David Journal

Tag: Ether

  • Divine design

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    Sometimes I forget that the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon weren’t chosen by Joseph Smith nor did he show them the record. Also, when Moroni records that Joseph can show the record to those who help bring forth the work that is separate from the promise that unto 3 they will be shown…

  • Gospel in 10 seconds

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    I have often noticed places in the scriptures where the gospel of Jesus Christ (or the gospel of repentance) is encapsulated in 1 or 2 verses. I noticed one of those instances in Ether 4 and have decided to start tagging them as Gospel in 10 seconds. Basically off the top of my head I…

  • The vision of all things

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    I am finally understanding the book of Revelation because I have been filtering it through the clarity of Nephi’s vision. Now if I were to receive the record of the brother of Jared I would finally be able to understand what he recorded from his vision.

  • Prophetic preview

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    The Jaredites have not even come to the promised land yet in the narrative before Moroni is giving a preview of their history and how it relates to his. We have already read of the destruction of the Nephites but here at the beginning of the record Moroni is indicating to the reader that the…

  • Record keeping

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    I have always been amazed at how dense the information must have been on the record of Ether—24 plates that contained a record from the creation of man to the destruction of the Jaredites and while Moroni only included that portion from the tower of Babel to the end it still takes up 30 pages…

  • Beyond hope

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    The last few days of fighting the people on both sides knew they had completely destroyed their people. All the women and children had been slaughtered and only the pride of being the last side (one man in the end) standing was left to fight for.

  • Bent on annihilation

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    Will we ever see a people today get so wicked and angry with each other they that are bent on fighting until one of the sides is completely annihilated? I can only imagine how Ether felt as he observed this

  • Coriantumr saved

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    Because of the prophecy of Ether the Lord preserved Coriantumr from Shiz, probably by making Shiz think that Coriantumr had died. (I have to think that with his anger and desire for revenge Shiz would have finished Coriantumr off rather than simply expecting him to die from his wounds if he thought Coriantumr was not…

  • No order but war

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    The Jaredites descended to a state of total chaos with each man left to defend what he could. The only semblance of order was as they flocked to competing armies

  • Rethinking the timing

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    It seems clear to me that Jerusalem will not be redeemed and made a holy city again until Christ comes to reign. Likewise, the city of New Jerusalem will not be built up to the remnant of the seed of Joseph in this hemisphere until the same time period. I have always thought of it…