Seven of Everything

This blog post has a compilation of all verses of scripture using the words shine and shone. It does not go further into related words such as light, bright, fire, radiance, or glory, which could all give further insight into the topic. I divided the verses into related categories and some verses fit into more than one. I will summarize a couple of these. The different areas are: Men shining with glory here on earth, Men shining with glory in the future, Men commanded to shine forth, God's glory shining from Him, His angels, or from heaven, Objects in nature shining. Men Shining with Glory Here on Earth The prophet Moses was the first man on record to shine like God. His face was so bright that he had to put on a veil to protect the children of Israel from his brightness. He received or absorbed that brightness and glory from God while he stood in His presence and then that light emanated from his face for some time afterwards. Later, we had the prophet Abinadi, when the spirit of ...

As some of you may know, the Parable of the Good Samaritan is also an allegory and gives details of the God's plan of salvation. If you want to read more about the details behind it, there were two great articles written at the following links ( Simplified , Complete PDF ). I highly recommend reading them. This, however, is not what I am focusing on here. It appears to me that there is a structure of seven in this allegory and I intend to outline it here. It was not obvious but I think that the structure that I did find is fitting. Before I go into the structure, I do want to point out that there were two questions asked by the lawyer. The first is answered by the allegory and the second is answered by the parable. After telling the story, Jesus has the lawyer answer the second question and then he answers the first. And who is my neighbour? (Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?) He that shewed mercy on him. Master, what...

I've heard the phrase, Jesus did not need to be baptized. This simply isn't true. If it had a qualifier, perhaps it could be true. But Nephi, in 2 Nephi 31:5, specifies that Jesus "should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness." Then he went on to show how He fulfilled all righteousness in doing so. In verse 7, "He showeth unto the children of men that, according to the flesh He humbleth himself before the Father, and witnesseth unto the Father that He would be obedient unto Him in keeping His commandments." What would have happened if Jesus hadn't been baptized because He was righteous, without sin, and didn't need to repent? He would have broken the commandment of God to be baptized in order to be saved and return to live with God. By breaking that commandment, He would no longer have been righteous and would have had need to repent and be baptized, not just to obey the commandment, but also to be cleansed from sin; which...