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Understanding Languages 3
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In this manner of understanding scripture, much of the meaning is lost and not understood in the highest degree of conveyance in comprehending the words of God given unto man.
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It is for that reason that among the gentile people, there are many different gentile churches in this day teaching from the same Bible the word of God differently, and the Bible has been translated so many times that there are many books bearing the same titled Bible with different parts;
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And even in the Mormon Church (church), the divergent doctrines of: Who is a gentile and who is Israel?; Who is Israel as compared to the house of Israel; To search the mysteries or not to search the mysteries?; Who is literal seed and what rights pertain thereto to the seed, or what is promised of God to the fathers' seed?;
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How does a gentile become a seed of Abraham, knowing they are not the literal seed of Abraham?; Who is the natural olive branch and who is the wild branch spoken of by Isaiah, Paul, and Nephi?;
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What is the doctrinal purpose of being graft into the natural olive tree being a wild olive tree or being pruned and burned?;
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Is there a custodial responsibility of the wild olive tree to the natural olive tree, why?; What does Isaiah and Nephi mean that the gentiles must be numbered?; Who are the sons of God, the sons of men, and the sons of perditions and who are they presently on the earth?; What works were done by the spirit children of God to categorically place them into the groups they are in found today in the earth based on the scriptures?;
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If this categorization is true, then under the sons of Noah how are they identified in the earth?; Nephi refers to "the people or my people", to whom is he referencing?; Who is identified by Nephi that shall take the Book of Mormon (the gold records that Mormon compiled) to his children and much more?;
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What is the gentile responsibility of nursing fathers and mothers referenced to?; Will there be a temple constructed in the New Jerusalem by the gentiles?; Who shall build this city of the New Jerusalem of the sons of Noah?; Who are to officiate in the temple mentioned by Micah and Malachi?;
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Where will that temple be built?; Who will build up the holy city, even the New Jerusalem, and who will assist?; What does Alma mean by a preparatory redemption in the pre-mortal life by the sons of God, to whom does he reference?; Who are the children of the first covenant?; To whom did Christ come to the land of promise first, and why?;
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What is the Abrahamic covenant in the eyes of the Lord Jesus Christ?; In the literal seed, pure lineal descendants of Abraham, how is the holy priesthood handed down?; Will the gentile deny the gospel?; Are the gentiles and Israel, the house of Israel, or the Jews, one and the same?
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What is the dispensation of the gentile period called?; What is the times of the gentile, does it "come in" and when is it "fulfilled"?; Does Jesus Christ speak or appear unto the gentiles?; What is a seer?; Do the gentiles have the Urim and Thummin?; Where did the Lord Jesus Christ say that he does not speak or manifest himself unto the gentiles?; How does a literal seed receive the Holy Ghost?;
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And; various other doctrines throughout the church even on the doctrinal issue of the "remnant".
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Bearing those thoughts in mind based on the knowledge given hereinabove that many prophets have been told: "And, verily I say unto you, that it is my will that you should hasten to translate my scriptures, and to obtain a knowledge of history, and of countries, and of kingdoms, of laws of God and man, and all this for the salvation of Zion. Amen."
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And John said: "And I, John, bear record that I beheld his glory, as the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, even the spirit of truth, which came and dwelt in the flesh, and dwelt among us.
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And I, John, saw that he received not of the fulness at the first, but continued from grace to grace, until he received a fulness."
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How can one learn knowledge and wisdom, if one reads the scriptures in verses weekly or not at all?
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The average member of the church has not read all the scriptures in its entirety in their life.
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Then how can one go from grace to grace or truly come to know and understand the true points of the doctrine of Christ?
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Nephi said: "Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words I have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah.
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For behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my people to understand; for they know not concerning the prophesying among the Jews.
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For I, Nephi, have not taught them many things concerning the manner of the Jews; for their works were of darkness, and their doings were doings of abominations.
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Wherefore, I write unto my people, unto all those that shall receive hereafter these things which I write, that they may know that they may know the judgments of God that they come upon all nations, according to the word which he hath spoken.
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Wherefore, O my people, which are of the house of Israel, and give ear unto my words; for because the words of Isaiah are not plain unto you, nevertheless they are plain unto all those that are filled with the spirit of prophecy.
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But I give unto you a prophecy, according to the spirit which is in me; wherefore I shall prophesy according to the plainness which hath been with me from the time that I came out from Jerusalem with my father; for behold, my soul delighteth in plainness unto my people that they may learn.
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Yea, my soul delighteth in the words of Isaiah, for I came out from Jerusalem, and mine eyes beheld the things of the Jews, and I know that the Jews do understand the things of the prophets, and there is none other people that understand the things which were spoken unto the Jews like unto them, save it be that they are taught after the manner of the things of the Jews.
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But behold, I, Nephi, have not taught my children after the manner of the Jews; but behold, I, of myself, have dwelt at Jerusalem, wherefore I know concerning the regions round about; and I have made mention unto my children concerning the judgments of God, which hath come to pass among the Jews, unto my children, according to all that which Isaiah hath spoken, and I do not write them.
