Ether 12

The following is about Ether 12

1-2. And it came to pass that the days of Ether were in the days of Coriantumr; and Coriantumr was king over all the land. And Ether was a prophet of the Lord; wherefore Ether came forth in the days of Coriantumr, and began to prophesy unto the people, for he could not be restrained because of the Spirit of the Lord which was in him.

Why was it important to point out that Ether lived in the days of Coriantumr? What did having a wicked king do to the people? Mosiah 11:2 states about king Noah "For behold, he did not keep the commandments of God, but he did walk after the desires of his own heart. And he had many wives and concubines. And he did cause his people to commit sin, and do that which was abominable in the sight of the Lord. Yea, and they did commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness"

If a wicked king causes his people to commit sin and harden their hearts, what state were the people in before Ether began to prophesy?

"Ether was a prophet of the Lord", as opposed to a false prophet? What made him a prophet of the Lord? Jarom 1:10 shows what other "prophets of the Lord" have done: "And it came to pass that the prophets of the Lord did threaten the people of Nephi, according to the word of God, that if they did not keep the commandments, but should fall into transgression, they should be destroyed from off the face of the land." So prophets of the Lord threaten the poeple; preaching repentance, or destruction must come upon the people. This is what Ether was going out to do.

Numbers 12 gives us the definition of a prophet: "If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream."

Just to reiterate this: prophets see Christ in some way, shape, or form. This is true of Ether as in Ether 13:4, "Ether saw the days of Christ".

"Ether began to prophesy", what did he prophesy? Ether 13:2, "...For he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man..."

"...he could not be restrained because of the Spirit of the Lord which was in him." Lectures on Faith explains what the Spirit of the Lord is, especially the fifth lecture. How did he gain the Spirit of the Lord? This chapter as a whole shows how, but it is first by faith.

3. For he did cry from the morning, even until the going down of the sun, exhorting the people to believe in God unto repentance lest they should be destroyed, saying unto them that by faith all things are fulfilled.

Why did he "cry"? What is special about his word? Is it typical for prophets to cry repentance? “He did cry” all day? What about the people does this tell us? What about Ether's determination does this tell us? We can learn a great deal from his willingness to go preach faith and repentance all day (although he did also prophesy some wonderful things in Ether 13), for the which he was cast out in Ether 13:13. Do you have enough faith to be willing to be steadfast even when others desire to cast you out or physically harm you? Do you have the faith to do whatever the Lord asks of you? He tends to ask of us that which we hold dear and treasure above all else. For Abraham it was his family, and then his son Isaac, for Moses it was his entire lifestyle, twice. There are several other examples in the scriptures of sacrifices being made, but will not be included here.

He exhorted the people to beieve in God unto repentance. This is what all true prophets do, they exhort others to excercise faith unto repentance. That is the only way we can "come unto Christ" is through repentance and baptism. See Moroni 8:25-26 for more information.

Christ also told the early church leaders to "Say nothing but repentance unto this generation" (D&C 11:9 and D&C 6:9).

It also seems to be a pattern in which the Lord warns the people before the destruction, so Ether gets to be one of those prophets that prophesies of the destruction of a people.

"By faith ALL THINGS are fulfilled" (emphasis added). Whose faith? Ether has faith, so could Ether's faith cause the destruction that awaits the people? Faith is the principle that causes all action to take place, and those that prophesy the destruction have faith enough to preach destruction, yet perhaps it's something more. God has faith, and by faith were the worlds framed. Could it be solely His faith? While the above questions and statements do not exhaust the idea, it can be said that someone who has faith causes all things to happen.

4. Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God.

"Whoso" is a word in the scriptures that can apply to everyone, just like the word whoever in today's language. Therefore, he is talking about a specific group of people, those that "believeth in God" and some of the things they can experience. The use of the word "might" shows that although many may "believe in God", not all will "with surety hope for a better world". Christ said that narrow is the way and straight is the gate that leaded to eternal life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew 7:14).

