marg wrote:Inconceivable wrote: And yes, I learned good things each time.
What do you consider to be "good things"? I'm nearly finished Book of Jacob and haven't noticed anything "good". Where abouts in the book are you referring to?
The Book of Jacob is my favorite book in the Book of Mormon.
What I find Good within the Book of Jacob is the full blanket condemnation of the Practice of Polygamy from the Lord God through the Prophet Jacob at the time. This is found in Jacob Chapter Two.
Here is Jacob Chapter Two, Verses 23 through 34:
Jacob 2:23-24:
[23] But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.
[24] Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.
[25] Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph.
[26] Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this people shall do like unto them of old.
[27] Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none;
[28] For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women. And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts.
[29] Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith the Lord of Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.
[30] For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.
[31] For behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard the mourning of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem, yea, and in all the lands of my people, because of the wickedness and abominations of their husbands.
[32] And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that the cries of the fair daughters of this people, which I have led out of the land of Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the men of my people, saith the Lord of Hosts.
[33] For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my people because of their tenderness, save I shall visit them with a sore curse, even unto destruction; for they shall not commit whoredoms, like unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts.
[34] And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandments were given to our father, Lehi; wherefore, ye have known them before; and ye have come unto great condemnation; for ye have done these things which ye ought not to have done.
Kings David and Solomon having many wives was indeed truly an abomination before the Lord God. (Jacob 2:23-24.)
The Lord God through the Prophet Jacob explains in Jacob Chapter Two, within Verse 28, Why He commanded the Men of his People to have just one wife each within Verse 27. The reason that the Lord God commanded the Men of his People to have just one wife each is that He explains within Verse 28, that whoredoms are an abomination to Him. The Lord God equates the Practice of Plural Marriages with whoredoms within Verse 28. And whoredoms are an abomination before the Lord God.
A lot of LDS Apologists will argue that Jacob Chapter Two, Verse 30, is a loophole for the Lord God to Command Plural Marriage. These LDS Apologists state the Lord God will command some men to Practice Polygamy, in order to 'raise up a seed' unto the Lord God. However, There is absolutely NO Evidence whatsoever, that the Phrase, 'raise up seed unto me', within Jacob 2:30, refers to that the Lord God will command some of the Men of His People to enter into the Practice of Polygamy. The Lord God intends to command His People to marry Monogamously, in order to be able to 'raise up a righteous seed' unto Him. This is really meaning raising up Righteous children, righteous sons and righteous daughters, unto the Lord God. It can and will be done through the Practice of Monogamy. The Lord God intends to raise up a righteous seed unto Him, through Monogamy, (NOT Polygamy), as can be clearly seen when correctly comparing Jacob 2:30 to 1 Nephi 7:1, and then correctly comparing 1 Nephi 7:1 to 1 Nephi 16:7-8.
Here is Jacob 2:30, Compared to 1 Nephi 7:1:
Jacob 2:30:
[30] For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.
1 Nephi 7:1:
[1] And now I would that ye might know, that after my father, Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying that it was not meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the wilderness alone; but that his sons should take daughters to wife, that they might raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of promise.
Now, Here is 1 Nephi 7:1, Compared to 1 Nephi 16:7-8:
1 Nephi 7:1:
[1] And now I would that ye might know, that after my father, Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying that it was not meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the wilderness alone; but that his sons should take daughters to wife, that they might raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of promise.
1 Nephi 16:7-8:
[7] And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the daughters of Ishmael to wife; and also, my brethren took of the daughters of Ishmael to wife; and also Zoram took the eldest daughter of Ishmael to wife.
[8] And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments of the Lord which had been given unto him. And also, I, Nephi, had been blessed of the Lord exceedingly.
Nephi and his brethren took just
one wife each, in order to be able to raise up seed unto the Lord God.
Nephi and his brethren did fulfill the Commandment of the Lord God, with them just taking
one wife each, in order to be able to raise up righteous seed unto the Lord God.
A Righteous Man is able to raise up a righteous seed unto the Lord God, with having just
one righteous wife.
Here is how Jacob Chapter Two, Verse 30 is Correctly interpreted and read:
[30] For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people [To Marry Monogamously]; otherwise they shall [will] hearken unto these things [The Sins of Polygamy].
There will Not be any Polygamous Marriages with the Kingdom of the Lord God.
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