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Into the wilderness book6/25/2023 ![]() When I think about what a wilderness is, I picture a time when comfort and resources are not readily available. Second, within this mortal life we too experience times of struggle. As we live this life and strive to rely on the Lord, we will be led to the Promised Land-to salvation and exaltation. In order for us to grow and to become more like Him, the earth was created and we were brought here-a wilderness. Before we came here to earth, we dwelled in the presence of our Father. Nephi ( in the beginning of the Book of Mormon) were brought through the wilderness and now, here, the story includes an exodus to the unknown and untamed wilderness.įirst, this journey IS the plan of Salvation. Moses and the children of Israel journeyed in the wilderness for 40 years. Adam and Eve were cast out the garden and into the wilderness. We discussed this verse in class and as I looked closer and listened to the words of my teacher, I realized how significant this verse is in a scriptural history context, but also in a personal context.Throughout scriptures there is this recurring moment when the Lord sends His prophets or people into the wilderness as they begin a journey. Into that quarter where there never had man been…” “5 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded them that they should go forth into the wilderness, yea, Included by Moroni details the journey of these people from the Dead Sea area to the Americas. Now with a little background established, I will now get into my subject. Portions of the record are translated and included in the Book of Mormon by a prophet named Within the book of Mormon, comes from a set of plates whose discovery is recorded of earlier in the Book The hand of the Lord around the time of the tower of Babel. Of an ancient group of people who were lead to the Americas, then referred to as the promised land, by Although there is a lot to say about it, I will keep theĮxplanation brief, because I have much to say about a particular passage from it today. The book of Ether comes from and what it is about. To help you to understand and to give my words some context I will tell a little about where This last week in Book of Mormon class we entered a new book within the Book of Mormon.
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