Latter-day Scriptures in a Year

Genesis 22-24 ● Genesis 22 Abraham is commanded to sacrifice Isaac, his son—Both father and son yield to the will of God—Abraham’s seed will be as the stars and the sand in number—In his seed, all nations will be blessed—Rebekah is born to Bethuel.   ● Genesis 23 Sarah dies and is buried in the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham buys from Ephron the Hittite. ● Genesis 24 Abraham commands that Isaac...

Genesis 18-21 ● Genesis 18 Abraham entertains three holy men—They promise that Sarah will have a son—Abraham will command his children to be just—The Lord appears to him—They discuss the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. ● Genesis 19 Lot entertains holy men—The men of Sodom seek to abuse Lot’s guests and are smitten with blindness—Lot is sent out of Sodom—The Lord rains brimstone and fire upon So...

Genesis 12-17   ●Genesis 12  Abram will become a great nation—He and his seed will bless all the families of the earth—He travels from Haran to the land of Canaan—Because of famine, he goes down into Egypt—Abram and Sarai are tested in Pharaoh’s court. ● Genesis 13  Abram returns from Egypt—He and Lot part—The Lord will make Abram’s seed as the dust of the earth in number—Abram settles in Hebron....

Abraham 1-3 ● Abraham 1 Abraham seeks the blessings of the patriarchal order—He is persecuted by false priests in Chaldea—Jehovah saves him—The origins and government of Egypt are reviewed.   ● Abraham Facsimile 1  Abraham as a sacrifice. ● Abraham 2 Abraham leaves Ur to go to Canaan—Jehovah appears to him at Haran—All gospel blessings are promised to his seed and through his seed to all—He goes t...

Ether 6-9 ● Ether 6  The Jaredite barges are driven by the winds to the promised land—The people praise the Lord for His goodness—Orihah is appointed king over them—Jared and his brother die. ● Ether 7 Orihah reigns in righteousness—Amid usurpation and strife, the rival kingdoms of Shule and Cohor are set up—Prophets condemn the wickedness and idolatry of the people, who then repent. ● Ether 8 The...

Genesis 11; and Ether 1-3   ● Genesis 11  All men speak the same language—They build the Tower of Babel—The Lord confounds their language and scatters them over all the earth—The generations of Shem include Abram, whose wife is Sarai—Abram leaves Ur and settles in Haran. ● Ether 1  Moroni abridges the writings of Ether—Ether’s genealogy is set forth—The language of the Jaredites is not confounded...

Job 39-42 ● Job 39 Man’s weakness and ignorance are compared with God’s mighty works—Does man even know how the laws of nature operate? ● Job 40 The Lord challenges Job, and Job replies humbly—The Lord speaks of His power to Job—He asks, Hast thou an arm like God?—He points to His power in the behemoth. ● Job 41 The Lord points to His power in the leviathan—All things under the whole heaven are th...

Job 35-38 ● Job 35  Elihu contrasts the weakness of man and the power of God—Our wickedness hurts other men, and our righteousness helps them—Man should trust in the Lord. ● Job 36  Elihu says, Those who are righteous are prospered—The wicked perish and die without knowledge—Elihu praises the greatness of God. ● Job 37  Elihu concludes, saying, The Lord controls the laws of nature—God reigns in te...

Job 32-24 ● Job 32  Elihu, in anger, answers Job and his three friends—Elihu says, There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives understanding—He also says, Great men are not always wise. ● Job 33  Elihu says, God is greater than man, He speaks to man in dreams and visions, He ransoms those cast into the pit, and He delivers their souls and gives them life. ● Job 34  Elihu te...

Job 29-31 ● Job 29 Job recalls his former prosperity and greatness—He was blessed because of his righteousness, his charity, and his good deeds. ● Job 30 Job is derided by the children of vile and base men—In his afflicted state, he cries to the Lord—Job says that he wept for those in trouble. ● Job 31 Job invites judgment so that God may know his integrity—If he has done ill, Job welcomes the pen...

