1. Transcendent / Divine?Perhaps this 12-minute segment of John Lennox and Jordan Peterson in conversation could give us a clearer view.
2. Social / Power Consensus?
3. Self as Sovereign?
I propose to explore these three orientations in three posts, starting with Transcendent / Divine.
The Three Sources of Moral Knowledge [Orientation]
(Jordan B Peterson Clips | Nov 6, 2023 | Time 12:34 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcIHP0d6az4 (archived at https://archive.org/)
Full episode at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfI2se3O80Q, or
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/a-conversation-about-god-dr-john-lennox
In the beginning and in sporadic historical periods, transcendent / divine orientation was the moral guide for believers in the Creator God of Adam and Eve. Even for some pagans, the moral orientation was perceived as transcendent / divine as they sought direction from their “other-world” gods and oracles, but since their idols, gods, and oracles were based in the fluctuating social-cultural-power dynamic, their moral orientation was susceptible to corruptions inherent in human nature.
To begin, let us recall the transcendent moral imperatives presented through Moses and written with the finger of God1 — called the “tables of the covenant”; given in full here,2 but in summary, here:
[1] Thou shalt have no other gods before me;For the children of Israel there were numerous other procedural imperatives relating to their religious worship, but the Ten Commandments served as the basis of their social and civil order; except their history is one continual cause for lament3:
[2] Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness ... [nor] bow down ... to them, nor serve them; ...
[3] Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; ....
[4] Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. ....
[5] Honour thy father and thy mother ....
[6] Thou shalt not kill.
[7] Thou shalt not commit adultery.
[8] Thou shalt not steal.
[9] Thou shalt not bear false witness ....
[10] Thou shalt not covet ...
16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them (Old Testament | Deuteronomy 31:16; see Deut. 28).When the Savior arrived on the scene, things were not much improved, but instead of expanding the Ten to attempt more clarity and control, He indexed the Ten into Two4:
8 ¶ Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us (Old Testament | Isaiah 30:8–11).
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?To adequately understand what “love the Lord thy God” requires and what “love thy neighbour” means, we must be open to what Scripture actually says. Has Scripture ever praised self-will? or said:
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets .(New Testament | Matthew 22:36- 40).
• “follow the crowd”?But as usual, many then and now, find the transcendent orientation too constraining — too disruptive to self — too insensitive — too threatening. Why all this constant talk of repenting and obedience5? Why must Justice and Judgment6 intrude on the happy thought “live and let live”7? Some even seem to imagine that moral orientation is negotiable or a balancing act between good deeds and bad deeds despite: “the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.”8
• “happiness is fitting-in”?
• “trust in the arm of flesh”?
• “might makes right”?
• “your feelings take priority over My Will and Law”?
• “power, gain, glory, privilege are the name of the game”?
• “power, gain, glory, privilege prove God's approval”?
• “whatever one does is no sin”?
• “do what thou wilt; it mattereth not”?
What did and does a loving God do with us sinners? condone our dysfunctional, self-centred behaviour OR call us to repentance — to be God-centred? What did the Testament prophets and apostles do? They knew the merciful promises for penitence and the just curses for abandoning Truth and Justice. They knew it was no act of love to counsel or affirm rejection of divine orientation in favour of vacillating pagan, cultural, political, philosophical, or social notions. They knew this life was a test and a probation9 and their imperative duty was to:
1 CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins (Old Testament | Isaiah 58:1).Should we not be crying aloud that only a masque of love counsels or affirms a turning away from divine orientation to a social consensus or self-centred one? Is not this promise of DEI,10 that so many LDS are now preaching, but a variant of Lucifer’s (faux) plan to save all (DEI?), where “[we] will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely [we] will do it”11? Or as Lennox says, also reminiscent of the Garden offer “to become as the gods” — to be the judge of what is good and what is evil12 without apparent memory of:
20 ¶ Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!Do we think that God didn’t anticipate dysphorics? Yes, God expects us to have compassion for the truly dysphoric and the confused; He expects us to tolerate personal choices that don't harm or injure others13; He expects that we will not violate the first commandment (to love Him) when claiming to keep the second (love our neighbour); He expects us not to be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ even when others are; AND, willing or not, He's going to give us experiences that can foster a humble heart and a contrite spirit.14
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! (Old Testament | Isaiah 5:20-21)
Yes, God can heal the truly confused and abused children of this age, but the drivers and profiteers of social-emotional-psychological contagion will not escape consequence.15 As nations, cultures, and individuals continue to abandon transcendent moral orientation, what might God say to the aiders and abettors — to the Balaams16 of this world?
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.A final question: If we viewed our world associations and institutions in light of their moral orientation, would it make a difference in our perception and support of “their” truth?
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (New Testament | Matthew 7:19-23, Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 14:19-23).
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(All bold emphasis has been added throughout.)
