“I Will Write It in Their Hearts”

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If you could have witnessed or participated in any one story of the Old Testament which one would you choose and why? 

For myself I thought of several times.  First I thought of the early days when David was first king.  I thought about that time because Israel was great then, Israel was faithful, it was a fantastic historical period.  And then I thought about Moses and the Exodus, the most important event in the history of Israel.  With the Lord guiding by day and by night, and the great miracles and messages, I would like to be among the faithful that believed and stayed it was a most difficult trying time yet containing glorious manifestations.  But I said to myself in answering this question, if I really had to choose just one event to witness or be a part of I would most definitely choose the Garden of Eden and the time of Adam.  I would choose this because I could witness the face of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ, I could hear them and see them, and I could feel them.  I could witness first hand the knowledge and awaking of life and the plan of salvation and happiness.  I could see father Adam and feel the strength and teaching as he brought the priesthood to the world.  

As I thought about this and about why I would choose this time, my heart grew a great saudade.  Saudade is a Portuguese word used for a great longing in ones heart that cannot be described.  Its almost like a pain or a sickness for the longing of someone or something that is most deeply loved but cannot be visited. I feel that way about Heavenly Father and our elder brother Jesus Christ.  I long to see them, I long for knowledge, I long for the veil to be rent.  And then suddenly as I thought of this great saudade, I thought about the church today, about our time and then asked myself this question.  

What is happening in the church today that could be comparable to the event I have chose to see?  I immediately thought of the Last two general conferences with our new Prophet Russell M Nelson.  I thought about how I felt when he was speaking and I thought about how great the gathering was, so many in attendance.  So many looking for those same things that I longed for and they are right here being given to us if we only look. We are the witness of much preparation, and learning, and the recipient of great hope and joy.  

For many prophets of the Old Testament, there wasn't much in the way of hope and joy in their messages.  This was the case for Jeremiah and the people of his day.  However, he was given and shown hope for us in our day as he foresaw the great latter-day gathering of Israel that we are participating in now.

The prophet Jeremiah lived through one of the most troubled periods of history in the ancient Near East. He witnessed the fall of a great empire (Assyria) and the rising of another (Babylon). In the midst of this turmoil the kingdom of Judah was ruled by five kings, four of them deplorable. Jeremiah declared God’s message for forty years, warning of coming disaster and appealing in vain to the nation to turn back to God.

During Manasseh’s long reign (687–642 B.C.), which was just before Jeremiah’s time, Judah remained Assyria’s vassal. This situation brought a resurgence of idolatry, in this case a mixture of belief in the Mesopotamian astrological gods and belief in the Canaanite fertility deities. As has been discussed, a great reformation was conducted by Josiah when the book of the law was discovered in the temple and its contents were made known to the people. Aside from this brief period of reform, Judah became increasingly insensitive to spiritual things during Jeremiah’s time.

The Lord showed Jeremiah a vision of the future that put the calamities he had witnessed into a perspective of hope. Like other prophets of his time (Isaiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Amos, Micah, and Zechariah), Jeremiah was shown that scattered Israel would one day be gathered, that Judah would return to the lands of her possession, and that eventually all of Israel would become great. These visions and prophecies were recorded by Jeremiah and for centuries have provided hope to a nation of suffering people. They hold a very important place in the latter-day work of restoration.

1.  Jeremiah Foresees the Latter-day Gathering of Israel

I mentioned above that the Exodus with Moses would be one of the events I would like to witness or be a part of from the Old Testament.  The Exodus is one of the most miraculous events in the Old Testament and is referred to by many of the prophets including Jerimiah and is mentioned in many of the books of the Old Testament as well as the Book of Mormon.  

How do you think Moses felt about the importance of the Exodus? Deuteronomy 4:32–35

32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.

What do you think it would have been like to be part of the Exodus?  I think it would not have been easy spiritually and in all other senses.  It would have been a time of needing great belief and faith yet would have been miraculous.  

