THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 19
Isaiah speaks Messianically—The people in darkness to see a great Light—Unto us a child is born—He shall be the Prince of Peace and shall reign on David’s throne—Compare Isaiah 9. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aNevertheless, the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at first he lightly afflicted the bland of cZebulun, and the land of dNaphtali, and afterwards did more grievously afflict by the way of the Red Sea beyond Jordan in Galilee of the nations.
2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and aincreased the joy—they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4 For thou hast broken the yoke of ahis burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his boppressor.
5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but athis shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
6 For unto us a achild is born, unto us a son is given; and the bgovernment shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, The cMighty God, The dEverlasting Father, The Prince of ePeace.
7 Of the increase of agovernment and peace bthere is no end, upon the throne of cDavid, and upon his kingdom to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.
8 The Lord sent his word unto Jacob and it hath lighted upon Israel.
9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart:
10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn astones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into bcedars.
11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of aRezin against him, and join his enemies together;
12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; and they shall adevour Israel with open mouth. For all this his banger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
13 For the people turneth not unto ahim that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts.
14 Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush ain one day.
15 The aancient, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
16 For the aleaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are bled of them are destroyed.
17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have amercy on their fatherless and bwidows; for cevery one of them is a hypocrite and an devildoer, and every mouth speaketh efolly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his fhand is stretched out still.
18 For awickedness burneth as the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forests, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the aland darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; bno man shall spare his brother.
20 And he ashall snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he shall beat on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied; they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm—
21 Manasseh, aEphraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; they together shall be against bJudah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 20
Destruction of Assyria is a type of destruction of wicked at the Second Coming—Few people shall be left after the Lord comes again—Remnant of Jacob shall return in that day—Compare Isaiah 10. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aWo unto them that decree bunrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
2 To turn away the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the apoor of my people, that bwidows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is atheir indignation.
6 I will send him aagainst a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but in his heart it is to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
8 For he saith: Are not my aprinces altogether kings?
9 Is not aCalno as bCarchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as cDamascus?
10 As amy hand hath founded the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her aidols, so do to Jerusalem and to her idols?
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of aAssyria, and the glory of his high looks.
13 For ahe saith: By the strength of bmy hand and by my wisdom I have done these things; for I am prudent; and I have moved the borders of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man;
14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people; and as one gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
15 Shall the aax boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood!
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, send among his fat ones, leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 And the light of Israel shall be for a afire, and his Holy One for a flame, and shall burn and shall devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
19 And the arest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the ahouse of Jacob, shall no more again bstay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The aremnant shall return, yea, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
22 For though thy people aIsrael be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall breturn; the cconsumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23 For the Lord God of Hosts shall make a aconsumption, even determined in all the land.
24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, abe not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the bmanner of Egypt.
25 For yet a very little while, and the aindignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
26 And the Lord of Hosts shall astir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of bMidian at the rock of Oreb; and as his rod was upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner of cEgypt.
27 And it shall come to pass in that day that his aburden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the banointing.
28 aHe is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages.
29 They are gone over the apassage; they have taken up their lodging at bGeba; Ramath is afraid; cGibeah of Saul is fled.
30 Lift up the voice, O daughter of aGallim; cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor bAnathoth.
31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
32 As yet shall he remain at aNob that day; he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts shall lop the bough with terror; and the ahigh ones of stature shall be bhewn down; and the chaughty shall be humbled.
34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 21
Stem of Jesse (Christ) shall judge in righteousness—The knowledge of God shall cover the earth in the Millennium—The Lord shall raise an ensign and gather Israel—Compare Isaiah 11. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aAnd there shall bcome forth a rod out of the cstem of Jesse, and a dbranch shall grow out of his roots.
2 And the aSpirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of bwisdom and cunderstanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord; and he shall not ajudge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.
4 But with arighteousness shall he bjudge the poor, and reprove with equity for the cmeek of the earth; and he shall dsmite the earth with the erod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5 And arighteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
6 The awolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’s den.
9 They shall anot hurt nor bdestroy in all my holy mountain, for the cearth shall be full of the dknowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
10 And in that day there shall be a aroot of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the bGentiles seek; and his crest shall be glorious.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the asecond time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left, from bAssyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from cShinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
12 And he shall set up an aensign for the nations, and shall assemble the boutcasts of Israel, and cgather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
13 The aenvy of Ephraim also shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not benvy cJudah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the aPhilistines towards the west; they shall spoil them of the east together; they shall lay their hand upon bEdom and cMoab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
15 And the Lord shall utterly adestroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over bdry shod.
16 And there shall be a ahighway for the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 22
In the millennial day all men shall praise the Lord—He shall dwell among them—Compare Isaiah 12. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aAnd in that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise thee; though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedest me.
2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will atrust, and not be afraid; for the Lord bJehovah is my cstrength and my dsong; he also has become my salvation.
3 Therefore, with joy shall ye draw awater out of the wells of salvation.
4 And in that day shall ye say: aPraise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
5 aSing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things; this is known in all the earth.
6 aCry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 23
Destruction of Babylon is a type of destruction at Second Coming—It shall be a day of wrath and vengeance—Babylon (the world) shall fall forever—Compare Isaiah 13. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aThe burden of bBabylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, ashake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my amighty ones, for mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in my highness.
4 The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a great people, a tumultuous noise of the akingdoms of nations bgathered together, the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle.
5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, yea, the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
6 Howl ye, for the aday of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, every man’s heart shall amelt;
8 And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall adestroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the astars of heaven and the bconstellations thereof shall not give their clight; the dsun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will apunish the world for evil, and the bwicked for their iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the cproud to cease, and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a aman more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore, I will ashake the heavens, and the earth shall bremove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up; and they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own aland.
15 Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and every one that is ajoined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.
