Just curious...How many times is the phrase "it came to pass" used in the Book of Mormon?
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"And it came to Pass" - occurs in the English translation of the BofM 1,381 times. It is found in all books except Moroni.
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As often as possible. Also, let Scripture interpret Scripture, not man interpret Scripture.
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I am sure you realize that the Book of Mormon is one book, and the Book of Abraham is another book.  You are referring to translations that became a part of the Pearl of Great Price.\n\nNo one has the papyri that Joseph Smith used to write the Book of Abraham.  Three papyri were discovered in 1967 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.  They are called Joseph Smith Papyri I, XI, and X.  Egyptologists have identified these three papyri as being the text of the Book of Breathings, an ancient Egyptian religious text.  But did Joseph Smith attempt to translate these papyri?  Evidently not.  They are just three documents that were once in the possession of Joseph Smith, but are not the source of the Book of Abraham.\n\nThe evidence the critics have that indicates that these documents may have been the source of the Book of Abraham comes from some of the earliest manuscripts we have of the Book of Abraham.  Some characters from the Book of Breathings are found in the margin of the Book of Abraham manuscripts.  Neither the manuscripts, which are in English, nor the notes in the margin are in the handwriting of Joseph Smith.  Mostly they are in the handwriting of William W. Phelps, with a few short sections written by Warren Parish.  Clearly the Egyptian characters were added later by William W. Phelps and Warren Parrish, and cannot be a part of the translation process.  Perhaps they were trying to see if these Egyptian characters fit with the Book of Abraham text, but they were unsuccessful in the attempt.  They later fell away from the church, but they never claimed that they had been part of a fraudulent attempt of Joseph Smith to deceive the world.  They never denounced Joseph Smith for this, as they surely would have if they could have.\n\nWe don't have the documents Joseph Smith used to produce the Book of Abraham.
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6823 is the number of times that the "Tetragrammaton", the Holy Ineffable Name of G'd (Yod/Heh/Vav/Heh), appears in the Bible.\n"Ineffable" means that you cannot describe it and in this case if you tried, you would come up against the Third Commandment:\n"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy G'd in vain!"\nPlease note the Hebrew (written in latin letters) - this is the only place in the Ten Commandments where this Word appears: "Lo thisa eth shem YHVH Eloheka lashavae!"
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The word giant is mentioned ten times in the old. The first place it is mentioned is Sam 21*6 and the last Job 16*14. There are twelve different combinations of hebrew chaldaen words that define this word.\n\nThe word giants is mentioned thirteen times in the old starting with Gen 6*4 and the last place it is mentioned is Josh 18*16 and is about the same in words as the other. \n\nSo to answer your question exactly twenty three times in the Authorised King James Version Bible Only. Have fun with it and keep asking questions.
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It is used now in many places. In songs and everywhere. I think that this line came from a "tall dark handsome stranger".\n"tall dark handsome stranger" came from language\nlanguage came from man\nman came from God\nSo ultimately God made this line = "tall dark handsome stranger".
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In the Bible it says "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another:  and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."  \n\nsorry, I misquoted the first time
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Wow! Some of the people that gave you answers should learn to be a little more excepting of other religions! Mormons probably think that their veiws are a load of crap too! Anyway, I think that you are over looking the fact that changes in the bible did cause a bit of controversy. And I think that maybe since The Book of Mormon hasn't been changed alot in the past (if at all), then they don't want to ruin such a holy and unchanged thing.
