43i The Truth Taught By the Prophet Alma in the Book of Mormon Regarding the Sure Promise of the Resurrection From the Dead Brought About By Our Savior, Jesus Christ, Is Like a Beautiful Melody Resounding Within Our Souls!

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Doctrine and Covenants 25:12 For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads.

Jesus the Christ -by Del Parson

I thank my fellow blogger, Mormon Soprano for making available this very touching and instructive video:

A video, "The Importance of Music" 

King Benjamin in his final address to his people in Zarahemla implies very clearly that music plays a significant role in Heaven!

Book of Mormon, Mosiah 2:27 Therefore, as I said unto you that I had served you, walking with a clear conscience before God, even so I at this time have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together, that I might be found blameless, and that your blood should not come upon me, when I shall stand to be judged of God of the things whereof he hath commanded me concerning you.

28 I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together that I might rid my garments of your blood, at this period of time when I am about to go down to my grave, that I might go down in peace, and my immortal spirit may join the choirs above in singing the praises of a just God.

29 And moreover, I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together, that I might declare unto you that I can no longer be your teacher, nor your king; (These are from among King Benjamin's final words to his people, the Nephites (of about 124 B.C.) emphasis added)

Do you have any doubt that music plays an equally important role in Heaven as well as here on earth?

To me and perhaps to many of you also, many messages of the prophets of the Lord Jesus Christ have a definite musical ring to them. In this post as in my most recent other posts I have been emphasizing that which Book of Mormon prophets testified of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In the particular previous blog post of mine which I suggest you now experience you will learn the beauty and harmony of Eternal truth, of the marvelous gift of the Resurrection of the Dead, the gift to us from our Savior, Jesus Christ which will eventually bless you and me and all mankind eternally!
 
Perhaps you might agree with me that some of Alma the Younger's words have a musical lilt to them and could be put to music. Even though you may have experienced this post before, I think once again the inspired words of Alma the Younger will touch your hearts very tenderly and convincingly!
 
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43h In the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, We learn that God's Nephite Prophets such as King Benjamin and Abinadi Set Great Examples for All of Us in Living Lives of Righteousness in Service to God!

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King Benjamin Preaches to the Nephites -by Gary Kapp

1 AND now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after having finished speaking to the people, that he should take the names of all those who had entered into a covenant with God to keep his commandments.

2 And it came to pass that there was not one soul, except it were little children, but who had entered into the covenant and had taken upon them the name of Christ.

3 And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of all these things, and had consecrated his son Mosiah to be a ruler and a king over his people, and had given him all the charges concerning the kingdom, and also had appointed priests to teach the people, that thereby they might hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made, he dismissed the multitude, and they returned, every one, according to their families, to their own houses. (emphasis added)

Have you ever asked yourself, are there any examples found in the Book of Mormon of Nephites from King Benjamin's kingdom who stayed faithful to the sacred covenant which according to this scripture, each of those mature enough to do so, were exhorted by their king to so do?

In verse three above, it is mentioned that King Benjamin had appointed:

. . ."priests to teach the people, that thereby they might hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made."

Surely, in my humble opinion, inasmuch as we are told in verse two above that all of the adults made that covenant, that on their own or with the help of King Benjamin's priests mentioned in the quote just above, strove mightily to live as they had covenanted. Most likely there were some who eventually fell away, but good King Benjamin appeared to have done everything possible to prevent that from happening, to the best of his great ability.

According to the approximate dates given in our Books of Mormon at the bottom of each page, about twenty four years had already concluded when we begin reading about King Noah who was living very unrighteously, and Abinadi who had developed into a prophet of the Lord Jesus Christ who was called upon by the Lord to seriously confront King Noah because of his wickedness and then to repeat that unsuccessful confrontation again two years later!

Remember, those Nephites were Israelites and were acting much like Israelites did back in their original homeland of Israel (Palestine) far from Central America to where the Lord God had directed them beginning in about 600 B.C.

Geographic information alluded to in the Book of Mormon leads me to surmise that King Zeniff who discovered and then stayed in the land of Lehi-Nephi where his direct ancestor Nephi, son of Lehi had moved to, (to avoid continuing open conflict with Nephi's stubborn older brothers Laman and Lemuel); was not unreasonably far from Zarahemla where King Benjamin's kingdom was located.

It seems reasonable to assume that there was subsequent contact between the people of Zarahemla (Kings Benjamin and Mosiah's land) and then King Zeniff's and subsequently King Noah's land, the land of Lehi-Nephi. This would have allowed for the Prophet Abinadi to have moved there from Zarahemla.

