4 Ne 1:1-5
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Questions
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Verse 3
- What does it mean to have "all things common"?
- What is the "heavenly gift"?
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Lexical notes
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Exegesis
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Verse 3
- The "heavenly gift" mentioned here may be a reference to a temple ritual where people learn to recognize the resurrected Christ (see Ether 12:8).
- The phrase "they had all things common among them" may imply the people were living under formal rules similar to the united order, where members practice the law of consecration by giving all they have to the Church and the Church then redistributes goods among the members as needed (see links below). Alternatively, it could be that the people achieved a similar result by sharing their goods without a centralized structure for determining how this was to be done.
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Related links
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Verse 3
- The law of consecration and united order are described with scripture references at lds.org here and here.
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