Job 23-28 ● Job 23 Job seeks the Lord and asserts his own righteousness—He says, When the Lord has tried me, I will come forth as gold. ● Job 24 Murderers, adulterers, those who oppress the poor, and wicked people in general often go unpunished for a little while. ● Job 25 Bildad bemoans the lowly state of man and classifies him as a worm. Job 26 Job reproves Bildad’s lack of empathy—He extols the...

Job 20-22 Job 20   Zophar shows the condition of the wicked—He says, The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment. Job 21  Job admits that the wicked sometimes prosper in this life—Then he testifies that their judgment will be hereafter in the day of wrath and destruction. Job 22  Eliphaz accuses Job of various sins and exhorts him to repent.

Job 15-19. Job 15  Eliphaz sets forth the disquietude of wicked men—They do not believe they will return out of darkness and be resurrected. Job 16 Job speaks against the wicked who oppose him—Though even his friends scorn him, he testifies that his witness is in heaven and his record is on high. Job 17  Job speaks of the sorrow of death and of the grave in that day when the body returns to the du...

Job 10-14 Job 10  Job is weary of life—He reasons with God about his afflictions—He asks, Why hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Job 11  Zophar asks, Canst thou by searching find out God?—Zophar says that the hope of the wicked will fade away as though it had died. Job 12  Job says, The souls of all things are in the hands of the Lord, with the ancient is wisdom, and the Lord governs in a...

Job 6-9 Job 6   Job bemoans his grief—He prays that God will grant his petitions—Those who are afflicted should be pitied—How forcible are right words! Job 7   Job asks, Is there an appointed time for man on earth? What is man that Thou shouldst magnify him? Why dost Thou not pardon my transgression? Job 8   Bildad asks, Doth God pervert judgment?—Bildad says, Our days upon earth are a shadow, and...

Job 1-5 Job 1 Job, a just and perfect man, is blessed with great riches—Satan obtains permission from the Lord to tempt and try Job—Job’s property and children are destroyed, and yet he praises and blesses the Lord. Job 2  Satan obtains permission from the Lord to afflict Job physically—Job is smitten with boils—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar come to comfort him. Job 3  Job curses the circumstances o...

Genesis 6-10 Genesis 6 The sons of God marry the daughters of men—Men turn to wickedness, the earth is filled with violence, and all flesh is corrupted—The Flood is promised—God establishes His covenant with Noah, who builds an ark to save his family and various living things. Genesis 7 Noah’s family and various beasts and fowl enter the ark—The Flood comes, and water covers the whole earth—All ot...

Moses 7-8 & Genesis 5: Moses 7 Enoch teaches, leads the people, and moves mountains—The city of Zion is established—Enoch foresees the coming of the Son of Man, His atoning sacrifice, and the resurrection of the Saints—He foresees the Restoration, the Gathering, the Second Coming, and the return of Zion. Moses 8 Methuselah prophesies—Noah and his sons preach the gospel—Great wickedness prevail...

Moses 4-6 Moses 4  God created all things spiritually before they were naturally upon the earth. He created man, the first flesh, upon the earth. Woman is a help meet for man. Moses 5 Adam and Eve bring forth children. Adam offers sacrifice and serves God. Cain and Abel are born. Cain rebels, loves Satan more than God, and becomes Perdition. Murder and wickedness spread. The gospel is preached fro...

Moses 2-3 & Geneses 3-4: Moses 2 God creates the heavens and the earth. All forms of life are created. God makes man and gives him dominion over all else. Moses 3 God created all things spiritually before they were naturally upon the earth. He created man, the first flesh, upon the earth. Woman is a help meet for man. Genesis 3 The serpent (Lucifer) beguiles Eve. She and then Adam partake of t...

Abr 4-5 & Genesis 1-2 + Day 1. Before-time leading up to the creation. God organizes the intelligences, the Council in Heaven, a Savior is chosen, the war in heaven, and then the creation of earth and heaven. Abraham 3:22-28          Council in Heaven, and The Creation of the Earth D&C 29:36-38                 Lucifer tries to usurp God's glory, is thrust out    Revelation 12: 7-9 JST  war...