In answering my question (found just under the quote from verse 3 of above), I believe that possibly we have at the very least, the example of Abinadi to show that there was one Nephite who took his covenant with the Lord Jesus Christ very seriously which was urged upon them by their outgoing King Benjamin, seriously enough to have become a prophet of the Lord Jesus Christ (who was to eventually visit the Nephite-Lamanite people after His death and resurrection!)

Then we have the example of King Noah who willfully began living wickedly. It seems to me that there is evidence in the Book of Mosiah that Noah might have been a "spoiled Brat" of a basically righteous King who had gone through much time- consuming tribulation (thus neglecting to raise properly his son, Noah), to find the Land of "Lehi-Nephi" and then to settle there along with all of his people. The ages of the two, Abinadi and King Noah, are not given.

However, Arnold Friberg, a very fastidious painter, in his painting which I show in the main part of this post, appears to indicate that King Noah was much younger than Abinadi.

Possibly Noah was a young child and unable to make a covenant with the Lord that King Benjamin requested. We are told by the Prophet, Alma (the younger), in the Book of Mosiah Chapter 26: 1-5:

Mosiah 26: 1 NOW it came to pass that there were many of the rising generation that could not understand the words of king Benjamin, being little children at the time he spake unto his people; and they did not believe the tradition of their fathers.

2 They did not believe what had been said concerning the resurrection of the dead, neither did they believe concerning the coming of Christ.

3 And now because of their unbelief they could not understand the word of God; and their hearts were hardened.

4 And they would not be baptized; neither would they join the church. And they were a separate people as to their faith, and remained so ever after, even in their carnal and sinful state; for they would not call upon the Lord their God.

5 And now in the reign of Mosiah they were not half so numerous as the people of God; but because of the dissensions among the brethren they became more numerous.

In any event there were surely very many who took seriously the covenants they had made with the Lord at the suggestion of their loving and righteous king, Benjamin!

I will now give you the opportunity of viewing one of my past posts which I just refurbished in which I deal with Abinadi and King Noah. I'm confident that each of you, after experiencing that post, will praise the Lord that Abinadi kept the covenants which most likely had been urged upon him by his and his family's former king, Benjamin!

Post 40f

Now I have a Mormon Message which I feel fits Today's Theme. It especially fits the need most of us have in paying proper attention to the needs of our children and grandchildren.

Mormon Message

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43g Each Present and Future Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Must Ask: Why Is It so Important That the Divinity of Jesus Christ Has Been Borne Witness to for us by So Many Prophets Both In the Bible and Also in The Book Of Mormon? Is it Not Because Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ Want Each of Us to Realize More Fully We All Are Their Sons and Daughters and Rightful Heirs Through our Worthiness, of All That Which is Their's?

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Jesus the Christ -by Del Parson

Romans 8: 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.



The Apostle Paul Writing Scriptures -by Rembrandt

The great truth about our potential as full heirs of our Father in Heaven and His Son Jesus Christ is brought to light by one of my favorite scholars, Daniel Peterson, professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at BYU- Provo, Utah (U.S.A.)

Joseph Smith's restoration of "theosis" was a miracle, not scandal!

Again, as we have been doing in several recent posts I will refer you to another of my past posts. In this case, to 41f in which the testifying of Jesus Christ by Book of Mormon Prophets is reviewed. As you experience this past post please keep in mind that which the Apostle Paul taught about those who are faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ  becoming joint heirs with Him and with His and Our Heavenly Father depending on our faithfulness to Them!

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43f Reviewing The Prophecies of the Coming of Jesus Christ to Earth Made by Book of Mormon Prophets Reinforces Our Understanding that the Book of Mormon is Truly: Another Testament of Jesus Christ! Abinadi was One of the Key Prophets to So Testify!

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The Prophet Abinadi Appearing Before King Noah -by Arnold Friberg

In the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ we find many accounts of Nephite prophets prophecying of the coming of Christ. One of my favorite accounts of such is that of the Prophet, Abinadi. The account I have chosen to give of him in this post occurred in about 148 B.C. somewhere in Central America.

I have chosen to begin this series of accounts by having you delve into my past post 35n which I have just revised.

In the upcoming blog posts I'll be producing I will select my favorite accounts of Book of Mormon Prophets testifying of the Coming of Christ.

In my just previous post we reviewed the important fact that the many prophecies of the coming of Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten (Mortal) Son of our Heavenly Father to atone for our sins is strongly established by Bible and Book of Mormon prophets, and also by apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in our day!
 
Please click on the following link to access my previous post: 35n.

35n

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43e Whenever We are Bogged Down With Adversity We Must Remember that Our Heavenly Father and Our Savior, Jesus Christ, Care About What We Are Going Through! They Will Provide the Help We Need! Because, as the Primary Organization (of the LDS Church) Song Reminds Each of Us: "I Am a Child of God!"

