offers forgiveness.  And his arms are stretched out still.

Page 588 in James Strong's Concordance of the Bible

Page 588 of Strong's Concordance has a couple of notable entries.

Two of the three columns are for verses that use the word "law" in them.  The first two on the page are Matthew 5:17 and 5:18

    Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
    For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

This is an ideal verse in reference to the Book of Mormon, which the Christian world has declared an unauthorized addition to the Bible -- something that cannot be done.  Yet here is a statement of Christ, and how he responded to the Jews in his day, when confronted with a similar accusation.

Here is what the Lord said about the Book of Mormon through Joseph Smith (Doctrine and Covenants 10:52):

    Behold, I do not bring it to destroy that which they have received, but to build it up.

Another word of interest on page 588 of Strong's is lawyer.  Here is what the Book of Mormon (Alma 10:27; see chapter context) says about lawyers:

    The foundation of the destruction of this people is beginning to be laid by the unrighteousness of your lawyers and your judges.

One of the prime purposes of the Book of Mormon is to provide parallel social commentary on our day.

The last word heading on page 588 of Strong's Concordance is

lay See also LAID; LAIN; LAYEDST; LAYEST; LAYETH; LAYING; LIE; OVERLAY.

This by itself doesn't seem to have great significance, but when compared to page 588 in Zodhiates' New Testament lexicon, with definitions "to lie in wait..." (1748) and "a lying in wait" (1749), it serves as an overlapping witness of the alphabetics phenomenon.

Page 588 in Zodhiates' NT Lexicon

In selectively viewing the definitions on page 588 of my Zodhiates NT lexicon, a story of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon seems to emerge:

1748 "to lie in wait..."
1749 "a lying in wait"
1750 "to roll or wrap up;" Ant. "to roll away, such as a sepulcher stone."
1751 "things within, means those things which are within the human hear; of the inner man"
1752 "on account of, for the sake of"

Joseph had to wait for years, before he could remove the plates from the stone box in which they were encased, and bring them forth for the sake of the world.  The records had been deposited there some 1400 years prior.

Viewing the page objectively, one could also view some of these definitions as throwing the opposite light on the Book of Mormon.

The first words on the page, spilling over from definition 1747 on the previous page, are:

(1388), guile, deceit; rhadiourgia (4468), malignity, mischief; empaigmos (1701), derision, mocking; sunomosia (4945), plot, conspiracy.
    Ant.: eilikrineia (1505), sincerity; euthutes (2118), rectitude, straightforwardness; timios (5093), honorable.

That certainly describes the controversy with which the Book of Mormon was received in its day, and the charges leveled against Joseph Smith as its author.

Critics of the Alphabetics approach argue that one could read anything they want and support whatever point of view they want through these codes.

I like to look at them as a touchstone of the heart, giving a cause to ponder and probe what one really believes and why. 

The first antonym word above, "sincerity" is one I like to claim for myself, as it is one of the definitions of my name, Sterling.  With that sincerity, I seek to to scrutinize all things that I believe, and discern whether or not it is right and uplifting or not -- independent of what others tell me or what is supposed to be "the word of God."  I define for myself what is right and what is not.  My relationship with deity is between me and God, with my conscience as my guide.

The first full definition on page 588 seems more a description of the role John D. Lee played in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, in which he approached the beleaguered wagon train with a token of truce, when in truth he was leading them to their death.

1748 enedreuo fut. enedreuso, from enedra (1747), an ambush.  To lie in wait as in war or in ambush in order to kill someone.... By implication, to lie in wait as for prey in order to ensnare or seize, to watch narrowly...
    Syn: (64), to entrap, catch; ...(2221), to catch alive, capture or ensnare; (1185), metaphorically, to beguile, entice.

The betraying act of Lee was not done alone.  He was acting under orders of the LDS Church leadership at the time.  Though he was isolated, excommunicated, and executed as a scapegoat as if he was the sole man responsible, he was, in actuality an embodiment of the state of the Church membership at that time.  What he did, was the wish and fulfillment of the hearts of vengeance of the Mormons as a whole at that time.

And this was on September 11, 144 years before the ignominious attack on America.

What does this have to do with the Book of Mormon?

Perhaps it is a case in point illustration that the Mormons blew it.  They completely missed the point of the Book of Mormon, and rather than embracing its message of a mighty change of heart and a godly walk, they chose to isolate those passages that justified (at least in their mind) a bloody vengeance.

To this day, they deny Church culpability in the deed of September 11, 1857

Word 1857 in the NT lexicon gives this sobering definition:

1857 exoteros Outer, exterior.  Matt. 8:12; 22:13 refer to a place for unbelievers, while Matt. 25:30 may refer to a place of less reward for servants who did not use their God-given talents.
    Ant. esoteros (2082), inner.

I would not bring up this correlation to Mountain Meadows Massacre, except that it seems to be thematic for this particular study on 588 and the Book of Mormon.

Word 588 is on p. 222 of Zodhiates

The definition I cited above for word 588 in the NT lexicon, is found on page 222 of Zodhiates.

Here is the catch.  On page 222 of Krakauer's book, "Under the Banner of Heaven," (which is what spurred me to do this study on 588 in the first place, and which I am still reading at the time of this writing) is where the story of John D. Lee's horrific act is told.  The phrase, "September 11" [1857] is located on the center of the page.

    "The next morning, September 11, Lee sent an English convert named William Bateman toward the encircled emigrants under a white flag; Batemen as instructed to tell them that the Mormons were there to intercede with the Indians on the Arkansan's behalf, and would escort them to safety past the hostile Paiutes if the emigrants would hand over their weapons.  After Batemen indicated that the emigrants were willing to parley, Lee approached the emigrant stronghold to 'arrange the terms of the surrender.'
    " 'As I entered the fortifications,' Lee reported, 'men, women, and children gathered around me in wild consternation.  Some felt that the time of their happy deliverance had come, while others, though in deep distress, and all in tears, looked upon me with doubt, distrust and terror.'  It took Lee at least two hours to win the emigrants' confidence, but eventually, seeing no alternative, they agreed to his terms and gave up their weapons."

