Tag: Ether

The Jaredites were so wicked that they fought all the time in the days of Coriantumr. They surely years fighting to overthrow him but once he had defeated Shared to secure his throne and couldn’t go to battle for two years they continued to fight among themselves even while allowing that he was the king.

The Lord allowed Coriantumr to experience a year of constantly defending his throne against various threats before making an offer that should have been extremely appealing – he could keep his crown and save his people by repenting. To reject that offer he clearly didn’t believe that it came from God. That was his fatal…

I have always felt that I would like to be among the residents of New Jerusalem – recognizing that few will feel comfortable residing in such company.

I’ll bet that it was while conversing with the Lord as he was scribing what would become chapter 12 of the book of Ether that Moroni felt impressed with much of what he would include in the book of Moroni. It is even possible that until that point he didn’t expect to write his own…

Moroni tells the reader that none of the many miracles he recites were done until after the various prophets had faith. Likewise we can say that it was by faith that Moroni beheld our day and our doings.

For many generations the Jaredites oscillated between wicked and righteous kings. Rarely did they go more than a couple of generations without a rebellion. Also rarely did they go more than a generation of two in succession of righteous leadership.

Omer ruled over a large kingdom until he was warned to die. Almost all his family came with him. By the time he rolled over the whole kingdom again it had been reduced to his family (those who had fled with him) and perhaps fifty more people (thirty who survived and a few more who…

Unlike many promises in the Book of Mormon, the one about nations being destroyed when they begin to uphold secret combinations doesn’t feel like it is specific to the promised land. The telltale sign of such, long before murder becomes rampant, would be a massive focus on seeking for power and material gain. We can’t…

I have not been able to reconcile myself to the idea that the daughter of Jared actually launched the plan that lead to the secret combination without someone else suggesting it in some way. I have long believed that she had reason to expect that Akish already would wish to marry her. I would more…

It seems consistent that a people cannot mansion a general righteousness pay two generations. The Nephites after the visitation of Christ may have managed three generations but the ability to forget and the need to remember are constant in human nature.