Lessons learned
The Lord showed this trait to the brother of Jared after several prayers in Ether 1.
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What is Compassion?
Ether 1:35, 37, 40
In Ether 1:35 How did the Lord respond to the prayer of the brother of Jared asking that he and Jared be able to keep their language?
What is He had compassion and did not take away their language.
“the Lord had compassion upon Jared; therefore he did not confound the language of Jared; and Jared and his brother were not confounded.”
When the people of Babel began worshiping a tower and Lord confounded (mixed up) their language so they could no longer understand each other, what did the brother of Jared do?
Ether 1: 33-37
What is: he prayed that he and his friends and family would be able to understand each other?
“Cry unto the Lord, that he will not confound us that we may not understand our words.” Ether 1:34
“Cry again unto the Lord, and it may be that he will turn away his anger from them who are our friends, that he confound not their language.” Ether 1:36
In Ether 2:16-25 the Lord tells Jared how to build a barge. What is a barge?
What is a boat with a flat base?
The purpose of the Tower of Babel was to compete with the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
False.
The people were attempting to build a tower to heaven.
What does Ether 4:7 tell us will happen if we exercise faith in the Lord?
What is we will be shown everything the brother of Jared saw and all the Lords revelations?
Ether 4:7 And in that day that they shall exercise faith in me, saith the Lord, even as the brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified in me, then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw, even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations, saith Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the earth, and all things that in them are.
Jared asked his brother to pray a second time. What did the brother of Jared ask the Lord for?
Ether 1:36
What is, God will Turn away his anger from the friends of Jared and not confound their language?
Ether 1:36 “Then Jared said unto his brother: Cry again unto the Lord, and it may be that he will turn away his anger from them who are our friends, that he confound not their language.”
How was the issue of not having light in the barges solved?
Ether 3:1-6
What is stones touched by the lord to provide light?
From this Weeks Come Follow Me Lesson (November 11-17):
Read Ether 2:24-25 then apply the following terms to your personal experiences to answer the question at the bottom:
“The Lord will prepare me to cross my “great deep.”
“Sometimes, crossing the “great deep” is the only way to fulfill God’s will for us.”
What is an example of the “great deep” in your life or those around you?
What are challenges, hardships, trials, obstacles, etc.?
*Also…any answer that suggests you are applying the scriptures to your actual life gets you the points here.
Despite being referred to as “the brother of Jared” throughout the book of Ether, the mans true name is mentioned in the book of Panlophi.
False.
Panlophi is a made up book and although some suggest Joseph revealed the true name of the brother of Jared, I couldn’t verify it :/
In Ether 3:1-2 the brother of Jared makes the following statement in a prayer: “Oh Lord, Thou hast given us a commandment that we might call upon Thee.”
What will be received from the Lord if they (and we) follow the commandment to “call upon Thee.”?
What is “We may receive according to our desires.”?
How did the Lord respond to the second prayer from the brother of Jared?
Ether 1:37
What is He had compassion and did not confound the language of their friends and families?
Ether 1:37 “And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord, and the Lord had compassion upon their friends and their families also, that they were not confounded.”
The brother of Jared prayed for help with what two foreseeable issues with the barges they had built according to the Lords commandment?
Ether 2:18-21
What is lack of air and light?
Ether 2:19 “And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.”
What’s does the Lord mean in Ether 4:15, when He says “…Ye shall rend that veil of unbelief…”
What is ye shall “tear or rip apart that covering/disguise” of unbelief?
Fireflies lit the barges.
False.
The barges had no light until the brother of Jared took faithful action and requested the Lords help.
What had to happen before the Book of Ether, and consequently the Book of Mormon would be revealed?
Ether 4:7
What is the people musty have faith like the brother of Jared?
Ether 4:7 “And in that day that they shall exercise faith in me, saith the Lord, even as the brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified in me, then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw, even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations, saith Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the earth, and all things that in them are.”
Jared asked his brother to pray a third time. What two things did he instruct his brother to pray about?
Ether 1:38
What is will the Lord drive them out of the land?
What is where will they go?
Ether 1:38 “And it came to pass that Jared spake again unto his brother, saying: Go and inquire of the Lord whether he will drive us out of the land, and if he will drive us out of the land, cry unto him whither we shall go. And who knoweth but the Lord will carry us forth into a land which is choice above all the earth? And if it so be, let us be faithful unto the Lord, that we may receive it for our inheritance.”
Whose idea resolved the issue of not having light in the barges?
Ether 3:1-6
Who is the brother of Jared?
In Ether 4:11 the Lord says “But he that believeth these things which I have spoken, him will I visit with the manifestations of my Spirit, and he shall know and bear record. For because of my Spirit he shall know that these things are true; for it persuadeth men to do good.” What do each of the underlined words mean?
What is evidence?
What is to show/display evidence or proof?
What is to cause to do through evidence or proof?
The brother of Jared saw Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ in bodies like we all have.
True! He was so surprised when he saw the Lords finger touch the stones that he fell to the ground!
After the brother of Jared saw the Lords finger touch the stones which became the light source in the barges, the brother on Jared saw many more things beyond the veil because of his faith in the Lord. After this encounter with the Lord, what item was the brother of Jared given?
Ether 3:21-24
What is two glass stones?
Ether 3:23 “And behold, these two stones will I give unto thee, and ye shall seal them up also with the things which ye shall write.”
In Ether 1:37-43 the Lords responds to the third inquiry from the brother of Jared.
What are 2 or more of the instructions and/or blessings given/promised to the brother of Jared by the Lord?
What is gather their flocks, families, friends?
What is lead them down the valley northward?
What is the Lord will meet them there and lead them to a land which is choice above all other land?
What is the Lord will bless them and their seed/posterity?
After being in the wilderness for 4 years, the brother of Jared was visited by the Lord and was chastened/rebuked for this reason.
Ether 2:14-15
What is the failure to call upon the Lord?
Ether 2:14 “And it came to pass at the end of four years that the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked with him. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.”
How did we know that the time was at hand for the scriptures to be revealed?
Hint: Ether 4:16-17
What is when we see these things?
Ether 4:16 And then shall my revelations which I have caused to be written by my servant John be unfolded in the eyes of all the people. Remember, when ye see these things, ye shall know that the time is at hand that they shall be made manifest in very deed.
17 Therefore, when ye shall receive this record ye may know that the work of the Father has commenced upon all the face of the land.
The brother of Jared lived a life nearly free of error, and that’s why he saw the Lord face to face.
False, the brother of Jared was chastised after spending 4 years in the wilderness without calling upon the Lord. He repented and showed complete and perfect faith leading up his seeing the Lord.