They were then lead to their slaughter in which 120 men, women and children were butchered in short order.

It is noteworthy, I think, that the last phrase prior to the definition for word 588, the anonym listed for word 587, is:

    Ant.: apobletos (579), rejected; adikimos (96), not standing the test.

The statement that I have posted at the foot of each page of this greaterthings.com website, "Would God that All the Lord's people were prophets," is an appeal for each person to take responsibility for his/her own actions before God, to discern all things for themselves, and to measure all things by the standard of conscience or common sense.  This, I believe, is the invitation of scriptures.  And it his message, that I believe is being missed so profoundly by the Mormon culture today -- who's marching orders are to "follow the prophet."

According to his own account, John D. Lee did what he did in the name of following his church (and government -- they were one and the same at that time in the Utah territory / Deseret) leaders for the promised reward of the highest degree of glory in heaven, in defiance of his own best judgment.  Any truly 'faithful' Mormon man of in that day would have done the same thing, given the circumstance.

The Church's long denial of culpability in this matter is a cowardly act that demands corporate repentance.  Whitewashing of history and ignoring such things stands as an impediment to the maturing of the church and their destined role as world peacemakers in the latter days.

They need to make a choice about what they teach, and come clean about their past mistakes, and embrace a more enlightened and gentle theology.  Their present theology has become stagnant for lack of growth and use.

Page 588 in the 1966 LDS Bible

Page 588 of a 1966 LDS publication of the Bible has an interesting correlation.  It spans I Chron. 22:6b - 23:4a wherein is found the story of how the Lord declined David to build the temple saying "Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight." (22:8.)

While this doesn't seem to point directly to the Book of Mormon, it does tie in to the sub-plot we saw earlier addressing the Mountain Meadows Massacre.  Perhaps that event amounted to a collective sin on the part of the Mormons of that day, and that as long as the church does not repent of that error, their progress will be impaired.

Word 588 Derives from Word 5170 in the OT Lexicon

According to Strong, word 588 is derived from word 5170, nakhar, which is defined as meaning "to snort or snore; a snorting."  Gesenius defines the root further, as meaning "to breathe hard through the nose, to snore."

With the word "snore," the idea of slumber comes to mind, and the awakening that God seeks to effect through his word.  That concept thematic in the Book of Mormon as illustrated by the fact that it is included in the closing words of the Book of Mormon:

"Awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put on thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion..." (Moroni 10:31.)

It also hearkens to Isaiah 29, which says, "The Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, and the seers hath he covered."

Then, in the next verse, he says, "The vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed...."

Most Mormons (thinking that this refers to the slumbering Christian world only, and not to themselves as also having fallen into a slumber) commit that verse to memory as evidence of a Biblical prophecy of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.  They also are familiar with an earlier verse in the chapter that says,

"And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust."

One of the features of Alphabetics is to consider the words in alphabetic vicinity, for they almost always have relevance to the word at hand.

Word 5172, in this case, is quintessentially relevant to the above prophecy in Isaiah, which the Mormons proclaim as a prophecy of the Book of Mormon.

5172 nawkhash To hiss, to whisper.
II. a second root, probably signifying to shine, whence brass, etc.

That obvious correlation, with the added allusion to the gold plates upon which the Book of Mormon was engraved, would be happily accepted by the typical Mormon.  Word 5178 derives from this one, and means "brass, i.e. copper, especially as hardened and tempered..."

What follows, though, will put most every Mormon far out of their comfort zone.  The first part of the definition by Gesenius above, goes on as follows:

5172 nawkhash To hiss, to whisper, specially used of the whispering of soothsayers; (1) to practice enchantment, to use sorcery; divination by serpents; (2) to augur, to forebode, to divine.

This is what the enemies of Joseph Smith asserted in his day regarding him, and this is what the opponents of the Mormon Church have held against Joseph Smith down to this day.

Krakauer describes the event in which Joseph retrieved the plates as follows:

"Carefully adhering to the time-honored rituals of necromancy, the young couple were dressed entirely in black, and had traveled the three miles from the Smith farm to the hill in a black carriage drawn by a black horse.  High on the steep west slope of the hill, Joseph again dug beneath the rock in the dark or night, while Emma stood nearby with her back turned to him." (p. 59.)

He describes how at first Joseph used the "interpreters [Urim and Thummim] that were contained with the plates to translate, but after loosing the 116 pages of manuscript and the gift of translation, Moroni returned the plates to them, but minus the Urim and Thummim.

"So to decipher the Egyptian characters Joseph relied instead on his favorite peep stone: a chocolate-colored egg-shaped rock that he had discovered twenty-four feet underground, in the company of Sally Chase's father, while digging a well in 1822.
    "Day after day, utilizing the technique he had learned from Sally, Joseph would place the magic rock in an upturned hat, bury his face in it with the stack of gold plates sitting nearby, and dictate the lines of scripture that appeared to him out of the blackness." (pp. 60,61.)

Adherents usually interpret the the Bible as forbidding such things, and yet the prophecy in Isaiah actually says that this is how the Book of Mormon would come forth.  "Familiar spirits; whispering."

Words 5172, 5173, 5175, 5177 all have to do with "hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; prognosticate; divine, enchanter; incantation or augury."

Sprinkled in between, words 5170, 5174, 5178, 5179 all have to do with copper/brass, bringing to mind the idea of the gold plates.

The word immediately before word 5170, from which word 588 is derived, means "to be urgent; require haste" (5169 nawkhats).

Krakauer says this:

"He worked at a feverish pace during this second phase of the translation, averaging some thirty-five hundred words a day, and by the end of June 1829 the job was finished." (pp. 61.)

