Tag: Ether

Even in paying that the gentiles should have charity Moroni is reminded that his focus should be on his own performance/decisions even in charitable desires for others. It is good that he hopes they will be righteous and have charity but his outcome only depends on what he does with the light and knowledge that…

Moroni demonstrates a week spot on his faith when he expects that the gentiles will mock the work of the record he and his father are leaving. It is also a soft spot his faith the leads him to conclude that the brother of Jared had a greater gift for writing than his people. He…

Ether had eyes to see but he prophesied among a people who did not.

I never considered before how many prophets came before Ether to prophesy with great specificity about the destruction awaiting the people if they didn’t repent. These people had ample warning.

There were several points in Jaredite history where the people were divided into two camps which were both wicked. What would be the telltale signs in our day that we were in a similar predicament where we only ever had wicked options to choose from for many successive cycles? (2016 felt like one such cycle…

The Jaredites under their series if kind were without a solid foundation. Norms of behavior could swing wildly because their was no foundation more enduring than the current leadership. That is the great strength of a constitutional order — the foundation is settled and reviewable from generation to generation and stability can remain as long…

What would have happened if the last son of Jared had done like his brothers and cousins in refusing the throne? If the people had started without a monarchy would they have been righteous?

Christ is repeatedly offering to make manifest the things that have been hidden. We just need to accept his invitation to rid ourselves of unbelief in order to receive that promised blessing.

Where did the brother of hatred show the most faith? Was it in paying with fair? Was it seeing the finger of the Lord? Was it the confidence to ask to see more when the Lord asked if he had only seen the finger? Was it in remembering the words of the Lord and concocting…

When we look at prehistory the assumption seems to be that people and animals migrated to follow food etc, that they spread out organically. How would it understanding change if we assumed that they were often more deliberate, much less that many times they were being openly led by an omnipotent father as Jared and…