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My parents were sealed in the Manti Temple, in 1935. They were in the Temple President's office talking with him before he sealed them. My mom was distracted by the painting on the wall , right next to a window. She finally asked him why he had a painting of the mountain, when she could look out that window and see the beauty of the real thing right there? With a twinkie in his eyes, and a knowing smile, he said "because that mountain won't always be there."
Wow!
@@carolynntranmer9187 right!?!
I was able to go to the Red Cliffs Utah Temple today and met my father there and we did initiatories. It was good. After we did initiatories I walked around the temple grounds just in front of the temple and took some pictures. It was nice. My wife and I have an endowment session scheduled for tomorrow April 20, at 12:45 pm. It will be nice. I hope to attend the temple each week. With two temples close by it will be much easier to schedule an appointment. I am starting to realize the importance of attending the temple. The more I go, I hope the Lord will bless me with employment. I know that God knows our situation, and blesses us accordingly.
When I listen to your videos and you mention the millennial reign, sometimes I am filled with such longing for the days to come, that I about cry. Nevertheless, I know there is work to be done (for each of us) as we look forward to His appearance. Thank you for your hard work and reliable communication. May the Lord richly bless you.
Me too!!!
Me too!❤️
I love it when you explore the early history of the Church. So many gems of prophecy and miracles.
I was able to work in the Manti Temple. Amazing experience. In Ohio during my mission some of the church sites were not in the Columbus mission. But I was able to see lots of mounds and worked on splits in a city completely built within a “prehistoric circular earthworks”. Circleville Ohio.
I went through the Manti temple 30 years ago. My best friend's grandfather was in the temple presidency. We were privileged to get a behind the scenes tour of the temple and told many things about it. One thing I thought was very interesting at the time was from one of the towers we could see into another room, which we were told that those rooms do not have internal doors, the only way in, is through the windows. I asked why, and was told that those rooms would most likely be used during the millennium. I remember feeling the Spirit surge when that was said, and have wondered about it ever since. That it is to be used after the second coming is so exciting to me.
I could feel jealous being so far from the temples up there, but I don't....We have one on our hill in our neighborhood almost finished and can be seen in our front yard! It resembles the area in Navoo, the way the temple is on a hill centrally located for all to see. We are living in amazing times. I think Moroni will have some interesting stories to tell us when we can all sit down together and share our testimonies! We have a lot of Saints in the area in and around the Auckland area. Thanks Jared for your interesting research and commentary.
Appeared 11 times? That brings to mind President Nelson's "11s" talk from November (11th month), at 11 a.m., lasting 11 minutes.
A man in my ward here in Idaho, who is a temple Sealer, told us a story one day about when he went around with President Hinkley to help him determine a temple site! How cool would that be!
I feel that EVERY modern day temple is so sacred and special! We believe they are each, literally, a House of the Lord... (But i DO love the idea of Kirtland being the spot of the ancient Bountiful Temple!) 💙
Interesting! One of the things I look forward to is learning where each of the events in the Book of Mormon took place! The Americas are pretty big.
I recommend Rod Meldrum and Book of Mormon Evidence for learning a ton about where BoM things took place. A real testimony builder for me!
In many of the early saint's patriarchal blessings it stated that they would “assist in the restoration of the Lamanites to their promised blessings” or something similar. I believe that this was referring to the North American Indian people since they had no means at that time to go to South America. Even President Kimball stated that his patriarchal blessing implied that he had a responsibility for the Lamanites, which is why he devoted time to them. I wonder if there was a temple specifically with the Lamanites in mind. There is an ancient Indian temple site across the river from Nauvoo. Also, it is interesting that Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, which was a vast indian settlement is in St. Louis Missouri, and is just east of Independence Missouri. Perhaps there will be a restoration of Lamanites in this area.
Wayne May among others, offer astounding evidence that US of America is where Book of Mormon stories happened.
What I have heard, and I can't verify it or remember where I got it, except from my ancestors who were well acquainted with Brigham, is that he was told it was the site of a previous Temple that had been destroyed. I have heard from locals when I lived in Fayette just over the mountain west of there that there were still corner stones partially buried on the southeast side of the Temple. Also there is a series of paperback books about the pioneers and their experiences when they were sent to settle there by Brigham, with many stories of local pioneers, one being that when the first main group arrived there it was either late fall or early winter and having no time to build homes, they built dugouts into the side of the Temple hill. Upon the arrival of spring, suddenly the whole hill was crawling with rattlesnakes, inside the dugouts and out, who were coming out of hibernation.