The word before that means "we" (5168) and the word before that means "repenting / merciful" (5167) and the word prior to that means "whom Jehovah comforts" (5166).

A lot of meaning can be read into these words as pertaining to the idea of scripture and their purpose.  The "we" meaning is the one that intrigues me the most.  Who was it that conveyed the words to Joseph?  Who was it that composed the text of the Book of Mormon?  Was it a cosmically synthesized story with some fable and some fact to accomplish a particular purpose that we all helped compose prior to being born onto this earth?

Why would I say such a thing?  And how do I get that interpretation out of the words "we," "repenting / merciful" and "comfort"?

Actually, there are a large number of reasons that have very little to do with this one instance.  It's just that these words gave me an excuse to put that into writing.

588 and JJ Dewey

The Alphabetics write-up I did prior to this one was John D. Lee: Profile of a Mormon Scapegoat -- Again the Second Time.  In it I showed prophetic relevance of John D. Lee in his role as a scapegoat when in reality he was an epitome Mormon of that day.  I also gave evidence that I, Sterling D. Allan, was John D. Lee in a former life.  That 'proof' consisted both of anecdotal comparisons of our lives and lessons as well as correlations from Alphabetics code that point to that conclusion.  Since that time, additional witnesses have come that support that conclusion, including this present write-up.

In the JD Lee write-up, I said,

"My tenuous friendship with JJ Dewey, who some believe was Joseph Smith in a former life, is also consistent.  On the one hand, I have very deep respect for much of what he produces -- the most sublime teachings I know of today, at least most of them.  On the other hand, I am cautious to accept his teachings, knowing that Joseph Smith convincingly promoted some serious delusions last time around.  I'm also a tad leery of the personality cult aspect that surrounds Dewey to a certain extent.  He is the ring leader, and he does not like to have that position challenged." (ref)

When I was reading Krakauer's account of when Joseph Smith subversively introduced polygamy into the doctrine of the nascent Church, I found his unwitting choice of words noteworthy at the beginning of chapter Twelve, titled, "Carthage."  He begins the chapter:

"Despite Joseph Smith's many forceful denials, by 1844 several members of the prophet's inner circle had been told the truth about his spiritual wifery, and some had been shown the secret revelation of July 12, 1843 [D&C 132], concerning the doctrine of celestial marriage; a few were even practicing polygamy themselves.  But not everyone who had been let in on the secret approved of the doctrine.  Foremost among those who objected was his original wife, Emma Smith.  She had been married to Joseph since 1827, still loved him, and, at the age of thirty-nine, had no desire to share her husband with dewy juveniles less than half her age." (p. 123.)

I circled "dewy" and wrote "ironic choice of words Dewey" in the margin below.

Joseph John Dewey [in this life] has an interesting take on polygamy.  He does not believe it is the highest order of matrimony, certainly not the way it has been implemented -- a perversion as unnatural and unhealthy as homosexuality.  If I understand correctly, Dewey's take is that Joseph Smith had a glimpse of a celestial principle which then got twisted in understanding and practice.  Dewey teaches about a "molecular relationship" that has nothing to do with sexual relations, but has to do with teams of people working in tight harmony; a manifestation of the body of Christ on a microcosm level.

Polygamy ended up being Joseph Smith's death knell, and it has become the seed of extremism that has led to many fanatical offshoots and barbaric marriages in which the woman is diminished to the point of being a mere subservient prize, the quantity of which becomes a measure of a man's inheritance of a place in heaven, like so many baseball cards.  Krakauer does a masterful and non-confrontational job of exposing the abomination for what it is.

Anyway, you can imagine my astonishment when I looked up word 1209 from which 588 in the Greek NT is derived, and saw "Dewey" written in my own handwriting, dated 4/7/02, inserted in the space between word 1208 and 1209.  That is where the word "Dewey" inserts, alphabetically, if spelled with Greek letters.

Dewey inserts before word 1209

Word 1209 expounds further the idea of receiving, as we saw above.  Word 1208, prior to the insertion point of the name "Dewey" has the following meaning (quoting from Zodhiates):

1208 deuteros  Second in number...; in order...; in place...; in time (Acts 7:13, "at the second time").  Used in the neut. adv. with the def. art. to deuteron, the second time, again...  Without the art., deuteron in the neut. indicates either the second time or again... With palin, again..., or secondly...  With the prep. ek, and with the gen., ek deiterou, the second time, again...; with palin, again.
    Deriv. deuteraios (1206), on the second day; deuteroprotos (1207), the second-first.

That is that last phrase before the insertion point of Dewey: "the second-first."

JJ was actually excommunicated over the fact that he was teaching multiple mortalities to his fellow Mormon friends.  It is therefore more than fitting that the insertion of his name would be spotlight by the definitions, "come" and "again."  So while there may be many Deweys in the world, this connection further solidifies the link to JJ Dewey in particular.

Words 1204 and 1205 both mean "come."

Combined, and in sequence, we have: "come, the second time > Dewey > receive."

Go check out the website I pulled together for him, JJWritings.com, and see if his teachings don't resonate as the Lord setting his hand "again the second time" to recover his people.  Those who have become disgusted with Mormonism's lifelessness, will revel in the vitality of discussion among JJ and his friends.  That is where the action is at, spiritually.  His ecumenical spirit is also most refreshing in contrast to the narrow-mindedness of Mormon culture.  JJ draws from truths found anywhere, while also brilliantly expounding LDS scripture.  Still, because he is mortal, we must be cautions to not blindly accept something he says, but we should weight all teachings.

Words 1198 - 1212 on Page 133 Gesenius; Page 132 and Polygamy

[Discovered Aug. 2, 2003]

Seeing how fitting the words around the insertion point of "Dewey" were in Greek, I was curious what the corresponding numbers might mean in the Old Testament Hebrew.

