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3 3 3 Ne 9:3-12 Jesus had recently been crucified, and while on the cross he said of at least the soldiers who killed him, if not also for others around him who mocked him in his suffering, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing the Son of God, but the Son asked for their forgiveness. Then, perhaps days later in these verses, the great Jehovah, the Christ, the God who had just sacrificed himself for the sins of all mankind, the Prince of Peace declares he has burned, drowned, and otherwise caused the wholesale destruction of all men, women, and children in various cities. He killed the innocent (does anyone dispute the little children would have been innocent?), and he did it via natural disasters. Sounds a lot like the God of the Old Testament. Or, it’s much too similar to this Westboro Baptists quote for my liking: “At least 5,000 Swedes are dead as a result of the tsunamis which ravaged Thailand and the other lush resorts of that region, and thousands more are unaccounted for. ... Scarcely a family in Sweden has been untouched by the devastation. Bible preachers say, THANK GOD for it all!” (Said regarding the 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, “Why did the South Asian Tsunami happen? Reasons given by some religious conservatives”). It is also worth noting that great cities being sunk into the sea and covered or buried in earth, and upheavals o appear where there had been cities would all be expected to leave massive and undeniable geological evidence, yet there is no such evidence for such a large cataclysmic event in that time frame as I understand it. | |
4 3 3 Ne 9:3-12
Jesus had recently been crucified, and while on the cross he said of at least the soldiers who killed him, if not also for others around him who mocked him in his suffering, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing the Son of God, but the Son asked for their forgiveness.
Then, perhaps days later in these verses, the great Jehovah, the Christ, the God who had just sacrificed himself for the sins of all mankind, the Prince of Peace declares he has burned, drowned, and otherwise caused the wholesale destruction of all men, women, and children in various cities. He killed the innocent (does anyone dispute the little children would have been innocent?), and he did it via natural disasters.
Sounds a lot like the God of the Old Testament. Or, it’s much too similar to this Westboro Baptists quote for my liking:
“At least 5,000 Swedes are dead as a result of the tsunamis which ravaged Thailand and the other lush resorts of that region, and thousands more are unaccounted for. ... Scarcely a family in Sweden has been untouched by the devastation. Bible preachers say, THANK GOD for it all!” (Said regarding the 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, [“Why did the South Asian Tsunami happen? Reasons given by some religious conservatives”](https://www.religioustolerance.org/tsunami04c.htm)).
It is also worth noting that great cities being sunk into the sea and covered or buried in earth, and upheavals o appear where there had been cities would all be expected to leave massive and undeniable geological evidence, yet there is no such evidence for such a large cataclysmic event in that time frame as I understand it. | |
5 3 3 Ne 9:3-12
Jesus had recently been crucified, and while on the cross he said of at least the soldiers who killed him, if not also for others around him who mocked him in his suffering, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing the Son of God, but the Son asked for their forgiveness.
Then, perhaps days later in these verses, the great Jehovah, the Christ, the God who had just sacrificed himself for the sins of all mankind, the Prince of Peace declares he has burned, drowned, and otherwise caused the wholesale destruction of all men, women, and children in various cities. He killed the innocent (does anyone dispute the little children would have been innocent?), and he did it via natural disasters.
Sounds a lot like the God of the Old Testament. Or, it’s much too similar to this Westboro Baptists quote for my liking:
“At least 5,000 Swedes are dead as a result of the tsunamis which ravaged Thailand and the other lush resorts of that region, and thousands more are unaccounted for. ... Scarcely a family in Sweden has been untouched by the devastation. Bible preachers say, THANK GOD for it all!” (Said regarding the 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, [“Why did the South Asian Tsunami happen? Reasons given by some religious conservatives”](https://www.religioustolerance.org/tsunami04c.htm)).