"Few there be" may be a number much much lower than any of us think. Lectures on Faith states that unless we give our all in sacrifice like Abraham and Moses among others, we cannot be inheritors of the same kingdom. (lecture 6:8). How many in the history of the world have given their all in sacrifice? We need to be showing the Lord that we are willing to sacrifice everything to KNOW him. I've told Him that I'm willing to sacrifice certain things, and He has been requiring me to make sacrifices for some time now-giving up my idols to Him but am I willing to sacrifice all to him?

So where does the word "surety" fit in? Joseph Smith gave some insight into this.

"Now, there is some grand secret here, and keys to unlock the subject. Notwithstanding the apostle exhorts them to add to their faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, etc., yet he exhorts them to make their calling and election sure. And though they had heard an audible voice from heaven bearing testimony that Jesus was the Son of God, yet he says we have a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light shining in a dark place. Now, wherein could they have a more sure word of prophecy than to hear the voice of God saying, This is my beloved Son.

"Now for the secret and grand key. Though they might hear the voice of God and know that Jesus was the Son of God, this would be no evidence that their election and calling was made sure, that they had part with Christ, and were joint heirs with Him. They then would want that more sure word of prophecy, that they were sealed in the heavens and had the promise of eternal life in the kingdom of God. Then, having this promise sealed unto them, it was an anchor to the soul, sure and steadfast. Though the thunders might roll and lightnings flash, and earthquakes bellow, and war gather thick around, yet this hope and knowledge would support the soul in every hour of trial, trouble and tribulation. Then knowledge through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the grand key that unlocks the glories and mysteries of the kingdom of heaven" (Scriptural Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p 298)

In essence, we cannot "with surety hope for a better world" without having our calling and election "made sure." For only then will we have the "anchor to [our] soul".

How do we attain unto that hope? Moroni stated that this "hope cometh of faith". What kind of faith? True faith, and a willingness to do everything which the Lord commands you. How do we gain faith? If you aren't very sure what the answer is, then I suggest you read Lectures on Faith as it outlines very clearly how one can gain faith, but I'll give a hint: making sacrifices that the Lord wants you to make.

That hope "would make them sure and steadfast" which is exactly what Joseph said above. It only stands to reason that the surety spoken of in Ether 12:4 is the calling and election made sure as Joseph stated.

Would "always abounding in good works" be perfection? If someone is always doing good works, then they would have ceased sinning; which is one of the attributes that Christ has. Therefore, this "hope" causes a change within them to the point of becoming like Christ in that aspect of their lives.

"Being led" is used here to illustrate how they are still not perfect in everything, but have reached a point in which they will do everything He commands or instructs and therefore they have the Holy Ghost as a constant companion. That is how they always abound in good works, because they are led to glorify God.

Can you glorify God? Doing His will brings Him glory, Christ glorified the Father in the atonement. (See D&C 19). Therefore, they are led to do His will, even if it is a difficult sacrifice to make.

Just to summarize verse 4, true faith leads to the calling and election being made sure, which is defined as hope, which maketh man steadfast, always abounding in good works which brings glory to God.

5. And it came to pass that Ether did prophesy great and marvelous things unto the people, which they did not believe, because they saw them not.

A small part of what Ether prophesied is in chapter 13, which would take a whole other blog to go through. The people's hearts had been so hardened by their secret works that doubt did fill them, inasmuch as they could not see those phrophesies, they would not believe them. This is what Satan does, he gets us to believe false ideas, such as "seeing is believeing", but as Moroni says in the following verse (below), we cannot see until after we have faith.

6. And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concenring these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.

Why is faith "things hoped for and not seen?" True faith leads us to hope for things that we cannot see. A good example is hoping for eternal life, even before receiving the calling and election made sure. Just because I have never seen Christ, I have faith that he is real, and I have hope that his atonement is real and will free me of my sins if I act according to his will.

The phrase "ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith" gives a lot of insight into how the Lord works with us. He does not just appear unto men who have no faith, but lets us develop faith (through his grace) through sacrifice until we are ready for "the trial" that will test our faith to the very utmost. If we pass this trial, we will receive a witness. What witness? We will see Christ, and receive Christ's witness which is known sometimes in the scriptures as "the testimony of Christ". Christ will then give us a chance to be valiant in His testimony by giving us commandments to fulfill. Fulfilling these commandments then allows us to receive our calling and election made sure by the Father. I'm not saying that this order is always the case; but for those that have their calling and election made sure, they experience these things.

