“AND IT CAME TO PASS”

Ancient America FoundationAAF

www.ancientamerica.org

Bruce W. Warren V. Garth NormanAlan C. MinerT. Michael SmithJoseph L. AllenClate MastF. Richard HauckHarold BrownDiane E. WirthTerry J. O’BrienJohn WelchJohn P Pratt

M. Wells Jakeman

Thomas Stuart Ferguson

Milton R. Hunter

David A. Palmer

John L. Sorenson

Lynn and Hope Hilton

Scot and Maurine Proctor

Ross T. Christensen

MORONI AND THE GOLD PLATES

THE BOOK OF MORMON

TRUE OR FALSE ?

FABRICATED OR TRANSLATED ?

REAL PEOPLE? REAL PLACES? REAL EVENTS?

THE WORK OF MAN?

THE WORK OF GOD?

CHIASMS 1ST Nephi is chiastic 165 elements to center 165 elements away 107 additional chiasms in

First Nephi 961 in Book of Mormon 33 in Pearl of Great Price 225 in Doc. & Cove... Signature of God?

ANTHON TRANSCRIPT

Ether: 6:5-7 Jaredite barges 80% Indian dialect 20% Egyptian dialect Stan Johnson

WORD PRINTS

33 Contributing authors in the Book of Mormon including Nephi, Mormon, Moroni, Jesus Christ and Isaiah.

Each has a different Word Print. Joseph Smith’s Word Print is different from all.

LEHI’S TRAIL

Wilderness = Arabia Frankincense Trail Valley of Lemuel River of Laban Broken Bow Nahom Bountiful

“EAST FROM THAT TIME FORTH”

FROM NAHEM TO BOUNTIFUL TO MESOAMERICA ELNINO

WHY MESOAMERICA

Distance Culture Centers Written Language Cities and Places Rivers and Waters Wilderness areas A Narrow Strip Narrow neck-pass

IZAPA

Tree of Life Ship 7 tribes Zoram Jewish holidays Birth and Death date of

Christ Date Lehi left Jerusalem Name Glyphs

TREE OF LIFE STONELehi’s dream

QUETZALCOATL

“The story of the life of Quetzalcoatl resembles that of the Savior, so closely indeed, that we can come to no other conclusion than that Quetzalcoatl and Christ are the same being. (Taylor)

THE HILL CUMORAH

BOOK OF MORMON CRITERIA FOR HILL CUMORAH Near eastern seacoast and overlooks a coastal plane Near hill both the Hill Shim and the Narrow Neck of Land. Located in a land of many waters, rivers and fountains. Located in a temperate climate (Food support for thousands) Subject to volcanoes and earthquakes. Caves and holes for hiding. Large enough for Mormon to view hundreds of thousands of bodies.

ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN HISTORIES

Ixtlilxochitl

The Lords of Totonicapan

Popol Vul

Bernadino Sahagun

Juan de Torquemada

Diego de Landa

Codex Vienna and Codex Nuttall

Dionisio Jose Chonay

Antonio Chi

And many others

CONCLUSIONBRUCE R. McCONKIE

“All who read, ponder, and pray – in faith- are promised that they shall know by the power of the Holy Ghost that the Book of Mormon is the mind and will and voice of the Lord, to all men every where, from this day onward as long as the earth shall stand.

But the Book of Mormon does more. It announces that the Bible is true. It also is the irrefutable witness that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God; that the Lord calls and inspires men today as he did anciently; that living prophets receive revelation in our day and time.

We believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.”