It is also worth noting that great cities being sunk into the sea and covered or buried in earth, and upheavals o appear where there had been cities would all be expected to leave massive and undeniable geological evidence, yet there is no such evidence for such a large cataclysmic event in that time frame as I understand it. 1 This verse has a particular parallel to another KJV New Testament verse. Compare this verse with "the blood of the prophets and the saints" to Revelation 18:24 with "the blood of prophets, and of saints". Note that there is only 1 instance of "[blood of prophets](https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/search.php?hs=1&q=%22blood+of+prophets%22)" in the KJV bible, which is the verse in Revelation chapter 18. There is also 1 instance of "[blood of the prophets](https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/search.php?hs=1&q=%22blood+of+the+prophets%22)" (found in Matthew 23:30), but that verse lacks any mention of "saints". | |
6 3 3 Ne 9:3-12
Jesus had recently been crucified, and while on the cross he said of at least the soldiers who killed him, if not also for others around him who mocked him in his suffering, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing the Son of God, but the Son asked for their forgiveness.
Then, perhaps days later in these verses, the great Jehovah, the Christ, the God who had just sacrificed himself for the sins of all mankind, the Prince of Peace declares he has burned, drowned, and otherwise caused the wholesale destruction of all men, women, and children in various cities. He killed the innocent (does anyone dispute the little children would have been innocent?), and he did it via natural disasters.
Sounds a lot like the God of the Old Testament. Or, it’s much too similar to this Westboro Baptists quote for my liking:
“At least 5,000 Swedes are dead as a result of the tsunamis which ravaged Thailand and the other lush resorts of that region, and thousands more are unaccounted for. ... Scarcely a family in Sweden has been untouched by the devastation. Bible preachers say, THANK GOD for it all!” (Said regarding the 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, [“Why did the South Asian Tsunami happen? Reasons given by some religious conservatives”](https://www.religioustolerance.org/tsunami04c.htm)).
It is also worth noting that great cities being sunk into the sea and covered or buried in earth, and upheavals o appear where there had been cities would all be expected to leave massive and undeniable geological evidence, yet there is no such evidence for such a large cataclysmic event in that time frame as I understand it. | |
7 Yea, and the city of Onihah and the inhabitants thereof, and the city of Mocum and the inhabitants thereof, and the city of Jerusalem and the inhabitants thereof; and waters have I caused to come up in the stead thereof, to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints shall not come up any more unto me against them. | 7 3 3 Ne 9:3-12
Jesus had recently been crucified, and while on the cross he said of at least the soldiers who killed him, if not also for others around him who mocked him in his suffering, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing the Son of God, but the Son asked for their forgiveness.
Then, perhaps days later in these verses, the great Jehovah, the Christ, the God who had just sacrificed himself for the sins of all mankind, the Prince of Peace declares he has burned, drowned, and otherwise caused the wholesale destruction of all men, women, and children in various cities. He killed the innocent (does anyone dispute the little children would have been innocent?), and he did it via natural disasters.
Sounds a lot like the God of the Old Testament. Or, it’s much too similar to this Westboro Baptists quote for my liking:
“At least 5,000 Swedes are dead as a result of the tsunamis which ravaged Thailand and the other lush resorts of that region, and thousands more are unaccounted for. ... Scarcely a family in Sweden has been untouched by the devastation. Bible preachers say, THANK GOD for it all!” (Said regarding the 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, [“Why did the South Asian Tsunami happen? Reasons given by some religious conservatives”](https://www.religioustolerance.org/tsunami04c.htm)).
It is also worth noting that great cities being sunk into the sea and covered or buried in earth, and upheavals o appear where there had been cities would all be expected to leave massive and undeniable geological evidence, yet there is no such evidence for such a large cataclysmic event in that time frame as I understand it. |
8 And behold, the city of Gadiandi, and the city of Gadiomnah, and the city of Jacob, and the city of Gimgimno, all these have I caused to be sunk, and made hills and valleys in the places thereof; and the inhabitants thereof have I buried up in the depths of the earth, to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up any more unto me against them. | 8 3 3 Ne 9:3-12
Jesus had recently been crucified, and while on the cross he said of at least the soldiers who killed him, if not also for others around him who mocked him in his suffering, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing the Son of God, but the Son asked for their forgiveness.