16 Their achildren also shall be bdashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.
17 Behold, I will stir up the aMedes against them, which shall not regard silver and gold, nor shall they delight in it.
18 Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no apity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
19 And aBabylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew bSodom and Gomorrah.
20 It shall never be ainhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
21 But awild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her day shall not be prolonged. For I will destroy her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful unto my people, but the wicked shall perish.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
2 Nephi 17 - 18
So more Isaiah...and I was honestly to sleepy and falling asleep during chapter 18...I did, however, find the book Kerry refereed to... I will try to read earlier tonight and check with the book as well... Maybe I'll learn more about Isaiah's writings
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 17
Ephraim and Syria wage war against Judah—Christ shall be born of a virgin—Compare Isaiah 7. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aAnd it came to pass in the days of bAhaz the son of cJotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that dRezin, king of Syria, and ePekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
2 And it was told the house of David, saying: Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah: Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the aconduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
4 And say unto him: Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying:
6 Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea, the son of Tabeal.
7 Thus saith the Lord God: aIt shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rezin; and within three score and five years shall Ephraim be abroken that it be not a people.
9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will anot believe surely ye shall not be established.
10 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying:
11 Ask thee a asign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths, or in the heights above.
12 But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I atempt the Lord.
13 And he said: Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
14 Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign—Behold, a avirgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name bImmanuel.
15 Butter and ahoney shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and to choose the good.
16 For abefore the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of bboth her kings.
17 The Lord shall abring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come from the day that bEphraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria.
18 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a arazor that is hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep;
22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk they shall give he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
23 And it shall come to pass in that day, every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, which shall be for briers and thorns.
24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither, because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
25 And all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and the treading of lesser cattle.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 18
Christ shall be as a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense—Seek the Lord, not peeping wizards—Turn to the law and to the testimony for guidance—Compare Isaiah 8. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me: Take thee a great aroll, and write in it with a man’s pen, concerning bMaher-shalal-hash-baz.
2 And I took unto me faithful awitnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me: aCall his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
4 For behold, athe child shall bnot have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the cspoil of dSamaria shall be taken away before the king of eAssyria.
5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying:
6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of aShiloah that go softly, and rejoice in bRezin and Remaliah’s son;
7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of aAssyria and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks.
8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall areach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
9 aAssociate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.
11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, A aconfederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a astone of bstumbling, and for a crock of doffense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a esnare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 And many among them shall astumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16 aBind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that ahideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for asigns and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion.
19 And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that have afamiliar spirits, and unto bwizards that peep and mutter—cshould not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the dead?
20 To the alaw and to the testimony; and if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21 And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
22 And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble, and adarkness, dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to darkness.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 17
Ephraim and Syria wage war against Judah—Christ shall be born of a virgin—Compare Isaiah 7. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aAnd it came to pass in the days of bAhaz the son of cJotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that dRezin, king of Syria, and ePekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
2 And it was told the house of David, saying: Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah: Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the aconduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
4 And say unto him: Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying:
6 Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea, the son of Tabeal.
7 Thus saith the Lord God: aIt shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rezin; and within three score and five years shall Ephraim be abroken that it be not a people.
9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will anot believe surely ye shall not be established.
10 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying:
11 Ask thee a asign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths, or in the heights above.
12 But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I atempt the Lord.
13 And he said: Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
14 Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign—Behold, a avirgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name bImmanuel.
15 Butter and ahoney shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and to choose the good.
16 For abefore the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of bboth her kings.
17 The Lord shall abring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come from the day that bEphraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria.
18 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a arazor that is hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep;
22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk they shall give he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
23 And it shall come to pass in that day, every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, which shall be for briers and thorns.
24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither, because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
25 And all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and the treading of lesser cattle.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 18
Christ shall be as a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense—Seek the Lord, not peeping wizards—Turn to the law and to the testimony for guidance—Compare Isaiah 8. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me: Take thee a great aroll, and write in it with a man’s pen, concerning bMaher-shalal-hash-baz.
2 And I took unto me faithful awitnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me: aCall his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
4 For behold, athe child shall bnot have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the cspoil of dSamaria shall be taken away before the king of eAssyria.
5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying:
6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of aShiloah that go softly, and rejoice in bRezin and Remaliah’s son;
7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of aAssyria and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks.
8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall areach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
9 aAssociate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.
11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, A aconfederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a astone of bstumbling, and for a crock of doffense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a esnare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 And many among them shall astumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16 aBind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that ahideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for asigns and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion.
19 And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that have afamiliar spirits, and unto bwizards that peep and mutter—cshould not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the dead?
20 To the alaw and to the testimony; and if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21 And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
22 And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble, and adarkness, dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to darkness.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
2 Nephi 15-16
I think, personally, these chapters in second Nephi are difficult and I find myself wishing them to end quickly. Kerry told me of a book he has that helps explain the. Maybe I will give it a try.....
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 15
The Lord’s vineyard (Israel) shall become desolate and his people shall be scattered—Woes shall come upon them in their apostate and scattered state—The Lord shall lift an ensign and gather Israel—Compare Isaiah 5. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aAnd then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved, touching his bvineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill.
2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest avine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes it brought forth wild grapes.
5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard—I will atake away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down;
6 And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged; but there shall come up abriers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they brain no rain upon it.
7 For the avineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for bjudgment, and behold, coppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
8 Wo unto them that join ahouse to house, till there can be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
9 In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one abath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may afollow strong drink, that continue until night, and bwine inflame them!
12 And the harp, and the aviol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they bregard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
13 Therefore, my people are gone into acaptivity, because they have no bknowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
15 And the mean man shall be abrought down, and the bmighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the clofty shall be humbled.
16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in ajudgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the afat ones shall strangers eat.
18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of avanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
19 That say: Let him amake speed, bhasten his work, that we may csee it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it.
20 Wo unto them that acall bevil good, and good evil, that put cdarkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Wo unto the awise in their own eyes and bprudent in their own sight!
