[I plan on posting the notes for my Gospel Doctrine lessons this year; I’ll put my initials in the title so that there won’t be any confusion in the sidebar or archives with my lessons and Jim’s.]<\/p>\n
Intro to the OT<\/strong> Intro to the Book of Moses<\/strong> Moses 1<\/strong> Moses 1: The Big Picture<\/strong> [I plan on posting the notes for my Gospel Doctrine lessons this year; I’ll put my initials in the title so that there won’t be any confusion in the sidebar or archives with my lessons and Jim’s.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn","category-lessons-all"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(1) Ask: How does the Old Testament differ from our other scriptures?
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201clanguage
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201ctransmission\/corruption issues
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201clooks forward instead of backward to Christ
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201cnote that even within the OT, we have many different times, cultures, locations, types of government, genres, etc.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201cbig point: always look for Christ when you read\u00e2\u20ac\u201ctypes, shadows, symbols, etc.
\n(2) Convey delight at teaching the Old Testament. An analogy: An archealogist of the future would be bored silly and frustrated trying to read straight through a 21st century phone book. But if that archaelogist were to understand the conventions of its genre, she would realize that she had a great treasure of information about our culture. Similarly, if we can learn a few things about the OT texts, we can have a treasure of information about the gospel.<\/p>\n
\n(1) Note that this is part of the JST:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I will say, however, that amid all the trials and tribulations we had to wade through, the Lord who well knew our infantile and delicate situation, vouchsafed for us a supply of strength, and granted us “line upon line of knowledge \u00e2\u20ac\u201d here a little and there a little,” of which the following [the book of Moses] was a precious morsel\u00e2\u20ac? (Joseph Smith, HC, vol.1:98).<\/em>
\nAs we read, think about how what is taught here would be a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsupply of strength\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to persecuted Saints.
\n(2) Internal evidence indicates that Moses 1 is after the burning bush (1:17) and before leaving Egypt (1:26).<\/p>\n
\n(1) Background: Moses sees God \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcface to face\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (v2).
\n(2) Read v3-8.
\n–v5: you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even SEE everything God has done and be mortal\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhat are the implications of this for our lives?
\n–other thoughts on this passage?
\n(3) Read v9-10.
\n–I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think v9 is the result of sin; have you had this experience?
\n(4) Read v12-23 (quickly!); we shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be surprised that such a clear guide to repelling Satan was lost from the record (see v23).
\n–If you consider this a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcplay book,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 what do you learn about fighting Satan? (Satan shows up when Moses is weak; v18\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwe need to help others have spiritual experiences so they can recognize the counterfeit; note that v4 is paraphrased in v13 (and v6 in v16)\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe Lord provided Moses exactly what he would need; in what ways have you taken basic, abstract doctrine and directly applied it to your challenges?; Satan doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t leave until the 4th request\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhen it is made in the name of Jesus Christ:President Hugh B. Brown: “I say to each and every one present, you will be equal to any temptation that may come to you provided you meet it with firmness when it first appears. I repeat, no man goes to hell in a single jump. Be careful with the first appearance of evil.” (Abundant Life, p73)<\/em>)
\n–What does the emotional outburst in v22 teach us?
\n–How would you describe Satan based on this passage?
\n–What do you learn from Moses\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 fear in v20? What do you think caused it\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand note how he pulled out of it?
\n(5) Read v25: fulfilled at least four ways: plague on the Nile (Ex 7:20), parting of Red Seas (Ex 14:21), heal poisonous waters (Ex 15:25), water from a rock (Numbers 20:8-11). Note that this promise of power comes after he has been tested.
\n(6) Summary: v26-29: Moses sees all the earth and all the people on it
\n(7) Read v30: Moses asks WHY and HOW these things were made.
\n–Ask: Scan v31-41, looking for the answers to Moses\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 questions.
\n–Do v31 (\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfor mine own purpose\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) and v39 (\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcwork and glory\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) agree?
\n–How: v32: “…by the word of my power, have I created them, which is mine Only Begotten Son”
\n(8) Moses 1:39 is the most-quoted of all scriptures that have come to us through Joseph Smith. I have no idea what it means. Does \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcglory\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 mean the same here as in v2 and v31? What does ‘glory’ mean? What does \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcwork\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 mean in this context? In what ways is this answer different from God saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153because it is my job\u00e2\u20ac?? <\/p>\n
\n(1) How would we perceive the OT differently if it began with Moses 1?
\n(2) Structure of this chapter: vision, temptation, bigger vision. (What) do we learn from this?
\nElder Holland: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But Moses’ message to you today is, “Don’t let your guard down.” Don’t assume that a great revelation, some marvelous illuminating moment, or the opening of an inspired path is the end of it. Remember, it isn’t over until it’s over. What happened to Moses next, after his revelatory moment, would be ludicrous if it were not so dangerous and so absolutely true to form. In an effort to continue his opposition, in his unfailing effort to get his licks in later if not sooner, Lucifer appeared and shouted in equal portions of anger and petulance after God had revealed himself to the prophet, I wish to encourage every one of you today regarding opposition that so often comes after enlightened decisions have been made, after moments of revelation and conviction have given us a peace and an assurance we thought we would never lose. In his letter to the Hebrews, the Apostle Paul was trying to encourage new members who had just joined the Church, who undoubtedly had had spiritual experiences and had received the pure light of testimony, only to discover that not only had their troubles not ended, but that some of them had only begun. (Cast Not Away Therefore Your Confidence, BYU Devotional, 1999)<\/em>
\n(3) There is a paradox between \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcman is nothing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (v10) and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcman is God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s glory\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (v39) in this chapter. How can we elucidate that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"