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A Prophet Who Was a Heart Surgeon Prescribed Two Worldwide Fasts Against COVID in 12 Days. A Microbiologist Charted What Followed.

Isaiah 58 promises health after a true fast. In 2020 the world fasted twice, and a scientist checked the numbers.

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U.S. weekly COVID-19 deaths in 2020 with markers at the March 29 and April 10 worldwide fasts.
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The magazine’s facing maps: Utah upside down beside the Holy Land, with selective blue water highlighting added.December 1958 · Two connected discoveries

In 1958, National Geographic Found Two Holy Lands

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A shepherd throws a stone toward a cave above the Dead Sea.Same issue, December 1958

A Shepherd Threw a Rock Into a Cave. What He Found Should Bother You.

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When Isaiah Says Egypt, He Means America

Isaiah with a scroll beneath maps linking the ancient Near East and America.

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Jonathan Roumie portrays Jesus standing behind the open Isaiah scroll in the Nazareth synagogue.CFM 06 · Isaiah 58–66
October 12–18, 2026

Why Did Nazareth Try to Kill Jesus After He Read Isaiah?

Isaiah 58–66: the fast that frees, the day He held back, and the Redeemer who comes to Zion.

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Jeremiah stands at the temple gate as angry religious leaders confront him and one reaches for his sleeve.CFM 07 · Jeremiah 1–29
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Jeremiah Stood in the Temple Gate and Called It a "Den of Robbers." The Priests and Prophets Tried to Kill Him.

Jeremiah 1–29: "The temple of the LORD," said three times, and the question the whole first half asks: do you trust the house, or do you know the Lord of the house?

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Christ holds an older woman's hands among a contemporary Utah family, with the Salt Lake Temple behind them, illustrating Jeremiah's promise that all shall know the Lord.CFM 08 · Jeremiah 30–52 & Lamentations
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Jeremiah Promised a New Covenant Written on the Heart: "They Shall All Know Me"

Jeremiah 30–52 and Lamentations: the book turns from tearing down to building and planting, and the Lord promises that every one of us, from the least to the greatest, can know Him.

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Christ rests a hand on an unnamed shepherd's shoulder and directs him toward scattered sheep; the servant's face is unseen.

Jeremiah Promised David “a Righteous Branch.” Zechariah Called the Branch “My...

Jeremiah 23:5 and 33:15, Zechariah 3:8 and 6:12, and D&C 113: why we read the Branch as the Lord's servant from David's line, held in the hand of Christ
Joseph gives grain to his brothers in Egypt, paired with contemporary Utah neighbors sharing food with a newly arrived family.

Joseph Was Sent Into Egypt to Save His Brothers. Moroni Says...

Genesis 48:19, Ether 13:6–7, and D&C 109:60: how Ephraim became "the fulness of the Gentiles," and why the Lord sent Joseph's children ahead
Paired artistic scenes: Jeremiah points toward a neglected widow at Jerusalem's temple; a modern woman reaches toward an elderly woman near the accurately referenced Salt Lake Temple.

Isaiah Named God’s People in Pairs. Jeremiah Kept His Code.

Jacob and Israel, Babylon and Chaldea, Zion and Jerusalem, Judah and Jerusalem: where Isaiah's paired names show up in Jeremiah and Lamentations, the one verse that holds two pairs on opposite sides, and the two armies that come from the north

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U.S. weekly COVID-19 deaths in 2020 with markers at the March 29 and April 10 worldwide fasts.

A Prophet Who Was a Heart Surgeon Prescribed Two Worldwide Fasts...

Isaiah 58 promises health after a true fast. In 2020 the world fasted twice, and a scientist checked the numbers.
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Top 20 Books on Isaiah: LDS Authors-Paperback

The team at Isaiah Labs recently introduce our latest research project, Top 15 Books on Isaiah on Kindle. Now we introduce the Top 20...

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A lamb stands in warm light at the top of ancient stone steps while a lion's shadow falls across the stairs.

The Deliverer We Didn’t Expect: Finding Hope in Isaiah 50–57

Explore Isaiah 50–57 and discover the Deliverer we didn't expect. See how Christ bore our griefs and why His higher ways bring everlasting comfort and hope.
U.S. weekly COVID-19 deaths in 2020 with markers at the March 29 and April 10 worldwide fasts.

A Prophet Who Was a Heart Surgeon Prescribed Two Worldwide Fasts...

Isaiah 58 promises health after a true fast. In 2020 the world fasted twice, and a scientist checked the numbers.

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