Arks of the Covenant

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Arks of the Covenant

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The understanding of a child
Im being called to do what?! Kathy Rowley
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Elder EyringEducation Week Devotional

• What you do in the classes you attend, and even
  what you do in this
  devotional, can build your foundation more
  solidly on truth. Just try
  two things listen for the whisperings of the
  Spirit and then commit to obey.
• You've noticed in this meeting that from time to
  time your mind wandered away from what I was
  saying. God will take advantage of that wandering
  if you let Him.
• When the Spirit is invited into a meeting by
  those in it, truth is communicated beyond what is
  said aloud.
• Write down impressions or thoughts that you feel
  came from Godand think carefully about whether
  the truth you received requires action. It is by
  obedience to commandments that we qualify for
  further revelation of truth and light. In this
  hour you may have committed to act on something
  you felt was true.
• I fear that more people make promises to God
  than keep them, so you will please Him when you
  are the exception and you keep your promise to
  obey.

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Moses 829-30

• 19 And the Lord ordained Noah after his own
  order, and commanded him that he should go forth
  and declare his Gospel unto the children of men,
  even as it was given unto Enoch.
• 20 And it came to pass that Noah called upon the
  children of men that they should repent but they
  hearkened not unto his words
• 29 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it
  was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way
  upon the earth.
• 30 And God said unto Noah The end of all flesh
  is come before me, for the earth is filled with
  violence, and behold I will destroy all flesh
  from off the earth

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Elder Jeffrey Holland

• the world around you is an increasingly hostile
  and sinful place. Occasionally that splashes onto
  us, and perhaps, in the case of a few of you,
  that may be nearly drowning you.
• To anyone struggling under the burden of sin, we
  say again with Prophet Joseph that God has a
  forgiving disposition
• Question how does that forgiving disposition
  fit with the story of Noah and the flood?

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Moses 727-28

• 27 And Enoch beheld angels descending out of
  heaven, bearing testimony of the Father and Son
  and the Holy Ghost fell on many, and they were
  caught up by the powers of heaven into Zion.
• 28 And it came to pass that the God of heaven
  looked upon the residue of the people, and he
  wept and Enoch bore record of it, saying How is
  it that the heavens weep, and shed forth their
  tears as the rain upon the mountains?
• 32 The Lord said unto Enoch Behold these thy
  brethren they are the workmanship of mine own
  hands, and I gave unto them their knowledge, in
  the day I created them and in the Garden of
  Eden, gave I unto man his agency
• 33 And unto thy brethren have I said, and also
  given commandment, that they should love one
  another, and that they should choose me, their
  Father but behold, they are without affection,
  and they hate their own blood

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How does the Lord parent?

• Lords Parenting Style is covenant based
• Everything we do is received by covenant
• Obedience Blessings
• Disobedience Consequences
• Love means holding you to the covenants you
  made
• Question How does this contrast with the
  worlds view of discipline?

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Noahs Ark
Hugh Nibley They lead us directly to the most
puzzling problem of all-that of the illumination
of the ark, for while the window is called a
zohar (more properly ), i.e., shiner or
illuminator, in the Hebrew versions For the
Rabbis do not settle for the zohar-the lighter of
the Ark-as being simply a window for some of
them it was rather a miraculous light-giving
stone. Rabbi Levi said it was a precious
stone. He quotes R. Phineas as saying that
"during the whole twelve months that Noah was in
the Ark he did not require the light of the sun
by day or the moon by night, but he had a
polished gem which he hung up when it was dim he
knew that it was day, and when it shone he knew
it was night." (A Book of Mormon Treasury
Selections from the Pages of the Improvement Era
Salt Lake City Bookcraft, 1959, 140.)
Tower of Babel
Noahs World
Righteous gathered in
Covenants made between God and Man
Light provided by a Tsohar (or zohar)
Destination atop a sacred mountain
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Question

• What other Arks are there?

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Elder Russell M. Nelson

• Even though our Creator endowed us with this
  incredible power to heal, He consigned a
  counterbalancing gift to our bodies. It is the
  blessing of aging, with visible reminders that we
  are mortal beings destined one day to leave this
  frail existence.
• Our bodies change every day. As we
  grow older, our broad chests and
  narrow waists have a tendency to
  trade places. We get wrinkles, lose
  color in our haireven the
  hair itselfto remind us
  that we are mortal
  children of God, with a
  manufacturers guarantee that
  we shall not be stranded upon the
  earth forever.

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Harold B. Lee

• Again I feel refreshed in the blessings
  which always follow difficulties. I've
  pondered on these experiences and wonder why
  I felt pressed to share them only with
  you. I trust you will know. We all long to
  counsel with a wise man and take comfort in the
  Lord..."
• And then she said something that thrilled me,
  "God bless you, President Lee, that your voice
  may be heard above the chaos of these days."
• That is my plea to you today. With chaos in the
  world, unless the voice of those who preside
  today can be heard above the voices of chaos in
  these days, where are you going to look? Where
  are you going to go?