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Chapter 1 // 2 Nephi 1

8: "many nations would overrun the land"

• §20190626 - So build a wall lol

30: "Behold, thou art the servant of Laban"

• §20190626 - Yeah, like 30 years ago! o.O

Chapter 2 // 2 Nephi 2

16: "Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it should be that he was enticed by the one or the other."

• §201409XX - Without Satan or wickedness, we would have no choice. We a choice to exercise our agency.
• §20190309 - There is always a reward, and we choose the reward we want. Do we want the long term reward, or the short term reward?
• §20190627 - Systemically, if we're not paying attention to the downstream consequences of our actions, then the shirt term reward looks very appealing. But that's not the way God sees the world. He sees it with an eternal perspective. He sees the bigger picture. To focus on the second or third order consequences is an attempt to see the world more as God sees it.

Chapter 5 // 2 Nephi 5

5: "should depart from them and flee into the wilderness"

• • Sometimes we need to avoid the toxic people to preserve what it is we've already built up.
• • I'm not a huge fan of the term "toxic people", but the principle still applies.

28 And thirty years had passed away from the time we left Jerusalem.

• • Here's those 30 years

Chapter 7 // 2 Nephi 7

1: "Have I put thee away, or have I cast thee off forever?"

• • It's this a reference about the forceful neglectful Dickens from Christ?

Chapter 9 // 2 Nephi 9

25 Wherefore, he has given a law; and where there is no law given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him.

• §20190312 - This is a big deal apparently. The necessity of rules.

Chapter 10 // 2 Nephi 10

25: "may God raise you from death by the power of the resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the atonement"

• §20190314 - Games need rules to create magic circles

Chapter 12 // 2 Nephi 12

4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks—nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

• • Utopia!

Chapter 15 // 2 Nephi 15

10: "homer"

• • [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_(unit)]

Chapter 26 // 2 Nephi 26

29 He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion. 30 Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing; wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love. And except they should have charity they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have charity they would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish. 31 But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they labor for money they shall perish.

• • How does this relate to getting self sufficient and debt free? How am I laboring to build the kingdom of God without any priestcrafts? Is Be The Epic Win priestcrafts? Am I doing it so that people become better people that build the kingdom of God? Or am I doing it to set myself up as a be on for the world for my own gain? Then if that's the case, how does one go about laboring OUTSIDE Zion to make money, and then labor within it for no money? What about Stephen Covey?
• • Four years later, I think I have an answer. Leading with empathy in everything. Understanding, loving, listening. All of these are Christlike attributes, all of them are in short supply, and all of them still work in bulsiness. It's possible to work first to build God kingdom, and second to make money.
• • Now, four months later, I feel like Andre Chaperon has a good course about how to do this. Lean Business for Creators

Chapter 27 // 2 Nephi 27

3: "he eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty"

• • This is pretty hollow feeling... kinda harrowing actually.

23: "I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith."

• • Only by faith? Well, then I guess Alma 32 is really important.
• • Faith has been the main thing I'm seeing today.

25: "their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men"

• • Stop fearing God?

Chapter 28 // 2 Nephi 28

4: "and they shall teach with their learning, and deny the Holy Ghost"

• • #antifindthesavior?

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