22 Wo unto the mighty to drink awine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
23 Who justify the wicked for areward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24 Therefore, as the afire devoureth the bstubble, and the flame consumeth the cchaff, their droot shall be rottenness, and their blossoms shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and edespised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore, is the aanger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
26 And he will lift up an aensign to the bnations from far, and will hiss unto them from the cend of the earth; and behold, they shall dcome with speed swiftly; none shall be weary nor stumble among them.
27 None shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken;
28 Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent, and their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind, their roaring like a lion.
29 They shall roar like young alions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shall deliver.
30 And in that aday they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea; and if they look unto the land, behold, darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 16
Isaiah sees the Lord—Isaiah’s sins are forgiven—He is called to prophesy—He prophesies of the rejection by the Jews of Christ’s teachings—A remnant shall return—Compare Isaiah 6. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aIn the byear that king Uzziah died, I csaw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the aseraphim; each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his aglory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I: Wo is unto me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have aseen the King, the Lord of Hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said: Lo, this has touched thy lips; and thine ainiquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: aWhom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said: Here am I; send me.
9 And he said: Go and tell this people—Hear ye indeed, but they understood not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes—lest they see with their eyes, and ahear with their ears, and understand with their bheart, and be converted and be healed.
11 Then said I: Lord, how long? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate;
12 And the Lord have aremoved men far away, for there shall be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
13 But yet there shall be a tenth, and they shall return, and shall be eaten, as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose substance is in them when they cast their leaves; so the aholy seed shall be the substance thereof.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 15
The Lord’s vineyard (Israel) shall become desolate and his people shall be scattered—Woes shall come upon them in their apostate and scattered state—The Lord shall lift an ensign and gather Israel—Compare Isaiah 5. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aAnd then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved, touching his bvineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill.
2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest avine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes it brought forth wild grapes.
5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard—I will atake away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down;
6 And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged; but there shall come up abriers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they brain no rain upon it.
7 For the avineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for bjudgment, and behold, coppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
8 Wo unto them that join ahouse to house, till there can be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
9 In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one abath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may afollow strong drink, that continue until night, and bwine inflame them!
12 And the harp, and the aviol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they bregard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
13 Therefore, my people are gone into acaptivity, because they have no bknowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
15 And the mean man shall be abrought down, and the bmighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the clofty shall be humbled.
16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in ajudgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the afat ones shall strangers eat.
18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of avanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
19 That say: Let him amake speed, bhasten his work, that we may csee it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it.
20 Wo unto them that acall bevil good, and good evil, that put cdarkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Wo unto the awise in their own eyes and bprudent in their own sight!
22 Wo unto the mighty to drink awine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
23 Who justify the wicked for areward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24 Therefore, as the afire devoureth the bstubble, and the flame consumeth the cchaff, their droot shall be rottenness, and their blossoms shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and edespised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore, is the aanger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
26 And he will lift up an aensign to the bnations from far, and will hiss unto them from the cend of the earth; and behold, they shall dcome with speed swiftly; none shall be weary nor stumble among them.
27 None shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken;
28 Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent, and their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind, their roaring like a lion.
29 They shall roar like young alions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shall deliver.
30 And in that aday they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea; and if they look unto the land, behold, darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 16
Isaiah sees the Lord—Isaiah’s sins are forgiven—He is called to prophesy—He prophesies of the rejection by the Jews of Christ’s teachings—A remnant shall return—Compare Isaiah 6. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
1 aIn the byear that king Uzziah died, I csaw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the aseraphim; each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his aglory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I: Wo is unto me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have aseen the King, the Lord of Hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said: Lo, this has touched thy lips; and thine ainiquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: aWhom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said: Here am I; send me.
9 And he said: Go and tell this people—Hear ye indeed, but they understood not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes—lest they see with their eyes, and ahear with their ears, and understand with their bheart, and be converted and be healed.
11 Then said I: Lord, how long? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate;
12 And the Lord have aremoved men far away, for there shall be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
13 But yet there shall be a tenth, and they shall return, and shall be eaten, as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose substance is in them when they cast their leaves; so the aholy seed shall be the substance thereof.
Taylor 10/4
Hola Familia! Realmente no sabe a español. Acabo de recibà un correo electrónico de Elder Hughes y tenÃa que usar microsofttranslator.com para leer algunos de su correo electrónico. Asà que ya lo tenÃa abrir todavÃa, me sentà como enviarle un mensaje en español demasiado!! :-D ¡¡¡¡Te quiero!!!!
Isn't Conference great?!?! I saw Elder Sears singing in the choir in priesthood session :P but I'm sure you've heard about that already... We took our car in today to get fixed. The missionaries who had it last got rear ended. So far, I don't have a bike to replace it yet, so I'm gonna be walking pretty far to spread the gospel. I'm getting better each day at being a missionary. I love it! I'm learning so much about the gospel. I'm kind of kicking myself in the booty for not studying more before I came out. By the end of each month, missionaries typically are out of money on their mission debit cards. As soon as we got more money on our cards this October, we all went to a Chinese Buffet... Now I understand why they have no money. lol. I'll stick with PBJ sammiches. They're all baffled that I use so much peanut butter. I dunno why, i like the gross feeling of peanut butter sticking to my spine :P It just feels so good when it finally goes away. haha. I'm getting a little better at playing the piano too. We have a little electric one in our apartment that's constantly being used. The family that donated it didn't have a power cord though, so we just pretend we can hear music coming from it ^_^ haha no I'm just kidding! We have batteries for it and it works just fine. Makes me wish I had my box of cables. I know i have one in there that would work on this piano. hahahaha. I'm tempted to send you guys some Missionary Planners so you can decorate them for me :P It's like, the fad out here. Every missionary puts pictures on their planners than laminates it with clear packing tape. It's pretty nifty. I hope you guys are saving my letters. Especially my ones explaining which pictures on my memory card are about. :P If I receive enough letters from home I'll mail them back home for safe keeping.
