The Book of the Lamb of God

[CV75]

I was reading 1 Nephi 13 today, and was wondering if anyone has thoughts on what “the book of the Lamb of God” was. This “book” (verse 24) contained “the fullness of the gospel of the Lord” including covenants and prophecies (verse 23) and “proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew” before many plain and precious parts and many covenants were taken away from it (verse 28). It eventually became incorporated into a larger work also referred to as “the book of the Lamb of God”, and which is commonly identified as being the Holy Bible (verses 20 and 38). Prior to that, John had apparently added a prophecy to it (14:19-27).

Does anyone have any ideas about the identity of the “Jew” that created the original book (was it the mortal prophet Jesus?), or is “a Jew” a figurative term representing all the prophets of Israel and the apostles of the Meridian of Time? Any thoughts or research on whether there was at one time a distinct volume the apostles referred to as “the book of the Lamb of God” and whether the word “book” is used figuratively in some instances and literally in others in these two chapters of 1 Nephi?

Thank you,

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27 minutes ago, CV75 said:

I was reading 1 Nephi 13 today, and was wondering if anyone has thoughts on what “the book of the Lamb of God” was. This “book” (verse 24) contained “the fullness of the gospel of the Lord” including covenants and prophecies (verse 23) and “proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew” before many plain and precious parts and many covenants were taken away from it (verse 28). It eventually became incorporated into a larger work also referred to as “the book of the Lamb of God”, and which is commonly identified as being the Holy Bible (verses 20 and 38). Prior to that, John had apparently added a prophecy to it (14:19-27).

 

Does anyone have any ideas about the identity of the “Jew” that created the original book (was it the mortal prophet Jesus?), or is “a Jew” a figurative term representing all the prophets of Israel and the apostles of the Meridian of Time? Any thoughts or research on whether there was at one time a distinct volume the apostles referred to as “the book of the Lamb of God” and whether the word “book” is used figuratively in some instances and literally in others in these two chapters of 1 Nephi?

 

Thank you,

 

The "Book of The Lamb of God" was the winding up topic of every sermon I ever heard growing up. It was the reason for every altar call. Secondary to the topic was the doctrine of "once saved always saved", which was odd, since we were always being warned as to how our names could be "blotted out", which meant it was already there. 

[CV75]

14 minutes ago, Pa Pa said:

The "Book of The Lamb of God" was the winding up topic of every sermon I ever heard growing up. It was the reason for every altar call. Secondary to the topic was the doctrine of "once saved always saved", which was odd, since we were always being warned as to how our names could be "blotted out", which meant it was already there. 

Interesting -- I'm not finding the phrase in the New Testament. There's the "Lamb's book of life" (Revelation) which seems to be part of the record in heaven... Anyway, last I looked your name is still in it!

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1 hour ago, CV75 said:

Interesting -- I'm not finding the phrase in the New Testament. There's the "Lamb's book of life" (Revelation) which seems to be part of the record in heaven... Anyway, last I looked your name is still in it!

The same thing, just a Baptist twist on the topic. 

[theplains]

On 09/08/2016 at 0:20 PM, CV75 said:

Does anyone have any ideas about the identity of the “Jew” that created the original book (was it the mortal prophet Jesus?), or is “a Jew” a figurative term representing all the prophets of Israel and the apostles of the Meridian of Time?

Thank you,

One might expect to find it in the Book of Mormon Seminary Teacher Manual, but the explanation doesn't exist there.

Thanks,
Jim