Tag: Moses

Moses 8Japheth was 42 years older than Shem and Ham was 8 years younger, and each of them walked with God. I am very confident that Adam lived in the city of Enoch for the majority of its existence.

Moses 7The land here became barren for the Jaredites when they would not be righteous. The same thing happened at times for the Nephites. It may well be that the Middle East, which is also a promised land would be more fruitful if the people there were not so consumed with bitterness and enmity. Enoch…

Moses 6I don’t know why I had not realized this years ago, but the line of patriarchs is not from father to oldest son, it is from father to first covenant-keeping son. We have no indication that any of these were the firstborn sons of their fathers or that these men waited for 60 to…

Moses 5We often say that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri, at Adam-ondi-ahman but what we know is that that was where Adam gathered his children before his death and where there will again be gatherings I wonder if it is not Eden, but rather the place Adam settled after he was driven out…

Moses 4The Savior is so obviously preparing Joseph for the temple ceremonies that will be revealed to him in the Kirtland Temple when it is dedicated a few years after these revelations.

Moses 3Mark Twain wrote a book about the garden of Eden in which Eve did the actual naming because Adam always got it wrong. Obviously it was meant in humor but the idea that they worked together in the process is appealing. Here the scriptures clearly indicate that Adam did the naming before Eve was…

Moses 2I think that one of the reasons that the Lord gave this revelation of scripture to Joseph was to begin teaching him the information for the Endowment. Here is much of the storyline and the covenants for the ordinance were revealed after the Kirtland Temple was dedicated. Knowing that the term “Day” has no…

Moses 1Moses’ vision was not unlike Joseph Smith in the Sacred Grove. It was also like the experiences of John the revelator, the brother of Jared, and Nephi who recorded some part of their visions as well as Adam, Enoch, and Abraham who we are told of, but have no record of, their theophanies. I’m…