I opened Gesenius and I could immediately see that there was a lot there.  First, numbers 1205 through 1210 (actually 1197b - 1212a) fall on page 133.  D&C 133 is designated the "appendix" revelation of the Doctrine and Covenants -- basically the last section with a revelation from Joseph Smith.

Verse two of D&C 133 begins: "The Lord ... shall suddenly come to his temple; the Lord ... shall come down upon the world with a curse to judgment...." 

Compare the wording in that verse to the following definitions (reverse sequence) that are found on page 133 of Gesenius. (A word for "Lord," Baal is found in the prefix of several words on the previous page.)

1205 be'athah  terror

1204 ba'ath  (2) suddenly to come upon any one

1203 Be'eshterah  "temple ..."

1202 Ba'aseyah  "work of Jehovah"

1200 be'erah  burning

1200 is the sum of the numeric values of the letters that spell "Mormon" in Greek.

M/m [micron] = 40 (x 2), w [omega] = 800, r [rho] = 100, o [omicron]= 70 (x 2), n [nu] = 50

The word before it is

1199 Ba'ara  "foolish"

"Foolish" is the definition of word number 801 in the New Testament lexicon.  801 is the telephone area code of the headquarters of the Mormon Church today -- Wasatch Front Utah [i.e. parable of wise and foolish virgins].  "Foolish" is also the meaning of the two words before (3471, 3472) and two words following (3473, 3474) the alphabetic insertion point of "Mormon" spelled in Greek. (ref.)

Other definitions on page 133 of Gesenius suggest that the destruction prophesied in D&C 133 actually was fulfilled in the destructions that came upon the Saints in Nauvoo.  Sudden destruction came upon them, as they were forced to flee with virtually no preparations, in the most unfavorable of circumstances; and their temple was burned, struck by lightning -- and finally toppled by a tornado.

Word definition 1206 on page 133 means "mud, mire," and definition 1207 means "marsh."  These words have at least triple application.  First, it describes the state of Nauvoo when the Saints arrived.  It was a mosquito-infested marsh, and many saints died from Malaria before they drained the swamp.  Second, it describes the quagmire the Saints were in at Nauvoo as Joseph was secretly introducing polygamy while adamantly denying it publicly -- an imbroglio that ultimately lead to his murder in Carthage by disenchanted Saints.   Third, it describes the mud through which the Saints were forced to trod as they made their untimely exodus from Nauvoo in the dead of winter, with unrelenting snow and rain storms, claiming the life of hundreds.

The very first phrases on page 133 are: "(3) to take away, to remove, to exterminate," and in the same definition, Gesenius cites Isaiah 4:4 "when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion...with the spirit of judgment and with the spirit of extermination."

True to karma, it seems the kick-ass God that the Mormons worshipped kicked their ass.  I would argue that such a corporeal God was appropriate in Old Testament times because the world was much less spiritually advanced -- akin to a child -- for whom corporeal punishment is often the only method of steering them in the proper way.   However, today, we are much closer to adulthood in our spiritual progress, and our view of God needs to mature to match a view of God that is much closer to that of a peer, rather than a ruthless overlord.

As at least a fourth generation Mormon with root in Nauvoo, I was always told early Mormon history as if the Mormons were in the right and were unfortunate victims of the enemies of God.  But page 133 of Gesenius paints a different picture.  God was the one doing the punishment, and polygamy was the reason, among other things.

On the facing page, page 132, is word 1172 baalah whose definition is "mistress."  D&C 132 is the "revelation" given to Joseph Smith on polygamy.  According to the chronologically listed at the beginning of the LDS Doctrine and Covenants it is the last revelation given to Joseph Smith that is recorded in the D&C.  He received no more after that -- at least none that were recorded in the D&C.

It is the last definition on that page that spills onto page 133, which means "to take away, to remove, to exterminate."  But the word has other meanings as well, which comment on both the carnal nature of polygamy (though it was promoted as if it was godly -- and exalted institution that would redeem the world), the burning lust that drove it, as well as the destructions that came upon the saints for practicing it.

1197 ba'ar  (1) to consume; (2) specially to consume with fire, to be kindled; (3) to be brutish, fierce.

The Mormons were an extremely obnoxious bunch in their early days, claiming manifest destiny that they lorded over their gentile neighbors every place they moved, looking down with disgust upon them, calling them "enemies" in their nascent scripture.

Word 1210 on page 133 seems a fit description: "inaccessible, high," as well as word 1211: "onions."  Word 1212 depicts their boastful attitude, which boasting disqualified them from the very thing they claimed: "in the shadow, i.e. protection, of God."

The first full word definition (1198) on the page sums it: "Stupid, brutish, like cattle; used of men."

The word Gesenius lists just before the word for "mistress" on page 132 is word 1169, Baal, which stands for "Lord" and "husband;" and is the name used in the Bible for a Phoenician deity who laid with beasts (ref) -- obviously not an ambassador of enlightened sexual conduct.

Back in the NT lexicon, word 1203 despotes includes the meaning of "Lord."  The "despot" that polygamy fostered in the men who practiced it, led to deep oppression of the women, and denigration of their worth.  It's curious that all seven words prior to word 1203 have to do with bondage and servitude.  Word 1200 (remember that 1200 is the sum of the numeric value of the letters that spell "Mormon" in Greek) means "a prison-keeper."

Definition 1201 (by Gesenius) leaves little wiggle room to avoid this unflattering application:

1201 desmoterion  A prison.  The prison in Jerusalem was controlled by the priests and probably attached to the high priest's palace or the temple.

In talking about prison and Nauvoo, one might also think of Joseph and Carthage.  Dewey thinks that if Joseph had proceeded on to the Rocky Mountains and not given into the taunting of his friends, returning "as a lamb to the slaughter," that he might have been able to set things straight then, and usher in the kingdom of heaven on earth much sooner.

