They believe the “sticks” are actually the Bible and the BOM which will come together to form one. Is this even plausible?“The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou [meanest] by these? Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.”
No, it is not. Ezekiel’s prophecy refers to the fact that Israel was once a united nation. When it split into a southern kingdom (Judah, made up of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin) and a northern kingdom (Israel, made up of the other 10 tribes, including the tribe of Ephraim). When the Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom, they scattered the 10 tribes among the nations, ostensibly never to be see again.I’ve been visiting with a couple of LDS missionaries for the past few weeks. Last Sunday I asked why I should believe the Book of Mormon is equal to the Bible and they immediately went to Ezekiel 37:15-20…
They believe the “sticks” are actually the Bible and the BOM which will come together to form one. Is this even plausible?
Was the widow of Zarapath gathering books? I find this interesting because the same Hebrew word “aits” was used in both of the original contexts, so it can’t be a matter of translation from Hebrew to English.“So he [Elijah] arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold the widow woman was there gathering sticks.” Elijah asks her for some water and a morsel of bread, to which the woman responds by telling the prophet: “I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise [pitcher]: and, behold I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress [prepare] it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”
irr.org/mit/Ezekiel37.htmlI’ve been visiting with a couple of LDS missionaries for the past few weeks. Last Sunday I asked why I should believe the Book of Mormon is equal to the Bible and they immediately went to Ezekiel 37:15-20:
They believe the “sticks” are actually the Bible and the BOM which will come together to form one. Is this even plausible?