1. Old Testament | Exodus 24:12
12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Old Testament | Exodus 31:18
18 And he [God] gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Old Testament | Exodus 34:1-2
1 AND the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. ...
28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 4:13
13 And he [God] declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 5:22
22 ¶ These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 9:9-11
9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 10:1-4
1 AT that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
Old Testament | 1 Kings 8:9
9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
2. Old Testament | Exodus 20:3-17
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me[1].
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments[2].
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain[3].
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it[4].
12 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee[5].
13 Thou shalt not kill[6].
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery[7].
15 Thou shalt not steal[8].
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour[9].
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's[10]. | https://religions.wiki/index.php/Ten_Commandments
3. Pearl of Great Price | Moses 6:28-30
28 And for these many generations, ever since the day that I created them, have they gone astray, and have denied me, and have sought their own counsels in the dark; and in their own abominations have they devised murder, and have not kept the commandments, which I gave unto their father, Adam.
29 Wherefore, they have foresworn themselves, and, by their oaths, they have brought upon themselves death; and a hell I have prepared for them, if they repent not;
30 And this is a decree, which I have sent forth in the beginning of the world, from my own mouth, from the foundation thereof, and by the mouths of my servants, thy fathers, have I decreed it, even as it shall be sent forth in the world, unto the ends thereof .
29 Wherefore, they have foresworn themselves, and, by their oaths, they have brought upon themselves death; and a hell I have prepared for them, if they repent not;
30 And this is a decree, which I have sent forth in the beginning of the world, from my own mouth, from the foundation thereof, and by the mouths of my servants, thy fathers, have I decreed it, even as it shall be sent forth in the world, unto the ends thereof .
Old Testament | Judges 2:12–13
12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 31:26-27, 29
26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? ...
29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2014/01/gods-lament.html
4. (before He reduced the Law to One: ... nevertheless not My will, but Thine, be done (New Testament | Luke 22:42; Matthew 26:39)
See: https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2013/11/rule-of-law-ten-to-one.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/08/4-church-and-state-discerning.html
5. Just a few of the hundreds referencing “keep” and “commandments”
Old Testament | Exodus 15:26
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Old Testament | Exodus 20:6
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 4:40
40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 5:29-31
29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 6:17
17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 13:4
4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Old Testament | 1 Kings 2:3
3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
Old Testament | Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
New Testament | Matthew 19:17
17 And he [Jesus] said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
New Testament | John 14:15, 21
15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments. ...
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 15:25
25 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the word of the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul, and with all the faculty which I possessed, that they would give heed to the word of God and remember to keep his commandments always in all things.
Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 17:3
12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 31:26-27, 29
26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? ...
29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2014/01/gods-lament.html
4. (before He reduced the Law to One: ... nevertheless not My will, but Thine, be done (New Testament | Luke 22:42; Matthew 26:39)
See: https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2013/11/rule-of-law-ten-to-one.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/08/4-church-and-state-discerning.html
5. Just a few of the hundreds referencing “keep” and “commandments”
Old Testament | Exodus 15:26
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Old Testament | Exodus 20:6
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 4:40
40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 5:29-31
29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 6:17
17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 13:4
4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Old Testament | 1 Kings 2:3
3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
Old Testament | Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
New Testament | Matthew 19:17
17 And he [Jesus] said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
New Testament | John 14:15, 21
15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments. ...
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 15:25
25 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the word of the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul, and with all the faculty which I possessed, that they would give heed to the word of God and remember to keep his commandments always in all things.
Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 17:3
3 And thus we see that the commandments of God must be fulfilled. And if it so be that the children of men keep the commandments of God he doth nourish them, and strengthen them, and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he has commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means for us while we did sojourn in the wilderness.
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 1:20
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 1:20
20 And he hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence.
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 30:1
1 AND now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish; and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.
6. Old Testament | Psalms 89:14
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Old Testament | Proverbs 21:3
3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Old Testament | Isaiah 9:7
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2015/01/whither-justice-and-judgment.html
7. Book of Mormon | Alma 42:24-26
24 For behold, justice exerciseth all his demands, and also mercy claimeth all which is her own; and thus, none but the truly penitent are saved.
25 What, do ye suppose that mercy can rob justice? I say unto you, Nay; not one whit. If so, God would cease to be God.
26 And thus God bringeth about his great and eternal purposes, which were prepared from the foundation of the world. And thus cometh about the salvation and the redemption of men, and also their destruction and misery.
Book of Mormon | Alma 41:14-15
14 Therefore, ... see that you are merciful unto your brethren; deal justly, judge righteously, and do good continually; and if ye do all these things then shall ye receive your reward; yea, ye shall have mercy restored unto you again; ye shall have justice restored unto you again; ye shall have a righteous judgment restored unto you again; and ye shall have good rewarded unto you again.
15 For that which ye do send out shall return unto you again, and be restored; therefore, the word restoration more fully condemneth the sinner, and justifieth him not at all.
