Title

Open Now (2 Nephi 16:6-7)

Book Title

The Glory of the Son

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2019

Authors

Anderson, Sharon Price (Primary)

Number of Pages

30 Publisher

Time Lines Etc.

City

Orem, UT

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Open Now

Purify my lips with fire,

hot as Isaiah’s coal, that I, too,

may testify. Open my mouth.

When offerings of oil and flour,

frankincense-fragrant,

are brought before the Lord,

may I also smell the sweet savor.

When evil, terrible as ancient Syria,

combines to destroy righteousness,

fill the mountain with horses

and chariots that I can see.

When earth quakes

and whirlwinds tumult the sky,

let me hear the still small voice

whisper again, Jesus is the Christ.

[O]ne of the seraphims . . . having a live coal in his hand

. . . laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. (Isa. 6:6-7 see also Lev.2:1, 2 Kgs. 6:17, and 1 Kgs. 19:11-12)

Subject Keywords

Symbolism

Seraphim

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