Ep 296 | Ether 6-11, Come Follow Me 2024 (November 18-24)
Talking Scripture
Mike Day & Bryce Dunford
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🗓️ 13 November 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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(00:00) When the Brother of Jared sees the Lord’s finger it sparks his divine curiosity.
(05:34) The ocean is a symbol for chaos, the fallen world, and the veil.
(07:52) The 2 to 1 Principle as seen in the Garden of Eden, Moses’ crossing out of Egypt into Canaan, and the Jaredite vessels.
(11:26) The number 8 can be associated with rebirth and renewal.
(12:09) Serpents as a symbol of captivity and Divine Providence, ushering the Jaredites south into a place where they eventually repent.
(24:08) The Jaredites hit the pinnacle of righteousness.
(30:13) The Book of Ether is almost like the whole Book of Mormon in miniature.
(34:29) Secret combinations eventually destroy the Jaredites. Substance abuse and addiction are modern secret combinations.
(49:03) Prophets are the opposite of secret combinations.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate relevance and application of the scriptures in Come Follow Me. |
| 0:10.1 | We also dive into the history and cultures of the text. |
| 0:13.4 | Thanks for taking the time to share and subscribe to this podcast. |
| 0:16.9 | For show notes, head over to our website, talking scripture.org. |
| 0:22.9 | Welcome to Talking Scripture. I'm Mike. |
| 0:24.9 | And I'm Bryce. |
| 0:26.0 | And today we're going to be an ether 6 through 11. |
| 0:30.1 | And there's a lot of stuff in here with kings and government and power. |
| 0:36.3 | And sons being jealous and brothers being angry at brothers. |
| 0:39.6 | So much. Fighting over power. But before we do that, let's jump back to something that we |
| 0:44.8 | didn't take time for last time. We try to make these podcasts just a right amount, not too much, |
| 0:51.3 | not too little, kind of like the Goldilocks zone of podcasting, |
| 0:55.1 | but there was something that we felt like we should go back and address. So back in Ether |
| 1:00.4 | Chapter 3, there's this beautiful teaching moment where the brother of Jared brings his stones |
| 1:05.8 | up to the Lord. And he's a little hesitant. I know this is a big ask, Lord, you know, |
| 1:10.6 | would you stick your finger down and touch these? |
| 1:13.5 | But watch the Lord, who is the master teacher, teach him. |
| 1:20.8 | So he sticks his finger down, and the brother of Jared sees the finger of the Lord. |
| 1:26.2 | And he's kind of blown away. And the Lord says, |
| 1:29.9 | Why hast thou fallen? Verse seven. I knew not that you had flesh and blood. And he corrects that. |
| 1:35.1 | I don't have flesh and butt. I'm a spirit body. I'm going to take upon myself flesh and blood. |
| 1:41.3 | And then the very end of verse 9 is one of the most intriguing questions the Lord asks, |
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