It seems, though, that the course was too deeply set, and a reboot would be necessary.

This time around, when it comes to "bonds," Dewey is seeking for what he calls a molecular relationship, which is not a sexual union between involved parties, but is a union of soul to the point that the joined group takes on a life of its own, inviting an overshadowing of the Christ.

1210, deo & dei, yin/yang

[This section was first composed on July 24, 2003]

Back in the Greek NT, where we were looking at word 1209, which is the root for word 588 . . .

The word after 1209 is:

1210 deo  To bind.
    (I) Of things, to bind together or to anything, to bind around, fasten...  Matt. 16:29 "whatsoever ... thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven..."  This means that we as believers on earth can only confirm what has already been decided in heaven...."

In addition to the molecular relationship, this also brings up the very important concept of keys and sealing power, which is a centerpiece in LDS culture.  That this concept would be so close to the insertion point of the word that is the derivative of 588, the number of pages in the original Book of Mormon, is apropos.

I have noted in the margin of my book that 1210, or December 10, is my wife's birthday.

In the context of the comments I gave above on polygamy, I think this is very interesting.  The number of my wife's birthday means "to bind."

I'll tell you this.  She would never put up with polygamy, and not because she is not strong enough to handle it.  Rather, it is precisely because she is an old soul that she refuses to countenance such an unnatural and barbaric marriage arrangement.

One man, one woman, combined in a yin/yang harmony, each perfecting and refining the other -- that is the ideal.

One of the numbers of my birthday is 1163 (Nov. '63).  Word 1163 in the NT lexicon is dei ("day") to match the deo of my wife's birthday.   dei and deo, the marriage duo.

Word 1163 appears on page 399 of Zodhiates.  There are 399 pages in Jon Krakauer's book, Banner of Heaven.  (This is including the roman numbered pages at the beginning, and the "about the author" page at the very end.)

588 and 399

The day (7/21/03) I discovered the number of pages in Krakauer's book came on the heels of a dream I had that morning.  In the dream, I was being arrested for some unknown reason.  From time to time I have prison dreams, having actually spent 20 days in jail once for charges that were eventually dropped, at a time in my life when I was extreme in my zeal to live the word of God to the ultimate degree -- no matter what the world or prudence might dictate to the contrary.  It is a reminder to me of how close one can get to the edge of losing touch with reality when the "voice of God" perceived by the striving heart pitted against guessing senses, overrides the voice of common sense.  And yet still, I consider that episode to be an initiation in my life, for which I am very grateful.

The reason I mention this is twofold.  First, Krakauer's book is designed to explore the roots of fundamentalism/extremism born from religious sects; and I cite this as evidence of the extremes I went to in my life.  Second, my jail cell number was 400, just one more than 399.  Word 1163 in the NT lexicon begins on page 399, but page 400 is 3/4 full with the remainder of the definition, including such ironic phrases as

- That which must be done from a sense of duty
- it was necessary for Jesus to go to the cross in order to fulfill God's plan for the redemption of mankind
- spoken of what is right an proper in itself or prescribed by law, duty, custom.
- that which prudence would dictate
- inevitable from the circumstances or nature of the case
- Antonym: miss the mark; err; transgress
- example, specimen, sample, a display; pattern, model
- to make a public show or spectacle as the Romans did when they exposed their captives to public view

The next morning (7/22/03), I was struck by a thought -- another parallel or comparison between John D. Lee's life and mine.  He lived the last 20 years of his life keeping an awful secret because of the oath he took with the others who participated in the massacre.  This explains why I tend to be so open with my life, exposing my intimate dealings and thoughts to all the world via the Internet.

As I was pondering on this thought, I walked into my office and saw a most peculiar sunrise.

Sunrise July 22, 2003 Ephraim, UT

The sun was hidden behind a very dark cloud, and there were rays of dark streaming out from the cloud, with a super bright perimeter just around the edge of the cloud.  It seemed a suitable metaphor -- the light trying to get out, but being cloaked by blackness.

July 22 Sunrise over the course of about half an hour

On page 588 [#pp in 1st BofM] of Gesenius' OT lexicon is word 5542 which means "rest, silence, to silence, silence!"

Word 400 in the NT lexicon, anaphoneo, means "To speak out," with antonym, "put muzzle, put to silence."

Page 588 in Thayer's NT Lexicon

Another New Testament lexicon I like to check from time to time is Thayer's.

Three of the words on this page, 4739 - 4741, have the meaning, "to stand firm, set fast."

This ties to what was saw of word 531 in the NT lexicon -- 531 being the number of pages in the current LDS editions of the Book of Mormon.

531 aparabatos  
   Unchangeable.  Only in Heb. 7:24, speaking of the unchangeable, eternal priesthood of Christ.  Contrasted to the Jewish high priesthood which was passed from father to son and successor and was liable to be violated and transgressed (Heb. 7:11), Christ's priesthood cannot be transferred to another; it is final.
   Syn. (1476) and (277), immovable; (276), unchangeable; (4731), solid, stable, steadfast; (949), firm.
   Ant. (2000), insecure.

These definitions overlaps a quintessential word in Hebrew, spelled with the first, middle, and last words of the Hebrew alphabet: aleph, mem, tet (calling to mind the idea of Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end).

571 emeth (1) Firmness, stability, perpetuity. (2) faithfulness, fidelity, in which any one is consistent and performs promises. (3) probity, uprightness, integrity of mind... also sincerity. (4) truth.  Applied to the word of God.
[quoting from Gesenius.]

Another link from page 588 of Thayer's to a previous study is found in word 4742, which means "a mark pricked in or branded upon the body."  This word is used in Rev. 14:9 talking about the mark of the beast.

In our study on John D. Lee, the first thing we looked up was the number of the year of his birth.