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-masque-of-love.html
8. Book of Mormon | Alma 45:16
16 And he said: Thus saith the Lord God—Cursed shall be the land, yea, this land, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, unto destruction, which do wickedly, when they are fully ripe; and as I have said so shall it be; for this is the cursing and the blessing of God upon the land, for the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance .
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 1:31-33
31 For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance;
32 Nevertheless, he that repents and does the commandments of the Lord shall be forgiven;
33 And he that repents not, from him shall be taken even the light which he has received; for my Spirit shall not always strive with man, saith the Lord of Hosts .
9. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/11/power-authority-q-a.html (especially see Footnote 4 therein)
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-plan.html
10. Diversity | Equity | Inclusion
Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 30:1
1 AND now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For behold, except ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish; and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.
6. Old Testament | Psalms 89:14
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Old Testament | Proverbs 21:3
3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Old Testament | Isaiah 9:7
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2015/01/whither-justice-and-judgment.html
7. Book of Mormon | Alma 42:24-26
24 For behold, justice exerciseth all his demands, and also mercy claimeth all which is her own; and thus, none but the truly penitent are saved.
25 What, do ye suppose that mercy can rob justice? I say unto you, Nay; not one whit. If so, God would cease to be God.
26 And thus God bringeth about his great and eternal purposes, which were prepared from the foundation of the world. And thus cometh about the salvation and the redemption of men, and also their destruction and misery.
Book of Mormon | Alma 41:14-15
14 Therefore, ... see that you are merciful unto your brethren; deal justly, judge righteously, and do good continually; and if ye do all these things then shall ye receive your reward; yea, ye shall have mercy restored unto you again; ye shall have justice restored unto you again; ye shall have a righteous judgment restored unto you again; and ye shall have good rewarded unto you again.
15 For that which ye do send out shall return unto you again, and be restored; therefore, the word restoration more fully condemneth the sinner, and justifieth him not at all.
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-masque-of-love.html
8. Book of Mormon | Alma 45:16
16 And he said: Thus saith the Lord God—Cursed shall be the land, yea, this land, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, unto destruction, which do wickedly, when they are fully ripe; and as I have said so shall it be; for this is the cursing and the blessing of God upon the land, for the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance .
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 1:31-33
31 For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance;
32 Nevertheless, he that repents and does the commandments of the Lord shall be forgiven;
33 And he that repents not, from him shall be taken even the light which he has received; for my Spirit shall not always strive with man, saith the Lord of Hosts .
9. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/11/power-authority-q-a.html (especially see Footnote 4 therein)
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-plan.html
10. Diversity | Equity | Inclusion
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/03/dei-ology-great-pretense.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/07/back-to-future-again.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/04/let-us-be-clear.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/04/correction-fwoke.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/06/fwoke-blow-back.html
11. Pearl of Great Price | Moses 4:1
1 AND I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying: That Satan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the beginning, and he came before me, saying—Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give me thine honor.
12. Old Testament | Genesis 3:4-6
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
13. (including their property but which doesn’t include hurt feelings, differences of opinion, etc.; but especially includes protecting children from the pervasive evil and corruption that has always targeted children through all millennia)
14. Old Testament | Isaiah 57:15
15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 20:37
37 And again, by way of commandment to the church concerning the manner of baptism—All those who humble themselves before God, and desire to be baptized, and come forth with broken hearts and contrite spirits, and witness before the church that they have truly repented of all their sins, and are willing to take upon them the name of Jesus Christ, having a determination to serve him to the end, and truly manifest by their works that they have received of the Spirit of Christ unto the remission of their sins, shall be received by baptism into his church.
15. New Testament | Matthew 18:6-7; Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
7 ¶ Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
16. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/deja-vu-doctrine-of-balaam-doctrine-of.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/07/back-to-future-again.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/04/let-us-be-clear.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/04/correction-fwoke.html
https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/06/fwoke-blow-back.html
11. Pearl of Great Price | Moses 4:1
1 AND I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying: That Satan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the beginning, and he came before me, saying—Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give me thine honor.
12. Old Testament | Genesis 3:4-6
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
13. (including their property but which doesn’t include hurt feelings, differences of opinion, etc.; but especially includes protecting children from the pervasive evil and corruption that has always targeted children through all millennia)
14. Old Testament | Isaiah 57:15
15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 20:37
37 And again, by way of commandment to the church concerning the manner of baptism—All those who humble themselves before God, and desire to be baptized, and come forth with broken hearts and contrite spirits, and witness before the church that they have truly repented of all their sins, and are willing to take upon them the name of Jesus Christ, having a determination to serve him to the end, and truly manifest by their works that they have received of the Spirit of Christ unto the remission of their sins, shall be received by baptism into his church.
15. New Testament | Matthew 18:6-7; Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
7 ¶ Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
16. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/11/deja-vu-doctrine-of-balaam-doctrine-of.html
Old Testament | Numbers 31:16
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
New Testament | Revelation 2:14-16
14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
