35z - The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. The Resurrected Jesus Christ Taught Among the Nephites in Ancient Central America in A.D. 34 - Part V

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TODAY'S THEME

This is the concluding post in the series in which the things the Resurrected Jesus Christ said and did among the Nephites in Ancient America are shown to be very strong testaments of His divine responsibility as the Son of God in all times and in all places, not just in Ancient Palestine where He was born and ministered.

About A.D. 34 3 Nephi CHAPTER 18 (Chapter Heading): Jesus institutes the sacrament among the Nephites—They are commanded to pray always in his name—Those who eat his flesh and drink his blood unworthily are damned—The disciples are given power to confer the Holy Ghost.

Jesus Blesses the Nephite Children -by Robert T. Barrett

About A.D. 34 3 Nephi CHAPTER 19 (Chapter Heading): The Twelve Disciples minister unto the people and pray for the Holy Ghost—They are baptized and receive the Holy Ghost and the ministering of angels—Jesus prays using words that cannot be written—He attests to the exceedingly great faith of these Nephites.

A.D. 34 3 Nephi CHAPTER 20 (Chapter Heading): Jesus provides bread and wine miraculously and again administers the sacrament unto them—The remnant of Jacob shall come to the knowledge of the Lord their God and shall inherit the Americas—Jesus is the prophet like unto Moses, and the Nephites are children of the prophets—Others of the Lord's people shall be gathered to Jerusalem.

Signers of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America Shown Reviewing that Document Before its Actual Signing Took Place July 4, 1776 -by John Trumbull

About A.D. 34 3 Nephi CHAPTER 21 (Chapter Heading): Israel shall be gathered when the Book of Mormon comes forth—The Gentiles shall be established as a free people in America—They shall be saved if they believe and obey; otherwise they shall be cut off and destroyed—Israel shall build the New Jerusalem, and the lost tribes shall return. (Highlighted italics added for emphasis)



The Ancient Apostles, Peter, James and John Bestow the Melchizedek Priesthood Upon Joseph Smith and then on Oliver Cowdery -by Kenneth Riley



 

The Prophet Isaiah Writes of the Gathering of Christ's Israel in the Latter-days -by Harry Anderson

About A.D. 34 3 Nephi CHAPTER 22 (Chapter Heading): In the last days, Zion and her stakes shall be established, and Israel shall be gathered in mercy and tenderness—They shall triumph—Compare Isaiah 54.

Painting: Robert T. Barrett

About A.D. 34 3 Nephi CHAPTER 23 (Chapter Heading): Jesus approves the words of Isaiah—He commands the people to search the prophets—The words of Samuel the Lamanite concerning the resurrection are added to their records.

3Nephi 23: 4 Therefore give heed to my words; write the things which I have told you; and according to the time and the will of the Father they shall go forth unto the Gentiles.

5 And whosoever will hearken unto my words and repenteth and is baptized, the same shall be saved. Search the prophets, for many there be that testify of these things.

6 And now it came to pass that when Jesus had said these words he said unto them again, after he had expounded all the scriptures unto them which they had received, he said unto them: Behold, other scriptures I would that ye should write, that ye have not.

7 And it came to pass that he said unto Nephi: Bring forth the record which ye have kept.

8 And when Nephi had brought forth the records, and laid them before him, he cast his eyes upon them and said:

9 Verily I say unto you, I commanded my servant Samuel, the Lamanite, that he should testify unto this people, that at the day that the Father should glorify his name in me that there were many saints who should arise from the dead, and should appear unto many, and should minister unto them. And he said unto them: Was it not so?

10 And his disciples answered him and said: Yea, Lord, Samuel did prophesy according to thy words, and they were all fulfilled.

11 And Jesus said unto them: How be it that ye have not written this thing, that many saints did arise and appear unto many and did minister unto them?

12 And it came to pass that Nephi remembered that this thing had not been written.

13 And it came to pass that Jesus commanded that it should be written; therefore it was written according as he commanded. (emphasis added)

About A.D. 34 3Nephi CHAPTER 24 (Chapter Heading): The Lord's messenger shall prepare the way for the Second Coming—Christ shall sit in judgment—Israel is commanded to pay tithes and offerings—A book of remembrance is kept—Compare Malachi 3.

Painting: Dan Lewis

Elijah the Prophet, who never tasted death, appeared to modern day prophets in the Kirtland, Ohio LDS Temple April 3, 1836 (Malachi 4:5; D. and C. 110:13). Elijah gave them the power to seal the living to their dead which is an eternal sealing, and allowing the living to do essential priesthood ordinances for the dead to allow them to attain eternal life through the power of our Savior's blessed atonement.