1812 hexakosioi  Six hundred (Rev. 13:18; 14:20)

I mentioned that I relate to this because my address is 666 S. 60 E., Ephraim, UT.  "Ephraim" is on page 666 of the LDS Bible Dictionary.  I did a write-up on how I came to have this address, which is so ironic considering that the most visited page of my website has been the index on 666, lamenting how the LDS Church is virtually silent on the subject -- which is one of the most relevant issues of our day.  There is an opposite for everything.

This was one of the proofs set forth that I was John D. Lee in a previous life.

Well, it turns out that word 4742, stigma (on p. 588 of Thayer's) immediately follows the insertions point of the spelling of Sterling in Greek letters.

copy of Zodhiates, word 4742

Word 4740, sterigmos, two words prior to the insertion point of my first name, means "A setting firmly, stability, for instance of the stars."  The name Sterling actually derives etymologically from starling because of the star imprinted on British silver coins.

Word 4743, stigme, means "A point of time, figuratively referring to the briefest moment."  It gives "atom" as a synonym.

I see this as a link to my Dad, from whom I get my surname, Allan.  He has done Nobel prize quality work in the area of time and frequency metrology.  The "Allan Variance," is an algorithm that is still used today in time measurement, which is the most precise measurement known to man.  They can measure time to the accuracy of the time it takes light to travel about 10 cm.  I was born in Boulder, CO where he worked with the U.S. Bureau of Standards' atomic clock.  I also happen to have inherited my enthusiasm for the scriptures from him.

As one can see from the greaterthings.com website, and in particular the extensive listing of unique studies on the Book of Mormon, I've had a lot to do with the Book of Mormon in my present life, commencing with a book I wrote in 1988 called: "The Vision of All: Our Past, Present, and Future as Foretold in Book of Mormon History."  This correlation of my name landing on the page that is the number of pages in the first Book of Mormon is gratifying to me.

John D. Lee was close to the prophet Joseph Smith in his lifetime, serving as a body guard for him in Nauvoo.

Also on this page are the words "brand" and "branch" which are references to the yin/yang, male/female relationship that is to be had by the latter-day servants of God.  The first definition on the page is word 4738, "the breast."

p. 588 Thayer's, beginning with word 4738

It also mentions the word "mourners."  I see this as another allusion to the man-woman relationship, of which polygamy is a perversion, causing tremendous heartbreak to women, even when they try with all their heart to put the best face they can on it.

The very last phrase on page 588 comes from word definition 4747 stoicheion: "1. the letters of the alphabet as" . . . in other words . . . Alphabetics! -- a latter-day method by which truths may be uncovered encoded within the language of scripture.  It is a phenomenon that I discovered back in 1996, and which I am at this moment utilizing to both prove the veracity of the Book of Mormon as well as provide commentary to move us forward in our progression as a people -- toward greater things, as we receive that which we have been given.

Even the very number of this word is fascinating: 4747.  It brings to mind the "days of '47" celebrated in Utah on July 24 in remembrance of the arrival of the saints into the Utah valley.  Today is July 24, 2003 [1:30 am MST], the day I am discovering this correlation for the first time.

p. 588 Thayer's, heading: 4747 (last word on page)

p. 588 Thayer's; last def. on page: 4747
'the letters of the alphabet'

It is also the anniversary of the day Ron and Don Lafferty chose to kill their sister-in-law and her baby -- the story which forms the primary thread of Jon Krakauer's book Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith.  Today, Jon speaks in Boulder Colorado about his book. (ref)

The next word, which comes on the next page, 4748, stoicheo means "to proceed in a row, go in order," which supports the idea of alphabetics, which lists words in their alphabetic sequence and then considers the numbers associated therewith.

Tangent: Fox Slows to a Trot

[composed on Aug. 1, 2003]

On July 24, which was when I first announced this study, I was driving with my wife and children to go join my wife's father for a celebration of "Pioneer Day."  As we approached Woodland from Kamas, a fox ran in front of us.  Usually foxes dart so quickly across the road you can hardly tell what animal is.  This time, though, as I applied my brakes, this fox slowed to a trot, looked at us, and continued looking at us while it trotted up the embankment on the other side of the road.  It's look seemed to say, "Do I know you?"

I'm curious what this might symbolize.  I'm sure it is significant.

My wife has seen scores of foxes in her life, and never has she seen one do this.  They usually make themselves as scarce as possible.

Tangent: Pioneer Day Parade

[composed on Aug. 2, 2003]

Another thing that happened on July 24 is that I rode with my son and Father-in-law in Kamas, Utah's Pioneer Day Parade..  My wife's father, Gary Moon, is a highly regarded bronze sculptor, and was displaying a near life-size deer he just completed.  We threw candy out the right passenger window of his Jeep Cherokee that was towing a trailer with the deer on it.

After publishing the majority of this 588-Page Book of Mormon in Alphabetics study that morning, in which I presented the possibility that I could have been John D. Lee in a former life, I laughed within myself at the paradox of my being in a parade that day, of all days -- the first time I've been in a parade.  Nary a soul watching the parade that day would have the slightest inkling that such a notorious soul was inadvertently on display before them.

Tangent: Far Side Cartoon and 666 Address

[August 3, 2003]

Yesterday I finally got around to turning my Gary Larson Far Side calendar on the wall over to August.  It features a man standing in front of a door to hell, talking to the Devil who is looking at him with his hands on his hips in disgust.  The man is a painter and has painted 666 up-side down.  The caption reads, "Well, I'll be. ... I must've been holding the dang work order like this!"

As I been preparing this study for completion and final announcement today, I've been struck by the humorous coincidence, seeing as my house address is 666, and I mention that fact in this study as a point of relevance.

Word 588 in the OT Lexicon

[composed July 27, 2003]

The 588th word in the Old Testament Hebrew lexicon is the proper name, Anaharath.  Strong gives its definition as "a gorge or narrow pass."  I think of the scripture

    "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life" (Matthew 7:14)

That fits the concept of scripture or the word of God, which is compared in the Book of Mormon to a rod of iron that guides one to the tree of life.