Jeremiah saw visions of a latter-day event, in our day, that would be as great as the Exodus. Jeremiah 16:14–16; 23:3–8

14 ¶ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

15 But, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

16 ¶ Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.

5 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness.

7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

8 But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

What event is described in Jeremiah 16:15 and 23:3?  The gathering of Israel and the growth of the Church.

Who are the shepherds spoken of in Jeremiah 23:4?  Priesthood leaders and other Church leaders.

Who is the King spoken of in Jeremiah 23:5–6?  Jesus Christ.  

Why do you think these events are as great as the Exodus?  It is the final gathering,  a great and grand transition that is and will be just as miraculous.  The Lord once again is leading Israel by the hand.

Elder LeGrand Richards said that the fishers and hunters described in Jeremiah 16:16 are missionaries of the Church (Conference Report, Apr. 1971, 143; or Ensign, June 1971, 98–99)

What do fishers and hunters have in common with missionaries? Matthew 4:18–19.

18 ¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

How can we be more effective missionaries? Prayerfully seek and search for those who are ready to hear the gospel.  We can not be afraid to talk, we can study and prepare ourselves to be ready to seek, search and find...

Elder Orson F. Whitney: "The God of Israel has set his hand to gather his elect and prepare the world for the sanctifying reign of righteousness. He will accomplish what he has undertaken, using for that purpose every means consistent and available. Christ died to save the souls of men, and save them he will—by mild measures whenever these will avail; but by stern methods if necessary, after the mild have proved ineffectual. First, the 'fishers,' with gentle, kind persuasion. Then the 'hunters'—war, commotion and destruction. Such is the divine program." (Saturday Night Thoughts, p184)

2. God will write his law in the hearts of his people

The children of Israel relied on Moses to receive revelation for them during their sojourn in the wilderness. What great saudade or longing did Moses express in Numbers 11:29? 

29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!

He wanted the people to learn God’s law and learn to listen to the Spirit for themselves.


As recorded in Jeremiah 31:31–34, what did the Lord promise to do in the latter days? (See also Ezekiel 11:17–20; 36:24–28; 2 Corinthians 3:2–3.)

31 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

The Lord would make a new covenant with Israel and Judah that would differ from the covenant made with ancient Israel at the time they were brought out of Egypt.  This is the covenant: "I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people" Those that remember the Lord will be forgiven of their sins.

What does it mean to have God’s law written in our hearts?   One will live and obeys the law because of a testimony of the gospel and a love of Jesus Christ. The ancient law was often obeyed out of fear of the consequences.

Verses 31–34 deal with the restoration of the gospel through the Prophet Joseph Smith and the day when God’s covenant will truly be established with His people. 

Joseph Smith said of that day: “The time has at last arrived when the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has set His hand again the second time to recover the remnants of his people, … and establish that covenant with them, which was promised when their sins should be taken away. [see Isaiah 11; Romans 11:25–27; Jeremiah 31:31–33.] This covenant has never been established with the house of Israel, nor with the house of Judah, for it requires two parties to make a covenant, and those two parties must be agreed, or no covenant can be made. 

“Christ, in the days of His flesh, proposed to make a covenant with them, but they rejected Him and His proposals, and in consequence thereof, they were broken off, and no covenant was made with them at that time. But their unbelief has not rendered the promise of God of none effect: no, for there was another day limited in David, which was the day of His power; and then His people, Israel, should be a willing people;—and He would write His law in their hearts, and print it in their thoughts; their sins and their iniquities He would remember no more. 

