Lesson 47: "To Keep Them in the Right Way"

7/30/2019 Lesson 47: "To Keep Them in the Right Way"

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#1: At a meeting at Spanish Fork, Utah Co., in the witer of 1896, Brother Higginson stated in my presence

that Thomas B. Marsh told him that the Prophet JosepSmith told him (Thomas B. Marsh, he being then Presi-dent of the Twelve), that he became very anxious toknow something of the fate of Moroni, and in answer tprayer the Lord gave Joseph a vision, in which appearea wild country and on the scene was Moroni after whowere six Indians in pursuit; he stopped and one of theIndians stepped forward and measured swords with hiMoroni smote him and he fell dead; another Indian ad-

vanced and contended with him; this Indian also fell by

#2: “Early on the morning of April 25th, 1877, President Brigham Young asked Brother Warren S. Snow to go with him to the Temple hill. Brother Snow says: ‘We two were alone: Presdent Young took me to the spot where the Temple was to stand; we went to the southeast

corner, and President Young said: ‘Here is the spot where the prophet Moroni stood and dedcated this piece of land for a Temple site, and that is the reason why the location is madehere, and we can’t move it from this spot; and if you and I are the only persons that comehere at high noon today, we will dedicate this ground” (Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball, 436).

his sword; a third Indian then stepped forth and met the same fate; a fourth afterwards con-tended with him, but in the struggle with the fourth, Moroni, being exhausted, was killed. Thended the life of Moroni. (Charles D. Tate, Monte S. Nyman, Fourth Nephi through Moroni: From Zion to Destruction

#3: Elder Orson Hyde: In those early and perilous times, our men were few, and oresources limited. Poverty was among the most potent enemies we had to encounteyet our arms were successful; and it may not be amiss to ask here, by whose powevictory so often perched on our banner? It was by the agency of that same angel ofGod that appeared unto Joseph Smith, and revealed to him the history of the early

inhabitants of this country, whose mounds, bones and remains of towns, cities and fortifica-tions speak from the dust in the ears of the living with the voice of undeniable truth. This samangel presides over the destinies of America, and feels a lively interest in all our doings. He

was in the camp of Washington; and, by an invisible hand, led on ourfathers to conquest and victory; and all this to open and prepare theway for the Church and kingdom of God to be established on thewestern hemisphere, for the redemption of Israel and the salvation of the world.



“This same angel was with Columbus, and gave him deep impressions, by dreams andby visions, respecting this New World. Trammelled by poverty and by an unpopular cause, yehis persevering and unyielding heart would not allow an obstacle in his way too great for himto overcome; and the angel of God helped him was with him on the stormy deep, calmed antroubled elements, and guided his frail vessel to the desired haven. Under the guardianship othis same angel, or Prince of America, have the United States grown, increased, and flour-

ished, like the sturdy oak by the rivers of water(Journal of Discourses , Vol.6, p.368).

#4: Hugh Nibley: “St. Basil, writing in the fourth century, said, we know they baptized, butwe don’t have any formula. We don’t have any ordinance for baptism given. The church didnhave one. They had to invent them. And he said, we know they got married, but we don’tknow what kind of marriage rites were celebrated in the early Christian church. Now if youwant the best thumbnail sketch that could possibly be given of primitive Christianity… we looto Moroni 6… It’s just like Qumran revisited, a little Dead Sea Scrolls… This is exactly the pic-ture of the primitive church that has emerged from the recent studies of it on the basis of

newly found documents, begun in the latter part of the nineteenth century by von Harnack, Abert Schweitzer, Bultmann…” (MaxwellInstitute.byu.edu, Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 4, Lecture 1

#5: President Boyd K. Packer: “Ordinances and covenants become our credentialsfor admission into His presence. To worthily receive them is the quest of a lifetime; keep them thereafter is the challenge of mortality” (CR, April 1987)…. “Good conducwithout the ordinances of the gospel will neither redeem nor exalt mankind; cove-nants and the ordinances are essential” (CR, Oct. 1985).