The word Anaharath occurs in just one place: Joshua 19:19.

Curious, I thought I would look up that verse to see its context.

There on the same page of scripture just one column over, I saw that I had highlighted in yellow the word Allon, because it is the closest word to my last name, Allan.

The word Allon is used in just two places in the Bible.

I suppose this is of little interest to others, but I found it gratifying to see my name so closely connected with a word that is numbered 588, which is the number of pages of the original Book of Mormon -- another token from heaven in support of the work I've done with so little appreciation on earth.

Allon is word number 440 in the OT lexicon.  That is the street number of the first house I bought, in Provo, UT:  814 N. 440 W.  A few years later, I rented a room just down the street less than a block away.

Don't ask me how the angels orchestrate all this, but I've seen too many such correlations to think they are pure coincidence without any divine oversight.

The word before word 588 in the OT lexicon is anakhnoo meaning "we: -- ourselves, us."  The word after 588 is anee meaning "I."

This again ties into the idea posited above that we were all involved in creating the scriptures before we were born and in revealing them to man for our instruction in mortality (word 582 enoshe means "mortal"); and that the scriptures have a way of awaking the divine [or the demon, in the case of fanaticism devoid of conscience] within us.

Gesenius renders word 589 "I (am)."

Gesenius' comment on word 589 says, "it is joined to the first person of the verb, especially in the books of the silver age.."

Two things come to mind with that little hint.  First, the idea of a precious metal, in the context of the Book of Mormon:  gold plates.  Second, the connection between my name, Sterling, and silver.

In pointing out these apparent witnesses of myself in relation to the Book of Mormon, I do not purport to set myself above another, for I believe that we are all of divine heritage, and that each of us have within us the divine seed.  I do not consider myself among the greatest, but I see all of us being a part of a complete whole.

We might not all be of the same spiritual age or maturity, but we each share the same spiritual genetics of God.

Another thing I notice in the vicinity of word 588 in my OT lexicon (from word 575 to 602) is several occurrences of notations I made in the margin of names of girls I was interested in prior to settling down and marrying Cheri.  A protagonist might say either that this argues for polygamy, or it argues that one can make anything they want fit.

I mention this in order to be objective in my reporting.  Above, I mentioned something that came up in relation to my wife, and I used it as an opportunity to put in a plug for my views regarding polygamy being a perversion. 

I suppose if one looked hard enough, one could find a correlation for just about everyone on the planet in relation to this study about 588 and the Book of Mormon.

The beauty of this multi-interpretation ability is that the code can never be taken as an absolute.  It is only a guide, to spur the thought juices and nurture inspiration, to help get in touch with the soul.

As for marriage, my observation is that the notion that there is just one person on the earth who is an ideal partner to find tends to get overblown at times.  I can't help but think that there are a good number of people in a given lifetime (believing we have many lifetimes as human beings) who could serve as a great partner in one's life, and that the important thing is to seek to make that relationship the ideal relationship.  Sometimes it may be more important in a given lifetime to be with one person in particular, and the angels are set overtime to help ensure that it happens.  All in all, we are all children of God, and can all benefit one another through our associations.  But when it comes to marriage, one man and one woman is the ideal situation (unless, the purpose of a given lifetime is to learn lessons that come from a less than ideal situation).

Page 588 of the Holy Qur-an

Page 588 of the copy of my Koran contains the following germane text (quoting in whole, minus Arabic script and commentary at bottom of the page):

I find several things fascinating about this passage in context of our considering symbolic connections between this page and the 588-page first edition of the Book of Mormon.

Here you have the classic scenario of a prophet come among the people and being rejected by them.  This story is told time and again in the Book of Mormon.  Indeed, the Book of Mormon itself was received in this manner by the world at large.

What is also fitting in this passage is the emphasis on the message of repentance and the grace offered by God.  That is very much consistent with the thrust of the Book of Mormon.

The statement "We see (in) thee nothing but a man like ourselves" is suitably paradoxical in light of what I have been saying here about how those who bring forth scripture are but brothers and sisters of a common family of God, who helped compose the words of scripture before coming to inhabit the earth.

What adds to the beauty of this irony is that this would be the wording of Arabic scripture in unintended yet still foreordained and angel orchestrated commentary on the Book of Mormon.

Page 588 Qur-an

In their own day, and among their own people, none of these men esteem now as larger-than-life and perhaps even superhuman seemed anything more than "just the boy next door."

Page 588 of The Complete Artscroll Siddur

I have a copy of a Jewish prayer book, which in their religion is akin to scripture, as it is a compilation of prayers and ordinances from scripture.

Page 588 is the "Shalosh Seudos: Askinu Seudasa" which is in regard to the three meals of the Sabbath.  According to the commentary on page 588,

"The three meals of the Sabbath symbolize the three Patriarchs; the three divisions of Scripture: Torah, Prophets and Hagiographa; and the three manna meals that were provided every Sabbath in the wilderness."

Page 588 Complete Artiscroll Siddur

How ironically fitting that this commemoration of the divisions of scripture would land on a page with the same number as the number of pages in the first Book of Mormon.

Page 588 of Webster's 1961 Dictionary

One of the three columns on page 588 of my Webster's 1961 dictionary contains the word "decrease" and its derivatives.  The antonym meaning is "increase" as in "receiving greater things."

The last definition on the page is

decussate to cross, cut, or divide in the form of an X: intersect ~ vi: to cross each other in the form of an X

This calls to mind chiasmus of which we saw an example at the beginning of this write-up in the ABBA literary arrangement of the Book of Mormon text talking about receiving that which we have been given so that greater things can be manifest.