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Christ and the Book of Mormon Children -by Del Parson



I have decided upon an LDS Children's Hymn, I AM A CHILD of GOD as our Theme for today's Post. That hymn will be featured in a very special Mormon Message.

Please click on the following link and then scroll down to: View Mormon Messages. Select the Mormon Message entitled: "I am a Child of God". Click on the arrow on the picture of the young blond girl to experience the video.

"I Am a Child of God" Video"

After your having been prepared by that delightful video, I invite you to now learn from one of my posts from the past about how we can learn to capably cope with ADVERSITY which is something each of us need to learn to do!

Post 38n

I give Special Credit to Laura W. who made a comment on July 20, 2011 at the end of one of my older posts, 38n which was originally published Wed. Sept. 30, 2009. She had just found for the first time my "Have You Really Read the Book of Mormon? blog." Because of her special interest shown by her questions and comments I decided to feature that blog post, 38n in this post, 43e which you should have already experienced.
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43d The Lord Jesus Christ Through His Nephite Prophet, Mormon Advised Us that Mormon's Peoples' Descendants Would be Blessed in Significant Ways by the Gentile People of the Latter-days!

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I often begin these posts with a picture and a scripture. This time my Today's Theme is typified by the following famous poem by Longfellow.

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The Arrow and The Song

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I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow in its flight.


I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For who has sight so keen and strong,

That it can follow the flight of song?


Long, long afterward, in an oak

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend.


by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)




Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

After viewing the following video featuring Longfellow's great poem, there is another video you can also access of a different vein but featuring the same famous poem. Wait for a few seconds and it will come onto the lower left hand side of the graphic. You should then click on it if you desire to experience it also.

I prefer the first video, but the second video takes an interesting approach to the same great poem. I actually enjoy both of them.



I obtained the above from one of Mormon Soprano's blog posts. I have long enjoyed viewing her posts. This one was particularly special to me because I have long loved this poem by Longfellow. Thank you, Mormon Soprano. Here is her blog's URL in case you don't have it:

 http://mormonSoprano.com/

I think the following scripture can be compared to the song that Longfellow describes when he wrote:  I breathed a song into the air. . .  We should, perhaps change it to: I breathed a sacred scripture into the air. . . (and found it again in the hearts of many friends throughout the world through the internet.)

The Book of Mormon, 1Nephi: 10:2 For behold, it came to pass after my father had made an end of speaking the words of his dream, and also of exhorting them to all diligence, he spake unto them concerning the Jews—

3 That after they should be destroyed, even that great city Jerusalem, and many be carried away captive into Babylon, according to the own due time of the Lord, they should return again, yea, even be brought back out of captivity; and after they should be brought back out of captivity they should possess again the land of their inheritance.

4 Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father left Jerusalem, a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews—even a Messiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world.

5 And he also spake concerning the prophets, how great a number had testified of these things, concerning this Messiah, of whom he had spoken, or this Redeemer of the world.

6 Wherefore, all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen state, and ever would be save they should rely on this Redeemer.

7 And he spake also concerning a prophet who should come before the Messiah, to prepare the way of the Lord—

8 Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for there standeth one among you whom ye know not; and he is mightier than I, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. And much spake my father concerning this thing.

9 And my father said he should baptize in Bethabara, beyond Jordan; and he also said he should baptize with water; even that he should baptize the Messiah with water.

10 And after he had baptized the Messiah with water, he should behold and bear record that he had baptized the Lamb of God, who should take away the sins of the world.

11 And it came to pass after my father had spoken these words he spake unto my brethren concerning the gospel which should be preached among the Jews, and also concerning the dwindling of the Jews in unbelief. And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come, and after he had been slain he should rise from the dead, and should make himself manifest, by the Holy Ghost, unto the Gentiles.

12 Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles, and also concerning the house of Israel, that they should be compared like unto an olive-tree, whose branches should be broken off and should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.

13 Wherefore, he said it must needs be that we should be led with one accord into the land of promise, unto the fulfilling of the word of the Lord, that we should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.

14 And after the house of Israel should be scattered they should be gathered together again; or, in fine, after the Gentiles had received the fulness of the Gospel, the natural branches of the olive-tree, or the remnants of the house of Israel, should be grafted in, or come to the knowledge of the true Messiah, their Lord and their Redeemer.