#6: “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest othe most high God.” (Genesis 14:18)

“And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine; and he broke bread and bleit; and he blest the wine, he being the priest of the most high God….” (JST Genesis 14:17)

#7: Daniel Rona: “Every Sabbath, just before the evening meal, the father offers a blessingon the bread and wine. Here’s what the Encyclopedia Judaica Jr. says: ‘On Sabbath and festi

vals the blessing over bread is recited over two loaves (representing the double portion of manna that fell on Friday and did not go bad when kept till the Sabbath). These loaves arespecially sweet bread and made in a distinctive shape. They are known as hallot (singular halah), and are usually covered with a cloth embroidered with Shabbat symbols. Should there bno wine for Kiddush… beverages other than wine may also be used.”

“It may be significant that to the Jews, the blessing of wine and then bread is in anticipation of a greater deliverance than from Egypt. To believers in Jesus, the ritual is done byblessing the bread first and then the wine. This is done in remembrance of the great deliver-ance, the atonement.” (IsraelRevealed.com)



LESSON 47 OUTLINE

Today we begin the Book of Moroni —not because he intended to write it, but be-cause, as you know, he had some time on his hands.

~Any guesses as to how much time? (384 A.D. was the last battle at Cumorahsee Moroni 1:1; and in 421 A.D. Moroni says he sealed the records, see

10:1; so at least 37 years)~What do we know about those 37 years? (spent in hiding from the Lamanites

see 1:3; alone, see Mormon 8:3; Lamanites were at war among them-selves, see 8:8)

I was surprised to find a statement on how Moroni died. It’s not from a primarysource, so you be the judge of its reliability, but I found it credible enough and interesting enough to share:

Quotation #1

Now that we may know the end of the life of Moroni, let’s review what we knowabout the rest of it.

~Of course, he was the last Nephite prophet in the Book of Mormon. Who washis father? (Mormon)

~Just before Mormon’s death in battle, what did he deliver to Moroni? (hisabridgement of the large plates of Nephi, see Words of Mormon 1:3), aswell as the small plates of Nephi (W of M 1:6)

~What did Moroni then do with these records? (finished his father’s, see Mor-mon 8:1, writing chapters 8 and 9.)

~What scripture did Moroni then abridge? (Ether, see Ether 1:2)~And, finding himself with time on his hands, what else did he write? (Book of

Moroni)~What did he do with the records next? (sealed them up, see Moroni 10:2; an

hid them, see Mormon 8:14)~Do we know of anything else Moroni did while alive? (dedicated at least 4 tem

ple sites)

Quotation #2~Do we know of anything he did between his death and appearing to Joseph

Smith? (Orson Hyde, referring to the persecutions of the Saints in JosephSmith’s day refers to Moroni in Quotation #3:)

Quotation #3

And there’s something else we know about Moroni. In the Doctrine & Covenants,when the Lord revealed to Joseph Smith that they didn’t have to and in fact shouldnuse wine for the sacrament, He also reveals a gem about Moroni:



D&C 27:5

~What does that mean: “the keys of the record of the stick of Ephraim? (Morobecame the principal figure in the transmission of the record to our dispesation, as well as the protector of the record itself. (CES Book of Mormon Manual,

2009))

Thus we have records of 22 different appearances of Moroni to Joseph Smith, beginning in 1823. He instructed Joseph each year from 1823-27 and finally delivered theplates to him in 1827 (JS-H 1:54,59)

~After Joseph completed the translation, what did he do with the plates?(returned them to Moroni)

There were about 17 other early Saints who also give accounts of having seen Mo-roni. Does anyone have anything to add?

Okay, so today our lesson covers Moroni 1-6.~What, after all the marvelous writings we’ve studied throughout this year, do

Moroni feel will be of most worth to us? (Ordinances)Ch. 2: conferring the Holy GhostCh. 3: How to ordain priests and teachers. (Incidentally, did you know that prior to

Christ’s appearance to the Nephites there were no Aaronic priesthood holdersamong the Nephites? Elder McConkie says: “Even during the Mosaic dispensa-tion there were no Aaronic priesthood holders among the Nephites, for therewere no Levites among them, and the Aaronic priesthood in that day was confined to the sons of Levi. The priests and teachers among the Nephites held thMelchizedek Priesthood.” ( A New Witness for the Articles of Faith, 348)

Chs. 4-5: Sacrament prayers. (In the New World, then, Nephi was the last to under-stand and record the ordinances of salvation as established by the SaviorMeanwhile, what happened in the Old World to these ordinances?(Apostasy)

Quotation #4

Ch. 6: More on baptism, the Holy Ghost, and how meetings should be conducted un

der the guidance of the Holy Ghost.~How often did they meet? (Oft, see Moroni 10:5)

Speaking of meetings —it’s been suggested that an appropriate epitaph for a Latter-day Saint would be “Gone to another meeting.”

