David Journal

Tag: Priesthood Men

  • Nephi II

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    Following in the footsteps of his father, Nephi led the church at one of the most challenging periods in the history of the Nephites. It seems that Satan and his wicked followers had built up great momentum and were working with great urgency to derail the faith of the church and destroy it before the…

  • Samuel the Lamanite

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    We really only have one episode from the life of Samuel but he taught boldly to a highly antagonistic audience and field the coming of the Savior – including His eventual death and resurrection. I wonder if Samuel was asking those converted by Nephi and Lehi. Perhaps he came to Zerahemla to see Nephi.

  • Nephi and Lehi

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    The lives of Lehi and Nephi weren’t identical. Nephi was the chief judge for a period of time, he had charge of the sacred records, and if there was a single had of the church at that time it would be Nephi (we don’t actually know if Nephi was actually considered ahead of all others…

  • Helaman II

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    Helaman the some of Helaman is the righteous son of a famous righteous man. Sometimes we expect that to naturally be the case but the sons of Pahoran who were his contemporaries prove otherwise. Their father was also a famous righteous man but one of them tried to overthrow the governance his father had lead…

  • Antipus, Gid, and Teomner

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    Antipus, Gid, and Teomner all serve as examples of God men who don’t have much of a footprint in the written history. I suspect that if we knew their full stories we would find each of them to be as good as Teancum overall even if they didn’t have a superior military prowess like he…

  • Pahoran

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    Pahoran had a very challenging reign as chief judge. At the outset he had the king-men pushing for him to alter the law (likely because they saw an opportunity with the death of the original chief judge) then he had must of a decade of war where he had to try to supply two armies…

  • Teancum

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    Teancum is among those uncommon figures in the scriptures who is good throughout his but who meets his end due to something that many would view as a character flaw. This can lead is to overlook or justify the flaw (i.e. there was nothing wrong him trying to assassinate Ammoron). It might lead is to…

  • Captain Moroni

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    If like to think of Moroni add the greatest military commander of all time although Enoch would have been a strong contender for that title as well. The thing that made him so good at his job was that he loved his people with true charity. Not only that but he didn’t hate those he…

  • General Lehi

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    I made up the rank here but I needed to distinguish the military figure from the patriarch of two nations. Lehi had a long career in the Nephite army. He almost certainly had more experience than Moroni when the young Moroni was selected to lead all the Nephite armies. Considering how dependable lehi was both…

  • Shiblon and Corianton

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    The younger sons of Alma give two examples of unsung priesthood men. Shiblon is an example of being quietly dependable. He never gained any lasting notoriety but his father was pleased with his steadiness and later his brother entrusted him with keeping the sacred records. Corianton followed more in the footsteps of his father as…