Changes

From Nordan Symposia
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 119: Line 119:  
93:6.5 It was not long after the [[establishment]] of this [[covenant]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Isaac], the son of [[Abraham]], was born in [[accordance]] with the [[promise]] of [[Melchizedek]]. After the [[birth]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Isaac], Abraham took a very [[solemn]] [[attitude]] toward his [[covenant]] with [[Melchizedek]], going over to [[Salem]] to have it stated in [[writing]]. It was at this [[public]] and [[formal]] [[acceptance]] of the [[covenant]] that he changed his name from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram#Name Abram] to [[Abraham]].
 
93:6.5 It was not long after the [[establishment]] of this [[covenant]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Isaac], the son of [[Abraham]], was born in [[accordance]] with the [[promise]] of [[Melchizedek]]. After the [[birth]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Isaac], Abraham took a very [[solemn]] [[attitude]] toward his [[covenant]] with [[Melchizedek]], going over to [[Salem]] to have it stated in [[writing]]. It was at this [[public]] and [[formal]] [[acceptance]] of the [[covenant]] that he changed his name from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram#Name Abram] to [[Abraham]].
   −
93:6.6 Most of the [[Salem]] believers had [[practiced]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision circumcision], though it had never been made obligatory by [[Melchizedek]]. Now [[Abraham]] had always so opposed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision circumcision] that on this occasion he decided to solemnize the [[event]] by formally [[accepting]] this rite in token of the [[ratification]] of the [[Salem]] [[covenant]].
+
93:6.6 Most of the [[Salem]] believers had [[practiced]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision circumcision], though it had never been made obligatory by [[Melchizedek]]. Now [[Abraham]] had always so opposed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision circumcision] that on this occasion he decided to solemnize the [[event]] by formally [[accepting]] this rite in token of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratification ratification] of the [[Salem]] [[covenant]].
    
93:6.7 It was following this real and [[public]] [[surrender]] of his [[personal]] [[ambitions]] in behalf of the larger [[plans]] of [[Melchizedek]] that the [[three]] [[celestial]] [[beings]] appeared to him on the plains of [[Mamre]]. This was an [[appearance]] of [[fact]], notwithstanding its [[association]] with the subsequently fabricated [[narratives]] relating to the natural destruction of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah]. And these [[legends]] of the [[happenings]] of those days indicate how retarded were the [[morals]] and [[ethics]] of even so recent a [[time]].
 
93:6.7 It was following this real and [[public]] [[surrender]] of his [[personal]] [[ambitions]] in behalf of the larger [[plans]] of [[Melchizedek]] that the [[three]] [[celestial]] [[beings]] appeared to him on the plains of [[Mamre]]. This was an [[appearance]] of [[fact]], notwithstanding its [[association]] with the subsequently fabricated [[narratives]] relating to the natural destruction of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah]. And these [[legends]] of the [[happenings]] of those days indicate how retarded were the [[morals]] and [[ethics]] of even so recent a [[time]].

Navigation menu