Only 24 Nephites survived the final battle at Cumorah, and they included Mormon and Moroni, who observed the mutilated bodies of the Nephite soldiers and their wives and children. And although he desired to bear testimony of the worth of the plates, there was no room on them to do so, and he had no ore with which to make additional plates.
Moroni testifies in closing the record that if readers would not belittle the abridgment for its imperfections they would be given even more. We assume at this time Moroni also wrote the following on the last leaf of the gold plates:. The Book of Mormon an account written by the hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi. Wherefore, it is an abridgement of the record of the people of Nephi and also the Lamanites—Written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile—Written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of prophecy and of revelation—Written and sealed up, and hid up unto the Lord, that they might not be destroyed—To come forth by the gift and power of God unto the interpretation thereof—Sealed by the hand of Moroni, and hid up unto the Lord, to come forth in due time by way of the Gentile—The interpretation thereof by the gift of God.
An abridgment taken from the Book of Ether also, which is a record of the people of Jared, who were scattered at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people, when they were building a tower to get to heaven—Which is to show unto the remnant of the House of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off forever—And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations—And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God, that ye may be found spotless at the judgment-seat of Christ.
Book of Mormon title page. We assume that at the time Moroni wrote the title page to the Book of Mormon he thought his work with the plates was completed and all he needed to do further was to bury them, but the Lord had other things for him to do. Called to a new assignment, Moroni returned to the plates once again to write upon them. As the Lord unfolded the events in this last dispensation to him, Moroni recorded them upon the plates.
No one shall have the plates to get financial gain even though the plates contain a considerable amount of gold Mormon The golden plates shall be brought out of darkness and will shine forth by the power of God v. The era in which the plates will come forth will be troubled by secret combinations and works of darkness v. There will be great destruction, e. There will be great pollutions upon the face of the earth, e.
It will be taught that God will uphold such at the last day v. Very fine apparel will be a mark of the day because of pride and all manner of iniquities v. They love their money, substance, fine apparel and the adorning of their churches more than they love the poor and they needy, the sick and afflicted v.
When the Lord comes, the earth shall be rolled as a scroll and the elements shall melt with fervent heat Three sets of witnesses, the three witnesses, the eight witnesses, and the Godhead, shall all stand as a testimony against the world at the last day who reject this work v.
Whatever nation shall uphold secret combinations until they get power and gain and spread over that nation shall be destroyed Moroni prophesied of a specific wicked combination in the last days that would attempt to overthrow the freedom of all lands. It will bring to pass destruction Ether He then seems to assume that this then really completes his work with the plates and once again ends his writings with an appropriate conclusion.
But sometime later he returns and abridges the book of Ether, which itself is an abridgement of the 2,year history of the Jaredite civilization, made on 24 plates of gold by Ether, the last Jaredite prophet.
The book of Ether was discovered by the Nephites about 92 BC, and translated by the prophet Mosiah with the aid of the Urim and Thummim see Mosiah — Moroni completed the abridgment of the book of Ether on the plates of Mormon, which we often call the gold plates. Prior to leading his people from the tower of Babel to the New World, the brother of Jared received a series of revelations, the Lord personally talking with him from a cloud Ether As the brother of Jared grew spiritually, the Lord taught him greater truths.
The Lord commanded the brother of Jared to write the visions in a language that could not be read and seal them up v. The Lord gave his prophet two stones to enable a future translator to read the language which had been confounded see vv.
The Lord told the brother of Jared that the things which he saw and heard should not be revealed to the world until after Jesus should glorify his name in the flesh Ether In keeping with this command these great revelations were not revealed to the Nephites by king Mosiah in 92 BC. They were made available to the Nephites after Jesus ascended to heaven in AD 34, and they enjoyed them for several generations.
Moroni was also commanded to write his own words and seal them all up with the interpreters —5. We are not told specifically how many of the Book of Mormon plates were sealed, but Elder Orson Pratt stated that it was two-thirds of them. Elder George Q. If the highest estimate is correct and two-thirds of the plates were sealed, that would mean there are the equivalent of 1, pages sealed since there are pages in the current Book of Mormon.
That would make a total of 1, possible pages had the whole set of plates been translated. Since Moroni engraved the sealed-portion plates as well as 51 pages in the Book of Mormon, his total of 1, pages written would be about 70 percent of the total plates delivered to Joseph Smith. When his father Mormon was a youth, civil war began to tear the Nephite nation to shreds. The fighting began as religious and social disagreement progressing yearly into national chaos.
By the time Moroni was born, his nation was in shambles and on the brink of destruction. Moroni took charge of the abridgment which bears the name of his father Mormon after the destruction of his nation in the Land of Cumorah. Mormon had buried the records in a prominent hill in Cumorah, also called Cumorah, to save the abridgment from destruction, which he delivered to Moroni. There is no record of how the exchange occurred between father and son. Mormon was in his early to mid-seventies at the time.
It is likely that Moroni was between 30 to 50 years of age. The record does not indicate the birth of Moroni in its current form since only one-third was translated and the other two-thirds are sealed. And my father also was killed by them, and I even remain alone to write the sad tale of the destruction of my people. But behold, they are gone, and I fulfill the commandment of my father. And whether they will slay me, I know not. Moroni was in a different position than was his father Mormon.
Moroni lived with the constant threat of being discovered by Lamanites or robbers and killed for his association with the defeated Nephite government or his religious beliefs. The Lamanite organizations and the like would kill any person who they suspected had a belief in Christ or who remained loyal to the dead Nephite cause. The bitterness in spirit between the Nephite and Lamanite people are akin to those between the Palestinian and Israeli. Moroni's writings bemoan the pressures he faced to exist.
Each time he reached a stopping point in his engraving he bade farewell as if it would be the final time he recorded anything. He wrote,. For behold, their [the Lamanites] wars are exceedingly fierce among themselves; and because of their hatred they put to death every Nephite that will not deny the Christ.
And I, Moroni, will not deny the Christ; wherefore, I wander whithersoever I can for the safety of mine own life. Other than these brief references that Moroni gave of his society, there is no record.
Mormon did not wish to harrow up, to torture the souls of the readers of his writings regarding the debauchery of his days. And apparently, he is of the same mind by not mentioning the terrible scenes from his days of hiding.
Moroni lived in an anti-Christ society of the making of descendants of ex-members of The Church of Jesus Christ. In A. They also did not teach their children the gospel of Jesus Christ becoming a budding minority group. By the time of Mormon and Moroni, this tradition of anti-Christ was over one hundred years entrenched into the hearts of those people at all levels of society, no longer in the minority. It was not uncommon for there to be people of differing belief systems among the children of Lehi at any stage of their existence; however, during Moroni's time, it was not beneficial to be a believing child of Lehi as the entire face of the land was at war with itself--at least that is how it appeared to Moroni.
All was lost to him, so he turned to the records given to him by his father Mormon for comfort and purpose. We have on a third of the record translated. The other two-thirds were not allowed to be translated by God and could include a record of Moroni's travels trying to preserve the record before he buried them. His father Mormon hide the records in a hill called Cumorah before the Lamanites destroyed the last official army of the Nephites, destroying the nation as a political entity.
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