Come, Follow Me — Book of Mormon Lesson 15

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There are many, many people who haven’t yet heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. If you ever feel overwhelmed by the immensity of the task of gathering them into the Lord’s Church, what Jacob said about olive trees in Jacob 5 has a reassuring reminder: the vineyard belongs to the Lord. He has given each of us a small area to assist in His work—our family, our circle of friends, our sphere of influence. And sometimes the first person we help gather is ourselves. But we are never alone in this work, for the Lord of the vineyard labors alongside His servants (see Jacob 5:72). God knows and loves His children, and He will prepare a way for each of them to hear His gospel, even those who have rejected Him in the past (see Jacob 4:15–18). And then, when the work is done, all those who have been “diligent in laboring with [Him] … shall have joy with [Him] because of the fruit of [His] vineyard” (Jacob 5:75).

Jacob 5: Jacob quotes Zenos relative to the allegory of the tame and wild olive trees—They are a likeness of Israel and the Gentiles—The scattering and gathering of Israel are prefigured—Allusions are made to the Nephites and Lamanites and all the house of Israel—The Gentiles will be grafted into Israel—Eventually the vineyard will be burned. About 544–421 B.C.

Jacob 6: The Lord will recover Israel in the last days—The world will be burned with fire—Men must follow Christ to avoid the lake of fire and brimstone. About 544–421 B.C.

Jacob 7: Sherem denies Christ, contends with Jacob, demands a sign, and is smitten of God—All of the prophets have spoken of Christ and His Atonement—The Nephites lived out their days as wanderers, born in tribulation, and hated by the Lamanites. About 544–421 B.C.

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- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps 2024 — Lesson 15, Jonn Claybaugh

- Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 15

- Nibley Book of Mormon Lectures: Come, Follow Me Lesson 15

- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 12: Jacob 5-7 (2020), Jonn Claybaugh

- Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 12 (Jacob 5-7)

- An Allegory of the Olive Tree Potpourri – Some Notes on Jacob 5, Hales Swift

- Josiah to Zoram to Sherem to Jarom and the Big Little Book of Omni, by Val Larsen, Apr 9, 2021

- Itty Bitty Books with Big Lessons: Enos, Jarom, Omni, by Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye, Dec 11, 2020

- “I of Myself Am a Wicked Man”: Some Notes on Allusion and Textual Dependency in Omni 1:1-2, by Matthew L. Bowen, Oct 9, 2020

- “The Messiah Will Set Himself Again”: Jacob’s Use of Isaiah 11:11 in 2 Nephi 6:14 and Jacob 6:2, by Matthew L. Bowen, Apr 16, 2021

- The Pleading Bar of God, by Royal Skousen, Jan 11, 2021

- Toward a Greater Appreciation of the Word Adieu in Jacob 7:27, by Godfrey J. Ellis, Feb 17, 2023

- Rethinking the Encounter between Jacob and Sherem, by Loren Blake Spendlove, Nov 25, 2022

- Jacob Did Not Make a False Prediction, Duane Boyce, August 16, 2019

- Text as Afterthought: Jana Riess’s Treatment of the Jacob-Sherem Episode, Duane Boyce, August 2, 2019

- Light and Perspective: Essays from the Mormon Theology Seminar on 1 Nephi 1 and Jacob 7, Kevin Christensen, January 11, 2019

- “Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture,, Matthew L. Bowen, April 13, 2018

- The Possibility of Janus Parallelism in the Book of Mormon, Jeff Lindsay, January 5, 2018

- Reclaiming Jacob, Duane Boyce, October 14, 2016

- Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon, Matthew L. Bowen, February 19, 2016

- To “See and Hear”, Kevin L. Tolley, January 22, 2016

- A Mormon Theodicy: Jacob and the Problem of Evil, Val Larsen, June 12, 2015

- Who Was Sherem?, A. Keith Thompson, January 9, 2015

- Conference Talks: ‘I Have Done According to My Will’: Reading Jacob 5 as a Temple Text, by Administration, Apr 5, 2023

- Conference Talks: Jacob’s Sermon (2 Nephi 6-10) and the Day of Atonement, by Administration, Nov 2, 2022

- Scripture Roundtable: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 13, “The Allegory of the Olive Trees”, February 14, 2016

- Matthew L. Bowen on “‘I Have Done According to My Will’: Reading Jacob 5 as a Temple Text”, June 11, 2015

- David Bokovoy on “Holiness to the Lord: Biblical Temple Imagery in the Sermons of Jacob the Priest”, January 17, 2015

- Come, Follow Me—Home and Church: Book of Mormon 2024, Lesson 15

- Sherem Denies Christ | Jacob 7

- Gospel Topics: Missionary Work

- Old Testament Olive Vineyard

- Help the Church Grow, Elder M. Russell Ballard

- Gospel Topics: Answering Gospel Questions

- The Cost—and Blessings—of Discipleship, Jeffrey R. Holland, Ensign or Liahona, May 2014, 6–9

- Put Your Trust in the Lord, Elder M. Russell Ballard, Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2013, 43–45

- Chart – Allegory of he Olive Trees (Jacob 5)

- “Don’t Give Up on Me” (Ensign Come, Follow Me: Book of Mormon)

- Sherem’s Skepticism: The Tactics of a Faith Shaker (Ensign Come, Follow Me: Book of Mormon)

- What Can We Learn from the Allegory of the Olive Tree? (Ensign Weekly Book of Mormon Insights)

- Jacob 5–7 (Ensign Support Articles and Activities)

- Dare to Do Right, Children’s Songbook, 158

- Jacob 5 to 7 – “The Lord Labors with Us”, BYU Studies

- “Ye Shall Have Joy with Me”: The Olive Tree, the Lord, and His Servants, BYU Religious Studies Center

- Autumn, Olives, and the Atonement, BYU Religious Studies Center

- Sherem the Anti-Christ, BYU Religious Studies Center

- Jacob 5-7, John W. Welch Notes

- Why Did Jacob Include the Case of Sherem?, Book of Mormon Central

- Is Anything Known of the Prophet Zenos Outside of the Book of Mormon?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #67

- Did Prophets Such as Ezekiel Know the Writings of Zenos?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #440

- What are the Roots of Zenos’s Allegory in the Ancient World?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #70

- Why Did Zenos Give So Many Details about Raising Good Olives?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #71

- Why Are Certain Biblical Psalms Used by Book of Mormon Authors?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #439

- Why Do the Authors on the Small Plates Follow a Pattern?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #74

- Why Did Sherem Die?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #73

- Discussions on the Book of Mormon – Jacob 4-6

- Discussions on the Book of Mormon – Jacob 1-3, 7

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