Tag: Ether

Ether 11This just confirms what I thought yesterday, that the people never returned to righteousness generally – even for a brief period – from the time of Heth and the dearth and destruction of the poisonous serpents.

Ether 10I don’t believe the people ever fully recovered from the wickedness in the days of Heth. Although they did have some kings who were righteous it was rarely more than one or two in a row and even for those there was much wickedness among the people. For example, Shez began to build up…

Ether 8Somehow I always gloss over the fact that the Jaredites brought records with them across the ocean. Those who varied from the wished of Akish would be beheaded and those who divulged the secret would be killed (though not necessarily beheaded). This sounds not unlike the honor killings found among some believers of Islam.…

Ether 7It seems that always within two generations of a people being separated there are prophets among them warning them to repent of their iniquity. I am relying on D&C 11:21 (seek not to declare my word but first seek to obtain my word, then shall your tongue be loosed) and D&C 84:85 (treasure up…

Ether 6I have been asked to teach the Elder’s Quorum on March 1st. I will be seeking a topic and direction in the next few weeks. I was told that each member of the Quorum Presidency felt that I should be teaching (this is the first open week since President Eyring taught us). I feel…

Ether 5“The testimony of three and this work shall stand as a testimony against the world at the last day.”That is the first standard against which the people of our day will be judged. The first question will be “What did you think of the Book of Mormon and the testimony of the three witnesses…

Ether 4The Nephites after the visitation of the Savior had all the writings of the brother of Jared. At first I wondered if this might have contributed to the duration of their righteous society or if it was simply a blessing of widespread righteousness. Now I realize that a written record of their own experience…

Ether 3Part of our knowledge of Christ for an apostolic witness must be of His greatness and our comparative nothingness. That is part of humbling ourselves to the dust. The beauty of it is that with a witness of His divinity and His love for us, we can feel unworthy and yet not feel ashamed…

Ether 2When Ether mentions that the Lord came down and talked to the Brother of Jared in a cloud he mentions the cloud and the fact that the Lord did not show Himself because he knows that this becomes significant later in the story. The fact is that this meeting was much more personal than…