Author Archives: LeGrand Baker

John 12:27-33, 3 Nephi 27:13-22 — to be ‘lifted up’ is about eternal covenants, resurrection, and exaltation — LeGrand Baker

Posted on May 20, 2016 by LeGrand Baker

As far as I can tell, to be “lifted up” is code that connotes being lifted above this world into a holier sphere. That is true of the Savior and also of us, and in that context the phrase is … Continue reading →

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John 12:20-26 — another law of the harvest — LeGrand Baker

Posted on May 8, 2016 by LeGrand Baker

The brief story John tells here seems disjointed and asks questions that on first reading it does not seem to answer. The questions are: Who were the Greeks and why did they come to the Jewish Passover? Why did they … Continue reading →

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John 12:12-15 — Jesus’s Triumphal Entry as an Acknowledgment of his Kingship — LeGrand Baker

Posted on April 25, 2016 by LeGrand Baker

Before he died, Jacob gave each of his 12 sons a patriarchal blessing. A description of Jesus’s kingship, his Triumphal Entry, his Atonement and second coming are all encoded in Judah’s blessing. 8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren … Continue reading →

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John 12:12-16 — The Ancient Israelite Temple Drama, precursor to the Savior’s Triumphal Procession — LeGrand Baker

Posted on April 18, 2016 by LeGrand Baker

It is probable that the Savior’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem expressed a ethnic memory of the ancient Israelite Feast of Tabernacles temple drama. Those temple rites had not been practice by the Jews since before the destruction of Solomon’s Temple … Continue reading →

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John 11:45-48 — ‘the Romans shall come and take away both our place [wealth] and nation’ — LeGrand Baker

Posted on April 10, 2016 by LeGrand Baker

Hidden not very deeply under those words is the avaricious rational behind the Jewish leaders’ determination that Jesus must die — the enormous wealth of the Temple along with their own cultural and political power. 45 Then many of the … Continue reading →

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John 11:1-5 & John 12:1-11, et al — The Women in the New Testament whom Jesus Knew and Loved — LeGrand Baker

Posted on April 3, 2016 by LeGrand Baker

John the Beloved payed special attention to the story of Lazarus and his two sisters Martha and Mary, telling us “Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus (John 11:1-5).” While these are the only women about whom we are … Continue reading →

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