BOM
Jacob 6:10-11
10. And according to the power of justice, for justice cannot be denied, ye must go away into that lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable,and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever, which lake of fire is endless torment.
11. O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and enter in at the strait gate, and continue in the way which is narrow, until ye shall obtain eternal life.
Between B.C. 544 and 421
Phrases from John's Revelation, and sayings of Jesus.
Plagiarism, anachronism, fraud...
Rev 20
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 14
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever:
Now where did John borrow that from;
Isa 34
9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
It’s a lake of burning pitch and John shortened it down sum but he did plagiarize it.
Nephi and Jacob also had Isaiah.
Jacob 6:10-11
10. And according to the power of justice, for justice cannot be denied, ye must go away into that lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever, which lake of fire is endless torment.
11. O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and enter in at the strait gate, and continue in the way which is narrow, until ye shall obtain eternal life.
Yeah Joseph translated "lake of fire" because that is what he was most familiar with but he more closely followed Isiah than Paul did.
*“…, and enter in at the strait gate…”
‘The strait gate’ has an actual physical meaning, it’s the East Gate.
“…it is the gate that gives the most direct access to the temple mount—if a person could pass through the arches of the Eastern Gate, he would be very close to where the Jewish temple used to stand.” However "Ezekiel specifically says the gate he saw is “the outer gate of the sanctuary” (
Ezekiel 44:1); that is, it’s a gate of the temple court, not a gate of the city."
The Temple represents heaven and of course Eternal Life found there.
The usage of ‘East’ goes clear back to Gen 2 “And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden” and again in Gen 3 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Eze 43
1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
It is the East Gate is the one the Lord will suddenly come to his temple. It’s an idiom which Jesus and Jacob would have understood.
So if a prophet on either continent has the Holy Spirit prompt him to use the scripture they are each familiar with to convey the will of the Lord is that wrong? Should either of them teach another gospel or is God the same today and tomorrow?