OH! I they have general conference on the church website already! have some pictures of elder sears :P
well i gotta go. Love you all!!
-Your Missionary
-Elder Rhodes
Isn't Conference great?!?! I saw Elder Sears singing in the choir in priesthood session :P but I'm sure you've heard about that already... We took our car in today to get fixed. The missionaries who had it last got rear ended. So far, I don't have a bike to replace it yet, so I'm gonna be walking pretty far to spread the gospel. I'm getting better each day at being a missionary. I love it! I'm learning so much about the gospel. I'm kind of kicking myself in the booty for not studying more before I came out. By the end of each month, missionaries typically are out of money on their mission debit cards. As soon as we got more money on our cards this October, we all went to a Chinese Buffet... Now I understand why they have no money. lol. I'll stick with PBJ sammiches. They're all baffled that I use so much peanut butter. I dunno why, i like the gross feeling of peanut butter sticking to my spine :P It just feels so good when it finally goes away. haha. I'm getting a little better at playing the piano too. We have a little electric one in our apartment that's constantly being used. The family that donated it didn't have a power cord though, so we just pretend we can hear music coming from it ^_^ haha no I'm just kidding! We have batteries for it and it works just fine. Makes me wish I had my box of cables. I know i have one in there that would work on this piano. hahahaha. I'm tempted to send you guys some Missionary Planners so you can decorate them for me :P It's like, the fad out here. Every missionary puts pictures on their planners than laminates it with clear packing tape. It's pretty nifty. I hope you guys are saving my letters. Especially my ones explaining which pictures on my memory card are about. :P If I receive enough letters from home I'll mail them back home for safe keeping.
OH! I they have general conference on the church website already! have some pictures of elder sears :P
well i gotta go. Love you all!!
-Your Missionary
-Elder Rhodes
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Heros
The Summer We Rescued 4 Baby Kittens
All summer my brother Taylor had worked at Texas Refinery Corporation in the stock yards. While working there he took care of a mother cat that had just had her four healthy baby kittens. Soon after she gave birth to her precious litter the mama cat, weak and delirious from having her kittens wandered into the middle of the street. Cars rushing passed her swerved around determined not to hit the mother cat! She rushed to get out of the way of the dangerous traffic when one cherry red volts wagon beetle failed to see her. The mother cat was soon taken from this world and all that she loved. Mama cat was made into a perfectly flattened pancake in the middle of the road by that careless maniac…a lonely tail waving in the breeze. The new born kittens had no way to care for themselves in order to survive.
When my brother realized the mother cat had been killed he rushed to her kittens side in hope of being their guardian angel. Knowing the other workers wanted to just put the kittens in the dumpster; he gently put all four of them into a box with a towel and took them home hoping to save them. My mother was not too happy about the little surprises but yet could not turn them away. We were not sure how our over weight chocolate Labrador would treat these new babies. But he warmed up to the little sweethearts fast and was soon acting like their mother. We quickly called the vet once my brother got home from work and rushed to Petco to get all the materials needed to save the four baby kittens lives. Not knowing what we had gotten ourselves into, we filled our basket full of kitten supplies. We bought a green blow-up kiddy pool for all the kittens to sleep in and poop in.
The kittens were only days old and did not know how to use the litter box yet. The newborns didn’t even have their eyes open. They would poop all over themselves; we had to scrub them down by hand daily in the sink to get the entire liquid kitty poop off. They would whine during the bath and rapidly scratch at our skin trying to break free from the mean warm water. Some of the kittens got sick from not drinking their mothers milk and started to poop bloody poop all over. We quickly called the vet and get directions on what to do to care for the poor baby kittens.
My oldest sister was in town with her two toddlers, who were of great use in this time of kitten rescue; even though when they picked them up they squeezed the living day lights out of them. The active kittens would meow constantly when they were hungry and they were hungry a lot. We had to feed them every three to four hours, so we took turns waking up at night to feed them. The four kittens grew fast and within a week they were using a litter box. After another week they could drink their baby kitty formula from a small dish.
Soon enough a bond had grown between my family and the four baby kittens. We named them Krull the Warrior King, Krunk, Ezma, and Princess Sophia! They were brave little fighters and all pulled through after the death of their loving mother. We wanted to keep them all but knew we couldn’t, so my brother pled with his friends, who came to the rescue. We gave three of the four kittens away to loving homes. But kept one who we renamed to Jemma, we still have her today and she is as active as ever, but as plump as ever too. Jemma is loved very much and will always be loved even when she wakes up from her daily naps and goes into crazy cat mode. Or mysteriously sits RIGHT on whatever we are doing, be it laundry, or reports. She sits on it. We loved all the kittens and even though we could not save their mothers life, we saved four other lives that summer.
All summer my brother Taylor had worked at Texas Refinery Corporation in the stock yards. While working there he took care of a mother cat that had just had her four healthy baby kittens. Soon after she gave birth to her precious litter the mama cat, weak and delirious from having her kittens wandered into the middle of the street. Cars rushing passed her swerved around determined not to hit the mother cat! She rushed to get out of the way of the dangerous traffic when one cherry red volts wagon beetle failed to see her. The mother cat was soon taken from this world and all that she loved. Mama cat was made into a perfectly flattened pancake in the middle of the road by that careless maniac…a lonely tail waving in the breeze. The new born kittens had no way to care for themselves in order to survive.
When my brother realized the mother cat had been killed he rushed to her kittens side in hope of being their guardian angel. Knowing the other workers wanted to just put the kittens in the dumpster; he gently put all four of them into a box with a towel and took them home hoping to save them. My mother was not too happy about the little surprises but yet could not turn them away. We were not sure how our over weight chocolate Labrador would treat these new babies. But he warmed up to the little sweethearts fast and was soon acting like their mother. We quickly called the vet once my brother got home from work and rushed to Petco to get all the materials needed to save the four baby kittens lives. Not knowing what we had gotten ourselves into, we filled our basket full of kitten supplies. We bought a green blow-up kiddy pool for all the kittens to sleep in and poop in.
