Moroni book of revelation

If the smaller estimate is correct, then the numbers would be lower with about 266 pages sealed, making a total of 797 pages. It was on september 21, 1823, when the angel moroni first appeared to the young. Captain moronis famous epistleand the revelation behind. Book of revelation mormonism, the mormon church, beliefs. Fourth nephi through moroni, from zion to destruction. What was the role of the angel moroni in the origin of mormonism. For mormons, this tendency also means that we interpret the angel in revelation 14 as referring to moroni unveiling the truth to joseph smith. The book of mormon consists of 15 different books, from 1 nephi to moroni. If verses 6 and 7 refer to events that have already happened the introduction of the book of mormon to the earth, then the mormon is obligated to explain these additional symbolic references. A testimony of the book of mormon comes by the power of the holy ghostthe gifts of the spirit are dispensed to the faithfulspiritual gifts always accompany faith moroni s words speak from the dustcome unto christ, be perfected in him, and sanctify your souls. They assert also that there is no more revelation from heaven and that there. Although moroni reports his revelation in alma 60 straightforwardly, how can it be straightforward when pahoran turns out to be innocent of the charges contained in it and in moroni s subsequent epistle. Since moroni engraved the sealedportion plates as well as 51 pages in the book of mormon, his total of 1, 1 pages written would be about 70 percent of the total plates delivered to joseph smith. According to smith, the angel was the guardian of the golden plates, buried in the hill cumorah near smiths home in western new york.

Smith said that the last prophet to contribute to the book, a man named moroni, buried it in a hill in presentday new york, then returned to earth in 1827 as an angel, 5 revealing the location of the book to smith, and instructing him to translate it into english for use in the restoration of christs true church in the latter days. About 18 percent of the book appears to have been copied directly from the king. Moroni, as a mortal man, was the last author of the book of mormon, burying the metal plates upon which it was recorded, some 421 years after the birth of christ. The movement of the modern mormon church in 2019 to refer to. For mormons, this tendency also means that we interpret the angel in revelation 14 as referring to moroni unveiling the truth to joseph smith, and we see revelation 7 as prophesying the. Mormons believe the last prophet of the bom became an angel to share the everlasting gospel to the world.

He followed in the footsteps of his father, mormon after whom the book of mormon is named as keeper of an ancient record detailing the history and eventual destruction of their people, the nephites, by their enemies, the lamanites. Moroni, the last of the nephite prophets religious. Nephimoroni confusion book of mormon geography and the hill cumorah. Statues of the angel moroni atop our temples herald the gospel going forth to. Moroni, the last of the nephite prophets religious studies center. This verse has been used to support the idea that an angel moroni. He was the son of the prophet mormon for whom the book of mormon is named.

Moroni reports this revelation straightforwardly, but because pahoran, the chief governor of the nephites at the time, turns out to be innocent of the charges contained in moroni s subsequent epistle and in the revelation itself see alma 61, it is easy to think that moroni s revelation or at least his report of it is mistaken in some way. The book of revelation, also called revelation to john or apocalypse of john is the last canonical book of the new testament in the bible. It is the only biblical book that is wholly composed of apocalyptic literature. Because of his instrumentality in the restoration of the gospel, moroni is commonly identified by latter day saints as the angel mentioned in revelation 14. Thus, contrary to previous thinking, moronis revelation may have, in fact, been. Latter day saints believe the plates were the source material for the book of mormon. Instead of referring to moroni and any other event from the past, there is no doubt that revelation 14 is talking about events in the future.