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AAHHHH someone who is using their brain. You are very correct. The Mormons have known this ever since the Gospel was restored in it's fullness. There is a purpose and a reason for why we are here. Some people get that and some don't.\n\nI think that you will find the following article facinating. It is rather long and I do apologize for that. It makes alot of sense, aspecially about why we are really here.\n\nThe Fall of Adam and Eve\nPurpose\n34603, Primary 6, 4: The Fall of Adam and Eve, Purpose, 13\n\nTo help the children understand the fall of Adam and Eve and to have a desire to return to the presence of Heavenly Father.\n\nPreparation\n1.  Prayerfully study:\n\n•     Moses 2:27–28—Adam and Eve are commanded to be fruitful and multiply.\n\n•     Moses 3:8–9, Moses 3:15–17—The tree of knowledge and the tree of life.\n\n•     Moses 4—The fall of Adam and Eve.\n\n•     Moses 5:9–12—Adam and Eve praise God and are glad for the Fall.\n\n•     LDS Bible Dictionary “Fall of Adam” (p. 670).\n\n2.  Additional reading:\n\n•     Gospel Principles, chapter 6, “The Fall of Adam and Eve.”\n\n•     2 Nephi 2:14–27—The importance of opposition.\n\n•     Alma 42:2–9—Spiritual and temporal death.\n\n•     Helaman 14:16–17—Christ redeems us from both deaths.\n\n•     Genesis 3—The fall of Adam and Eve.\n\n3.  Study the lesson and decide how you want to teach the children the scripture account (see “Preparing Your Lessons,” p. vi, and “Teaching from the Scriptures,” p. vii). Select the discussion questions and enrichment activities that will best help the children achieve the purpose of the lesson.\n\n4.  Materials needed:\n\na.  A Bible and a Pearl of Great Price for each child.\n\nb.  A Book of Mormon and a Doctrine and Covenants.\n\nc.  Four small, undesirable items—such as a bottle cap, twig, or wad of tissue—with string tied around each one; one small object to represent something of value (such as a ring to symbolize eternal life) with string tied around it; and a small bag or container (see the attention activity).\n\nd.  Pictures 6-2, The Garden of Eden; 6-3, God the Father and Jesus Christ; and 6-4, Adam and Eve (Gospel Art Picture Kit 101; 62461).\n\nSuggested Lesson Development\nInvite a child to give the opening prayer.\n\nAttention Activity\nPlace the objects you have tied with string into the bag or container so that the objects are hidden but an equal amount of each string hangs over the side of the bag. Ask a child to choose a string and pull an item out of the bag. Then replace the object and string, let another child take a turn, and so on. Show the class all the hidden objects, and explain the value of the desirable one.\n\nExplain that it is difficult to make a correct choice when we don’t know what we are choosing. Heavenly Father wants us to know good from evil so we can choose what is right. Tell the class that this lesson will explain how we were given the knowledge of good and evil and the ability to choose for ourselves.\n\nScripture Account\nTeach the account of the fall of Adam and Eve from the scriptures listed in the “Preparation” section, using the pictures where appropriate. (For suggested ways to teach the scripture account, see “Teaching from the Scriptures,” p. vii.) The following three points are the major ideas to be taught in this lesson:\n\n1.  The fall of Adam and Eve was foreseen by Heavenly Father and “was a necessary step in the plan of life and a great blessing to all of us” (Gospel Principles, p. 33). We accepted this condition in the spirit world when we supported Heavenly Father’s plan.\n\n2.  “Because of the Fall, we are blessed with physical bodies, the right to choose between good and evil, and the opportunity to gain eternal life. None of these privileges would have been ours had Adam and Eve remained in the garden” (Gospel Principles, p. 33).\n\n3.  After Adam and Eve “fell” from the presen
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In the King James Version:  852 times\nIn the more recent English Standard Version:  856 times\n\nIf you use the Catholic Douay-Rheims (with the Deuterocanonical books) the total is :  913 times
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Yielding rocks! My favourite answer was this one...\n\nQuestion:\n\nIs ************ a sin? If yes, where in the Bible?\n\nYieldings Answer:\n\nThe bible says; \n\nThou shalt not ********** with a *********, for thou art a ************ if thou dost. \nLet all ye who ************ be smote with *********** for the ********** is thy ********* and therefore thy *********** will shrivel up and drop off.\nShould thou ************ with a ************ up your ***********, then the ************* shall be thy ***********, and the *********** will be like to that of the ************ on the Jerry Springer show.\n\nROFL!!!! That's just TOO funny!!!