Painting: Harry Anderson

The Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the Hosts of Heaven A.D. ?

About A.D. 34 3Nephi CHAPTER 25 Chapter Heading): At the Second Coming the proud and wicked shall be burned as stubble—Elijah shall return before that great and dreadful day—Compare Malachi 4. About A.D. 34 CHAPTER 26 Jesus expounds all things from the beginning to the end—Babes and children utter marvelous things which cannot be written—Those in the Church of Christ have all things in common among them. (emphasis added)

Painting: Del Parson

About A.D. 34 CHAPTER 27 (Chapter Heading): Jesus commands them to call the Church in his name—His mission and atoning sacrifice constitute his gospel—Men are commanded to repent and be baptized that they may be sanctified by the Holy Ghost—They are to be even as Jesus is. (I dealt with this very important chapter in post 35t.) (Clarification Added)

Painting: Gary L. Kapp

Christ grants the Request of the Three Nephite Disciples

About A.D. 34–35 3Nephi CHAPTER 28 (Chapter Heading): Nine of the Twelve desire and are promised an inheritance in Christ's kingdom when they die—The Three Nephites desire and are given power over death so as to remain on the earth until Jesus comes again—They are translated and see things not lawful to utter, and they are now ministering among men.

Painting: Tom Lovell

The Prophet, Mormon, at the Lord's command, abridges the Records of the Nephites into what is named, The Book of Mormon. 331 - 345 A.D.

About A.D. 34–35 3 Nephi CHAPTER 29 (Chapter Heading): The coming forth of the Book of Mormon is a sign that the Lord has commenced to gather Israel and fulfill his covenants—Those who reject his Latter-day revelations and gifts shall be cursed.

Painting: Del Parson

Joseph Smith, assisted by his scribe, Oliver Cowdery, translates the Book of Mormon into the English language by the Gift of God sometime in 1829.

Two Photographs: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

About A.D. 34–35 3 Nephi CHAPTER 30 (Chapter Heading): The Latter-day Gentiles are commanded to repent and come unto Christ and be numbered with the house of Israel.

Please view the LDS video: "Blessings of the Priesthood."  Presenter is Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


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If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish:  Its content is translated from the English in this blog.

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35y - The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. He Taught Among the Nephites in Ancient Central America in A.D. 34 - Part IV.

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TODAY'S THEME

Jesus taught the same things to the Nephites that He had taught to the Jews in Palestine. Here is more evidence of that:

The Book of Mormon, 3 Nephi, (Chapter Heading) CHAPTER 13 Jesus teaches the Nephites the Lord's Prayer—They are to lay up treasures in heaven—The Twelve in their ministry are commanded to take no thought for temporal things—Compare Matthew 6. About A.D. 34

Once again, as was pointed out in my just previous blog post, our Savior, Jesus Christ continued teaching the Nephites that which He had taught His followers in Palestine. That is what we would expect Him to do. He knew well what to teach the Nephites to do in His church because He had done that in His church that He had set up in His homeland. He taught this in Palestine:





Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in Jerusalem. -by Carl Heinrich Bloch

Matthew 6:1 TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

5 ¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



Jesus Teaching Nephites in Central America A.D. 34 -by Harry Anderson



Jesus taught this in ancient Central America:

III Nephi Chapter 13: 1 VERILY, verily, I say that I would that ye should do alms unto the poor; but take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father who is in heaven.

2 Therefore, when ye shall do your alms do not sound a trumpet before you, as will hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

3 But when thou doest alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth;

4 That thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee openly.

5 And when thou prayest thou shalt not do as the hypocrites, for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

8 Be not ye therefore like unto them, for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him.

9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

11 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

12 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

13 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

We can now say: Amen and Amen.

3 Nephi CHAPTER 14 (Chapter Heading) Jesus commands: Judge not; ask of God; beware of false prophets—He promises salvation to those who do the will of the Father—Compare Matthew 7. About A.D. 34

Moses With the Stone Tablets -by Jerry Harston

3 Nephi CHAPTER 15 (Chapter Heading) Jesus announces that the law of Moses is fulfilled in him—The Nephites are the other sheep of whom he spake in Jerusalem—Because of iniquity the Lord's people in Jerusalem do not know of the scattered sheep of Israel.

About A.D. 34 3 Nephi 15: 13 And behold, this is the land of your inheritance; and the Father hath given it unto you.

