when the angel comes
who was the angel
who was Joseph working with in the crop feilds?
his dad.
where did he go look?
where the messenger told him to look.
how many times did the angel visit?
did Joseph obey what the angel told him to do in the field?
yes.
what 4 things did Joseph see when he opened the stone box?
1: the plates
2: the urim
3: the thummim
4: the breastplate
what were 3 different things the angel said?
1: he called Joseph by name
2: he said he was a messenger of god
3: his name was Moroni
4: there was a book depossited written on gold plates
5: god had work for Joseph to do
6: there was a fulness of everlasting gospel was contained in it
7: there were 2 stones and silver bows
8: that when I got those plates of which he had spoken of for the time that they should be obtained was not yet fulfilled.
9: do not show the plates to anyone unless he was commanded to.
when Joseph was laying on the field, what did the same angel he had seen the night before tell him to do?
tell his father about what he had seen the night before.
where were the plates?
the village of Manchester, Ontario county, New York, stands a hill of considerable size, and the most elevated of any in the neighborhood. On the west side of this hill, not far from the top, under a stone of considerable size, lay the plates, deposited in a stone box.
how did Joseph describe the growing light
he described it light it had appeared and grew until his room was as lit as a noon day.
What did Joseph do after working in the crops?
he went to go find the plates.
what day did Joseph visit the plates for 4 years before receiving again
the 22nd day of september.
how did Joseph describe the angel? (you just have to get the jist of the answer because the full answer is pretty long.)
“He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant.¨“Not only was his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person was glorious beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightning. The room was exceedingly light, but not so very bright as immediately around his person. When I first looked upon him, I was afraid; but the fear soon left me.¨
what happened when Joseph tried to cross the fence?
his arms completely failed him and he lay there unconscious.
What was Joseph trying to take out that caused him to wait for how long before getting the plates again.
“I made an attempt to take them out, but was forbidden by the messenger, and was again informed that the time for bringing them forth had not yet arrived, neither would it, until four years from that time; but he told me that I should come to that place precisely in one year from that time, and that he would there meet with me, and that I should continue to do so until the time should come for obtaining the plates.¨