The Battle of Cumorah
Mormon wrote to this person to ask permission to gather his people at Cumorah for a final battle.
Who was the king of the Lamanites?
Mormon’s soul is described with this intense emotion due to the slaughter of his people.
What is anguish?
This is the type of sacred items on which Mormon created his final record.
What are plates?
Mormon’s son, who survived the battle at Cumorah, was named this.
Who is Moroni?
Mormon mentions this thing will “put on immortality” and no longer “molder in corruption.”
What is the body?
Mormon’s people pitched their tents around this location in preparation for the final battle.
What is the hill Cumorah?
Mormon laments that his people rejected this person who “stood with open arms to receive [them].”
Who is Jesus?
Mormon followed the Lord’s command to prevent these sacred records from falling into the hands of the Lamanites.
What is the record of the Nephites?
This is the number of Nephite survivors after the battle at Cumorah.
What is 24?
Mormon says the righteous will be blessed with these individuals, who lived faithfully before them.
Who are their fathers?
Mormon gathered his people at Cumorah for this reason.
What is to give them battle?
Mormon mourns his people’s fate, knowing they could have avoided destruction if they had done this.
What is repented?
These are the only plates Mormon did not hide in Cumorah, instead giving them to his son.
What are the few plates he gave to Moroni?
This Nephite leader fell along with his ten thousand soldiers in the battle at Cumorah.
Who is Gidgiddonah? or Cumenihah, Moronihah, Antionum, Shiblom, Shem or Josh
Mormon reminds his people that they will soon face this, administered by Christ, based on their works.
What is judgment?
These natural features surrounded the area where Mormon’s people camped at Cumorah.
What are waters, rivers, and fountains?
According to Mormon, all must eventually stand before the judgement seat of this figure to be judged for their actions.
Who is Christ?
Mormon made his final record out of this previous set of plates.
What are the plates of Nephi?
Each fallen Nephite leader led this many people in battle against the Lamanites.
What is ten thousand?
After the final battle, Mormon states that this attribute of God, along with mercy, will determine the fate of the dead.
What is justice?
Mormon’s army prepared for this terrifying event as the Lamanites approached with overwhelming force.
What is their full destruction?
Mormon expresses deep sorrow by addressing his people with this phrase, referring to their former beauty and purity.
What are “O ye fair ones”?
This action, undertaken by Mormon, helped preserve Nephite history for future generations.
What is hiding the plates in Cumorah?
These two leaders, both ending in “-hah,” were part of the Nephite captains who fell with their ten thousand each.
Who are Limhah and Moronihah?
According to Mormon, the Father knows the state of his people, and this dual nature of God will determine their eternal fate.
What is justice and mercy?