JACOB 5
An Ancient Order
Jacob 4
Alma 13:14
2 Nephi 6
Reconciliation- to be brought back
Romans 5:11 And not only so, but we also joy
in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
we have now received the ‘reconciliation’ gr:
‘katalage’
William Tyndale sought a word to translate
into English that idea. Not finding one, he
created one.
The word he coined was At-one-ment.
The Olive Tree Culture
Hebrew lore, the ‘Mishna’, the Tree of Life is an Olive Tree
The Savior suffers at Gethsemane, the “oil press”
He both left this earth, and will return to, the Mount of Olives
He was the Anointed One.
I Nephi 15
And it came to pass that after I had received strength I
spake unto my brethren, desiring to know of them the
cause of their disputations.
7 And they said: Behold, we cannot understand the
words which our father hath spoken concerning the
natural branches of the olive tree, and also concerning
the Gentiles.
12 Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was
compared unto an olive tree, by the Spirit of the Lord
which was in our father; and behold are we not broken
off from the house of Israel, and are we not a branch of
the house of Israel?
13 And now, the thing which our father meaneth
concerning the grafting in of the natural branches
through the fulness of the Gentiles, is, that in the latter
days, when our seed shall have dwindled in unbelief,
…then shall the fulness of the gospel of the Messiah
come unto the Gentiles, and from the Gentiles unto the
remnant of our seed—
Tales of Trees
1 Nephi 10: 12-14
Romans 11:17
Statement of a rare olive
tree grower in Texas
For thousands of years in and around
the Mediterranean, the statement was:
If you grow olive trees, you work hard
and die poor.
Your kids work hard and have a decent
life. And your grandkids don’t work very
hard and make a fortune because they
sell the property.
That put’s it all in perspective.
Seven Tribes of Lehi
Wild Trees- Different
parts of the World
Natural Olive Tree- Israel
Israel
Gathered
In
Bad
Fruit
Everywhere
Good
Fruit
Everywhere
Fall
of Jerusalem,
587 BC
Restoration
and Last
Days
Zion
and
Jerusalem
After
First
Century
to
Dark
Ages
Just before
the
time
of
Christ
Jacob
4-14
Jacob 5: 50-73
forJacob
the
Millenium
Jacob
29-49
5: 5:
15-28
Recent Research
Words of Zenos, Words of Christ
1 Nephi 19
Matthew 24
1 Nephi
19:12
…all these
things must
surely
come…
Matthew
24:6
…All these
things must
come to
pass…
1 Nephi
19:14
…be hated
among all
nations…
Matthew
24:9
…be hated
of all
nations…
1 Nephi
19:16
…will I
gather in …
from the
four
quarters of
the earth
Matthew
24:31
…they shall
gather
together his
elect from
the four
winds…
4 Major Lessons
Lesson #1 (Verse 4)
God is very active in His Vineyard
4 Major Lessons
Lesson #2 (Verse 18)
Wild Branches can nourish old roots
4 Major Lessons
Lesson #3 (Verse 22)
Good fruit can come from poor ground
4 Major Lessons
Lesson #4 (Verse 22)
The Lord labors along side his servants