| Gospel Doctrine Book of Mormon 13 [message #3542] |
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Dragon
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Lesson A: The Olive Tree
Symbols & Meanings
Vineyard........................ The world
Master of the vineyard.......... Jesus Christ
Tame olive tree................. The house of Israel, the Lord's covenant people
Wild olive tree................. Gentiles (people not born into the house of Israel)
Branches........................ Groups of people
Servants........................ Prophets and others called to serve
Fruit........................... Lives or works of people
Began to Decay.................. Apostasy
Grafting in the Wild............ Gentiles receive the gospel
Hiding natural branches........ Leading groups out of Israel
Many Kinds of Fruit............. Many Churches (none of them God's)
Good Spot....................... Promised Land (America) 5:25
Poorest and Poorer Spot......... ??? 5:22-23
Working in the Vineyard......... Gospel Dispensation
Information about Olive Trees
a. The olive tree is a living thing that can produce much fruit. It requires constant nourishment to survive.
b. The olive branch is traditionally a symbol of peace.
c. The tree must be carefully pruned to be fruitful and productive.
d. For a wild olive tree to become tame and productive, its main stem must be cut back completely, and a branch from a tame olive tree must be grafted into the stem of the wild one.
e. An olive tree may produce fruit for centuries. Some trees now growing in Israel have been producing abundantly for over 400 years.
f. As a tree grows old and begins to die, its roots send up new shoots, which, if grafted and pruned, will mature to full-grown olive trees. Thus, the root of the tree may go on producing new trees and fruit for thousands of years.
In the Last Days, the blood of Israel will be taken to the hidden places of the vineyard and the people there will receive the gospel.
5:73..... As one generation passes to the next, the branches become the root. The stronger one generation is, the stronger the next will be.
5:74..... The present revelations must balance the previous scripture and traditions.
6:6-7.... Harden not your hearts
Lesson B:
7:2...... Sherem denies Christ
7:4-5.... Believes he can shake Jacob from his faith
7:7...... The words of the devil - still in use today
7:10-12.. Jacob's answer
7:13..... Show me a sign
7:14-15.. Smitten by God
7:16,19.. I fear I've committed the unpardonable sin
7:21-23.. Peace is restored
7:24-25.. Attempts to reclaim the Lamanites failed
- Dragon
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