After you have read that Song from the Heart of the Lord through the ancient Nephite prophet, Nephi (a Book of Mormon Scripture), you are prepared to read another recent article from the Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah - U.S.A.)  which demonstrates to us how the kinds of things which were prophesied in the name of the Lord by the Prophet, Nephi, sometime between 600 and 592 B.C. are taking place right now in July, 2011 in Central America, in Guatemala, some of whose citizens' ancestors date back to the time the Prophet Mormon abridged the records of his people to form the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. (I am referring to the final verse of the scripture above, verse 14! These descendants Mormon mention go back through their Mayan ancestors to the several nations found in Central America in Mormon's time,( 400 A.D.) and then back much further to their ancestor Lehi, father of Nephi who, although born in Jerusalem, was led by the Lord to the Western Hemisphere and lived in Central America beginning in about 592 B.C. )

Please click on the following link to read the Deseret News article mentioned above: In it we are told how, with the help of other members of the LDS Church these Guatemalans, many of whom are also members of that church are solving their deforestation problem. (There is a second page to read after you have read the first. Also if you will click on the photo showing the girl carrying wood you will be able to view two other photos, including one of the modern stove which uses less wood to do its job.)

Guatemalan Families Benefit


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I invite you to let your friends and relatives know about this blog if you think they would be interested in it. Please be advised that I also have a Spanish Blog. Its contents are translated from the English in this blog.

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43c The Lord Jesus Christ Remembers Still His Promises Made to His Prophet Mormon Regarding His Ancient Nephite -Lamanite (Israelite) People Who Had Fallen Away From the Paths of Righteousness About 400 Years after His Post Resurrection Visits With Their Ancestors in Ancient Central America!

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Mormon Abridging The Plates, -by Tom Lovell

Book of Mormon, Mormon: 5:8 And now behold, I, Mormon, do not desire to harrow up the souls of men in casting before them such an awful scene of blood and carnage as was laid before mine eyes; but I, knowing that these things must surely be made known, and that all things which are hid must be revealed upon the house-tops—

9 And also that a knowledge of these things must come unto the remnant of these people, and also unto the Gentiles, who the Lord hath said should scatter this people, and this people should be counted as naught among them—therefore I write a small abridgment, daring not to give a full account of the things which I have seen, because of the commandment which I have received, and also that ye might not have too great sorrow because of the wickedness of this people.

10 And now behold, this I speak unto their seed, and also to the Gentiles who have care for the house of Israel, that realize and know from whence their blessings come.

11 For I know that such will sorrow for the calamity of the house of Israel; yea, they will sorrow for the destruction of this people; they will sorrow that this people had not repented that they might have been clasped in the arms of Jesus.

12 Now these things are written unto the remnant of the house of Jacob; and they are written after this manner, because it is known of God that wickedness will not bring them forth unto them; and they are to be hid up unto the Lord that they may come forth in his own due time.

Once again I have used the words of the Prophet Mormon regarding the descendants of his people and our interactions with them in our day and time on earth.

Please note according to Mormon's inspired record, that in our present day, The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ, was to come forth to us, the Gentiles in the Lord's "own due time."

As Mormon told us in verse 10, his record would come to his peoples' descendants and to "those others of us who live in the Latter-days of the earth's history who care about the welfare of the people of the house of Israel, and who realize and appreciate from where our own blessings come."

Now in this blog post you will see clear evidence that what Mormon prophesied would happen in the Latter-days (our time on earth) is actually taking place right now!

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are actively and effectively assisting descendants of Mormon's people whom we often refer to as: "Lamanites" but they are a mixture of Nephites and Lamanites and are descendants of Mormon's people.

The link below, when clicked upon will give you a sequence of "pages" to click on to read what is being done in Guatemala now by members of the "LDS" Church to improve their rugged and impoverished circumstances and to allow their children to attend school regularly!

Please take the time to click on the number (1 through 7) of each of the "pages" and read them all. They are each quite short and doesn't take much time to read all seven "pages."

At the end of what you read you will be told that "next Monday (July 18, 2011) " there will be another "page" that will delve into how the LDS Church is helping them solve the problem of deforestation.

I plan to link you to that next "page" in my July 19th blog post. It appears that miracles are beginning to take place in that Guatemalan village. It will be the kind of thing the prophet Mormon who is quoted above, would expect in our day because the "Gentiles" (Us). who realize from where our blessings come (from God), are reaching out effectively to the Lamanites who have great needs.

I urge you to scroll back up to the Book of Mormon quote at the beginning of this post. In it it is predicted that the descendants of the Nephite-Lamanite inhabitants of Guatemala and elsewhere in the "promised land" will be blessed at the hands of caring Gentiles. It is exciting to me to see those promises made anciently through the Spirit of the Lord being fulfilled in our day by the Lord's Restored Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Please click just below the main photo (showing John Curtiss, an LDS Humanitarian missionary) shown on each "page" to view each of the 13 photos available of what is happening in Seamay, Guatemala. (You can also click to enlarge the photos available).

(Please don't overlook clicking on the words: Story Graphics etc. from the archive)

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