Then, perhaps days later in these verses, the great Jehovah, the Christ, the God who had just sacrificed himself for the sins of all mankind, the Prince of Peace declares he has burned, drowned, and otherwise caused the wholesale destruction of all men, women, and children in various cities. He killed the innocent (does anyone dispute the little children would have been innocent?), and he did it via natural disasters.
Sounds a lot like the God of the Old Testament. Or, it’s much too similar to this Westboro Baptists quote for my liking:
“At least 5,000 Swedes are dead as a result of the tsunamis which ravaged Thailand and the other lush resorts of that region, and thousands more are unaccounted for. ... Scarcely a family in Sweden has been untouched by the devastation. Bible preachers say, THANK GOD for it all!” (Said regarding the 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, [“Why did the South Asian Tsunami happen? Reasons given by some religious conservatives”](https://www.religioustolerance.org/tsunami04c.htm)).
It is also worth noting that great cities being sunk into the sea and covered or buried in earth, and upheavals o appear where there had been cities would all be expected to leave massive and undeniable geological evidence, yet there is no such evidence for such a large cataclysmic event in that time frame as I understand it. |
9 And behold, that great city Jacobugath, which was inhabited by the people of king Jacob, have I caused to be burned with fire because of their sins and their wickedness, which was above all the wickedness of the whole earth, because of their secret murders and combinations; for it was they that did destroy the peace of my people and the government of the land; therefore I did cause them to be burned, to destroy them from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up unto me any more against them. | 9 3 3 Ne 9:3-12
Jesus had recently been crucified, and while on the cross he said of at least the soldiers who killed him, if not also for others around him who mocked him in his suffering, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing the Son of God, but the Son asked for their forgiveness.
Then, perhaps days later in these verses, the great Jehovah, the Christ, the God who had just sacrificed himself for the sins of all mankind, the Prince of Peace declares he has burned, drowned, and otherwise caused the wholesale destruction of all men, women, and children in various cities. He killed the innocent (does anyone dispute the little children would have been innocent?), and he did it via natural disasters.
Sounds a lot like the God of the Old Testament. Or, it’s much too similar to this Westboro Baptists quote for my liking:
“At least 5,000 Swedes are dead as a result of the tsunamis which ravaged Thailand and the other lush resorts of that region, and thousands more are unaccounted for. ... Scarcely a family in Sweden has been untouched by the devastation. Bible preachers say, THANK GOD for it all!” (Said regarding the 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, [“Why did the South Asian Tsunami happen? Reasons given by some religious conservatives”](https://www.religioustolerance.org/tsunami04c.htm)).
It is also worth noting that great cities being sunk into the sea and covered or buried in earth, and upheavals o appear where there had been cities would all be expected to leave massive and undeniable geological evidence, yet there is no such evidence for such a large cataclysmic event in that time frame as I understand it. |
10 And behold, the city of Laman, and the city of Josh, and the city of Gad, and the city of Kishkumen, have I caused to be burned with fire, and the inhabitants thereof, because of their wickedness in casting out the prophets, and stoning those whom I did send to declare unto them concerning their wickedness and their abominations. | 10 3 3 Ne 9:3-12
Jesus had recently been crucified, and while on the cross he said of at least the soldiers who killed him, if not also for others around him who mocked him in his suffering, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing the Son of God, but the Son asked for their forgiveness.
Then, perhaps days later in these verses, the great Jehovah, the Christ, the God who had just sacrificed himself for the sins of all mankind, the Prince of Peace declares he has burned, drowned, and otherwise caused the wholesale destruction of all men, women, and children in various cities. He killed the innocent (does anyone dispute the little children would have been innocent?), and he did it via natural disasters.