Back in 1992 when I began digging chiasms and parallels out of the scriptures in earnest (now published on this site), I had the distinct impression that these provided a means for the faithful to obtain greater light and knowledge -- in the form of a parable -- that others skip over for neglect.

Again, this is gratifying to me that this methodology would be so strongly alluded to on page 588 of an English dictionary that was published before I was born.

p. 588 Webster's New International Dictionary, 3rd Ed. 1961
decussate

Page 588 of The New Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary

My 1971 New Webster dictionary is one my parents had during my growing up years.  I like to check the page numbers on it as well, usually finding significant correlations to whatever it is I'm looking up in alphabetics at the time.

The first and last definitions on page 588 seem the most applicable here.

The page begins with this definition that pairs up with the definition we saw for word 588 in the Old Testament lexicon.

oscitancy The act of gaping or yawning; sleepiness; drowsiness.

Again, this brings to mind the idea that the scriptures are to awaken our spiritual senses from slumber.

The last word on the page is

otiose  Idle; unemployed; useless; futile; needless; being at leisure.

 I can relate completely with that definition in that people have time and again labeled my work in this manner.

I find solace in the fact that word definition 888 in the New Testament lexicon means "useless," and is the sum of the numeric values of the spelling of the word "Iesous."  That is how Jesus was treated by the Jews, culminating with his crucifixion.

Another definition on page 588 is

ostracism  banishment from society; expulsion; ostracized, ostracizine. ...to exclude from public or private favor.

On the opposite page, facing the word "otiose" is the word:

Ouija  A trademark for a board, marked with symbols and the alphabet, used with a smaller board that is moved over it with the fingertips to obtain answers and messages.

While I personally do not ascribe to this practice, in this context I see it as alluding to this approach of Alphabetics whereby hidden messages of commentary and insight are uncovered.

Page 588 Webster's II New Riverside Dictionary

I also have a dictionary hanging around that I bought for college.

Here are some relevant definitions from page 588, beginning with the first word on the page and ending with the last.

refinish To apply a new finish to
reflect 3. To manifest: reveal. 4. To think seriously: meditate
reform: 2. change for the better
reformation 2. The 16th-cent. movement leading to separation of the Protestant churches from the Roman Catholic Church
refresh 3. to renew by stimulation
refuse¹ To decline to do, accept, give, or allow
refuse² Something rejected or discarded as worthless
refute To prove to be false or mistaken: disprove
regard v. 2. consider; n. 2. careful attention: heed. 3. respect, affection, or esteem.
regenerate 1. To reform morally or spiritually. 2. To build, make, or start anew. adj. 2. Restored: renewal.

Page 588 Webster's II New Riverside Dictionary

Page 588 of Eight Translation New Testament

[This particular find will not be appreciated unless the rest of the BofM 588 document is read first.]

I have a book that shows eight translations of the New Testament side by side for comparison.

The content of this page does not have any direct matches to the Book of Mormon, but it does address several of the tangent themes that have been highlighted in this study on 588 and the Book of Mormon.

Here is the text from the King James Version that is on page 588:

resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: ³⁶Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.  ³⁷Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.  ³⁸For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
    39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.  ⁴⁰And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.  ⁴¹And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?  ⁴²And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, ⁴³Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.  ⁴⁴David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?

It addresses the idea of multiple mortalities, of us being the children of God, and of God coming in the flesh among man as the offspring of mere mortals.

It also illustrates well an instance where what is written seems to contradict something one believes to be truth.  Do we always defer to what is written on the page, or do we go with what we believe God has taught us personally?  As for me, I go with the latter.  It is what I believe marks the difference between a child and an adult in God.

Dewey attempts to addresses the phrase "neither can they die any more," and he does a pretty good job; but the primary test is if we are willing to go with our soul truth, even when the written words -- of Jesus himself in this case, or at least that is how it is presented -- say something to the contrary.

I've struggled with how to present this particular page, and was going to just leave it out of the report because it is too complicated to explain.  However, as I prepared this report here on this site, I kept feeling like this needs to be included.

I can't help but think that it may be the most insightful correlation of all, when pondered in the context of what has been said here.

I have found that to be the case many times.  The most obvious correlations have little substance to them by way of new insights.  The more you have to think about how something matches and meditating upon the various ramifications and possibilities, the more richly the personal revelations and insights flow.

This certainly is not the last match to ponder by means of Alphabetics in regard to the Book of Mormon.  But it seems as good a stopping point as any for this particular study.  No doubt God has a whole host of unexpected witnesses that he will yet reveal for our betterment.  "Greater Things" is a continual evolution to higher truths and understandings and manner of living.  It is anything but stagnant.

See also

• Website > JJWritings.com - website I pulled together to feature JJ Dewey's teachings.
• Book Review > Under the Banner of Heaven - commentary on Krakauer's book; links to related works.
• Index > Book of Mormon Resources at GreaterThings.com
• Index > Alphabetics Word-Number Studies
  • 531 and the Book of Mormon - a study similar to the one above, except using the number of pages in the current edition of the Book of Mormon published by the LDS Church.
  • 360 -- Many Evidences for the Book of Mormon - Skip sequence for 'sefer (Book) MORMON' in Bible Code is 360. Words and pages 360 in Bible-bases sources provide affirmative commentary on the Book of Mormon.
  • John D. Lee: Profile of a Mormon Scapegoat -- Again the Second Time
  • Mormons and 801 - as salt that has lost its savor
  • Alphabetics Commentary on Joseph John Dewey (Study done January 18, 2000).
  • 144,000
• Index > Chiasms and Parallels
  • PDF III Nephi 26:4-11 substructure, including 3 Ne. 26:4,5 parallels ("Being on a parallel)  (Download WP.zip.)
• Index > Mountain Meadows Massacre -- Reburying the Dead - study resources
• Index > Multiple Mortalities - we've lived many lifetimes
• Index > Polygamy Deception
• Index > Davidic Servant - ministry of ones mighty and strong

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