Tag: Mormon
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Farewell
Moroni wrote according to the instructions of his father, Mormon and this instructions were clearly to write and epilogue to the history of the Nephites. That epilogue was meant as a warning to the gentle who would follow them and an invitation to the descendants of Lehi who would remain.
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Wasted miracles
It is no use showing miracles to this who, when they experience a miracle, insist that the miracle was a result of something other than the Being who wrought it. The Nephites claimed it was their own strength and preparation that led them to defeat the Lamanites multiple times. After they lost when Mormon was…
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An intelligent child
For some reason I’ve never considered before that Ammoron noticed Mormon for his intelligence as a child. As a ten year old he was considered somewhat learned among the people. That intelligence was why Ammoron picked him and also why the Nephites picked him to lead at such a young age. Of course in a…
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Moroni
Moroni was raised amidst wickedness. In all his life he never saw a righteous people. His only experience of such a people would have been in vision and in reviewing the sacred records. I have always thought before that his years after the destruction of the Nephites must have been lonely but I now realize…
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Mormon
When contemplating Mormon it isn’t possible to be anything but constantly amazed at what he went through. By age ten he was singled out to keep the sacred records. By age sixteen he was so righteous that he saw the Savior. Throughout his life he saw so much wickedness that he knew his people were…
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28 May 2014
Moroni 9 Was Moroni just trying to convey the depravity among the Nephites before they were destroyed? Why did Mormon wrote these things? Was Moroni not seeing that level of depravity where he was? Did Mormon hope that Moroni could do something for the widows at Sherrizah? At the least he wanted to remind Moroni…
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27 May 2014
Moroni 8 I wonder if Moroni himself was ever confused on the issue of infant baptism or if he had a correct understanding even before receiving this epistle from his father. Was this epistle to reach Moroni or simply to encourage him and emphasize the importance of the issue. I personally suspect that Moroni sought…
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26 May 2014
Moroni 7 What was it like among the people of the church during the days of Mormon? How clear was it that they were a people heading for utter destruction? Did the people of the church consistently walk so differently from the other people of their nation that they stood out in Nephite crowd out…
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10 May 2014
Mormon 9 I never noticed before that “God” is sometimes capitalized in the Book of Mormon but not always. The closing phrase of verse 10 here is, “then have ye imagined up unto yourselves a god who is not a God of miracles.”
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9 May 2014
Mormon 8 Moroni was feeling depressed and overwhelmed as he began writing in the sacred record. He had experienced the destruction of his people and felt that his life had been dominated by wickedness. From that background how could he do more than record a few observed facts about the situation? The one thing Moroni…