14 And not at any time hath the Father given me commandment that I should tell it unto your brethren at Jerusalem.

15 Neither at any time hath the Father given me commandment that I should tell unto them concerning the other tribes of the house of Israel, whom the Father hath led away out of the land.

16 This much did the Father command me, that I should tell unto them:

17 That other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

18 And now, because of stiffneckedness and unbelief they understood not my word; therefore I was commanded to say no more of the Father concerning this thing unto them.

19 But, verily, I say unto you that the Father hath commanded me, and I tell it unto you, that ye were separated from among them because of their iniquity; therefore it is because of their iniquity that they know
not of you.

20 And verily, I say unto you again that the other tribes hath the Father separated from them; and it is because of their iniquity that they know not of them.

21 And verily I say unto you, that ye are they of whom I said: Other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

22 And they understood me not, for they supposed it had been the Gentiles; for they understood not that the Gentiles should be converted through their preaching.

23 And they understood me not that I said they shall hear my voice; and they understood me not that the Gentiles should not at any time hear my voice—that I should not manifest myself unto them save it were by the Holy Ghost.

24 But behold, ye have both heard my voice, and seen me; and ye are my sheep, and ye are numbered among those whom the Father hath given me. (emphasis added)

CHAPTER 16 (Chapter Heading) Jesus will visit others of the lost sheep of Israel—In the latter days the gospel will go to the Gentiles and then to the house of Israel—The Lord's people shall see eye to eye when he brings again Zion. About A.D. 34 (Italics added for emphasis)

Painting: Greg K. Olsen



The Bible and the Book of Mormon Stand Side by Side -by Greg K. Olsen

CHAPTER 17 (Chapter Heading) Jesus directs the people to ponder his words and pray for understanding—He heals their sick—He prays for the people, using language that cannot be written—Angels minister to and fire encircles their little ones. About A.D. 34. (Italics added for emphasis)

Painting: Del Parson

Jesus Showing Love to Nephite Children -by Del Parson

I bare my humble personal witness to you that Jesus is the Christ, our Savior and our Redeemer. I bare you this testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen! - J. Neil Birch

I'm grateful I know Jesus taught the same things to His people in Ancient America as he had taught His people in Palestine and even later He taught other lost tribes of Israel who He told the Nephites (and earlier, His apostles in Palestine,) He would visit He would visit such. We do not know what Jesus taught the other lost tribes of Israel because we do not yet have their records. However, the prophet Nephi, (Between 559 and 545 B.C.) son of Lehi wrote: There will be further evidence in one or two more blog posts of mine that the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ is just what its full name says.

2Nephi 29:13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews. (emphasis added)

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If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Its content is translated from the English in this blog.

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35x - The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ Taught Among the Nephites in Ancient Central America in A.D. 34 - Part III.

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TODAY'S THEME

As those of you who have read the past three blog posts of mine, most likely know, I have led you to expect several more blog posts from me in my series, "The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ."Since Post 35u, we have been focusing on things the Savior of the World, Jesus Christ, said and did among the Nephite People as recorded in the Book of Third Nephi.

As the Chapter 12 of III Nephi heading shows below, Jesus did and also taught almost identically while setting up His Church among the Nephites as He did during His mortal ministry in Palestine. That makes sense. He knew what was needed to allow His church to succeed, of course, it would function basically the same in both Palestine and in Central America.

Jesus Chose and Ordained Twelve Apostles, both in Palestine as shown here, but also in Bountiful, Central America in A.D. 34 -by Harry Anderson

I have chosen to use the Chapter Headings in each of the remaining chapters of Third Nephi as I seek to identify how in each of them there is clear testifying that what Jesus did and taught among the Nephites is clear evidence that He is the Christ, The Son of God!

"THIRD NEPHI, CHAPTER 12

Jesus calls and commissions the Twelve—He delivers to the Nephites a discourse similar to the Sermon on the Mount—He speaks the Beatitudes—His teachings transcend and take precedence over the law of Moses—Men are commanded to be perfect even as he and his Father are perfect—Compare Matthew 5. About A.D. 34"

Not only did Jesus call and commission the twelve in America as He did in Palestine, I, as the author of this blog post used the very same painting depicting our Savior as he ordained his twelve in the Old World for His doing this with the twelve He called from among the Nephites. I did that because no painter has evidently painted a picture depicting that happening among the Lamanites. No matter. This serves to continue the emphasis that: our Savior did the same things in both lands as He set up His divine church.

I just now decided to carry on the same simile I did with the ordaining of the Twelve in America to the other thing mentioned in the Chapter 12 Heading: The Sermon on the Mount.