Sounds a lot like the God of the Old Testament. Or, it’s much too similar to this Westboro Baptists quote for my liking:
“At least 5,000 Swedes are dead as a result of the tsunamis which ravaged Thailand and the other lush resorts of that region, and thousands more are unaccounted for. ... Scarcely a family in Sweden has been untouched by the devastation. Bible preachers say, THANK GOD for it all!” (Said regarding the 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, [“Why did the South Asian Tsunami happen? Reasons given by some religious conservatives”](https://www.religioustolerance.org/tsunami04c.htm)).
It is also worth noting that great cities being sunk into the sea and covered or buried in earth, and upheavals o appear where there had been cities would all be expected to leave massive and undeniable geological evidence, yet there is no such evidence for such a large cataclysmic event in that time frame as I understand it. |
11 And because they did cast them all out, that there were none righteous among them, I did send down fire and destroy them, that their wickedness and abominations might be hid from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints whom I sent among them might not cry unto me from the ground against them. | 11 3 3 Ne 9:3-12
Jesus had recently been crucified, and while on the cross he said of at least the soldiers who killed him, if not also for others around him who mocked him in his suffering, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing the Son of God, but the Son asked for their forgiveness.
Then, perhaps days later in these verses, the great Jehovah, the Christ, the God who had just sacrificed himself for the sins of all mankind, the Prince of Peace declares he has burned, drowned, and otherwise caused the wholesale destruction of all men, women, and children in various cities. He killed the innocent (does anyone dispute the little children would have been innocent?), and he did it via natural disasters.
Sounds a lot like the God of the Old Testament. Or, it’s much too similar to this Westboro Baptists quote for my liking:
“At least 5,000 Swedes are dead as a result of the tsunamis which ravaged Thailand and the other lush resorts of that region, and thousands more are unaccounted for. ... Scarcely a family in Sweden has been untouched by the devastation. Bible preachers say, THANK GOD for it all!” (Said regarding the 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, [“Why did the South Asian Tsunami happen? Reasons given by some religious conservatives”](https://www.religioustolerance.org/tsunami04c.htm)).
It is also worth noting that great cities being sunk into the sea and covered or buried in earth, and upheavals o appear where there had been cities would all be expected to leave massive and undeniable geological evidence, yet there is no such evidence for such a large cataclysmic event in that time frame as I understand it. |
12 3 3 Ne 9:3-12
Jesus had recently been crucified, and while on the cross he said of at least the soldiers who killed him, if not also for others around him who mocked him in his suffering, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). They were killing the Son of God, but the Son asked for their forgiveness.
Then, perhaps days later in these verses, the great Jehovah, the Christ, the God who had just sacrificed himself for the sins of all mankind, the Prince of Peace declares he has burned, drowned, and otherwise caused the wholesale destruction of all men, women, and children in various cities. He killed the innocent (does anyone dispute the little children would have been innocent?), and he did it via natural disasters.
Sounds a lot like the God of the Old Testament. Or, it’s much too similar to this Westboro Baptists quote for my liking:
“At least 5,000 Swedes are dead as a result of the tsunamis which ravaged Thailand and the other lush resorts of that region, and thousands more are unaccounted for. ... Scarcely a family in Sweden has been untouched by the devastation. Bible preachers say, THANK GOD for it all!” (Said regarding the 2004 tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, [“Why did the South Asian Tsunami happen? Reasons given by some religious conservatives”](https://www.religioustolerance.org/tsunami04c.htm)).
It is also worth noting that great cities being sunk into the sea and covered or buried in earth, and upheavals o appear where there had been cities would all be expected to leave massive and undeniable geological evidence, yet there is no such evidence for such a large cataclysmic event in that time frame as I understand it. | |
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20 And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit. And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost, even as the Lamanites, because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion, were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they knew it not. | 20 |
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