200 TO 100 BC

This 86th post is an outline of information about the period from 200 to 100 BC.

These Outlines of History are just that: Outlines. They contain links to additional information. Each one is a work in progress and none is as complete or as well organized as I would have liked. I hope you enjoy them anyway.

"The Book of Mormon contains the fulness of the gospel. It teaches of the Atonement of the Lord. Without the Book of Mormon, we would know very little about the Atonement. Because of our understanding of the Atonement, the Book of Mormon helps us to repent, to make and keep sacred covenants, and to merit the ordinances of salvation and exaltation. The Book of Mormon leads us to the temple and to qualify for eternal life" (Russell M. Nelson, New Mission Presidents Seminar, June 2012).

CHIASMS IN EZEKIEL I

This 85th Post accompanies Gospel Doctrine lesson #43, The Shepherds of Israel.

This lesson includes material from Ezekiel 18, Ezekiel 34, and Ezekiel 37.

See my collection of Chiasms in Ezekiel. This collection is used for Posts 85 and 87.

"[T]he Book of Mormon is central to this work. It declares the doctrine of the gathering. It causes people to learn about Jesus Christ, to believe His gospel, and to join His Church. In fact, if there were no Book of Mormon, the promised gathering of Israel would not occur" (Russell M. Nelson, Conference Report, Oct. 2006, 84; or Ensign, Nov. 2006, 80).

300 TO 200 BC

This 84th post is an outline of information about the period from 300 to 200 BC.

These Outlines of History are just that: Outlines. They contain links to additional information. Each one is a work in progress and none is as complete or as well organized as I would have liked. I hope you enjoy them anyway.

"We need to feel deep in 'the inmost part' of our hearts, that the Book of Mormon is unequivocally the word of God. We must feel it so deeply that we would never want to live even one day without it." Russell M. Nelson.

CHIASMS IN JEREMIAH II

This 83rd Post accompanies Gospel Doctrine lesson 42, "I Will Write it in Their Hearts".

This lesson includes material from Jeremiah 16, Jeremiah 23, Jeremiah 29, and Jeremiah 31. Also see the Additional Reading section of the lesson.

See my collection of Chiasms in Jeremiah. This collection is used for Posts 81 and 83.

"The Bible often initiates and helps to sustain faith in Jesus, but the Book of Mormon is the convincer and the clarifier" (Neal A. Maxwell, BYU Devotional, November 1977).

400 TO 300 BC

This 82nd post is an outline of information about the period from 400 to 300 BC.

These Outlines of History are just that: Outlines. They contain links to additional information. Each one is a work in progress and none is as complete or as well organized as I would have liked. I hope you enjoy them anyway.

"The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants testify of each other. You cannot believe one and not the other. . . . "The Doctrine and Covenants is the binding link between the Book of Mormon and the continuing work of the Restoration through the Prophet Joseph Smith and his successors. . . . "The Book of Mormon brings men to Christ. The Doctrine and Covenants brings men to Christ’s kingdom, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 'the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth' [D&C 1:30]. I know that. "The Book of Mormon is the 'keystone' of our religion, and the Doctrine and Covenants is the capstone, with continuing latter-day revelation. The Lord has placed His stamp of approval on both the keystone and the capstone" (Ezra Taft Benson, "The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants,” Ensign, May 1987, 83).

CHIASMS IN JEREMIAH I & LAMENTATIONS

This 81st Post accompanies Gospel Doctrine lesson 41, "I Have Made Thee This Day ... an Iron Pillar".

This lesson includes material from Jeremiah 1-2, Jeremiah 15, Jeremiah 20, Jeremiah 26, and Jeremiah 36-38.

See my collection of Chiasms in Jeremiah. This collection is used for Posts 81 and 83.

Lamentations is not covered in a Gospel Doctrine lesson, but is traditionally attributed to Jeremiah, although experts today doubt he wrote the book. See my collection of Chiasms in Lamentations.

"It is not just that the Book of Mormon teaches us truth, though it indeed does that. It is not just that the Book of Mormon bears testimony of Christ, though it indeed does that, too. But there is something more. There is a power in the book which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the strait and narrow path . . . and nowhere is that more true than it is of the Book of Mormon. When you begin to hunger and thirst after those words, you will find life in greater and greater abundance" (Ezra Taft Benson, October 1986 General Conference).

500 TO 400 BC

This 80th post is an outline of information about the period from 500 to 400 BC.

These Outlines of History are just that: Outlines. They contain links to additional information. Each one is a work in progress and none is as complete or as well organized as I would have liked. I hope you enjoy them anyway.

"Neither the Bible nor the Book of Mormon in and of themselves is sufficient. Both are necessary for us to teach and learn about the full and complete doctrine of Christ. The need for the other does not diminish either one of them. Both the Bible and the Book of Mormon are necessary for our salvation and exaltation. As President Ezra Taft Benson so powerfully taught, 'When used together, the Bible and the Book of Mormon confound false doctrines'"(L. Tom Perry, "The Power of Deliverance", General Conference, Apr. 2012).

CHIASMS IN ISAIAH V

This 79th Post accompanies Gospel Doctrine lesson 40, "Enlarge the Place of Thy Tent".

This lesson includes material from Isaiah 54-56, and Isaiah 63-65.

See my collection of Chiasms in Isaiah. This collection is used for Posts 70, 73, 75, 77, and 79.

I've gone back through the Book of Mormon from the beginning all the way to the end of Mosiah, updating all the "prepositional phrases". See the revised version of References to Christ in the Book of Mormon. I've already processed the first seventeen chapters of Alma. I'm ten days ahead of schedule. This has been a very interesting experience. I recommend it for YOU!