Tag: Priesthood Men
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Kib, Shule, and Others
There are many men in the book of Ether who I can’t be sure whether they qualify as righteous. Kib and Shule represent two distinct classes of these men. With Kib we have no indication as to his righteousness or the righteousness of his people. We know his father was righteous and one of his…
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Pagag and Orihah
Like their respective father’s, these two sons were righteous men. Also like their father’s they made different choices regarding whether the people should choose a king. Each of these sons made the same decision as his father. Pagag refused to be king when the people choose him as the oldest son of Mahonri. In fact,…
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Mahonri Moriancumer
The brother of Jared was among those who saw the vision of eternity. I think it is important to consider that when he was chastened for not calling upon the Lord for four years that likely meant that he got complacent and said prayers of gratitude for the land they were in rather than diligently…
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Jared
While the brother of Jared plays most prominently in the spiritual history of their people Jared was clearly a humble man of God as well. Jared was humble enough to ask his brother to pray, knowing that his brother was righteous enough to have his prayer heard and to accurately receive the answer that the…
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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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Amos, Amos II, and Ammaron
The first Amos, the son of Nephi, saw peace and prosperity for his whole life. Amos II and Ammaron saw the people reject that righteousness and follow after pride. By the time Ammaron died it wasn’t safe to keep the plates openly and the best person to give them to was a ten year old…
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Nephi III
The soon of the first Nephite disciple to be called was most likely given charge of the records a soon a big father had finished making any corrections to his record after the visit of the Savior. There have been times when I wondered of they were the same man. The wording is “Nephi the…
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The Nephite Disciples
I’ve already written about Nephi and we don’t know many details about the other eleven disciples but they all went through the great upheavals that preceded the visit of the Savior. We know their names: Timothy, Jonas (the son of Nephi or possibly of Timothy – the grammar leaves room for uncertainty), Mathoni, Mathonihah, Kumen,…
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Lachoneus and Gidgiddoni
By the time Lachoneus and Gidgiddoni were conquering the existential threat that their people faced there were no longer two distinct bloodlines separating the Nephite and the Lamanite nations. The people had been switching nations either in small groups or large migrations. Those who were inclined to be very wicked among the Nephites would kind…