The kittens were only days old and did not know how to use the litter box yet. The newborns didn’t even have their eyes open. They would poop all over themselves; we had to scrub them down by hand daily in the sink to get the entire liquid kitty poop off. They would whine during the bath and rapidly scratch at our skin trying to break free from the mean warm water. Some of the kittens got sick from not drinking their mothers milk and started to poop bloody poop all over. We quickly called the vet and get directions on what to do to care for the poor baby kittens.
My oldest sister was in town with her two toddlers, who were of great use in this time of kitten rescue; even though when they picked them up they squeezed the living day lights out of them. The active kittens would meow constantly when they were hungry and they were hungry a lot. We had to feed them every three to four hours, so we took turns waking up at night to feed them. The four kittens grew fast and within a week they were using a litter box. After another week they could drink their baby kitty formula from a small dish.
Soon enough a bond had grown between my family and the four baby kittens. We named them Krull the Warrior King, Krunk, Ezma, and Princess Sophia! They were brave little fighters and all pulled through after the death of their loving mother. We wanted to keep them all but knew we couldn’t, so my brother pled with his friends, who came to the rescue. We gave three of the four kittens away to loving homes. But kept one who we renamed to Jemma, we still have her today and she is as active as ever, but as plump as ever too. Jemma is loved very much and will always be loved even when she wakes up from her daily naps and goes into crazy cat mode. Or mysteriously sits RIGHT on whatever we are doing, be it laundry, or reports. She sits on it. We loved all the kittens and even though we could not save their mothers life, we saved four other lives that summer.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
HEY family!
I hope everyone is doing ok. Dran I hope so see some awesome fatty pictures of you soon! while driving around in the mission car we past an advertisement for Posterity Pictures..... It was creepy to say the least. Marina, be safe with your car! lol. Thanks mom for keeping my blog and stuff up to date ^_^ One less thing to worry about worrying about is extremely helpful.
My address is... lets see if I remember...
1101 NW 39th Avenue Apt. F-50
Gainesville, FL 32609
Yeah! If you send any extremely large packages... like, 2feetx2feet, send them to the mission office.
8663 Baypine Rd # 102
Jacksonville, FL 32256-7530
Just be mindful that food sent to the mission office may not last long enough for me to get it. The new mission president changed things so we now have Zone conferences every 3 months. so Every 3 months I'll get whatever mail sent to the mission office that's in my name.
Times going by pretty quick already. When I do the math it does make it seem like a short time I'm here. Kind of scary, but hope giving at the same time. lol. I'm learning so much. I love it. My companions name is Elder Taylor, and he's from Taylorsville, Utah. And I'm Taylor Rhodes from Rhome, Texas. =P I thought it was funny. Makes it very confusing sometimes though. A lot of missionaries only say elders last names like "Smith!" instead of "Elder Smith!" So every time people yell Taylor I get all confused why people I don't know are yelling at me.
I'm doing my best to learn so i can teach others and help them realize that this gospel will bring happiness and order to their lives. It's really hard when people don't have cars though. So far the only people willing to Really listen, don't have cars. I think they're humbled because they're stuck at home all day every day. which isn't bad, but if we get them to come to church members will be driving them every single Sunday until they can get a car a job and money to support themselves... This is gonna be a hard mission. Not to mention we have No one to teach and don't know anyone. My companion and I were white-washed into the area, and the elders that were here previously didn't do a good job keeping track of those they taught. And they were dumb, to be honest. I've torn apart and thrown away quite a few records of doors they tracked and the persons response was "I'm no interested"... Why make a Teaching record if you didn't teach and they didn't listen?! It's crazy. I am glad I have a car though.. The companionship sharing the apartment with us are on bikes, and 4 sister missionaries were transferred to the University of Florida Campus, and don't have bikes Or a car. They aren't very happy right now... and when the sisters aren't happy, no one seems to be happy. lol. maybe that's why sisters only serve 18 months.......
Went shopping today! Forgot my mission debit card... My comp was nice enough to pay for me though. next week I just have to buy his stuff.. :P Being here I've notice I have a drawl. or h/e you spell it. an Accent. Which is more prominent when I'm talking to someone else with an accent. lol.
And one thing will never change about me(companionship wise), i dislike people who think they know everything who are intent on teaching me what I'm doing wrong according to their standard, and me being extremely sarcastic and in opposition to what they're saying as if I think there's nothing wrong with it.... when I type it out like that is sounds bad... kinda like that, but not. This elder in our apartment keeps trying to correct my grammar when I purposely talk with a southern drawl. And it the laundry room there's a sign on the wall that says "If it don't belong to you, Don't take it", and he was upset that they put Don't Belong instead of Doesn't Belong. I was very enthusiastic that it Was spelled correctly and he had it wrong... lol. just dumb little things like that. that don't matter about Anything important, but he feels like he was to point every single one of them out.
well I'm sure they're all ready to leave the library. I'm not actually sure where they are... i should go look. lol. Bye love you!
Your Missionary,
Elder Rhodes
I hope everyone is doing ok. Dran I hope so see some awesome fatty pictures of you soon! while driving around in the mission car we past an advertisement for Posterity Pictures..... It was creepy to say the least. Marina, be safe with your car! lol. Thanks mom for keeping my blog and stuff up to date ^_^ One less thing to worry about worrying about is extremely helpful.
My address is... lets see if I remember...
1101 NW 39th Avenue Apt. F-50
Gainesville, FL 32609
Yeah! If you send any extremely large packages... like, 2feetx2feet, send them to the mission office.
8663 Baypine Rd # 102
Jacksonville, FL 32256-7530
Just be mindful that food sent to the mission office may not last long enough for me to get it. The new mission president changed things so we now have Zone conferences every 3 months. so Every 3 months I'll get whatever mail sent to the mission office that's in my name.
