by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 28, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
In the previous article, I summarized for you the allegory of the Olive Tree, found in Jacob 5. Since the entire story revolves around this tree, it’s important to understand what it represents. In allegories, many things represent something else, and we must learn...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 28, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Jacob, the third prophet of the Book of Mormon, related an allegory first told by an ancient prophet named Zenos. We no longer have his writings and we know only that he was a great prophet much loved by the Nephites, who quoted him frequently, and that he was killed...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 28, 2008 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
Jacob was the third prophet of the Book of Mormon. He called his people together in the temple to chastise them for their wickedness, and their failure to live the gospel that had once defined them. To help them see the risks they faced, he also prophesied of the...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 26, 2008 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons
I’ve seen many articles lately suggesting that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Mormon Church, needs to “get with the times.” When people tell a church to cave to popular opinion, fads, or styles, they are...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 26, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
The people of the Book of Mormon lived in the Americas in ancient times. However, they initially came here from Jerusalem, fleeing around 600 B.C. and bringing with them the scriptures available to that point. As a result, they had the law of Moses and, until the...
