Tag: Ether

Jared probably saw that his sons and his nephews were righteous therefore he thought it would be safe for one of them to rule. His brother saw that long-term, a monarchy is prone to falling into price and wickedness no matter how righteous the kings started out being.

To arrive at the promised land, the Jaredites had to ensure great struggles against the wind and waves. In order to survive it all they had to be prepared with ships of sufficient strength and provisions of sufficient capacity. Had they not followed the direction of the Lord they would have been unable to know…

Those close to Joseph Smith would surely have heard that the record he was translating included a prophecy that three people would be shown the record by the power of God. Thus Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris knew of that promise and likely each had a promoting that they could be among the…

Chapters 3 and 4 of Ether are a summary or description of the contents of the sealed portion of the gold plates. Moroni shared them, as he was commanded to assuage any curiosity. If the time comes that the sealed portion is revealed openly we can know if it’s veracity based on whether it matches…

The writings of the brother of Jared and the seer stones were to be hid from the world but obviously Ether had them as did other record keepers before him. Mosiah then had them as well. It seems that Mosiah had set stones before he had the record of Ether so it is hard to…

I always assumed that the seer stones were from the 16 stones that the brother of Jared fashioned to be used as lights with the power of God. Considering that he was told to seal up those seer stones I conclude that either two more stones were given for light or else the seer stones…

Being redeemed in its most perfect and undeniable form is to come back into the presence of the Lord. As proven by the brother of Jared, it can happen in mortality although it may commonly happens after a person had died (and not necessarily immediately after).

When the Jaredites came to the sea they were allowed to rest but the brother of Jared was expected to understand that this wasn’t their final destination. After it was clear that he had no expectation of moving on the Lord came to him and chastised him for being willing to accept only part of…

I had always thought that Moroni emphasized the choice land and the promise of the Lord because he had seen his people destroyed and he was writing the record of the Jaredites who had been destroyed. The reality is that he emphasized it because he saw the similarities between the pattern of the Jaredites and…

Presumably the people who had their language confounded at the tower of Babel were those who didn’t believe the gospel. I assume that the records (whatever they had) were in a language that could no longer understand. I wonder how many true stories from history were lost to the many people that emerged from the…