Historical Study of Jesus the Christ and His Mission. James E. Talmage
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Название: Historical Study of Jesus the Christ and His Mission
Автор: James E. Talmage
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67. See "God and the Godhead," in the author's "Articles of Faith," lecture ii.
68. Gen. 1:26; and 3:22.
69. P. of G.P., Moses 2:26; and 4:28.
70. P. of G.P., Abraham, chaps. 4 and 5.
71. See page 10; John 1:1; and P. of G.P., Moses 1:32.
72. Heb. 1:1, 2; see also 1 Cor. 8:6.
73. Colos. 1:16, 17.
74. John 1:1–3.
75. B. of M., Helaman 14:12; see also Mosiah 3:8; 4:2: Alma 11:39.
76. B. of M., 3 Nephi 9:15.
77. B. of M., 3 Nephi 15:4, 5.
78. Doc. and Cov. 45:1.
79. Doc. and Cov. 14:9; see also 29:1, 31; 76:24.
80. Exo. 20:7; Lev. 19:12; Deut. 5:11.
81. Note 1, end of chapter.
82. Matt. 1:21; see also verses 23, 25; Luke 1:31.
83. John 1:41; 4:25.
84. Luke 1:31; 2:21; Matt. 1:21, 25; see also verse 23 and compare Isa. 7:14; Luke 2:11. See further P. of G.P., Moses 6:51, 57; 7:20; 8:24. B. of M., 1 Nephi 10:4; 2 Nephi 10:3; Mosiah 3:8.
85. The name appears thus in Gen. 2:5; see also Exo. 6:2–4; and read for comparison Gen. 17:1; 35:11.
86. Exo. 3:13, 14; compare with respect to the fact of eternal duration expressed in this name, Isa. 44:6; John 8:58; Colos. 1:17; Heb. 13:8; Rev. 1:4; see also P. of G.P., Moses 1:3 and the references there given.
87. Exo. 6:2, 3. Note 2, end of chapter.
88. Rev. 1:11, 17; 2:8; 22:13; compare Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12.
89. John 8:58.
90. Lev. 24:16. Note 3, end of chapter.
91. Isa. 6:8–11; and compare John 12:40, 41.
92. Zech. 12:10; compare John 19:37.
93. The singular, "Eloah," appears only in poetic usage.
94. B. of M., 3 Nephi 11:13, 14; also 1 Nephi 17:40 and observe from verse 30 that the Redeemer is here spoken of as the God who delivered Israel. See further Mosiah 7:19. Chapter 39 herein.
95. P. of G.P., Moses 1:6, 31–33; 2:1; 4:2, 3; 6:57; compare 7:35, 39, 47, 53–59; 8:16, 19, 23, 24; Abraham 3:22–28. See chapter 5 herein.
96. Matt. 3:17; also Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22.
97. Matt. 17:5; Luke 9:35.
98. John 12:28.
99. B. of M., 3 Nephi 11:7.
100. P. of G.P. Joseph Smith 2:17.
CHAPTER 5.
EARTHLY ADVENT OF THE CHRIST PREDICTED.
The coming of Christ to earth to tabernacle in the flesh was no unexpected or unheralded event. For centuries prior to the great occurrence the Jews had professed to be looking for the advent of their King; and, in the appointed ceremonials of worship as in private devotions, the coming of the promised Messiah was prominent as a matter of the supplication of Israel to Jehovah. True, there was much diversity in lay opinion and in rabbinical exposition as to the time and manner of His appearing; but the certainty thereof was fundamentally established in the beliefs and hopes of the Hebrew nation.
The records known to us as the books of the Old Testament, together with other inspired writings once regarded as authentic but excluded from later compilations as not strictly canonical, were current among the Hebrews at and long before the time of Christ's birth. These scriptures had their beginning in the proclamation of the law through Moses,101 who wrote the same, and delivered the writing into the official custody of the priests with an express command that it be read in the assemblies of the people at stated times. To these earlier writings were added the utterances of divinely commissioned prophets, the records of appointed historians, and the songs of inspired poets, as the centuries passed; so that at the time of our Lord's ministry the Jews possessed a great accumulation of writings accepted and revered by them as authoritative.102 These records are rich in prediction and promise respecting the earthly advent of the Messiah, as are other scriptures to which the Israel of old had not access.
Adam, the patriarch of the race, rejoiced in the assurance of the Savior's appointed ministry, through the acceptance of which, he, the transgressor, might gain redemption. Brief mention of the plan of salvation, the author of which is Jesus Christ, appears in the promise given of God following the fall—that though the devil, represented by the serpent in Eden, should have power to bruise the heel of Adam's СКАЧАТЬ