The last prophet of the Old Testament, Malachi, prophesied that "the messenger of the covenant" would "suddenly come to his temple." This sounds like a reference to the Savior's Second Coming, especially when Malachi asks, "Who may abide the day of his coming?" He tells us that this messenger will refine and purify the sons... Continue Reading →
There Shall Not Be Room Enough – 3 Nephi 24:10-12
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house; and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And... Continue Reading →
He Is Like a Refiner’s Fire – 3 Nephi 24:2-5
2 But who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap. 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver,... Continue Reading →
Return Unto Me – 3 Nephi 24:7
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of Hosts. But ye say: Wherein shall we return?(3 Nephi 24:7)I have gained a greater appreciation this week for the ordering function of... Continue Reading →
What Doth It Profit That We Have Kept His Ordinances? – 3 Nephi 24:13-18
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say: What have we spoken against thee?14 Ye have said: It is vain to serve God, and what doth it profit that we have kept his ordinances and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?15 And now we call... Continue Reading →
And He Shall Purify – 3 Nephi 24:2-3
2 But who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap.3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that... Continue Reading →
3 Nephi 24:14-16 A Book of Remembrance Was Written Before Him
14 Ye have said: It is vain to serve God, and what doth it profit that we have kept his ordinances and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.16... Continue Reading →