S3 E45 Hidden Religious Politics and What You Never Realized about Nephite Kingship, Christ and Your Sins
The Scriptures Are Real
Kerry Muhlestein
4.8 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2024
⏱️ 85 minutes
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In this episode Daniel Belnap and Kerry discuss elements of Nephite kingship and society that most people don't ever think of. They talk about the merging of Mulekite and Nephite cultures and the role that Davidic kingship played in that merge, and how we see echoes and ramifications of that throughout Nephite history. They also talk about how it impacts what happens in the various stories of the Book of Mosiah, and in the life of King Mosiah. They then tie this into your sins and Christ and forgiveness.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, who left precisely, at least as the text suggests, precisely because you didn't want to be in Zarahemla. |
| 0:05.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:06.6 | Right? |
| 0:07.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:07.5 | No, that's a fascinating political move. |
| 0:09.6 | It is. |
| 0:10.5 | You put the highest-ranking Mulekite in charge of this reconciliation group. |
| 0:16.6 | And to that reconciliation, intriguingly, noticed that when he gets there, he gives him King |
| 0:22.4 | Benjamin's discourse, which is a beautiful theological discourse. But as I just said, has this |
| 0:29.3 | completely political side to it. How do I take two people that are estranged and bring them back |
| 0:35.0 | together? In this episode, Dan Belknap and I are going to explore some elements of Nephite society. I guarantee that you are going to say again and again, oh, I hadn't thought of that. Oh, I hadn't thought of that. Oh, that explains some things. And I encourage you to stay all the way to the end. It's a little bit of a long episode, but stay all the way to the end because we're going to apply some things to Christ in ways that I would guess you haven't thought of. |
| 1:03.3 | Hello, and welcome to the Scriptures Are Real. This is the podcast where we talk about elements of the scriptures that help them become more real to us because we believe that helps them supply them to our lives better and draw more power out of them as a result, and we need all the help we can get. |
| 1:16.6 | I'm your host, Kerry Mielstein, and I have with me a close friend and colleague and a returning guest, Dr. Dan Belknap. |
| 1:23.6 | Welcome, Dan. |
| 1:24.6 | Thanks. It's good to be back. |
| 1:26.6 | It's wonderful to have you with us. |
| 1:28.3 | For our audience that has been around with us for a while, you'll be familiar with Dan. |
| 1:34.3 | Last year we did an episode on Hebrews together, one on Second Corinthians, one on Romans |
| 1:39.3 | together. |
| 1:40.3 | He was a fan favorite. People loved having Dan on, mostly because he talked about black holes and |
| 1:45.8 | jumping into them in a resurrected body. But I'd invite you to go back and listen to those, and you can |
| 1:50.7 | also hear more of an introduction of Dan there. But I'll just tell you that Dan, actually, he and I |
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