I happen to have access to two Sermon on the Mount paintings so I will use the one I didn't use the last time I depicted that event that took place in Palestine. I used that first one in my special Easter Season blog post.

We will just think of that which is depicted in this beautiful painting as happening in Central America among the Nephites. Who could tell the difference? We use our imaginations as we view pictures like this anyway.



Jesus Teaching His Basic Sermon on the Mount to the Nephite -by Harry Anderson

I will now quote several sets of verses from Third Nephi Chapter 12. The first set has to do, of course, about His calling the twelve from among them:

1 AND it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words unto Nephi, and to those who had been called, (now the number of them who had been called, and received power and authority to baptize, was twelve) and behold, he stretched forth his hand unto the multitude, and cried unto them, saying: Blessed are ye if ye shall give heed unto the words of these twelve whom I have chosen from among you to minister unto you, and to be your servants; and unto them I have given power that they may baptize you with water; and after that ye are baptized with water, behold, I will baptize you with fire and with the Holy Ghost; therefore blessed are ye if ye shall believe in me and be baptized, after that ye have seen me and know that I am.

2 And again, more blessed are they who shall believe in your words because that ye shall testify that ye have seen me, and that ye know that I am. Yea, blessed are they who shall believe in your words, and come down into the depths of humility and be baptized, for they shall be visited with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and shall receive a remission of their sins. (emphasis added)

I add the following few verses from Third Nephi: (You will recognize them as being very similar to Jesus' words from the Sermon on the Mount in Palestine. Again, He teaches in Central America as He did in Palestine:

III Nephi 12:3 Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 And again, blessed are all they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5 And blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

6 And blessed are all they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost.

7 And blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

8 Blessed are all the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

9 And blessed are all the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

10 And blessed are all they who are persecuted for my name's sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 And blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake;

12 For ye shall have great joy and be exceedingly glad, for great shall be your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

13 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you to be the salt of the earth; but if the salt shall lose its savor wherewith shall the earth be salted? The salt shall be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.

14 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you to be the light of this people. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.

15 Behold, do men light a candle and put it under a bushel? Nay, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house;

16 Therefore let your light so shine before this people, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven. (emphasis added)

Now in ending this blog post I will provide you with the entire chapter 12 of Third Nephi through the following link. 3 Nephi 12:1-48

I'll look forward to having you back in about three days to continue with me in my enjoyable effort of demonstrating that the Book of 3 Nephi of the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, truly does testify of Him.

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If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested. Please be advised that I have an additional blog. It is in Spanish:   It's content is translated from the English in this blog.

Neil Birch

35w - The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. He Taught Among the Nephites in Ancient Central America in A.D. 34. - Part II.

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Preparation for TODAY'S THEME

I hope your memories are still quite clear about that which you read and listened to during my just previous blog post. If you don't really remember what you learned in reading and listening simultaneously to Chapters eight, nine and ten of The Book of Third Nephi, you may want to review them!

The occurrences that were described in that blog post were exceedingly powerful and even unforgettable. However, if you feel the need to do so, I make it easier for you by giving you Chapter Eight right here then when you have finished listening to and reading it you can access each of the succeeding two chapters by clicking on Next.

You may remember it takes only 16.7 minutes to read and listen to those three very key chapters. Your reviewing those three chapters should firmly implant the memory of those exceedingly important historic events in your minds and hearts, again, only if you feel the need to do so.

TODAY'S THEME



The Resurrected Savior, Jesus Christ Ascends Toward the Surprised Nephites -by Arnold Friberg



The Resurrected Lord Jesus Christ Comes Among The Nephites in the Land Bountiful in (Central America in A.D. 34) -by John Scott

The following is the witness our Savior and Redeemer gave of Himself in His initial appearance to the Nephite people. Please read the entire eleventh chapter of Third Nephi by using the connection to that Book of Mormon scripture I have provided at the end of this post, just after you have watched the video I have provided you of a living apostle's testimony of Jesus Christ.

III Nephi 11:1 AND now it came to pass that there were a great multitude gathered together, of the people of Nephi, round about the temple which was in the land Bountiful; and they were marveling and wondering one with another, and were showing one to another the great and marvelous change which had taken place.

2 And they were also conversing about this Jesus Christ, of whom the sign had been given concerning his death.

3 And it came to pass that while they were thus conversing one with another, they heard a voice as if it came out of heaven; and they cast their eyes round about, for they understood not the voice which they heard; and it was not a harsh voice, neither was it a loud voice; nevertheless, and notwithstanding it being a small voice it did pierce them that did hear to the center, insomuch that there was no part of their frame that it did not cause to quake; yea, it did pierce them to the very soul, and did cause their hearts to burn.

