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Mark 1:1-5

2006-10-20T04:51:51Z

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== Questions ==
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== Lexical notes ==
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== Exegesis ==
Mark places emphasis here on the need to prepare for the gospel. Mark's book is fairly short, and in terms of giving a history he very easily could have left out any information about John the Baptist. Instead, he devotes the first section of his book, the first eight verses, to someone who isn't a main character.

What Marks seems to be saying, then, is that the beginning of the gospel is repentance, as inextricably symbolized through baptism. For us today, Mark's writing seems to reinforce the belief that baptism isn't something optional, but something vital. As Mark puts it, this act of baptism is something that is demanded by the prophets that came before, and something that Jesus himself saw as an essential first step. Indeed, throughout the New Testament, conversion was always accompanied by baptism.

It is interesting that verse 5 notes that the gospel as taught by John the Baptist had appeal to all people, both the city dwellers and those living in the countryside. Mark may be telling us that the gospel isn't just for people of a certain class or certain background, but for everyone.

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Mark 1:6-10

2006-10-20T04:51:51Z

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== Questions [[image:Questions_help.gif||Help with the Questions section]]==
* These days we recognize the dove as a symbol of peace, love and other good things (and the Holy Spirit, of course). For the people this was first written for, what would the dove have symbolized?
* Traditionally, the Spirit mentioned in 1:10 has been associated with the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost). But does that have to be the case? Could it be referring to the Spirit of Christ?

== Lexical notes ==
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== Exegesis [[image:Exegesis_help.gif||Help with the Exegesis section]]==
=== Mark 1:6-8 ===
The emphasis here is on John the Baptist's humility. What a contrast that must have been with the religious leaders of the day!
=== Mark 1:9-10 ===
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Mark 1:6-10

2005-07-24T22:08:01Z

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== Questions ==
* These days we recognize the dove as a symbol of peace, love and other good things (and the Holy Spirit, of course). For the people this was first written for, what would the dove have symbolized?
* Traditionally, the Spirit mentioned in 1:10 has been associated with the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost). But does that have to be the case? Could it be referring to the Spirit of Christ?

== Lexical notes ==
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== Exegesis [[image:Exegesis_help.gif||Help with the Exegesis section]]==
=== Mark 1:6-8 ===
The emphasis here is on John the Baptist's humility. What a contrast that must have been with the religious leaders of the day!
=== Mark 1:9-10 ===
''Click the edit link above and to the right to add exegesis''

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Mark 1:6-10

2005-07-24T22:07:20Z

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== Questions ==
* These days we recognize the dove as a symbol of peace, love and other good things (and the Holy Spirit, of course). For the people this was first written for, what would the dove have symbolized?
* Traditionally, the Spirit mentioned in 1:10 has been associated with the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost). But does that have to be the case? Could it be referring to the Spirit of Christ?

== Lexical notes ==
* ''Click the edit link above and to the right to add lexical notes''

== Exegesis ==
=== Mark 1:6-8 ===
The emphasis here is on John the Baptist's humility. What a contrast that must have been with the religious leaders of the day!
=== Mark 1:9-10 ===
''Click the edit link above and to the right to add exegesis''

== Related links ==
* ''Click the edit link above and to the right to add related links''

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Mark 1:6-10

2005-07-24T22:04:01Z

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== Questions ==
* These days we recognize the dove as a symbol of peace, love and other good things (and the Holy Spirit, of course). For the people this was first written for, what would the dove have symbolized?
* Traditionally, the Spirit mentioned in 1:10 has been associated with the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost). But does that have to be the case? Could it be referring to the Spirit of Christ?

== Lexical notes ==
* ''Click the edit link above and to the right to add lexical notes''

== Exegesis ==
=== Mark 1:6-8 ===
The emphasis here is on John the Baptist's humility. What a contrast that must have been with the religious leaders of the day!

== Related links ==
* ''Click the edit link above and to the right to add related links''

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Mark 1:6-10

2005-07-24T22:02:20Z

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Mark 1:6-10

2005-07-24T21:51:04Z

69.144.180.175: /* Questions */ What does dove symbolize?

Gen 17:1-5

2005-07-24T15:39:25Z

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== Questions ==
* Who is the Almighty God speaking to Abraham here (v.1)?
* How does the command to be "perfect" (v.1) in the Abrahamic tradition compare to the concept of perfection (being without spot) in the Mosaic tradition? Are they different? Can we see the Lord repeating this command during his earthly ministry as a restoration of a lost principle?

== Lexical notes ==
* The title translated as Almighty God here is the Hebrew ''El Shaddai''--Shaddai being used most frequently as a name for God in the book of Job (31 references).
* The Hebrew term "tamiym" is translated here as "perfect", but is translated as "without blemish" almost 40 times in Numbers and Leviticus. Some modern scholars translate the word as "blameless."
* The word translated as God in verse 3 is the Hebrew ''Elohim''.

== Exegesis ==
* Most biblical scholars consider this story to be part of the E (for Elohim) tradition of Northern Israel, where God is consistently referred to as Elohim. Later, when the J (for Jehovah) traditions are brought together with these stories, the writers tried to equate Elohim with Jehovah (see [[Ex 6:3]]).
* The title ''El Shaddai'' (Almighty God) appears only in writings that are thought to predate the Deuteronomistic reforms starting in the time of King Josiah (see list [http://bible.crosswalk.com/InterlinearBible/bible.cgi?word=almighty&section=0&version=kjv&new=1&oq=shaddai here]). It is a curious term, as [http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=07699&version=kjv ''shad''] is Hebrew for women's breasts, and may be related to the Hebrew [http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=7736&version=kjv shuwd] (destruction). The use of this name for Elohim is usually either used in a context of either fertility or destruction (see especially its former connotation in connection with breasts in [[Gen 49:25]]).
* The title Almighty also occurs 11 times in the Book of Mormon--which was written by the descendents of Lehi, who left Jerusalem before the Bible was fully re-edited by the Deuteronomist reformers. In the Doctrine and Covenants, the title is used 10 times, see especially [[D&C 20:21]] where the title refers to God the Father, and [[D&C 20:24]] where Christ is given Heavenly Father's "almighty" power.

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Talk:Doctrine & Covenants

2005-07-24T15:32:38Z

69.144.180.175: Official Declarations?

There should be a place on this page to link to Official Declaration 1 and Official Declaration 2. Or maybe they're someplace else I haven't seen yet.

1 Thes 5:21-25

2005-07-24T15:23:14Z

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== Lexical notes [[image:Lexical_notes_help.gif||Help with the Lexical notes section]]==
1 Thes 5:22 is frequently misunderstood. As the footnote indicates, the word translated as "appearance" is the King James Version translation of a Greek word that means "kinds." So this verse should be understood as a command to avoid all kinds of evil, not to avoid things that look evil (even if they aren't), as the verse if often understood to mean. Of course, in many contexts, avoiding what appears to be evil is a good idea, but that practice is not supported by this verse. Modern translations generally render this verse as "stay away from every kind of evil" or something similar.

== Exegesis ==
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