What is it about ordinances that is so indispensable? Most ordinances are comprisedof covenants. The Latin convenire means “come together”.

~What is it that is “coming together” through ordinances? (God and us)



Quotation #5

One ordinance which Moroni expands on is the sacrament, and I’d like to spend therest of our time on this. Sacrament means a spiritual covenant between God andman, and in our church this is done through the ordinance of the sacrament duringsacrament meeting.But the practice of blessing bread and wine in a sacramental procedure is ancient.

Christ fulfilled and upgraded it at the last supper, but Melchizedek blessed bread andwine in a foreshadowing of that. I included in your handout under #6 the scripture Genesis where Melchizedek blessed the water and wine. READ #6 JST.

During the Passover Meal the wine and bread are eaten, symbolizing that par-taking of them must precede the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Even today everySabbath Jewish families bless bread and wine. Here’s what Daniel Rona, an Israeli, American, a Mormon and a Jew living in Jerusalem has to way:

Quotation #7

The entire plan of salvation is reflected in the symbolism of the sacrament, so theremuch that we can think about as we partake of the sacrament each week:

~The Fall brought into the world two kinds of death. What were they? (physic& spiritual)

~How are these deaths overcome? (Atonement)

On board:

Thanks to GospelDoctrine.c

Next week: Moroni’s final and very significant message to us!

PHYSICAL DEATH SPIRITUAL DEATH(What is it?)Separation from body Separation from God

(How was it overcome?)Overcome by Resurrection of Christ Overcome by Redemption of Christ

(Who will be resurrected?)All (1 Cor. 15:22) Repentant (Matt. 26:28)

(Which part of sacrament represents Christ’s physical death?) Represented by the body of Christ, Represented by the blood of Christ,Symbolized by the bread Symbolized by the wine/water

Christ is the bread of life (John 6:35) Christ is the fountain of living water (John 4:10)

(Why do we break the bread?) (Why is the water poured?)Bread is broken as was Christ’s body As spilt blood, “he hath poured out his soul unto

death (Isaiah 53:12)(When was this part of Christ’s offering consummated?) Offering consummated on the cross Offering consummated in Gethsemane)



PHYSICAL DEATH

Separation from the physical body

Overcome by the Resurrection of Christ

Death overcome for all (1 Corinthians 15:22)

Represented by the Body of Christ

Symbolized by the bread

Christ is the bread of life (John 6:26)

Bread is broken as was Christ’s body

Offering consummated on the cross

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Represented by the Body of ChristSymbolized by the bread




PHYSICAL DEATH


Overcome by the Resurrection of ChristDeath overcome for all (1 Corinthians 15:22)






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Represented by the Body of ChristSymbolized by the bread




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Overcome by the Resurrection of ChristDeath overcome for all (1 Corinthians 15:22)






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SPIRITUAL DEATH

Separation from God

Overcome by the Redemption of Christ

Remission of sins for may (Matthew 26:28)

Represented by the Blood of Christ

Symbolized by the wine/water

Christ is the fountain of living water (John 4:10)

Water is poured out as spilt blood (Isaiah 53:12)

Offering consummated in Gethsemane

SPIRITUAL DEATH

Separation from God



Represented by the Blood of Christ Symbolized by the wine/water




SPIRITUAL DEATH

Separation from God

Overcome by the Redemption of Christ Remission of sins for may (Matthew 26:28)






SPIRITUAL DEATH

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SPIRITUAL DEATH

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Christ is the fountain of living water (John 4:10

Water is poured out as spilt blood (Isaiah 53:12


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Separation from God



Represented by the Blood of Christ Symbolized by the wine/water




SPIRITUAL DEATH

Separation from God

Overcome by the Redemption of Christ Remission of sins for may (Matthew 26:28)






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