4 And it came to pass that again they heard the voice, and they understood it not.

5 And again the third time they did hear the voice, and did open their ears to hear it; and their eyes were towards the sound thereof; and they did look steadfastly towards heaven, from whence the sound came.

6 And behold, the third time they did understand the voice which they heard; and it said unto them:

7 Behold my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, in whom I have glorified my name—hear ye him.

8 And it came to pass, as they understood they cast their eyes up again towards heaven; and behold, they saw a Man descending out of heaven; and he was clothed in a white robe; and he came down and stood in the midst of them; and the eyes of the whole multitude were turned upon him, and they durst not open their mouths, even one to another, and wist not what it meant, for they thought it was an angel that had appeared unto them.

9 And it came to pass that he stretched forth his hand and spake unto the people, saying:

10 Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world.

11 And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning. (emphasis added)

There will be yet several more of my posts that give us the Savior's personal witness through Book of Mormon - Third Nephi scriptural passages.

Now, for a few moments I would like to share with you some of the verses of 3 Nephi, Chapter 9 that caused me to do some personal reflecting. In these verses it was reported that the Savior's voice was heard during the great darkness that was experienced by the more righteous Nephite people. The unrighteous Nephites had already been destroyed. First, please read these quotes from:

3 Nephi 9:3. Behold, that great city Zarahemla have I burned with fire, and the inhabitants thereof. (emphasis added)

and then this:

4. And behold, that great city Moroni have I caused to be sunk in the depths of the sea, and the inhabitants thereof to be drowned. (emphasis added)

There were a number of other cities mentioned whose destruction, along with all of the Nephites who lived in them, were reported by the Savior's voice.

I reflected on what the Savior's voice was heard telling the more righteous Nephites who had been spared from destruction and as He told them why He, Jesus Christ had brought about the deaths of thousands upon thousands of Nephites. Here are some examples:

2. ... and it is because of their iniquity and abominations that they are fallen! (emphasis added)

also

10. And behold, the city of Laman, and the city of Josh, and the city of Gad, and the city of Kishkumen, have I caused to be burned with fire, and the inhabitants thereof, because of their wickedness in casting out the prophets, and stoning those whom I did send to declare unto them concerning their wickedness and their abominations. (emphasis added)

Those were just a few reasons the Lord's voice gave for having destroyed the people He had just destroyed. He gave more reasons, all of them having to do with the specifics of the unrepentant wickedness of that people.

I cited those examples so that I could perhaps put in proper perspective why our supremely loving Savior and Redeemer chose to bring about such destruction.
There is, of course, one great precedent for all of this destruction brought about by God, in the past history of this world. We are told in the Old Testament how, because of such all-encompassing wickedness in the world at the time of Noah, our Lord and our Heavenly Father brought about the great flood which killed everyone on the earth except for Noah and his family along with the animals they had been commanded to bring on to their ark (huge boat.)

Remembering the Great Flood should help us all to understand that mankind has been sent to earth for God's purposes, not for mankind's most often, selfish purposes. Our true challenge is to prove that we can become worthy of living with Heavenly Father and Jesus in Eternity and to become like them through their mercy and grace. Actually recalling the great flood of Noah and the destruction brought upon the wickedness of these Nephites is surely a WAKE UP CALL for each of us in our day.

The news of our day, as you know, is filled with the worst kinds of evil taking place throughout the world. That is true even in places like the Salt Lake City area of Utah in the United States of America. In the not too distant past we never heard of all the crime and evil that we do in this area today. How is it in your communities?

However, getting back to the destruction of the more wicked part of the Nephites in Central America in about A.D. 34. There was still something that I had to think and pray about: the deaths of the huge number of innocent Nephite children who must have been killed before reaching the age of accountability brought me and surely you too, a deep grief.

The Lord's first Latter-day prophet, Joseph Smith was told this: in a revelation given him which is now in the Book of Doctrine and Covenants:

D. and C. 137:10 And I also beheld that all children who die before they arrive at the years of accountability are saved in the celestial kingdom of heaven.

We have to realize that if those innocent Nephite children had not been destroyed along with their "ripe in wickedness" parents and older siblings, most of them would have grown up to be as wicked as them.

