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I have to be honest, im starting to like this book of ether. When i read it or even think about it now, i marvel at how anyone including, embarrassingly enough at one time could possibly read through that book and still even begin to take the book of mormon seriously. Perhaps more than any other part in the book of mormon, this section powerfully portrays the cycle through which the ancient inhabitants of america passed many timesthe cycle. King mosiah was the seer who used the urim and thummim to translate the record of the jaredites as contained on 24 plates of gold mosiah 28. Ether 4 the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Behold, when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness of heart, and blindness of mind, then shall the great and marvelous things which have been hid up from the foundation of the world from youyea, when ye shall call upon the father in my name, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then shall ye. Wherefore it is an abridgment of the record of the people of ne phi. It describes the jaredites, descendants of jared and his companions, who were led by god to the americas shortly after the confusion of tongues and the destruction of the tower of babel.

Insights from my daily study of the book of mormon. Ether 4 skeptics annotated bible quran book of morman. Out of the top matches, we discovered a book called the late war between the united states and great britain, a scriptural style account of the war of 1812 published in new york in 1816. And the veil was taken from off the eyes of the brother of jared, and he saw the finger of the lord. Moroni is commanded to seal up the writings of the brother of jaredthey shall not be revealed until men have faith even as the brother of jaredchrist commands men to believe his words and those of his disciplesmen are commanded to repent and believe the gospel and be saved. Nibley in the first of four honors book of mormon classes that he taught at byu during 198890. As the final installment in the book of mormon symposium series, this volume examines the last four books of the nephite record. The book of mormon is supposed to be a history of real people living in a real place. A jaredite king and the last survivor of the jaredite people. As a result, there was a devastating war in which all the inhabitants of the land were destroyed except coriantumr and shiz. It is vintage nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.

The book of mormon claims that jewish ancestry formed the majority of precolumbian inhabitants of america. Below is the modern map of the area of smiths youth. Book of ether mormonism, the mormon church, beliefs. Noah webster, american dictionary of the english language 1828, s. Book of mormon 1981ether wikisource, the free online. Choose from 428 different sets of book of mormon ether 2 flashcards on quizlet. Downloads female voice mp3 male voice mp3 entire book pdf footnotes. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the church of the latter day saint movement, which adherents believe contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421. In ether 4 5, as moroni directed his attention to helping future gentile readers come unto christ, he repeated and made use of many of the themes and verbal expressions used by his father, mormon. The biggest thing that strikes me about ether already, looking at it this way, is that the first several and the last few chapters all cover just a generation or two, while ether chapters 9 and 10 together cover nearly a thousand years, or the same span of time covered by the entire book of mormon before the book of ether. Why do so many of mormons teachings appear in ether 4 and 5.

The title refers to ether, a jaredite prophet who lived at the end of the time period covered by the book. The book is bound in brown calfskin, with a black label on the spine. We build enduring faith in jesus christ by making the book of mormon accessible, comprehensible, and defensible to the entire world. Moronis authority in ether 4 5 something interesting i learned from a close reading of ether 4 5. Book any title page introduction testimony of three witnesses testimony of eight witnesses testimony of the prophet joseph smith a brief explanation about the book of mormon 1 nephi 2 nephi jacob enos jarom omni words of mormon mosiah alma helaman 3 nephi 4 nephi mormon ether moroni. Discussions on the book of mormon ether 1 6 duration. And it was as the finger of a man, like unto flesh and blood. The translation continues from the rest of the plates of mormon, which were abridged from the large plates of nephi, and includes the books of mosiah, alma, helaman, 3 nephi, 4 nephi, and mormon the last two chapters of which were written by moroni. The book of ether is one of the books that make up the book of mormon. Internal consistency in ether 4 5 in my post yesterday, i noted that moroni is quoting christ in ether 4.

Between 1817 and 1819 it was marketed for the use of. Preliminary comments on the sources behind the book of ether. Frankly, it starts out a little slow, although some of the names are a bit funny. Learn book of mormon ether 2 with free interactive flashcards. Imho, the book of ether is the strangest book in the bom. Book of mormon plates and records the encyclopedia of. Moroni is commanded to seal up the writings of the brother of jared they will not be revealed until men have faith even as the brother of. Steel is mentioned only five times in the book of mormon, once in the book of ether 7. Thus, there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest a jewish or middleeastern. The contents of the vision are withheld from the world until the death and resurrection of christ. But then all the sudden it just happens prehistoric people start building submarines. It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon. Despite the warnings of the prophet ether, he would not repent or encourage his people to return to the lord.

In october 20, the authors conducted a data analysis comparing the book of mormon to over 100,000 books from the pre1830s era. Book of mormon, 1830, page 0 the joseph smith papers. Chapter 4 moroni is commanded to seal up the writings of the brother of jaredthey will not be revealed until men have faith even as the brother of jaredchrist commands men to believe his words and those of his disciplesmen are commanded to. Book of mormon notes a collection of notes about the book of mormon, from a faithful perspective. The book of ether tells of an ancient people the jaredites, descendants of jared and his companions who were led by god to the americas shortly after the destruction of the tower of babel. For the first 150 years of mormonisms existence, everyone thought it was a story about a people who left the middle east and came to south or central america, and who fought wars clear up into new. Interestingly, while the urim and thummim are called interpreters, alma 37. And the lord commanded the brother of jared to go down out of the mount from the presence of the lord, and write the things which he had seen. The king james quotations in the book of mormon, the history of the text of the book of mormon. It seems that the rest of chapter 4 is moroni quoting what the lord.

Teachings of the book of mormon, semester 4 neal a. See book of mormon central, why must a trial of faith precede a witness of truth. Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. In the fourth chapter of the book of ether, after recording on the plates the very things which the brother of jared saw ether 4. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the. How did moroni describe what the brother of jared saw.