Moroni 1—6 While wandering for the safety of his life, Moroni records ordinances and practices of the Church of Jesus Christ. These include conferring the gift of the Holy Ghost, performing priesthood ordinations, administering the sacrament, and qualifying for baptism.
Moroni also discusses the spiritual nourishment of Church members as well as the purposes of Church meetings and how they were conducted. Moroni 7 Moroni records a sermon given by Mormon, who taught about the Light of Christ, the importance of doing righteous acts with real intent, discerning the difference between good and evil, laying hold upon every good thing, and the relationship between faith, hope, and charity. For behold, many of the daughters of the Lamanites have they taken prisoners; and after depriving them of that which was most dear and precious above all things, which is chastity and virtue Come out in judgment, O God, and hide their sins, and wickedness, and abominations from before thy face!
They are without order and without mercy. Behold, I am but a man, and I have but the strength of a man, and I cannot any longer enforce my commands. Behold, thou knowest the wickedness of this people; thou knowest that they are without principle, and past feeling; and their wickedness doth exceed that of the Lamanites. And there are different ways that these gifts are administered; but it is the same God who worketh all in all; and they are given by the manifestations of the Spirit of God unto men, to profit them.
For if there be one among you that doeth good, he shall work by the power and gifts of God. Contributing Getting Started Advanced. Register Don't have an account? Book of Moroni. View source. History Talk 0. Analysis Chapter 1 is a short introduction. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail— 47 But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.
The golden plates shall be brought out of darkness and will shine forth by the power of God v. The era in which the plates will come forth will be troubled by secret combinations and works of darkness v. There will be great destruction, e. There will be great pollutions upon the face of the earth, e.
It will be taught that God will uphold such at the last day v. Very fine apparel will be a mark of the day because of pride and all manner of iniquities v. They love their money, substance, fine apparel and the adorning of their churches more than they love the poor and they needy, the sick and afflicted v. When the Lord comes, the earth shall be rolled as a scroll and the elements shall melt with fervent heat Three sets of witnesses, the three witnesses, the eight witnesses, and the Godhead, shall all stand as a testimony against the world at the last day who reject this work v.
Whatever nation shall uphold secret combinations until they get power and gain and spread over that nation shall be destroyed Moroni prophesied of a specific wicked combination in the last days that would attempt to overthrow the freedom of all lands. It will bring to pass destruction Ether He then seems to assume that this then really completes his work with the plates and once again ends his writings with an appropriate conclusion.
But sometime later he returns and abridges the book of Ether, which itself is an abridgement of the 2,year history of the Jaredite civilization, made on 24 plates of gold by Ether, the last Jaredite prophet. The book of Ether was discovered by the Nephites about 92 BC, and translated by the prophet Mosiah with the aid of the Urim and Thummim see Mosiah — Moroni completed the abridgment of the book of Ether on the plates of Mormon, which we often call the gold plates.
Prior to leading his people from the tower of Babel to the New World, the brother of Jared received a series of revelations, the Lord personally talking with him from a cloud Ether As the brother of Jared grew spiritually, the Lord taught him greater truths. The Lord commanded the brother of Jared to write the visions in a language that could not be read and seal them up v.
The Lord gave his prophet two stones to enable a future translator to read the language which had been confounded see vv. The Lord told the brother of Jared that the things which he saw and heard should not be revealed to the world until after Jesus should glorify his name in the flesh Ether In keeping with this command these great revelations were not revealed to the Nephites by king Mosiah in 92 BC.
They were made available to the Nephites after Jesus ascended to heaven in AD 34, and they enjoyed them for several generations. Moroni was also commanded to write his own words and seal them all up with the interpreters —5. We are not told specifically how many of the Book of Mormon plates were sealed, but Elder Orson Pratt stated that it was two-thirds of them. Elder George Q. If the highest estimate is correct and two-thirds of the plates were sealed, that would mean there are the equivalent of 1, pages sealed since there are pages in the current Book of Mormon.
That would make a total of 1, possible pages had the whole set of plates been translated. Since Moroni engraved the sealed-portion plates as well as 51 pages in the Book of Mormon, his total of 1, pages written would be about 70 percent of the total plates delivered to Joseph Smith. If the smaller estimate is correct, then the numbers would be lower with about pages sealed, making a total of pages.
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