“Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?” Jeremiah 8:19 Over the next week or so […]
Doctrine and Covenants 128:20 “And again, what do we hear? Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, an angel from heaven, declaring the fulfilment of the prophets—the book to be revealed. A voice of the Lord in the wilderness of Fayette, Seneca county, declaring the three witnesses to bear record of the book! The voice of Michael on the […]
Galatians 1:6-8; “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, […]
Message from the angel Gabriel told Joseph: Matthew 1:21; “Call his name Jesus for he will save his people from their sins…” Message from the angel of light Moroni told Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith History 1:33; “…my name should be had for good and evil among all nations, kindreds, and tongues…” The one sure thing that hasn’t […]
Jude 4; “For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” By and large, members of the LDS Church today believe Moroni was the angel who […]
General Conference, “An High Priest of Good Things to Come” October 1999 “Trust in God and believe in good things to come.” Romans 1:25; “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.” We found the image posted here on an […]
Why Did Moroni Deliver the Gold Plates on September 22? By Book of Mormon Central | Sep. 22, 2016 Mormon Life “…Moroni’s annual visits occurred generally around the time of the Israelite harvest festival season. The initial visit on September 21 in 1823 coincided with that year’s celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. In 1824, September 22 […]
While gathering info for a new article earlier this week, I came across an interesting story in Mormondom. In 2009, the Deseret News published an article ‘20 little-known facts about the Mormon Angel Moroni statue’. They showed a different Moroni statue with each fact they shared, and one in particular caught my immediate attention. Did […]
Melissa sent me an e-mail with a link to the online Deseret Bookstore Christmas decoration section: http://deseretbook.com/Angel-Moroni-Tree-Topper-Celestial-Creations/i/3776556 My first reaction when I saw this golden Moroni tree topper was the story of the Israelites making themselves a golden calf to worship while waiting for Moses to come down from the mountain. I don’t know about […]
Moroni a Symbol of the Gospel Gordon B. Hinckley, Heroes from the Book of Mormon, pg. 195; “From my window I frequently look at the figure of Moroni on the tallest tower of the Salt Lake Temple. He has been there since 6 April 1892…When the capstone was placed, thousands of voices joined in shouting, […]