God's word, given above tells us surely that all of the children who were killed in the great destruction in their land who had not reached the age of accountability, (eight years of age according to the Lord to His Latter-day prophets.) will be saved in the Celestial Kingdom. There can be no greater honor bestowed on a human as their lives continue on, first as a spirit person again like before their birth and then as a resurrected person because Jesus has brought the resurrection about.

Even their wicked parents and siblings will be resurrected, but will be unable to inherit the Celestial Kingdom of God because of their unrepentant sins.

In view of what I have just written I will now, as I have in a good number of earlier blog posts quote a scripture which accurately describes the Lord Jesus Christ's sacred and divine "Job Description."

Moses (Pearl of Great Price) 1:39 For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. (emphasis added)

Now at this point I would like you to experience this LDS (YouTube) video that I included in my Easter morning (April 12, 2009) blog post 35m.


Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

We can learn from this living apostle's words and personal apostolic witness of our Savior's Sacred Sacrifice of Himself! I suggest you  prayerfully contemplate that which is presented to you in this video which I believe will more fully prepare you to appreciate the initial appearance of Jesus Christ to the Nephite people.

Elder Holland's Witness of our Savior Jesus Christ's Atonement made in the Garden of Gethsemane.

You have read the first eleven verses of this scriptural link. It is TODAY'S THEME. I may also refer to some of these 41 verses in my next post.

3 Nephi 11: 1-41

I'll look forward to having you log onto my next post, 35x in about three days.


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TODAY'S THEME



Jesus Christ -by Heinrich Hofmann



As I explained in my just previous blog post, I'm extending this current blog series in order to include more actions and statements of our Savior, Jesus Christ as recorded by the Nephites just before and during His visits with them in the Western Hemisphere after His resurrection.

I have attempted to gear these additional posts to helping us focus on what our Redeemer Jesus Christ had to say, soon after His resurrection, by both the spoken word and by His actions among the more righteous portion of the descendants of Father Lehi and their ancestor, Joseph, Who Was Sold Into Egypt, that testify to us His being the resurrected Son of God.

Ever since their departure from Jerusalem and along their arduous journey on the edge of one of the world's most formidable deserts, then, while

Nephi, Fourth Son of Lehi Leads the Way Across the Formidable Arabian Desert -by Scott Snow

crossing a great and ofttimes, treacherous ocean to reach what is believed to be Central America, they went through many severe trials and much tribulation.

Lehi's Family and Those Who Came With Them Arrive in Central America -by Arnold Friberg

They were a divided nation in many respects, right from the beginning with the rebelliousness of Laman and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael countering the righteous and proven leadership of Lehi's fourth oldest son, Nephi who was supported in his leadership by their father whom Nephi respected and honored. Nephi's brothers were always quick to point out that Nephi was their younger brother.







Nephi Subdues His Rebellious Brothers -by Arnold Friberg



Reading the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, from its beginning to the Book of Third Nephi shows us that the struggle between righteousness and wickedness was quite constant among them. I believe that successfully facing those challenges served to produce a portion of Lehi's people who were fully prepared for the visit from their Redeemer whose coming had been regularly prophesied for about six centuries among them.

The Book of Mormon also has something to say about what happens to those who failed to prepare for His visit. You will learn of this in this post.

I believe that you and I will learn something about true spiritual preparedness, that could apply to and help us from what we experience as we now delve into that which is presented in this post.

I also believe that you and I will learn from the experience of the Nephite people, that true spiritual preparation has more to do with "having a broken heart and a contrite spirit" (I urge you to remember that phrase and recognize it when the Savior uses it in the second chapter you will read, and listen to in this post- III Nephi 9:20) than just being proud of our more spiritual accomplishments and abilities.

I searched hard for a picture which would help you feel what the more righteous Nephites were feeling after having witnessed a "great cataclysm of nature"* that killed many of their people and caused extraordinary destruction in their land. I couldn't find such a picture in lds.org nor even from Google Search.

What I discovered, and I'm very grateful for this actually, is that our just reading the words written by the Prophet Nephi who lived in A.D. 34 (and chosen and transcribed later in about 400 A.D. by the Prophet Mormon), can never come close to fully impacting us as much as when we simultaneously read while listening to the very inspired reading by the the lds.org scripture reader's voice. To me, his reading came with much feeling, particularly in chapter 8.

Perhaps such gives us special images of what was occurring that no picture could fully equal.

You may have noticed that I placed quote (") marks around the words, "a great cataclysm of nature," above. I and other LDS writers have used that term to describe that which caused such extraordinary destruction among the Nephites, but after reading and listening to the three chapters of the Book of Mormon to which I will soon link you, I would like you to tell me what our Resurrected Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ tells us about, what and who caused this great destruction to fall upon this Nephite Nation.

