inquiringmind Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 I know it's LDS doctrine that David lost his exaltation, but what do we know about Solomon?The Old Testament says that he went into idolatry after God appeared to him three times, but he appears to have written the book of Ecclesiastes in his old age.Do we know if he repented?Did he lose his exaltation?Was he a sop?And what about Jonah?God told him to go to Nineveh and preach, but he ran the other way because he didn't like the Assyrians, and was afraid they'd repent (and then was angry that their city wasn't destroyed.)Was he lost?Does latter day revelation shed any light on these questions?And did all these Old Testament prophets have an understanding of the Gospel?Were they baptized, and did they know that Christ was coming in the flesh to atone for human sin?
Maidservant Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 Well, the line of thinking goes that David lost his exaltation because he murdered for gain.I would like to think that this is another one of those legendary doctrine thing-ys that is just not necessary any more. Not that people who murder don't have a serious problem with their progression that may or may not interfere with receiving their full potential. But we do have also stories like Nephi, Abraham, the Lamanites who were murderers before baptism. Not that there is any way to excuse what David chose to do, but I just wonder if we have to perpetuate this idea as doctrine.
Maidservant Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 Was Jonah a historical figure? Or was that record a fiction to teach on the gospel and on the atonement? Curious myself.
inquiringmind Posted October 16, 2011 Author Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) Was Jonah a historical figure? Or was that record a fiction to teach on the gospel and on the atonement? Curious myself.The book of Jonah is ascribed to "Jonah, the son of Amittai," whose mentioned as a historical character in 2 Kings 14:23-25.In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. Edited October 16, 2011 by inquiringmind
orion88 Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 I know it's LDS doctrine that David lost his exaltation...What about Saul (who became the Apostle Paul)?
David T Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 The book of Jonah is ascribed to "Jonah, the son of Amittai," whose mentioned as a historical character in 2 Kings 14:23-25.In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. There's a popular story in a lot of Children's History books about George Washington not lying about a Cherry Tree he chopped down. The story has been shown to be most likely not at all representative of an actual historical event. That doesn't mean that George Washington was a fictional character. But claiming that Washington was a real individual doesn't mean the Cherry Tree story has to be true, either.
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