7-8. For it was by faith that Christ showed himself unto our fathers, after he had risen from the dead; and he showed not himself unto them until after they had faith in him; wherefore, it must needs be that some had faith in him, for he showed himself not unto the world. But because of the faith of men he has shown himself unto the world, and glorified the name of the Father, and prepared a way that thereby others might be partakers of the heavenly gift, that they might hope for those things which they have not seen.

Moroni here immediately expounds upon what receiving a witness means. Seeing Christ isi that witness, and we cannot see Him until after we have faith. Seeing Christ is a miracle because it exceeds our current understanding. It is interesting to note that only some had faith in Christ, that the world as a whole does not have faith sufficient to see him.

Due to the faith of some, He does show himself to the world which glorifies the Father-How? The Father is glorified when we do His will, when we bring others to him, or when we act like Christ. Christ was the perfect example of glorifying the Father by doing his will just as in verse 4.

What is the heavenly gift? Christ prepared a way that others might be partakers of the heavenly gift. Here we see that "might" word once again. Those that might partake of a gift also might with surety hope in a better world. "This is Life Eternal, to know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent." (John 17:3) We will not partake of the heavenly gift without having faith, and growing in that faith until it becomes a sure knowledge. While having a belief is good, it is not enough. The phrase at the end of verse 8 only supports the idea that Moroni is writing about the calling and election, and referring to verse 4 "that they might hope..." It is interesting to consider how things are connected in this chapter and what order they appear.

9. Wherefore, ye may also have hope, and be partakers of the gift, if ye will but have faith.

Moroni is pleading with us to excercise faith, he cannot say it any clearer without saying too much. Excercise faith and you can see Christ. It's that simple.

10. Behold it was by faith that they of old were called after the holy order of God.

The order of these miracles is very interesting as first we see Christ, and hope for eternal life, but then we are called after the holy order and receive the higher priesthood. What is significant about the order of these miracles? If you would like to learn more about being called to the holy order of God, study Alma 13.

11. Wherefore, by faith was the law of Moses given. But in the gift of his Son hath God prepared a more excellent way; and it is by fath that it hath been fulfilled.

It was by faith that Moses was given a law for the people, and it was by faith that Christ has performed His atonement and given a more excellent way for all of us to live, if we will just "come unto him". These things have all come by faith, and by faith alone. Perhaps we need to focus more on gaining faith rather than the specific works that we need to do while here.

12. For if there be no faith amoung the children of men God can do no miracle among them; wherefore, he showed not himself until after their faith.

God cannot perform miracles among us unless we have faith. What if miracles have ceased among the children of men? Moroni 7:37 says "Behold I say unto you, Nay; for it is by faith that miracles are wrought; and it is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men; wherefore, if these things have ceased wo be unto the children of men, for it is because of unbelief, and all is vain."

It doesn't say that he just won't do miracles when we lack faith, but that he cannot do them. Could there be a higher law behind that? Or is it just the fact that faith always precedes miracles, and it needs to be our faith?

We also have in this verse yet another example of how Christ wishes to show himself to us but can only do so when we have faith. He's not saying in any way, shape, or form that we need a specific calling in a church, even if that church was started by a true prophet; or that we need some special knowledge to see Him. No, he's saying that it takes faith and faith alone brings that hope.

13-18. Behold, it was the faith of Alma and Amulek that caused the prison to tumble to the earth. Behold, it was the faith of Nephi and Lehi that wrought the change upon the Lamanites, that they were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost. Behold, it was the faith of Ammon and his brethren which wrought so great a miracle among the lamanites. Yea, and even all they who wrought miracles wrought them by faith, even those who were before Christ and also those who were after. And it was by faith that the three disciples obtained a promise that they should not taste of death; and they obtained not the promise until after their faith. And neither at any time hath any wrought miracles until after their fatih; wherefore they first believed in the Son of God.

In these few verses, he cites some examples of different people excercising faith, "all they who wrought miracles wrought them by faith". It is interesting to note that one cannot work miracles in the name of Christ until after their faith. What else can we do/receive after the trial of our faith?

