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I enjoyed how you developed your theme using such hopeful words as “ascend,” “ladder,” “climb,” “veil”—not to mention “faith,” “hope,” and “charity.” These words point upward and culminate, as you said, “in a divine face-to-face encounter at the heavenly veil.” It is a beautiful description. I note that this article, like your other books and articles, includes some rich doctrine in footnotes including, in particular, footnotes 27, 31, 33, 37, 44, 45, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 81, 96, 105, 106, 113, 115, 116. Perhaps those nuggets are reserved for those who are willing to dig a little deeper by reading footnotes.
Thank you for your encouraging comments, Stephen. Will I see you at the Abraham Conference on May 3 and 10?
I am out of town and can’t make the conference. I hope it goes well!
I read the whole paper and when we attend the Temple this week I will be thinking of this : “not so much as a journey of covenant-keeping that takes us to the temple but as a journey that takes us through the temple.” Thank you!
I still think of this every time I go to the temple.
I think of this time when I go to the temple, too.
I clicked on the link to the earlier/precursor Meridian Magazine version of the article and it seems the link is broken. This link works: https://latterdaysaintmag.com/the-covenant-path-in-2-nephi-3119-20/
(or at least it worked just now)
Thank you, Richard. I’ve corrected the link in the article.
Excellent! It fills one with the the hope of which it speaks. Thank you!
Thanks, Theodore. Nice to hear from you.
Thanks for the comment, John. Good to hear from you. You are right about the relevance of the “tongue of angels,” and I referenced Neal Rappleye’s full article on the subject in note 94 (https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/with-the-tongue-of-angels-angelic-speech-as-a-form-of-deification/) but somehow the full citation got left out of the published version. Will try to have that fixed.
Yes it is there note 94.. I just read it again, I do remember reading it years ago … good stuff
Blessings
John
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful article. Faith, Hope, and Charity. I have always enjoyed Bro. Bradshaw’s scholarship and faith. As I read his extensive article, my mind kept thinking of Nephi’s comment of “speaking with the tongues of angels”. A nice summary was made by Scripture Central of that notion. https://scripturecentral.org/knowhy/what-is-it-to-speak-with-the-tongue-of-angels. I fully agree that the prophet was aware of temple ideas long before Nauvoo. The Book of Mormon clearly was a “school master” for the prophet
Thanks, Theodore. Nice to hear from you.