Did you hear about the GI whose breast-pocket copy of the Book of Mormon stopped a bullet? Because nothing gets through Second Nephi, ha, ha!
Just a little levity, such as is common amongst us hardy scripturatteurs.
Without further ado, let us get down to the thingummy. Ah, the res.
However, what’s really remarkable about the chapter is the simple but plain fact that it plainly says that Isaiah saw God.
Isaiah goes after those who’re waiting for proof. They won’t commit to living faithfully until God proves himself to them on their terms.
2 Nephi 14- after condemnation, redemption.
society will be turned on its head. Old pieties, things that could be relied upon, traditional standards and roles, will be gone. But, if they’re replaced at all, they’ll be replaced in what would have seemed to an ancient Israelite a distorted, hellish, unnerving, unnatural, carnival-funhouse sort of way.
Even if you haven’t been keeping up with my little project here, even if you have no intention of doing so, take two or three minutes and renew your acquaintance with today’s reading, 2 Nephi 12, which is a citation (with slight but perhaps significant variation) of Isaiah 2.
2 Nephi 11- Seeing the Savior.
2 Nephi 10- Anti-semitism and anti-anti-semitism
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