Abr 5

God's time is not our time. In this chapter it says that it is the time of Kolob. I'm pretty certain that Kolob's time is God's time.

I think there is a lot of controversy with those who think that the Bible's creation story cannot correspond with other theories of creation and evolution. I think they must go hand in hand. But I also don't think the creation has much importance in our eternal salvation. God wants us to follow his example and love those around us.

Genesis 2

A couple of quick thoughts

1. Again the lord stress the importance of man and woman, saying that they would cleave together and leave their parents.

2. Man was made from the dust of the ground, and then he breathed air into Adam's nostrils. We know that God has control of the Earth, because it obeys him, but we because we have his "breath" in us, we are not as controlable. We have our agency.
- Interesting to contract this scripture with the scripture in Mosiah that says that we are less than the Earth, because the Earth obeys his every command. We are much slower to obey his command.

Genesis 1

1. I love how the first image that we get of God is him working. He's a man working to create Earth. I love how he separates the work out into different tasks, and builds upon each task until he gets to the most complicated parts of the creation.

2. I love how woman is his last creation. The world wasn't done until he created woman.

3. Once again, all of the grasses had seed; all of the trees yield fruit, and the first commandment that he gives Adam and Eve is to be fruitful and to multiply. I firmly believe that parenthood is the most important lesson that we learn while we are on earth. There is nothing that can prepare us to be like our Heavenly Father than to learn to love our children, as he love his.

4. We're given dominion over the Earth, and are commanded to subdue it. I think there are great lessons learned from working with the land. This is God's second commandment to men. Take care of the Earth, learn how to work the fields and take care of the animals, and also use them for your benefit.

Abr 4

All the work was done together. I think the Gods set the example for us on how we should work. If we work together we'll accomplish much.

Moses 2

Thoughts from this chapter.

1. God created the world through Christ's help.

2. God created: From void a face and water. From face and water, light and darkness. From light and darkness, firmament. Firmamane, land (Earth). From Earth, vegetation. From Vegetation, animals - starting with water animals. From animal man (created in his image).

3. (v. 28) God gives the first commandments.

"And I, God, blessed them, and said unto them: Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

1- Be fruitful and multiply. God's first commandment to men is to pair off, husband and wife, and have families.

2- Subdue the earth. Have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air. Dominion means to rule over it, to nurture it, and to subordinate it to us. I think this law goes right in line with the the commandment that Adam receives when he is kicked out of the Garden, "bread shall thou eat from the sweat of thy brow." Life is here to work in.

Moses 4:1-4; 1:33-42

Moses 4

v.1
- Isn't it interesting how similar the plans are. Satan always tries to do that; He'll take something good and confuse us by changing it just a little bit. This is why we need to be on our toes.
- Satan's plan undermines the whole Plan of Salvation. The whole purpose is for us to gain eternal life and glory like unto Father's, but he wants us ALL to get that glory by taking away our agency. I an award worth anything when no one had to work toward it?

v.2 - It is interesting how simple this plan is. Christ's response was, whatever you desire Father I will do it. No wonder he is our guide. He didn't say anything about Salvation, being an example -- all he said was "yes, I'll do it." It reminds me of 1 Ne. 3:7.

v.3 - By the Power of the Only Begotten he was able to cast Satan down. This is the same power that members of the priesthood have; they can cast Satan out of their midst in the name of Jesus Christ.

v.4 - It is once he is cast out that Satan became an active advesary of Father and those seeking to have eternal life. I guess it is because all of the sudden we were eligible, as followers of Christ's plan, for this estate, and eternal life hereafter.


Moses Chapter 1

v. 34 - The first man created on any of God's worlds was Adam. Interesting that Earth was where he chose for Adam to be and for Christ to be. Are there "Adams" of the other worlds?

v. 35 - It is interesting that God says that he numbers things on this world, but I read that the worlds he has created are countless. Makes us pretty special in the scheme of things.

v. 38 - there are no ends to his works. This reference make you think that there is no end to his works, like there was no start of finish, but there is also no end to his works here and now. There are so many tender mercies all around us, happening to everyone. God's words do not end here and now.

v. 39 - We are his works. His works are endless in us. I guess as he works on us, we start to do work for him as well as we learn to follow his plan for us; so his works are endless that way too. His work is contageous.

Abr 3:22

"Among all these were many of the noble and great ones"

Three quick things:

1. "There were many of the noble and great ones." Doe that mean that there are other nobel and great ones that were not present?

2. "Among all these there were many of the noble...." That means that some of those present were not noble and great, right?

3. We were the intelligences tht were there. The leaders of the Church; the members; non-members; were were all "intelligences."