19-20. And there were many whose faith was so exceedingly strong, even before Christ came, who could not be kept from within the veil, but truly saw with their eyes the things which they had beheld with an eye of faith, and they were glad. And behold, we have seen in this record that one of these was the brother of Jared; for so great was his faith in God, that when God put forth his finger he could not hide it from the sight of the brother of Jared, because of his word which he had spoken unto him, which word he had obtained by faith.

"Who could not be kept from within the veil". Using the Brother of Jared as an example, even if Christ wanted to keep this man from seeing His finger, He could not, for his faith was so exceedingly strong. Why does he distinguish between their eyes and the eye of faith? When we reach the point of being able to see with our eyes (and not the eye of faith alone), perhaps our faith has increased significantly or in other words, we've given our all in sacrifice like those before. What word had he obtained by faith?

21. And after the brother of Jared had beheld the finger of the Lord, because of the promise which the brother of Jared had obtained by fatih, the Lord could not withold anything from his sight; wherefore he showed him all things, for he could no longer be kept without the veil.

What was his promise that he obtained by faith? See Ether 3:26 and you can read about his promise that he obtained for himself. That's the important thing to note here-that we need to get promises for ourselves from God. No one else can get promises for us, we must go to Him for ourselves. Not even our spouses or parents can do it for us, it is an individual relationship with God that must be established. I recommend asking Him questions that you actually want to know, at any time of day, not just at night before bed or in the morning when you're tired. Not that I'm any kind of authority for anything, but that's how I do it and I can testify that He does answer me, immediately, almost all of the time. "For he could no longer be kept without the veil", so does the veil cover us or does it cover the other side? If we're without the veil, then must Christ be within the veil?

22. And it is by faith that my fathers have obtained the promise that these things should come unto their brethren through the Gentiles; therefore the Lord hath commanded me, yea, even Jesus Christ.

Here we have another example of specific people that gained a promise of their own, that the words of the Book of Mormon would go unto their children. That promise was made to specific individuals such as Enos and Nephi. While that promise affects others, the seed of Lehi that have the opportunity to receive their words must make the decision to do so and must get thier own promises for themselves, just like Nephi and Enos did.

Who are the Gentiles? See the previous post for more information. Jesus Christ commanded Moroni to write these things. Why? Does that fit the pattern of Christ giving individuals their own commandments that they need to obey? If Christ commanded that these things be written, then they must be of great importance to us-those that would read the words-for they certainly cannot be written to someone who will not read the words, as that would be futile.

23-25. And I said unto him: Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing; for Lord though hast made us mighty in word by faith, but thou hast not made us mighty in writing; for thou hast made all this people that they could speak much, because of the Holy Ghost which thou hast given them; and thou hast made us that we could write but little, because of the awkwardness of our hands. Behold, thou has not made us mighty in writing like unto the brother of Jared, for thou madest him that the things which he wrote were mighty even as though art, unto the overpowering of man to read them. Thou hast also made our words powerful and great, even that we cannot write them; wherefore, when we write we behold our weakness, and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall mock at our words.

If Moroni feels weak in writing, what about the words he speaks? Or the words the Brother of Jared wrote? Anyways, why is he writing this? Why does he tell us that he isn't confident in his writing ability? Why does he tell us that he has a weakness? We'll understand more about it when we reach verses 27 and 37 (you can take a look now if you can't help yourself, but waiting might help some readers to capture what is really going on in the chapter). Is it a good thing that writing shows them their weakness? Would they write these words if they hadn't been commanded to write them? Does this help verse 27 make more sense?

The Holy Ghost allows for us to be mighty in speaking. Nephi said that in our day, "they shall contend one with another; and their priests shall contend one with another, and they shall teach with their learning, and deny the Holy Ghost, WHICH GIVETH UTTERANCE" (2 Nephi 28:4, emphasis added). We need to let the Holy Spirit guide in everything that He'll willingly command because "it is not meet that I command in all things." (D&C 58:26) But should we not let the Holy Ghost give us what He will?

Is the use of the word "fear" appropriate? There are a few instances in the scriptures in which a prophet fears something (see 1 Nephi 8:4, 1 Nephi 17:47, 2 Nephi 1:17, Jacob 3:8, and Mosiah 29:7 just to name a few).

