Questions for Review:

1. "Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith?" What could be an interpretation to this passage? (2 Nephi 20:15; Student Manual, p.33)

Another prophecy about the Messiah (14-17)

. He will be poor
. It must have been difficult for the people who lived before the Savior's mortal ministry to understand how he could be the Lord of Heaven and Earth, the Great Liberator, and yet be poor

The Lord is like a sanctuary for the righteous, and like a problem to the unbelievers (14-15)
 

Warning against consulting with evil spirits, astrologers, "psychic friends" etc. (19-20)
 

Christ's mission and roles defined by his titles (6)
 

Christ's government and the peace that will come through it have no end (7)
 

Warnings against unfaithful leaders (16-17)
 

. If we want to be like him, these are some of the qualities we need to emulate and then incorporate in our own character

The "Great Day of the Lord":

• When the people witness the destructions that will accompany the Second Coming of the Lord, many will "howl" in horror (6-8)
• Many destructions, and signs in the stars, the moon, and the sun (9-10,13)
• Punishment for iniquity and arrogance (11,15; see also D&C 45:49-50)

Lucifer's fall (12-19; see also D&C 29:36-38; Moses 4:1-4)
 

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