Times going by pretty quick already. When I do the math it does make it seem like a short time I'm here. Kind of scary, but hope giving at the same time. lol. I'm learning so much. I love it. My companions name is Elder Taylor, and he's from Taylorsville, Utah. And I'm Taylor Rhodes from Rhome, Texas. =P I thought it was funny. Makes it very confusing sometimes though. A lot of missionaries only say elders last names like "Smith!" instead of "Elder Smith!" So every time people yell Taylor I get all confused why people I don't know are yelling at me.
I'm doing my best to learn so i can teach others and help them realize that this gospel will bring happiness and order to their lives. It's really hard when people don't have cars though. So far the only people willing to Really listen, don't have cars. I think they're humbled because they're stuck at home all day every day. which isn't bad, but if we get them to come to church members will be driving them every single Sunday until they can get a car a job and money to support themselves... This is gonna be a hard mission. Not to mention we have No one to teach and don't know anyone. My companion and I were white-washed into the area, and the elders that were here previously didn't do a good job keeping track of those they taught. And they were dumb, to be honest. I've torn apart and thrown away quite a few records of doors they tracked and the persons response was "I'm no interested"... Why make a Teaching record if you didn't teach and they didn't listen?! It's crazy. I am glad I have a car though.. The companionship sharing the apartment with us are on bikes, and 4 sister missionaries were transferred to the University of Florida Campus, and don't have bikes Or a car. They aren't very happy right now... and when the sisters aren't happy, no one seems to be happy. lol. maybe that's why sisters only serve 18 months.......
Went shopping today! Forgot my mission debit card... My comp was nice enough to pay for me though. next week I just have to buy his stuff.. :P Being here I've notice I have a drawl. or h/e you spell it. an Accent. Which is more prominent when I'm talking to someone else with an accent. lol.
And one thing will never change about me(companionship wise), i dislike people who think they know everything who are intent on teaching me what I'm doing wrong according to their standard, and me being extremely sarcastic and in opposition to what they're saying as if I think there's nothing wrong with it.... when I type it out like that is sounds bad... kinda like that, but not. This elder in our apartment keeps trying to correct my grammar when I purposely talk with a southern drawl. And it the laundry room there's a sign on the wall that says "If it don't belong to you, Don't take it", and he was upset that they put Don't Belong instead of Doesn't Belong. I was very enthusiastic that it Was spelled correctly and he had it wrong... lol. just dumb little things like that. that don't matter about Anything important, but he feels like he was to point every single one of them out.
well I'm sure they're all ready to leave the library. I'm not actually sure where they are... i should go look. lol. Bye love you!
Your Missionary,
Elder Rhodes
Friday, September 17, 2010
Pig Fact 7
OLD YORKSHIRE
An original English pig of the Large variety, closely related to pigs from Lancashire and Linconlnshire - colouring was variable, but basically white - it was in fact the forerunner of the Large White. In 1858, the winning boar at Chester weighed in at 1,148 lbs. The Old Yorkshire was used almost exclusively for bacon.
"No man should be allowed to be President, who does not understand hogs." ~Harrt Truman
An original English pig of the Large variety, closely related to pigs from Lancashire and Linconlnshire - colouring was variable, but basically white - it was in fact the forerunner of the Large White. In 1858, the winning boar at Chester weighed in at 1,148 lbs. The Old Yorkshire was used almost exclusively for bacon.
"No man should be allowed to be President, who does not understand hogs." ~Harrt Truman
Monday, September 13, 2010
Pig Fact 6
OLD CHESHIRE
Acknowledged by most authorities to be the largest pig breed, the Cheshire could weigh in at around 1,000 obs when two years old, and in 1740 one was recorded at 1,605 lbs. they were originally bred in Cheshire, and belonged to the 'Old English' late-maturing type of animal, used almost exclusively for bacon production. The meat from such pigs would have had a very high fat content, 'fat bacon' being a much sought-after commodity in former times. The Old Cheshire was clearly declining in numbers by the end of the nineteenth century, and it is now sadly extinct.
"Whose three hogs are these,
Whose three hogs are these:
They are John Cooke's, I know
them by their looks
I found them in the pease
Go pound them, go pound them,
I dare not for my life,
No, for thou know'st John Cooke
very well,
But better thou know'st his wife
~Traditional
Acknowledged by most authorities to be the largest pig breed, the Cheshire could weigh in at around 1,000 obs when two years old, and in 1740 one was recorded at 1,605 lbs. they were originally bred in Cheshire, and belonged to the 'Old English' late-maturing type of animal, used almost exclusively for bacon production. The meat from such pigs would have had a very high fat content, 'fat bacon' being a much sought-after commodity in former times. The Old Cheshire was clearly declining in numbers by the end of the nineteenth century, and it is now sadly extinct.
"Whose three hogs are these,
Whose three hogs are these:
They are John Cooke's, I know
them by their looks
I found them in the pease
Go pound them, go pound them,
I dare not for my life,
No, for thou know'st John Cooke
very well,
But better thou know'st his wife
~Traditional
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Pig Fact 5
DORSET BLACK
Both the Dorset Black and later the Imporved Dorset, were bred by Fredrick and John Coates, from Sturminster Newton in Dorset, in the nineteenth century. These small breeds were prone to become over-fat, and the Black Dorset was described as 'roly-poly', and was said to be so obese that it could scarcely walk-- young pigs sometimes suffocated through over feeding. When the taste for leaner pork began to make itself felt these breeds quickly died out.
"To market, to market,
To buy a fat pig
Home again, home again,
Jiggety jig!
To market, to market,
To buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again,
Jiggety jog!
Both the Dorset Black and later the Imporved Dorset, were bred by Fredrick and John Coates, from Sturminster Newton in Dorset, in the nineteenth century. These small breeds were prone to become over-fat, and the Black Dorset was described as 'roly-poly', and was said to be so obese that it could scarcely walk-- young pigs sometimes suffocated through over feeding. When the taste for leaner pork began to make itself felt these breeds quickly died out.