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But behold, I proceed with mine own prophecy, according to my plainness; in the which no man can err; nevertheless, in the days that the prophecies of Isaiah shall be fulfilled men shall know of a surety, at the times when they shall come to pass." (2 Nephi 25: 1-7; 8-30)
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Then, by the spirit of God, I shall endeavor to unfold a mystery unto you who seek to understand the things of God, as it pertains to righteous men of God who seek to know the mysteries or as the Nephites did say "things" or "truths" or "hidden things or hidden mysteries" as "hidden truths" for in Navajo, it is the same, i.e., "t'aa'aniinii" (truth or light) is synonymous with "t'aa'doolee'e" (things or existence).
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In this manner words from ancient times having the same roots in meaning in language have been handed down despite efforts to replace all such words by dominate Gentile society upon the Navajos.
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Wherefore, in the translation by the Urim and Thummin (or interpreters so called by the Jaredites), Joseph Smith translation of the Golden Plates into the Book of Mormon, "things" literally came through as "things" while in Hebrew or also in Navajo the meaning of things means "truth(s)".
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If a person does not understand words from a linguistic capacity, they will never comprehend scripture written by them of old unless it is revealed unto them by the power of the Holy Ghost.
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Now therefore, I will unfold mysteries unto you that will enable you to comprehend the scriptures in a manner as never before.
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Indeed, as I unfold these things unto you, then it behooves you to search further into greater study to obtain more knowledge of things as they are revealed in the scriptures, bearing in mind that all things of truth cometh of the Holy Ghost unto a righteous man that God might bring about his work in the earth.
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Therefore, neither is man capable of making them known, for they are only to be seen and understood by the power of the holy spirit, which spirit God bestows on those who love him and are perfected by his words thereby, and by sanctification of what is received, they are purified thereby before him in all things pertaining to salvation;
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Thus, he to whom he grants this privilege of seeing and knowing for themselves is because of obedience to eternal and celestial laws of heaven.
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Accordingly through the power and manifestation of the spirit, by angels, or by the Lord himself, while men are in the flesh, they may be able to bear the Lord's presence herein made in this world of mortality.
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And such action of compliance is based on total obedience with what has been revealed, i.e., not as some people believe that the totality of the gospel is baptism and there is nothing else, that these people are misled by the precepts of men.
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NUMBERS AS A LANGUAGE TO SUPPORT WORDS
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In any language on the earth, numbers are symbols for that form of writing rather than a means to determine amounts.
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While in Navajo a number represents a theological idea that creates or carries additional meanings to speech; while most things spoken in a language, more particularly the English language, is surface, the Navajo, the Reformed Egyptian, and Hebrew created an additional language structure based on colors,
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Parts of the human body, directions of the earth – the land of the first inheritance, parts of clothing worn, the names of people – prophets, animals their type and body parts, and these are centered on theology that the people are reminded in all things of who their God is and what is expected of them. These things also testified of God.
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Moreover, beyond the mathematical value centered mainly on the Gentile economics, numbers in accord with God's knowledge given to his people represents complex theological concepts and ideas with plainness and precious conciseness of speech.
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For example, Moses used numbers as symbols in all his speech to the children of Israel, and to us-ward in these times; yea, I will tell you that such use of numbers have a colloquial value as well as a dialogue of speech or conversation(s) commencing with the time of the First Father Adam to us-ward.
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Thus, in accord with what is conveyed by revelation in all the times of man, from God to righteous men of God, numbers in a symbolic manner, received a systematic treatment of understanding that God might convey the full meaning of his gospel unto righteous men of God.
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Accordingly, the Kabalistic, Talmudic, and Midrashic times, numbers as a symbolic part of the Jewish writings in literature and theological writings became a prominent feature.
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Thus, there came about a period in the Kabalistic time that scribes paid particular attention to overall symbols including numbers which became the Kabalic Mysticism.
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Nephi in his writings to his lineal children, in our times, admonishes us to pay attention to the "familiar spirit":
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"For those who shall be destroyed shall speak unto them out of the ground, and their speech shall be low out of the dust, and their voice shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit; for the Lord will give unto him power, that he may whisper concerning them, even as it were out of the ground; and their speech shall whisper out of the dust." (2 Nephi 26: 16 and Isaiah 29:4)
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(And this "him" is the One Mighty and Strong who shall convince them of what is contained in the gospel of Christ.)
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The Jewish Kabala is the interpretation of the scriptures beyond the understanding of ordinary man, but delves into the mysteries of what is written or that which hath a familiar spirit, such understanding reverts back to the pre-mortal life and what we were taught and what we learned then.
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Nephi, to his descendants, desires that they read what he has written to them with all the writings of the fathers that his literal descendants might by the spirit know of the things he has written.
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For example, the Navajo fathers, most of whom have passed by way of the earth, have provided signs and wonders of this new beginning regarding the Dine' or the people.
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When I was about five years old, I was on my way to the federal boarding school when my parents took me to visit with my grandfather; around that time, he was about 101 years of age.
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He gave me a blessing and commenced to tell me of signs to acknowledge sometime in my life.
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He said: "in your days, you will see the 'hair bundle' – Tsigeel (the way the hair is worn upwards among the male) would disappear and it will be no longer among the people."
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He said: "the Bilagaana – Gentiles/Mexicans would live among the people and clans would be named after them."
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He also said: "do not lose your Navajo language for among the children the language would almost disappear in its entirety."
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He said: "when the federal government wanted to subdue the Navajo, they killed all natural game through a poisoning program, but that in a day acceptable the animal would return on their own to the land of the people, and during this time, you will hear of a female sheep giving birth to three to four lambs at a time."
