Sunday, February 2, 2020

Come, Follow Me -- February 3–9. 2 Nephi 1–5: “We Lived after the Manner of Happiness”

Here are additional resources for this week's Come, Follow Me lesson.

2 Nephi 1 -- Notes on poetry, the Book of Mormon "Proverb," being "encircled," misery, etc.


2 Nephi 2 -- Lehi teaches the true theology related to the fall, the Creation-Covenant connection, and devilish details.


2 Nephi 3 -- The gathering of Israel and the gathering of scriptures, the prophecy of Joseph, intertextual connections to Nephi's final sermon, etc.


2 Nephi 4 -- "Rock" poetry and "heart and soul" poetry, what it means to be carried away in the Spirit, Zenos' influence on Nephi's psalm, etc.


2 Nephi 5 -- Notes on the Lamanites' breaking of the Law of Moses, seeing the Lehites as "Israelites" rather than "Jews," etc.