"To market, to market,
To buy a fat pig
Home again, home again,
Jiggety jig!
To market, to market,
To buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again,
Jiggety jog!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Pig Fact 4
BAKEWELL'S PIG
Named after Robert Bakewell, who became famous for his experiments in pig breeding, this is one of the earliest recorded attempts to produce an 'improved' pig. Bakewell crossed the dark chestnut with a rusty red, then brought in a celebrated black boar, to sire a pig of mixed colouring. This pig may have been the source of the old-fashioned 'plum pudding' type once common in Leicestershire.
The Bakewell was described by John M. Wilson, as having 'its belly nearly touching the ground and its eyes and snout looking as if they were almost absorbed into the body.'
"The pig has about him a natural, pleasant, bail-fellow well-met air, devoid of servility or insolence, which endears him to the English sensibility." ~W.H. Hudson, naturalist
Named after Robert Bakewell, who became famous for his experiments in pig breeding, this is one of the earliest recorded attempts to produce an 'improved' pig. Bakewell crossed the dark chestnut with a rusty red, then brought in a celebrated black boar, to sire a pig of mixed colouring. This pig may have been the source of the old-fashioned 'plum pudding' type once common in Leicestershire.
The Bakewell was described by John M. Wilson, as having 'its belly nearly touching the ground and its eyes and snout looking as if they were almost absorbed into the body.'
"The pig has about him a natural, pleasant, bail-fellow well-met air, devoid of servility or insolence, which endears him to the English sensibility." ~W.H. Hudson, naturalist
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Pig Fact 3
THE MIDDLE WHITE
This pig has a very Oriental look about him and arose from the Yorkshire variety, along with the Large and Small White. Pigs of this type were first exhibited by Joseph Tuley, in 1852. In the 1930's three Middle Whites were exported to Japan, where more than 3,000 of their progeny were registered, and a memorial erected to them. The Emperor declared that he would never eat any other pork than the Middle White.
The breed enjoyed a long period of popularity up until the middle of the twentieth century, but is now quite rare.
"The pig if I am not mistaken
Supplies us sausage, ham and bacon
Let others say his heart is big
I call it stupid of the pig."
~Odgen Nash
This pig has a very Oriental look about him and arose from the Yorkshire variety, along with the Large and Small White. Pigs of this type were first exhibited by Joseph Tuley, in 1852. In the 1930's three Middle Whites were exported to Japan, where more than 3,000 of their progeny were registered, and a memorial erected to them. The Emperor declared that he would never eat any other pork than the Middle White.
The breed enjoyed a long period of popularity up until the middle of the twentieth century, but is now quite rare.
"The pig if I am not mistaken
Supplies us sausage, ham and bacon
Let others say his heart is big
I call it stupid of the pig."
~Odgen Nash
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Pig Fact 2
CLOUCESTER OLD SPOT
Very popular with the farmers and smallholders from the Vale of Berkeley, in Gloucestershire, these spotted pigs were kept in paddocks and orchards, and sometimes referred to as 'the Orchard Pig'. Officially knows as Gloucester Old Spots, This pig has had a short history, the breed society first being formed in 1914. In recent times it has been fashionable to breed these pigs with just one or two spots and it should nowadays have lop ears.
"Man is more nearly like the pig, then the pig would like to admit." ~Anonymous
Very popular with the farmers and smallholders from the Vale of Berkeley, in Gloucestershire, these spotted pigs were kept in paddocks and orchards, and sometimes referred to as 'the Orchard Pig'. Officially knows as Gloucester Old Spots, This pig has had a short history, the breed society first being formed in 1914. In recent times it has been fashionable to breed these pigs with just one or two spots and it should nowadays have lop ears.
"Man is more nearly like the pig, then the pig would like to admit." ~Anonymous
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Pig Fact 1
THE CUMBERLAND:
The Cumberland, a lop-eared, coarse-boned pig, slow to mature like the Old English variety, finally died out in the 1960's although it had become very scarce early in the century. It was almost always a white pig, but as always there were other regional varieties. This very fat, heavy-shouldered pig had been greatly valued for the excellence of its hams, bacon and sausages - many recipes for these popular products still bear the Cumberland name today.
"The sight of pigs with their noses in the trough does a man more good than any Methodist sermon." ~Augustus Whiffle
(THE OLD PIG, A WITTY AND TRADITIONAL VIEW, Martin Wiscombe)
The Cumberland, a lop-eared, coarse-boned pig, slow to mature like the Old English variety, finally died out in the 1960's although it had become very scarce early in the century. It was almost always a white pig, but as always there were other regional varieties. This very fat, heavy-shouldered pig had been greatly valued for the excellence of its hams, bacon and sausages - many recipes for these popular products still bear the Cumberland name today.
"The sight of pigs with their noses in the trough does a man more good than any Methodist sermon." ~Augustus Whiffle
(THE OLD PIG, A WITTY AND TRADITIONAL VIEW, Martin Wiscombe)
Friday, September 3, 2010
more news
We each received letters from Elder Rhodes today. Marina actually got TWO!!! He is doing well and is very anxious to be in Florida. He was discouraged by other missionaries telling naughty jokes and not being serious about what they were there for. He is determined to be a good example of the gospel regardless of whether he gets any baptisms.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
First day in the MTC
First day in the MTC and I've survived! Great so far. I want to be in Florida already, but I know my 3 weeks here will prepare me for what is to come in the next 2 years. My first companion, Elder Tenney, is pretty cool. He's from Gilford, Arizona. He likes to say "bullseye" a lot. I've seen Brock already. Now I call him Elder Uso, because we were told to only say Elder instead of dude, man, and bro.
My first dinner meal wasn't bad at all. Elder Tenney refused to eat the potatoes because he's worried about getting fat. I also saw Elder Key! Spencer Key! It was awesome, I forgot he was here.