“Thus after this chosen family had rejected Christ and His proposals, the heralds of salvation said to them, ‘Lo, we turn unto the Gentiles;’ and the Gentiles received the covenant, and were grafted in from whence the chosen family were broken off; but the Gentiles have not continued in the goodness of God, but have departed from the faith that was once delivered to the Saints, and have broken the covenant in which their fathers were established [see Isaiah 24:5]. …(Quoted from Old Testament Student Manual) 

What must we do to have God’s law written in our hearts? Said Joseph Smith:  “And now what remains to be done, under circumstances like these? I will proceed to tell you what the Lord requires of all people, high and low, rich and poor, male and female, ministers and people, professors of religion and non-professors, in order that they may enjoy the Holy Spirit of God to a fulness and escape the judgments of God, which are almost ready to burst upon the nations of the earth. Repent of all your sins, and be baptized in water for the remission of them, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, and receive the ordinance of the laying on of the hands of him who is ordained and sealed unto this power, that ye may receive the Holy Spirit of God; and this is according to the Holy Scriptures, and the Book of Mormon; and the only way that man can enter into the celestial kingdom. These are the requirements of the new covenant.” (History of the Church, 1:313–14.)

President Joseph Fielding Smith, speaking of this prophetic promise, said: “The Lord has promised that the time shall come when every man shall be his own teacher, that is, he will know because of righteous living what to do. He will be so filled with the Spirit of the Lord that he will be guided and directed in doing right without the necessity of someone coming into his home to set it in order. Now is a good time for us to begin.” (Doctrines of Salvation, 1:319.)

Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, opened the faith’s 188th Semiannual General Conference by announcing a “new balance and connection between gospel instruction in the home and in the Church.” It is part of an effort “to strengthen families and individuals through a home-centered and Church-supported plan to learn doctrine, strengthen faith, and foster greater personal worship,” he said.

“As Latter-day Saints, we have become accustomed to thinking of ‘church’ as something that happens in our meetinghouses, supported by what happens at home,” he continued. “We need an adjustment to this pattern. It is time for home-centered church, supported by what takes place inside our branch, ward, and stake buildings.”

According to Joseph Fielding Smith, the "new covenant" the Lord will make with Israel in the last days will include the covenants contained in the volume of scripture entitled the Doctrine and Covenants:  "This book [the Doctrine and Covenants] . . . in large measure . . . fulfills the promise of the Lord to his ancient prophets in relation to his covenants which he would make with Israel in the last days." 

In the last days all those of true Israel, "from the least of them unto the greatest," will "know the Lord." Joseph Fielding Smith has explained this responsibility:  If I may be pardoned for saying it, I think many members of the Church will be condemned for their failure to search for knowledge which is given in clearness in our standard works. When will the time come which was spoken of by the Prophet Jeremiah: [Jeremiah 31:31-34.]

It has always been an astonishment to me that so many members of the Church fail to prepare themselves by study and by faith to know the truth. How many fathers in Israel take time out once a week, or every two weeks, or even once a month, to sit down with the members of their families and have an hour or two in study, reflection, and consideration of the fundamental teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ? This is a duty which each parent owes to his family. No male member of this Church should be so busy or so completely occupied in this world's affairs that he cannot take out time an evening each week to sit down with his family and teach them and have a discussion on the fundamental principles of the gospel. I often think of the rebuke the Lord gave to Frederick G. Williams and Sidney Rigdon because they had failed to teach their children and bring them up "in light and truth." How many other parents in Israel are worthy of a similar rebuke? 

How is our behavior affected when we have God’s law written in our hearts? We will be found:

Loving our neighbors.


Honoring our parents.


Being morally clean.


Keeping the Sabbath day holy.


Choosing appropriate movies, television programs, books, and magazines.


Wearing modest clothing.


Selecting suitable music.

We will be found studying and teaching in our homes

Joseph Smith was once asked how he successfully governed so many people. He said, “I teach the people correct principles and they govern themselves” (quoted by John Taylor, in Journal of Discourses, 10:57–58). 

How does this statement relate to having God’s law written in our hearts?  When God's law is written in our hearts we will have the desire and ability to govern ourselves in gospel study and teaching.  We will be faithful and true.


