Behold the Lamb of God

Jeffrey R. Holland April 2019 Saturday Afternoon Session

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  1. John 1:29

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    Looking up from water’s edge, past the eager crowds seeking baptism at his hand, John, called the Baptist, saw in the distance his cousin, Jesus of Nazareth, striding resolutely toward him to make a request for that same ordinance.

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  2. 2 Nephi 9:8

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    After expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve faced a devastating future.

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  3. Moses 5:5

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    After expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve faced a devastating future.

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  4. Exodus 12:3

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    After expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve faced a devastating future.

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  5. Moses 5:7

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    Later an angel came to explain that this sacrifice was a type, a prefiguration of the offering that would be made in their behalf by the Savior of the world who was to come.

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  6. Moses 5:9

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    Later an angel came to explain that this sacrifice was a type, a prefiguration of the offering that would be made in their behalf by the Savior of the world who was to come.

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  7. Revelation 13:8

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    In the premortal councils of heaven, God had promised Adam and Eve (and all the rest of us) that help would come from His pure, unblemished Firstborn Son, the Lamb of God “slain from the foundation of the world,” as the Apostle John would later describe Him.

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  8. 3 Nephi 9:19

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    “… Therefore repent, … and be saved.”

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  9. Doctrine and Covenants 59:9

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    My beloved brothers and sisters, with the exciting new emphasis on increased gospel learning in the home, it is crucial for us to remember that we are still commanded to “go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day.” In addition to making time for more home-centered gospel instruction, our modified Sunday service is also to reduce the complexity of the meeting schedule in a way that properly emphasizes the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper as the sacred, acknowledged f...

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  10. Moroni 4:3

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    When the sacred hour comes to present our sacrificial gift to the Lord, we do have our own sins and shortcomings to resolve; that’s why we’re there.

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  11. Moroni 5:2

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    When the sacred hour comes to present our sacrificial gift to the Lord, we do have our own sins and shortcomings to resolve; that’s why we’re there.

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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 5: Earthly Advent of the Christ Predicted

    2 shared verses

    • John 1:29

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
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      John the Baptist, whose ministry immediately preceded that of the Christ, proclaimed the coming of One mightier than himself, One who should baptize with the Holy Ghost, and specifically identified Jesus of Nazareth as that One, the Son of God, the Lamb who should assume the burden of the world’s sins.h

    • Moses 5:5

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (2)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Moses 5:5)

      The difficulty vanishes, and the “historical question” as to the origin of sacrifice is definitely solved by the revelations of God in the current dispensation, whereby parts of the record of Moses—not contained in the Bible—have been restored to human knowledge.

  2. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 11: From Judea to Galilee

    1 shared verse

    • John 1:29

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (1)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (f)

      John’s testimony, that Jesus was the Redeemer of the world, was declared as boldly as had been his message of the imminent coming of the Lord.

  3. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 26: Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea

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  4. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 6: The Meridian of Time

    1 shared verse

    • Exodus 12:3

      In this talk:
      Open paragraph (2)
      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (f)

      The occasion of the Savior’s advent was preappointed; and the time thereof was specifically revealed through authorized prophets on each of the hemispheres.

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