26-27. And when I had said this, the Lord spake unto me, saying: Fools mock, but they shall mourn; and my grace is sufficient for the meek, that they shall take no advantage of your weakness; and if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

Now we have words that come directly from the Lord, which comfort Moroni in this moment of uneasiness. Why do fools mock these things? Does the Lord give a definition for a fool? It appears that a fool is someone who treats lightly the things of God. Those that treat the words of Christ lightly shall mourn when they gain more knowledge about who they were mocking. If they realized that they were mocking their Redeemer, then they wouldn't be mocking Him. Another meaning of fools would include those that are ignorant of things as they really are.

"[His] grace is sufficient for the meek". Grace has multiple meanings throughout scripture. Two important meanings here would include "gift" and "a divine influence". His divine influence is sufficient for the meek. Those that are meek are humble and have pure desires. See Psalms 25:9 for more information about how the Lord treats the meek. Because those that are meek are humble and are guided by the Lord, they will not take advantage of anyone elses weakness. They realize that they too are weak before God, because they themselves are going unto Christ. If "men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness." HE will show US our weakness? What weakness is he describing? Is it something that the world would notice like impatience, or a short temper? Or is it something that the world cannot show us? Christ Himself will show us that weakness.

There is parallelism found in these verses: "my grace is sufficient for the meek... my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me." While being meek was already discussed above, Christ Himself defines meekness for us, at least one part of being meek.

So if we have faith, and humble ourselves before Christ, He will make us strong; for we are weak and need His strength. There seems to be an understanding that this verse just means Christ will help us be more patient, or less angry etc... but it means far more than that. WE are weak, and shall be made strong, if we will come unto Him. This point gets made by Christ in a few verses, and I'll be sure to reiterate it there.

28. Behold, I will show unto the gentiles their weakness, and I will show unto them that faith, hope and charity bringeth unto me-the fountain of all righteousness.

Here we have another case where we will be shown weakness, not by coming unto Christ, but by His desire for us to be humble. In this verse, the punctuation seems a little strange. John H. Gilbert was the man who typeset the entire Book of Mormon and although he did a great job for most of the book, some things were punctuated according to his understanding (being a christian, not necessarily believing Joseph Smith to be a prophet). Therefore, the last third of this verse should read (to me) "and I will show unto them that faith, hope, and charity bringeth unto me the fountain of all righteousness." While the "original" meaning that fatih, hope and charity bring us unto Him Who is the fountain of all righteousness; it was faith, hope, and charity that brought unto Christ the fountain of all righteousness. If He didn't for himself excercise faith, hope, and charity, then He would not be the fountain of all righteousness that He is. I've prayed about this verse, and invite all who read this to pray about the meaning of this verse. I feel that both sets of interpretations are correct, but who is excercising the faith, is different in each.

29. And I, Moroni, having heard these words, was comforted, and said: O Lord, they righteous will be done, for I know that thou workest unto the children of men according to their faith; Chirst comforted Moroni because Christ is the Second Comforter(see John 14). Moroni replied that he desired for the Lord's righteous will to be done. In this context, the will is righteous. Moroni further bears testimony that Christ works with us according to our faith. For He cannot perform any miracle unto us, save it be that we first have faith.

30-31. For the brother of Jared said unto the mountain Zerin, Remove-and it was removed. and if he had not had faith it would not have moved; wherefore thou workest after men have faith. For thus didst thou manifest thyself unto thy disciples; for after they had faith, and did speak in thy name, thou didst show thyself unto them in great power.

The brother of Jared had enough faith to move a mountain. Why was this mountain removed? Christ doesn't work with us until after we have faith. Christ did manifest Himself unto His disciples after they had faith and did speak in His name. Then He didst show Himself unto them. Does this give us another clue on how we can have Christ visit us? A few things would include having faith, speaking in His name (with real intent), and keeping on the path until you see Him?

32. And I also remember that thou hast said that thou hast prepared a house for man, yea, even amoung the mansions of thy Father, in which man might have a more excellent hope; wherefore man must hope, or he cannot receive an inheritance in the place which thou hast prepared.

