Category Archives: 3 Nephi

  3 Nephi 12:1 – LeGrand Baker – Beatitudes, an Introduction There are few passages in the Bible that can be applied to more diverse human experiences than the Beatitudes, and consequently there are few scriptures more universally appreciated, or … Continue reading →

3 Nephi 12:2 — LeGrand Baker — The Beatitudes and the Temple The Beatitudes—as written in 3 Nephi—are among the most complete and succinct statements of the ideas—not the events, but the ideas—of the Feast of Tabernacles temple drama that … Continue reading →

3 Nephi 12:2-10 — LeGrand Baker — Beatitudes and King Benjamin This was written as a discussion of Mosiah 3:19 19    For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and … Continue reading →

3 Nephi 12:3 — LeGrand Baker — The ancient endowment in a single verse 3 Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (3 Nephi 12:3). We are making two … Continue reading →

3 Nephi 12 3, 5 — LeGrand Baker– Poor and Meek This was written as a comment about 2 Nephi 30:7-18, but it is equally relevant to those two verses in the Beatitudes: “Blessed are the poor is spirit,” and … Continue reading →