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Open Now (2 Nephi 16:6-7)
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)
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Symbolism
Seraphim
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