David Journal

Tag: Omni

  • Was Enos the youngest son?

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    I don’t know that I’ve ever considered before what we know of Enos. Based on the timing etc I conclude that Enos was born during the tail end of Jacob’s life. While he had his sins forgiven he may well have also been removed from Jacob enough that he was seeking to remember what Jacob…

  • Chemish and Mosiah

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    If Abinadom was born in the days of Mosiah then Chemish must have lived in that crucial time when the Nephites separated and yet he didn’t think that worthy of recording.

  • Chemish

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    Chemish didn’t seem to have any grasp of the purpose or importance of the plates he was given. He just thinks this is how the Nephites kept records with no idea that there is a purpose to it. Undoubtedly the only way that Abinadom had any vision of their purpose was that he read the…

  • Amaron

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    I assume that Amaron was the oldest son of Omni. I wonder if Omni gave him the plates considering him the best to keep them out just because the oldest is the default first choice. Amaron did at least as well as his father in keeping the record but as he gave it to his…

  • Did Jarom have an option

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    When Jarom gave the plates to Omni, did he have other sons who could have taken them and understood their purpose better? Had he continued as the record keeper could he have done better in those years that Omni had the record than Omni did? Who knows.

  • The Book of Omni

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    When we are encouraged to ponder why certain things were included in the Book of Mormon I have the book of Omni high on my list to wonder about. I understand why the authors of that book wrote it – they were given instructions that they didn’t understand but they followed them anyway. It would…

  • One journal entry each

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    With the possible exception of Enos, I get the impression that each of the writers after Jacob in the small plates wrote only once toward the end of their life in the plates before passing them on. Also, at least as early as Jarom they fully expected to be swept off of this choice land…

  • Mosiah I and Benjamin

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    I wonder how Mosiah I (the father of Benjamin) was able to unify two groups of people and begin forging a righteous kingdom. That must have been a monumental undertaking. I’m sure he would make the list of priesthood men if we knew more about him. Benjamin completed the work that he started by establishing…

  • 25 January 2014

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    Enos, Jarom, Omni, Words of Mormon Enos likely had his conversion before the coming off Sharem that Jacob recorded. Both Enos and Jacob speak of the efforts of the Nephites to convert the Lamanites. When Amaleki wrote about the stone that told of Coriantumr and the origins of his people he had no idea that…

  • 31 January 2013

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    Omni, Words of Mormon These generations are long. The indications are that each soon who keeps the record lives about 50 years past his father. Unless each son is living 15 or 20 years longer than his father (which is not a reasonable guess) these children must be born when their fathers are nearly 50…