Joseph Smith
Book of Mormon
Scripture Reference
Scripture Reference
Book of Mormon
Origins
Origins
Book of Mormon
Intro pages
Intro pages
Book of Mormon
Prophets
Prophets
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Who appeared to Joseph Smith while in his bed the night of the 21st of September 1823?
Moroni
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Was “born of goodly parents”
Who is Nephi?
100
Abridged (condensed) and compiled many ancient records into a narrative
Who is Mormon?
100
We refer to the Book of Mormon as?
Another Testament of Jesus Christ?
100
Led his family into the wilderness from Jerusalem in 600 B.C.
Who is Lehi?
200
How many times did the angel appear to Joseph Smith And what did he tell him?
- 4 times (3 during the night and once the following day)
-“God had a work for me to do; and that my name should be had for good and evil among all nations, kindreds, and tongues.”
- Where the plates were hidden and the contents of the stone box.
- If he showed the contents of the box to anyone unless otherwise commanded he would be destroyed.
200
They were taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them
Who are the 2000 stripling warriors?
200
Wrote the last words of the Book of Mormon
Who is the angel, Moroni?
200
Why is the Book of Mormon ”the keystone of our religion?”
- A key stone is the center piece in an arch, without it the entire arch would not be able to stand.
- If the Book of Mormon is true then everything about our religion is true. The restoration of the fullness of the gospel, the priesthood and prophets on the earth today.
200
Converted to the gospel while hearing Abinadi testified to the wicked King Noah and had to flee and hide from the King
Who is Alma?
300
What is “the Urim and Thummim?”
“Also, that there were two stones in silver bows—and these stones, fastened to a breastplate, constituted what is called the Urim and Thummim—deposited with the plates; and the possession and use of these stones were what constituted ‘seers’ in ancient or former times; and that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book.”
300
Author of the Title of Liberty
Who is Captain Moroni?
300
Oliver Cowdrey, David Whitmer, Martin Harris
Who are the 3 witnesses
300
How was the Book or Mormon translated?
“The Gift and Power or God.”
300
Went on missions to the Lamanite people after an angel of the Lord appeared to them and rebuked them
Who is Alma and the sons of Mosiah
400
How many days did it take to translate the Book of Mormon?
- The work of translation proceeded haltingly through 1828. Joseph’s wife, Emma, and others served as scribes until the spring of 1829, when Oliver Cowdery took over, recording the bulk of the 275,000-word text from Joseph’s dictation, concluding near the end of June 1829, a period of about 60 to 90 days.
“These were the days never to be forgotten,” Oliver Cowdery said of his time as Joseph Smith’s scribe “under the sound of a voice dictated by the inspiration1 of heaven.”
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Spake upon the walls of the city and "... many shot arrows at him as he stood upon the wall, but the Spirit of the Lord was with him, insomuch that they could not hit him ..."
Who is Samuel the Lamanite?
400
Individuals who testified of the divinity of the Book of Mormon
Who are the Three Witnesses and the Eight Witnesses?
400
What two groups or civilizations are the Book of Mormon about?
The record gives an account of two great civilizations. One came from Jerusalem in 600 B.C. and afterward separated into two nations, known as the Nephites and the Lamanites. The other came much earlier when the Lord confounded the tongues at the Tower of Babel. This group is known as the Jaredites. After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among the ancestors of the American Indians.
400
Stood on wall to preach to the Nephites
Who is Samuel the Lamanite?
500
How old was Joseph smith when he received the gold plates?
21 years old
500
"... ask of God, ... if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart and real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, ..."
What is Moroni's promise? or What is Moroni 10:4?
500
What was the language of the ancient plates?
According to the prophet Moroni, the record was written in “reformed Egyptian.” Moroni further explained that if the "plates had been sufficiently large we should have written in Hebrew; but the Hebrew hath been altered by us also; and if we could have written in Hebrew, behold, ye would have had no imperfection in our record. But the Lord knoweth the things which we have written, and also that none other people knoweth our language; . . . therefore he hath prepared means for the interpretation thereof”
500
According to Mormon What is the purpose of the Book of Mormon?
- “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 for ever.”
-“the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, The Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations.”
500
Lived alone many years hiding in fear of being killed
Who is Moroni?