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"This too shall pass" is the title of a poem by Helen Steiner Rice. \n\nThe almost identical phrase: "And this, too, shall pass away" has been traced to an Abraham Lincoln speech. \n\nIt could just be a deliberate reference to the Bible: "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." (Matthew 24:35 and elsewhere). \n\nApparently it was old Persian proverb and a Hebrew parable: \n\n... written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: gimel, zayin, yud, which began the words "Gam zeh ya'avor" -- "This too shall pass."
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Used in several stories.  See if this is the right one.\n\n2nd one is the book:
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(1 Corinthians 13:8-11) Love never fails. But whether there are [gifts of] prophesying, they will be done away with; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will be done away with. For we have partial knowledge and we prophesy partially; but when that which is complete arrives, that which is partial will be done away with. When I was a babe, I used to speak as a babe, to think as a babe, to reason as a babe; but now that I have become a man, I have done away with the [traits] of a babe.\n(When this was written, the bible had not yet been completed.  So, there was a need to have these miraculous works to verify whether the messages being taught had God's backing.  Though there were many miraculous works, the knowledge was still incomplete.  Once the bible was finished, "that which was complete" arrived and the powers gradually ceased.  Also, notice how these gifts were regarded as "traits of a babe", things to be done away with once the Christian congregation reached it's maturity.)\n\n(Matthew 7:21-23) “Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew YOU! Get away from me, YOU workers of lawlessness.\n(Doing God's will, not the ability to do miraculous gifts, is the true basis for faith.)
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Interesting question.  But where in the Bible is it commanded\nfor something to end in "Amen".\nI Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
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How about the out and out contraditions?  Here they are...\nBible and Book of Mormon Contradictions\n\nBy Sandra Tanner\n\n1.The Bible plainly states that the gospel, with its inclusion of Gentiles, was not fully revealed until after Christ's death. \nEph. 3:3-7 Paul writes "by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: whereof I was made a minister ...... (See also Col. 1:26; 1 Peter 1: 1-12; Romans 16:25-26)\n\nHowever, the Book of Mormon maintains that this knowledge was had in 545 B.C.\n2 Nephi 25:19 "For according to the words of the prophets, the Messiah cometh... his name shall be Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ... (v.23) For we labor... to persuade... our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.\n2 Nephi 26:12 "And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that Jesus in the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;"\n2 Nephi 30:3 "For behold, I say unto you that as many of the Gentiles as will repent are the covenant people of the Lord; and as many of the Jews as will not repent shall be cast off,"\n2 Nephi 31:17 "For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and the Holy Ghost."\n\n2.During Jesus' ministry He spoke of His church as something in the future. \nMatthew 16:18 "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."\nAfter Christ's resurrection and the day of Pentecost we read "And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." (Acts 2:47)\n\nHowever, the Book of Mormon claims the Christian church was established as early as 147 B.C.\nMosiah 18:17 "And they were called the church of God, or the church of Christ, from that time forward."\n\n3.The Bible says believers were first called Christians after Paul's ministry in Antioch. \nActs 11:26 "And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch."\n\nHowever, the Book of Mormon claims people were known by this title as early as 73 B.C.\nAlma 46:15 "...yea, all those who were true believes in Christ took upon them, gladly, the name of Christ, or Christians as they were called, because of their belief in Christ who should come."\n\n4.The Holy Ghost was bestowed on the Christians at the time of Pentecost. \nLuke 24:49 "And, behold, I send the promise of my Father unto you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high."\nActs 2:1-4 "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. ... And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,..."\n\nYet the Book of Mormon claims that people received the gift of the Holy Ghost as early as 545 B.C.\n2 Nephi 31:12-13 "...the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me... Wherefore, my beloved brethren,... by following your Lord and your Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost;..."\n\n5.In the Old Testament the only ones who could be priests were the descendants of Levi, one of the twelve sons of Israel. \nNumbers 3:9
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Back then the word basically traveled by word of mouth.  The bible is a collection of writhings..66 to be exact.  Faith and trust in Jesus  'blossomed' and florished right from the day he began his ministry.  And it is still blossoming today.