What Do We Learn about the Nature of God in 2 Nephi 26-30?
Keywords
covenantal nature, divine promises, covenant loyalty
Abstract
Our God is a God of covenants. God makes covenants and He keeps His covenants.
The scriptures record, preserve, and reveal God’s covenantal nature. God covenanted with our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He promised them property, posterity, and prosperity (see Genesis 12, 15, and 17). He acted through mighty acts of wonder to save our ancestors from Egyptian bondage. At Mount Sinai He invited our ancestors, and by extension all of us, to covenant to be loyal to Him (see Exodus 20 and the Book of Deuteronomy).
God’s recorded relationship with the House of Israel found in scripture shows God consistently and continually acting to be true to His covenant to offer us salvation. And at times He has to allow us to suffer the consequences of breaking covenant with Him.
Original Publication Citation
What Do We Learn about the Nature of God in 2 Nephi 26-30?, February 23, 2020.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Halverson, Taylor, "What Do We Learn about the Nature of God in 2 Nephi 26-30?" (2020). Faculty Publications. 9926.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/9926
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Marketing
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