Tip of the Day, May 7
May 7 – “Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.” Gen. 6:8-9.
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Notice in the text how God told Noah which animal to take into the ark and there was no mention of taking any fish with him. Maybe it was because God had that one taken care of? Some lies border on the ludicrous. Smith “prophesied” that when the Jews sailed across the ocean to come to the American continent, they were to take fish in the boat they built.
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Ether 2:2-3; “And they did also lay snares and catch fowls of the air; and they did also prepare a vessel, in which they did carry with them the fish of the waters. And they did also carry with them desert, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees, and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land, seed of every kind”.
(Some lies border on the ludicrous. Smith “prophesied” that when the Jews sailed across the ocean to come to the American continent, they were to take fish in the boat they built.)
It was not a lie. Just read more of the chapter in the Book of Mormon to see why not.
You seem to forget what kind of boat they built. They could not fish because the boat was sealed top and bottom; more like a submarine then a canoe.
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16 And the Lord said: Go to work and build, after the manner of barges which ye have hitherto built. And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did go to work, and also his brethren, and built barges after the manner which they had built, according to the instructions of the Lord. And they were small, and they were light upon the water, even like unto the lightness of a fowl upon the water.
17 And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.
18 And it came to pass that the brother of Jared cried unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, I have performed the work which thou hast commanded me, and I have made the barges according as thou hast directed me.
19 And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.
20 And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold, thou shalt make a hole in the top, and also in the bottom; and when thou shalt suffer for air thou shalt unstop the hole and receive air. And if it be so that the water come in upon thee, behold, ye shall stop the hole, that ye may not perish in the flood.
21 And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did so, according as the Lord had commanded.
22 And he cried again unto the Lord saying: O Lord, behold I have done even as thou hast commanded me; and I have prepared the vessels for my people, and behold there is no light in them. Behold, O Lord, wilt thou suffer that we shall cross this great water in darkness?
23 And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: What will ye that I should do that ye may have light in your vessels? For behold, ye cannot have windows, for they will be dashed in pieces; neither shall ye take fire with you, for ye shall not go by the light of fire.
24 For behold, ye shall be as a whale in the midst of the sea; for the mountain waves shall dash upon you. Nevertheless, I will bring you up again out of the depths of the sea; for the winds have gone forth out of my mouth, and also the rains and the floods have I sent forth.
25 And behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come. Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?
(Book of Mormon | Ether 2:16–25)
http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/2?lang=eng
There is no proof of the BOM so all that you said is a story Smith made up. There is no evidence to support this either written or in archeology. The Jews were not told to come to America. (see also Rev. 22:18 about NOT adding anything to the Bible. The Bible is sufficient and no other writings are needed or allowed by God, such as thee BOM, D&C, etc. We have all that we need to know in the Bible.)
Re: fish: fish like water and didn’t need protection in the Flood like the land animals did.
The original article questioned the need to fish before leaving and the answer to why it was needed is what I gave you.
If you do not believe the Book of Mormon is true is different question.
(see also Rev. 22:18 about NOT adding anything to the Bible. The Bible is sufficient and no other writings are needed or allowed by God, such as thee BOM, D&C, etc. We have all that we need to know in the Bible.)
And you believe it is OK for men to add a definition to the Word of God that take truths away from His word. I am not a “triditional” Christian because I do not believe that man had the right to narrow God’s word with there definition of the trinity.
God defined the Trinity by “us” in Hebrew in Genesis right after creating the world; Jesus stated the Trinity, not man. Nothing taken away from the Word either. “Go an baptize…in the name of God the Father, Son, and Holy Sprirt…” He also said that ,” ..the Father and I are one…”
The Spirit proceeds From the Father and Son…these are in the New Testament. Man did not “narrow” them. God himself said he is ONE God.
Our Triune God is difficult to understand but He is THREE persons. You may be able to understand it this way: I am a mother, wife, and worker in a job. This is 3 persons in one of me. (I tell children this so that they can understand. My Pastor that this is a good way to see this.)
(I am a mother, wife, and worker in a job. This is 3 persons in one of me.)
Do you talk to yourself?
Do you ask yourself why you left yourself when you were under great stress?
By your definition, God did this and more.