You may have also noticed that I mentioned you will be reading three chapters one after the other. I made that decision to suggest your doing that only after reading recently all three of them myself, one after the other. My experience shows that your experience will be magnified many times by reading them one after another.

I'm sure that you readers of this blog are very busy people and perhaps you often just glance at a few things that I have written in any one of my blog posts. In view of that, I prepared by timing how long it takes to hear the lds.org reader read through these three chapters.

It takes 16 minutes and seven seconds to read and listen to all three chapters, back to back.

I suggest that you evaluate what time you have available to you right now. If reading and listening that long would take more time than you have available right now, I suggest you schedule a time later today to get back into this blog and have this special experience.

Even though you may, as is true in my case, have read and listened to each of these chapters many times before separately, I'm sure you will have a special experience reading them one after another. One more suggestion: You may want to write yourself a note to remind yourself: When you have reached the end of Chapter 8, please click on the word, Next, which appears under the line found at the end of the chapter on the right side of the page. That will take you to Chapter 9. You will then need to again click on the word, Listen, when Chapter 9 is on your screen. You will repeat all of that for Chapter 10. That will take you back to this blog post for just a few summary comments from me. Please forgive me if I seem to think you need more help than you actually do. I'm focusing on those readers of this blog who may be less experienced in Internet matters as is the case with me!That will take you back to this blog post for just a few summary comments from me. Please forgive me if I seem to think you need more help than you actually do. I'm focusing on those readers of this blog who may be less experienced in Internet matters as is the case with me!That will take you back to this blog post for just a few summary comments from me. Please forgive me if I seem to think you need more help than you actually do. I'm focusing on those readers of this blog who may be less experienced in Internet matters as is the case with me!

That experience can be facilitated by your asking your Heavenly Father to touch you with His Spirit as you prepare to read and listen to these three Book of Mormon Chapters, one after the other.

As I suggested above after Listening to and Reading Chapter Eight select "Next" and proceed until you have read all three chapters. III Nephi 8:1-25

In your reading and listening to Chapter 9, did you find what the Savior told the Nephites about "having a broken heart and a contrite spirit?" Earlier in that same chapter did you notice that our Savior took responsibility for causing the great destruction which took place? An example:

III Nephi 9:3 Behold, that great city Zarahemla have I burned with fire, and the inhabitants thereof.

That was just one example of about 10 such cases where Jesus Christ states that He brought about the deadly disasters. In those same passages He tells of their specific wickedness and explains thus:

Verse 8, . . and the inhabitants thereof have I buried up in the depths of the earth, to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and saints should not come up any more unto me against them.

I suggest that you will be hard pressed to find anything that has been written about Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer that is more dynamic than than that which you will read from the scriptures suggested today in this post. There are passages in the Gospels of the New Testament, however, that are equally dynamic.

My next blog post in this series will be published in about three days.

* The Neal A. Maxwell Institute at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah has done research on Cataclysms of Nature that have taken place in our day and time. The very unusual things that occurred in the cataclysm in the Nephite area of the world just before the resurrected Savior's visit there, had highly unusual identical elements in them that were also found in the modern cataclysms that the scientists had studied.

Nonetheless, our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus the Christ, in the first portion of Chapter 9, took responsibility for the destruction that took place among the more wicked portion of the Nephites. That is not something that causes me to doubt that the Lord unleashed those powers of nature to bring about righteous punishment. After all, He, along with His and our Eternal Father, created the earth because of which, these potential cataclysms have to be something that could occur at His command.

Later in the day I published this post I found this lds.org Mother's Day Video. I decided to share it with each of you. Please feel free to share it with your family and particularly with any mothers in your family.
Happy Mother's Day! Neil Birch

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TODAY'S THEME



The Resurrected Jesus and His Angels Bless Nephite Children -by Del Parson



After telling you readers of my blog posts that I had found all of the testimonies of the Son of God, Jesus Christ our Savior and Redeemer, that I could find in the Book of Mormon, and then urging each of you to find any that I may have overlooked, I finally today realized that I had failed to show you all of the testimonies that Jesus Christ gave of Himself to the Nephite people, by both the spoken word and by the actions He performed.

There was only one that I listed, and it was in my May 3rd post, 35t, III Nephi 27:13-17. In my opinion that is a very striking, to the point, statement by our resurrected Savior indicating his continuing role with us!

I repeat it:

III Nephi 27:13- Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you—that I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.