Again we see that we must hope or we cannot be with Christ. If we attain unto that hope that makes us sure and steadfast, then we can receive an inheritance with the Father. Review verse 4 once again. Why has much of this chapter been about seeing Christ and having a hope that we will be on the right hand of the Father? Because of how essential both are to our exaltation.

33-34. And again, I remember that thou hast said that thou hast loved the world, even unto the laying down of thy life for the world, that thou mightest take it again to prepare a place for the children of men. And I know that this love which thou hast had for the children of men is charity; wherefore except men shall have charity they cannot inherit that place which thou hast prepared in the mansions of thy Father.

Moroni continues to praise Christ, and bear testimony of Him. He also shows that Christ has already prepared a place in the mansions of His (Christ’s) Father, but we cannot attain unto it without charity. In the previous two segments he mentioned faith and hope, now he is bringing up charity. Moroni may have read the sermon by his Father in that he later added to the plates in Moroni 7. So Christ works with us according to our faith, which eventually brings us hope, and once we have hope we can then gain charity to the degree that Christ experiences. We often understand charity to be pure love, and longsuffering, kind, not puffed up etc... while all of those things apply, it appears here that charity includes sacrificing something of yourself to give others (or just one other) something they cannot have by themselves. Christ's atonement is a perfect example, He sacrificed so much, in order to give us something that we cannot gain by ourselves if we will but "come unto Him.”

35. Wherefore, I know by this thing which thou hast said, that if the Gentiles have not charity, because of our weakness, that thou wilt prove them, and take away their talent, yea, even that which they have received, and give unto them who shall have more abundantly.

If WE choose not to take the words seriously, we will not be capable of charity through Christ's atonement, for we cannot truly care about everyone's salvation save we have charity. So if we choose to mock the words of Christ, we will be proven, or in other words, tested; and we will fail that test because WE (the gentiles) will lose the talent given. In the parable of the talents, notice that the talents are given, and then the servants all had time to be stewards over those talents. We are all given specific things over which we have stewardship, and if we don't do as we're supposed to with them, they will eventually be taken away. What talent have the Gentiles been given? How have we taken care of the Book of Mormon? How have we taken care of the church set up by Christ through Joseph Smith? It might be a good idea to study the whole Book of Mormon with the idea that we are gentiles to see how the scriptures foretell these questions being answered today. If we lose the Gospel, and it goes to someone else, who is that? Could it be the remnant of the seed of Lehi as was prophesied? We miss so much because we don't look for connections to other ideas in the scriptures.

36-37. And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity. And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: if they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore, thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father.

Moroni makes a request for us to have grace (the gift of divine influence which enables us to have charity), but Christ responded that Moroni's soul had been redeemed (see Ether 3:13 for a meaning of redemption). Christ also gives a definition of what becoming strong is: sitting down in the place which [He] has prepared in the mansions of [His] Father. Being able to dwell with the Father and Christ is how He defines strong. This seems to be very different than how we in this world define strong. Pondering about this idea could be of some benefit-not that I would tell you what you should do as you have the agency to choose.

38-41. And now I, Moroni, bid farewell unto the Gentiles, yea, and also unto my brethren whom I love, until we shall meet before the judgement-seat of Christ, where all men shall know that my garments are not spotted with your blood. And then shall ye know that I have seen Jesus, and that he hath talked with me face to face, and that he told me in plain humility, even as a man telleth another in mine own language, concerning these things; and only a few have I written, because of my weakness in writing. And now I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost which beareth record of them, may be and abide in you forever. Amen.

Now we have Moroni's closing remarks on the subject. He tells us that he is concluding his sermon, until we shall meet at the judgement-seat of Christ, for he employeth no servant there (2 Nephi 9:41). "Then will [we] know that [he has] seen Jesus...seek this Jesus". He goes from telling us that he has seen Jesus to telling us that we should seek Jesus. This can only mean that he wants us to see Jesus as well.

There are a few things left to note that are widely understood: that God talks to us in our own language for us to understand; that of what Christ tells someone in person; and only a small part can be shared with others.

I do not claim to be anyone special by producing this blog, just that the Lord has told me through His Spirit to do so. And so I have created the blog. Thank you for reading.