The Bible2 Flashcards
(108 cards)
Land flowing with milk and honey
A poetic name for the promised land. A land of “milk and honey” is any place of great abundance.
The last shall be first
A saying of Jesus. Those who have prospered through wickedness will fail, while those who suffered for the sake of God will obtain salvation.
The last supper
The Passover meal that Christ ate with the apostles before His crucifixion. The sacrament is based on the bread and wine Christ gave to the apostles. The Last Supper is an extremely famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
Lazarus
A man brought back to life by Jesus after being dead for four days. One who makes a return out of obscurity is sometimes called a “Lazarus rising from the dead.”
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone
Jesus’ reply to the Pharisees who wanted to stone a woman charged with adultery. The crowd quickly dispersed because of their own guilt. Christ forgave the woman and told her to sin no more.
Let there be light
The words Jesus said when calling light into being during the creation.
The letter killeth but the spirit giveth life
A statement made by Paul. The letter of the law causes spiritual death, but the spirit of the law gives spiritual life.
Leviathan
A sea monster talked about in Job. It is associated with chaos and evil. An enormous beast. Also the title of a political work by Thomas Hobbes.
Consider the Lilies of the field
A teaching from the Sermon on the Mount. Christ encouraged His followers to not be overly concerned with their worldly needs or possessions.
Loaves and fishes
The miracle where Christ blessed 2 fishes and 5 loaves of bread to feed the crowd of over a thousand. After they were fed, 12 baskets of food remained.
Lord’s prayer
The prayer Jesus taught His followers in the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 6:9-13,
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: our father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Lost tribes of Israel
Ten tribes that were relocated to Assyria after the conquest of Israel in 72 B.C. Some Christian theologians in New England referred to the Native Americans as the lost tribes. This is incorrect as they are descendants of the Lamanites. The lost tribes will be gathered during the second coming.
Lot’s wife
Angels warned Lot and his family of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. As they fled, Lot’s wife looked back with longing and was turned into a pillar of salt.
Love thy neighbor as thyself
Matthew 22:36-39,
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Love your enemies
Matthew 5:45-46,
45 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
46 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Lucifer
Satan’s name in the preexistence. Means “the shining one.”
The Gospel according to Luke
One of the four Gospels detailing Christ’s life. Luke has more material concerning the birth of Jesus and is read during the Christmas season.
Maccabees
A family of Jewish patriots active in the liberation of Judea from Syrian rule. They established a dynasty of priest-kings that lasted until Herod the Great.
Magi
Another name for the wise men who visited Jesus at His birth.
Mammon
A New Testament expression for material wealth, which some people worship as if a God.
Man shall not live by bread alone
Jesus’ reply to Satan when he told God to turn stones into bread during His fast. Worldly goods aren’t enough to achieve happiness. Spiritual fulfillment is also needed.
Matthew 4:4,
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Manna from heaven
The food that God fed the children of Israel with during their journey in the wilderness.
Many are called but few are chosen
Doctrine and Covenants 121:34-40
34 Behold, there are many called, but few are chosen. And why are they not chosen?
35 Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world, and aspire to the honors of men, that they do not learn this one lesson—
36 That the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness.
37 That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man.
38 Behold, ere he is aware, he is left unto himself, to kick against the pricks, to persecute the saints, and to fight against God.
39 We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.
40 Hence many are called, but few are chosen.
The Gospel according to Mark
One of the four Gospels and the shortest of the four.