14 And my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross; and after that I had been lifted up upon the cross, that I might draw all men unto me, that as I have been lifted up by men even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil—

15 And for this cause have I been lifted up; therefore, according to the power of the Father I will draw all men unto me, that they may be judged according to their works.

16 And it shall come to pass, that whoso repenteth and is baptized in my name shall be filled; and if he endureth to the end, behold, him will I hold guiltless before my Father at that day when I shall stand to judge the world.

17 And he that endureth not unto the end, the same is he that is also hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence they can no more return, because of the justice of the Father.

Upon further reflection yesterday, I realized that His statements to various Nephites beginning with one to the Prophet Nephi just before His birth on earth and then during His personal ministry among the Nephites after His resurrection, provide us with equally cogent and convincing evidence of His divine role.

I have decided to extend this presently long series, (posts 35a to 35t) - The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ with a number of shorter posts, which will cover primarily the statements and actions of our Savior among the Nephites that testify to His being the Son of God.

I'm now pulling together those statements and they will comprise the content of this post and in a further yet unknown number of posts (35u to 35?).

I covered that which is in III Nephi of the Book of Mormon in a series I entitled, "The Resurrected Jesus Christ's Ministry in Ancient America", in posts 33a to 33t. It so happened that there were the exact same number of posts in that series as there were in the series I just ended with: The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, with Post 35t.

I'm committed to making each of the posts in this extension of the series
that ran from 35a to 35t, shorter and more to the point!

If any of you happened to come to the same conclusion as I did, regarding adding the Savior's statements from III Nephi to the list given at the end of post 35t, please let me know by return e-mail (my address is found in the ending of each post) so I can give you credit for that in my next blogpost.

STATEMENTS MADE BY JESUS CHRIST TO THE NEPHITES

To the Nephite prophet, Nephi, son of Nephi A.D. 1:

III Nephi 1:10 Now it came to pass that when Nephi, the son of Nephi, saw this wickedness of his people, his heart was exceedingly sorrowful.

11 And it came to pass that he went out and bowed himself down upon the earth, and cried mightily to his God in behalf of his people, yea, those who were about to be destroyed because of their faith in the tradition of their fathers.

12 And it came to pass that he cried mightily unto the Lord all that day; and behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:

13 Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold,
the time is at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfil all that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets. (emphasis added)



The Baby Jesus Was Born -by Carl Heinrich Bloch

Just as Jesus, while still in his pre-mortal state, had told Nephi, son of Nephi, Jesus was born in Bethelehem the following day. Nephi and his people knew it because the signs that had been foretold by the prophet, Samuel the Lamanite, were seen by all, both the wicked and the righteous.

III Nephi 1:15 And it came to pass that the words which came unto Nephi were fulfilled, according as they had been spoken; for behold, at the going down of the sun there was no darkness; and the people began to be astonished because there was no darkness when the night came.

16 And there were many, who had not believed the words of the prophets, who fell to the earth and became as if they were dead, for they knew that the great plan of destruction which they had laid for those who believed in the words of the prophets had been frustrated; for the sign which had been given was already at hand.

To me, and perhaps to you who have read the Book of III Nephi before, it appears that the Savior had a special love for the Nephites.

I think He manifested that special love when He, despite being on the verge of being born and taking on a mortal body and and being a member of the Godhead already, paid attention to the urgent need the Nephites had for hope, by manifesting to Nephi as shown in the scripture above that the signs would be shown that night, thus making it so their enemies would not be able to carry out their plans to kill all of the believers in the coming of Christ.

I'm sure that He doesn't favor one group of followers over another, even though it perhaps may seem so to some of us when we read of His praising the Nephite's exceptional faith when He first arrived in Central America soon after His resurrection. However, as you may remember, He told the Nephites after coming among them that He had not seen such faith as theirs shown by the Jews among whom He had ministered during His mortal life. He, the judge of all mankind knows that true faith and the actions that follow make a big difference.

I'll be back in about three days with more evidence of the realities of the eternal love of our Savior, Jesus the Christ.

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Thank you for your continuing readership. Please invite your friends and relatives to view this blog.

If you have any questions about what you have read or viewed in this post or in any previous posts of mine, or if you even have a curiosity about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and or its teachings, please e-mail me. I'm Neil and my e-mail address is: jneilmelva@gmail.com. If you contact me I'll get back to you just as soon as possible.

I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested. Please be advised that I also have an additional blog. It is in Spanish: Is content is translated from the English in this blog.

Neil Birch