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John 3:13 — Jesus Explains that He is the Premortal Jehovah (Nicodemus part 4) — LeGrand Baker
In John’s encoded account of Jesus’s conversation with Nicodemus, we have a very brief but accurate description of a sode experience.{1} Jesus said, 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even … Continue reading
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John 3:8-12 — The Breath of Life (Nicodemus, part 3) — LeGrand Baker.
Hugh Nibley once said that a translation is really a commentary. The next verse in the Savior’s conversation with Nicodemus is a perfect example of that. As it is translated, it makes no more sense than Nicodemus’s question about how … Continue reading
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John 3:3-7 — “Born Again” as Ancient Israelite Coronation Rites (Nicodemus, part 2) — LeGrand Baker.
(This will make much more sense if you first read part one.) John’s report of the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus is very succinct and deeply encoded. The code is the ancient Israelite temple drama, so anyone who knows the … Continue reading
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John 2:23-25 & 3:1-4 — The Savior and Nicodemus becoming friends (part 1) — LeGrand Baker
I read the conversation between the Savior and Nicodemus as a very intimate, deeply encoded, intensely personal account of how Jesus and Nicodemus became close friends. {1} John treats this conversation as sacred. For that reason he gives us just … Continue reading
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John 1:29-37 & Moses 7:47 — ‘The Lamb is Slain from the Foundation of the World’ — LeGrand Baker
Sometimes the scriptures ask more questions than they answer. Enoch’s testimony of the Savior is one of those. 47 And behold, Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, even in the flesh; and his soul … Continue reading
John 1:29-51 — Calling of the Twelve Apostles — LeGrand Baker
John’s gospel is written after the same pattern as the plan of salvation, which was also the sequence of events portrayed in the ancient Israelite temple drama. The gospel begins by showing that Jesus is Jehovah, the Creator God who … Continue reading
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