Helaman's Army » Recommendations http://helamans-army.com Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:20:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What exactly were the Nephite translators? – by Mormon Times http://helamans-army.com/2009/11/09/what-exactly-were-the-nephite-translators-by-mormon-times/ http://helamans-army.com/2009/11/09/what-exactly-were-the-nephite-translators-by-mormon-times/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:43:05 +0000 LDSguy http://helamans-army.com/?p=233 Those latter-day saints who enjoy the historical side of the scriptures, especially how the Book of Mormon plays into the Restoration, will enjoy the most recent addition in a series of articles on Mormon Times by Michael R. Ash. In today’s article, Brother Ash discussed the correlation between the Urim and Thummim, the Nephite “interpreters,” and the translation of the Gold Plates.

Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery translating the Book of MormonAs we learn in the book of Ether, Mahonri Moriancumer, more commonly known as ‘the brother of Jared, was instructed to seal up the record along with two stones to be used as interpreters in the future. As Brother Ash writes, “These interpreters eventually ended up in the hands of Mosiah the younger, who used them to translate the Jaredite record — the Book of Ether.”

The article goes on to discuss how towards the end of translating the Book of Mormon, Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris and David Whitmer asked Joseph Smith to ask the Lord if they could be the three witnesses that the Book of Mormon mentions. As is recorded in D&C 17:1, the Lord replied:

Behold, I say unto you, that you must rely upon my word, which if you do with full purpose of heart, you shall have a view of the plates, and also of the breastplate, the sword of Laban, the Urim and Thummim, which were given to the brother of Jared upon the mount, when he talked with the Lord face to face, and the miraculous directors which were given to Lehi while in the wilderness, on the borders of the Red Sea.

Brother Ash mentions how the terms Urim and Thummim do not appear in the Book of Mormon at all, and proceeds to describe the processes and procedures that Joseph Smith underwent in translating the Book of Mormon.

Each article in the series builds off the previous and leads the reader to ponder on what the upcoming post will entail. Today’s article concluded by asking, if the Three Witnesses were promised that they would see all the items mentioned in D&C 17:1, what did they end up seeing besides the Gold Plates?

Read the full article here.

]]> http://helamans-army.com/2009/11/09/what-exactly-were-the-nephite-translators-by-mormon-times/feed/ 0 Because I like simple things – Mormons Made Simple http://helamans-army.com/2009/03/04/because-i-like-simple-things-mormons-made-simple/ http://helamans-army.com/2009/03/04/because-i-like-simple-things-mormons-made-simple/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:16:45 +0000 Helaman http://helamans-army.com/?p=57 I got a comment from Doug – who due to my own mismanagement didn’t have a contact form for him to use – but that besides the point. He let me know of his site and what it was all about, Mormons Made Simple.

When I got home I got a chance to check it out, because the premise was, well, simple. At the time of writing this it looks like there is only a couple of videos available, but I’m excited for the release of “The Plan Of Salvation”.

Right now you can watch “Attending A Mormon Church Service” and “The Book Of Mormon”. Both are very easy to understand and actually explain quite a bit. They’re only about 3 minutes or so in length so watching them is quick.

I think Doug has a cool idea going on here, and I hope it grows.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention Doug!

Here’s the two videos

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOeGls64tpY

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DET5RdkpHSE

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