My first dinner meal wasn't bad at all. Elder Tenney refused to eat the potatoes because he's worried about getting fat. I also saw Elder Key! Spencer Key! It was awesome, I forgot he was here.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Chillin in Idaho
So I'm up here in Idaho, chillin' with the fam. It's kinda nice to get away and relax a little. I miss my Texas though. Nothin' beats home. I just can't wait to go on my mission either! I wish I were there right now. The most I have to do before I got is write down a few basic guidelines for my family to keep the computers running while I'm gone :P it shouldn't be that hard... Mostly I'll need them to keep my blog updated for me, sent me my messages from people on facebook, poke people for me (>:D) and put my pictures i send up onto facebook. Simple enough I think. The hardest part will be getting someone to keep my website account active. Which isn't hard either, but it's easy to forget about. It would be nice to keep my website up while I'm gone, so all my projects are right here when I get back. Of course I will be making a backup of all my files, in the event that everything is somehow lost, destroyed or deleted. I truly think I will buy an external hard drive to fit all my files, then lock it up with the rest of my stuff in storage. :D
It'll be so cool to build a computer when I get back! Technology has been booming so fast just the past few years that I've been paying extremely close attention. Stuff will be so advanced when I get back! It gives me chills. Then I just have to make due with saving up 1.5k for a nice system, then continue to save at least 10k for the true system I want! I can upgrade piece by piece from there as things get better. Much cheaper to do it that way ^_^
I'm looking forward to having my own house one day too. I can only imagine the awesome things I can cram inside one! And in 2 years there's going to (A)Be better bigger and cooler things, and (B)The stuff I want today, will be much cheaper when I get home. Then I will mostly have to work on power saving features and technology to keep my house less expensive, and protective measures to keep people from stealing my stuff(I'm totally plotting to put metal drop down gates in every door and window way in the case the burglary alarm goes off. I will of course design my own safety systems in the even there's a fire or something.). And I REALLY wanna get bullet proof glass on all my cars, then give them the capability to be remotely shut off. maybe even driven, so I can pull them to the side of the road first. OH!, or drive them straight to a police depot! hahaha!
Ok i better go to bed now. It's WAY late, even here in Idaho, and I have to go for a jog in the morning ^_^
It'll be so cool to build a computer when I get back! Technology has been booming so fast just the past few years that I've been paying extremely close attention. Stuff will be so advanced when I get back! It gives me chills. Then I just have to make due with saving up 1.5k for a nice system, then continue to save at least 10k for the true system I want! I can upgrade piece by piece from there as things get better. Much cheaper to do it that way ^_^
I'm looking forward to having my own house one day too. I can only imagine the awesome things I can cram inside one! And in 2 years there's going to (A)Be better bigger and cooler things, and (B)The stuff I want today, will be much cheaper when I get home. Then I will mostly have to work on power saving features and technology to keep my house less expensive, and protective measures to keep people from stealing my stuff(I'm totally plotting to put metal drop down gates in every door and window way in the case the burglary alarm goes off. I will of course design my own safety systems in the even there's a fire or something.). And I REALLY wanna get bullet proof glass on all my cars, then give them the capability to be remotely shut off. maybe even driven, so I can pull them to the side of the road first. OH!, or drive them straight to a police depot! hahaha!
Ok i better go to bed now. It's WAY late, even here in Idaho, and I have to go for a jog in the morning ^_^
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Get my butt in gear
I don't have much longer, then I'll be going on my mission. I hope I can talk my sister into working on my site for me, just enough so I can keep my free host =X
Been working on a clan site lately. Not so much here. there are a few glitches here and there I know I do need to clean up. Pretty much only with the design though. But that goes for both this site and my clan site.
Boy Scout High Adventure tomorrow! I'm Excited!!!
Been working on a clan site lately. Not so much here. there are a few glitches here and there I know I do need to clean up. Pretty much only with the design though. But that goes for both this site and my clan site.
Boy Scout High Adventure tomorrow! I'm Excited!!!
Monday, March 1, 2010
So far so good!
Got a fancy little frame working pretty well inside my site. This will do just fine. As long as blogger doesn't get mad I disabled their blogger bar on the real site, and posted it on my site instead.... If people are on my home site like they SHOULD be they'll get the blogger bar! Come on!
I've even got it linked properly. If you post a link from say... http://tay-frih-net.blogspot.com/2009/08/dota.php... It will still bring up My own website, but with the proper blog window in the frame. And if some stupid hacker is trying to pull other site's, they'll get an error. My frame will only pull from MY blog. Not even other blogs. Huzzah!
I've even got it linked properly. If you post a link from say... http://tay-frih-net.blogspot.com/2009/08/dota.php... It will still bring up My own website, but with the proper blog window in the frame. And if some stupid hacker is trying to pull other site's, they'll get an error. My frame will only pull from MY blog. Not even other blogs. Huzzah!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Alright
Ok so this isn't so bad...
I'm working on getting my sites layout to apply to blogspot. So even though you aren't on my site, it will look like you are! MUA HA HA! Ok so that's not very evil. It still bugs me that bloggers FTP service is going down. It was extremely Useful
I'm working on getting my sites layout to apply to blogspot. So even though you aren't on my site, it will look like you are! MUA HA HA! Ok so that's not very evil. It still bugs me that bloggers FTP service is going down. It was extremely Useful
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Oh no! This isn't good!
Oh no! Google is stopping their support for FTP blogger!! This means I can't keep my blog directly on my website :( Now I have to find another way to get it here.. I think I already know how. I will work on it over the next couple of weeks. Until then, This blog shall be considered broken :(
Stinker! Blogger FTP was making my blog so much easier! It's the whole reason I even signed up for blogger in the first place! Now I'm being cut off D:
Stinker! Blogger FTP was making my blog so much easier! It's the whole reason I even signed up for blogger in the first place! Now I'm being cut off D:
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