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The name “Land Bountiful” is assigned in the English of the Stick of Joseph, to two different places, one in the Old World, and later, to one in the New World. One important evidence that the Stick of Joseph is an authentic ancient Jewish document, is the fact that the name “Land Bountiful” so clearly…

One of the many geographic references in the Stick of Joseph is to a certain “narrow strip of wilderness”: And it came to pass that the king sent a proclamation throughout all the land, amongst all his people who were in all his land, who were in all the regions round about, which was bordering…

In my previous blogs, I have shown that Joseph Smith translated the Stick of Joseph through the gift of the interpretation of languages, and that this involved Smith knowing the range of meanings of the words and phrases of the original Hebrew, but not necessarily knowing what was in the minds of the original authors. …

In speaking to the Nephites Yeshua said: Behold, I am he that gave the law, and I am he who covenanted with my people Israel; therefore, the law in me is fulfilled, for I have come to fulfil the law; therefore it hath an end. (3Nephi 15:5 (7:6 RLDS) 7:2 Stick of Joseph) Messianic Jewish…

In my previous blogs I have shown that Joseph Smith translated the Stick of Joseph through the gift of the interpretation of languages, and that this involved Smith knowing the range of meanings of the words and phrases of the original Hebrew, but not necessarily knowing what was in the minds of the original authors. …

In the Book of Abraham we read concerning Abraham’s “fathers” and his “father’s house” and his “kinsman” who had “turned their hearts away from [YHWH], to worship the god of Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash,…” 5 My fathers, having turned from their righteousness, and…

In a previous article I demonstrated that the Stick of Joseph was originally written in a Hebrew dialect using a reformed Egyptian system of writing.  Joseph Smith translated the Stick of Joseph through the “gift and power of God”.  This appears to have been a manifestation of the gift of the interpretation of tongues (1Cor.…

In the Book of Ezekiel we read one of the clearest and most profound prophecies of the reunion of the two houses of Israrel: 15 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of…

In a recent blog I wrote about the two olive trees , and that through their common Jewish roots the Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph would grow together. Today I want to talk about the Great Whore of Babylon, and how she was born from the rejection of Jewish Roots. In the…

The primary purpose of the Stick of Joseph is to make known the Covenants. This is evident from the Title Page (which was actually part of the Gold Plates) where we read: Which is to show unto the remnant of the House of Isra’el how great things YHWH has done for their fathers; And that…