Jeremiah prophesied that 70 years after the people of Judah would be taken captive into Babylon, they would return to their homeland and once again live in harmony with God Jeremiah 29:10–14;

10 ¶ For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

 According to Jeremiah 29:12–14, what can we do to draw close to God? 

12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

What do the words call, pray, seek, and search imply about the attitude we should have as we strive to draw near to God? Devotion, we should have devotion, desire, dedication, in striving to draw near to God.  We cannot sit idly by or be casual if we want to be with Him, we must be all in.


3. Now is the time to repent

The Lord’s mercy is always extended to those who repent. However, people who postpone repentance may find it increasingly difficult to repent.  Jeremiah pled with the people to repent. He warned them about the consequences they would experience if they did not repent.  Although God loves us and wants to spare us unnecessary pain, we bring pain upon ourselves when we sin. God allowed the Israelites to suffer the consequences of their wickedness.   However, He also promised that He would not allow the people to be completely destroyed

President Joseph F. Smith taught: “The man with accumulated and unforgiven wrong behind him may find all retreat cut off and his condition in the world hopeless; and he who recklessly cuts off every opportunity of retreat by the neglected evils of the past is most unfortunate. The daily practice, then, of seeking divine mercy and forgiveness as we go along, gives us power to escape evils” (Gospel Doctrine, 5th ed. [1939], 374).

What do the following passages teach about the importance of hearing the word of the Lord and repenting promptly? 

Jeremiah 5:1–5, 21–25 

1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

2 And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.

3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.

5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

25 ¶ Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

Jeremiah 6:10–17

10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.

13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

Jeremiah 7:23–28

10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.

13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

Jeremiah 8:6–12, 20

6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.

8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

Jeremiah 13:11, 23

11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

Jeremiah 17:23

23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

Repeating the sins of previous generations
Jeremiah also warned the Jews of his day that the sins they committed were the same sins for which past generations had been severely punished (Jeremiah 11:1–12).

Why do you think Jeremiah’s generation would not learn from the sins of their forefathers, especially when the punishment for those sins was so clearly documented?

How can we benefit more fully from lessons learned by previous generations of God’s covenant people? 

4. Hearkening to the words of the prophets
The Lord’s word through Jeremiah is the same as that given through other prophets to God’s people
throughout history. It holds the promise of doom or destiny, punishment or prosperity, all dependent upon faithfulness to those laws irrevocably decreed by God.  However; Jeremiah frequently recorded that the people had not hearkened to his words (Jeremiah 7:13; 25:3–4; 26:2–5; 32:33).  

What words of the latter-day prophets might we need to follow more diligently?

 5. The importance of trusting in God
In Jeremiah 17:5–8, what comparisons are made between people who trust in man and people who trust in God?

5 ¶ Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

How have you seen that these comparisons are accurate?

How can we demonstrate our trust in God? 

 
False prophets
Zedekiah was a king who wanted prophets to tell him what he wanted to hear. Consequently, many false prophets promised that Jerusalem would not fall (Jeremiah 28:1–4; 37:19). Today many false prophets come “in sheep’s clothing” (Matthew 7:15).

What evidence is there that false prophets are among us today?

What are some of the messages of today’s false prophets?

How can we avoid being led astray by false prophets? 

Conclusion

What can we learn from these chapters and prophesies of Jeremiah?  We live in a time that Jeremiah and many other prophets have looked forward to with rejoicing, but our time does not come without work, for there is much work to do; among ourselves and for the gathering. To endure to the end we must have the law of God written in our hearts and then go forth aiding and assisting the gathering of Israel. As we can see with new direction given to us by our Prophet today, it is time for us to beef up our efforts, it is time for us to govern our study, learning and preparation.  It is time for us to not ride upon the testimony of others but to find our own, to listen to God's chosen, to follow and obey fully dedicating ourselves to being His children.  Then upon His return, we can find ourselves at His feet rejoicing...

Resources

Old Testament Student Manual

Companion to Your Study of the Old Testament Daniel Ludlow

Unlocking the Old Testament Victor Ludlow