The dugouts on temple hill and rattlesnakes coming out of hibernation happened in Manti.
Later, Brigham Young stood about where the SE cornerstone now is, and said this would be where the chief cornerstone goes, because it was on that spot that Moroni dedicated that place for a temple.
Those stories can be found in old copies of The Improvement Era, Juvenile Instructor, and an awesome Masters' Thesis published at BYU in the 1960s.
Which is what I read on the drive to and from the Manti Temple open house last month!
@@user-mg8in3ku1lhow can I read that Master’s thesis?
Charles L Walker is my Great, Great Grandfather. Love stories about his life.
#Flood... I forgot to add this one... There are so many things I would like to share with you but neither time nor location allow me the opportunity... I have seen and conversed with Angles over the past 40 years... Keep up the excellent work...!
Please think about starting a TH-cam channel.
We need more lds members sharing their experiences with Angels. I follow many NDErs who come back sharing strongly about their guides & love, counsels they received from them.
Wow😍💖🙏
@@patriciahurt9874how do you follow them.
That's amazing and great job on sharing the Book of Mormon! I have you updated for a total of 2. Keep up the great work and shoot for the channel goal of 10. Thank you! #FloodtheEarth 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
I should have given you the reference in my email, Karl R. Andersons book The Savior in Kirtland. I think most of what he talked about is in that book. Great video! You do such a great job putting things together.
Brother Karl Anderson & his wife recently moved to Utah. While my husband and I served at the Kirtland Historic Sites Mission, Karl asked us to do a small play in front of the Whitney Home. I may post it on Facebook in Christian Homestead.What an honor & blessing!♥️
I traveled to Copan Ruinas, Honduras in 2005. The ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copan are just north of the Copan River there. Very interesting place. We went down for my daughter's 3rd birthday since her mother's family is from that area of Central America.
I spent one morning walking along the Copan River and had the opportunity to share a copy of the Book of Mormon with a taxi driver.
We attended sacrament meeting there and felt the love of the humble saints we met.
Jared, thank you for sharing the maps of Moroni's travels.
I recently lived in northern England near the Preston Temple where I was an ordinance worker. The architect of that temple is a member in one of the local wards.
He told of a time when President Hinckley visited to choose a temple site, and my friend drove him around. President Hinckley had served his mission there, as had President Holland and Elder Cook, and most of the Apostles in Joseph Smith's day.
They visited President Hickley's old mission apartment, from which he wrote home about his discouragement, and His father wrote back to lose himself in the work. They visited the towns to which early missionaries felt inspired to go, and entire townships converted in their thousands and the villages emptied of people as they emigrated to join the saints in Zion.
None of the potential temple sites on the list satisfied President Hinckley. Then on the way back to his hotel he suddenly asked to stop the car. He led his group in climbing a hill in a vacant paddock of land, and said that in ancient times a prophet of the Lord had visited this exact site in England, and dedicated it for the building of a temple in the latter days.
The land wasn't for sale. Locals wanted it to be turned into a business park or hotel site that would create local jobs. They didn't want any church, mosque, synagogue or temple built there.
While the local saints fasted and prayed, non-member neighbours of other temples attested to the benefits a temple brings to a community, and peoples hearts were touched.
When the temple received the go-ahead by the local Council and plans were drawn up, they referred to the original maps of England to establish the boundary lines for the plat of land.
On that old map they discovered people had known that site by a traditional name which history had forgotten, but the Lord remembered.
It was anciently known as Temple Fields.
Now a beautiful House of the Lord, stake center and Missionary Training Centre stand on the site, and on the adjacent fields is where The British Pageant is performed, telling the tale of the Reformation in Europe, the Restoration of the gospel in Britain, and those early converts who emigrated to America.
Of the 70,000 pioneers to arrive in the Salt Lake Valley in the late 1800s, more than 98% were from Europe, of which 75% were from Britain.
Thus we see two things. The olive branches of two distant fields were grafted together, and continue to bring forth good fruit. And prophets can see around corners, not just to the future, but also to the past.
Okay, I got one video down. 9 more to go.
Thank you for the motivation to act on starting a TH-cam channel… a prompting I got back in 2020!
I’ve repented and I’m all in.
I had the prompting to make a darn video tonight even though there’s a huge project to tackle. I knew God would help me get it done if I made the video first.
There’s a book “the savior in kirtland” that I believe details the events of all the visitations there. May be good info for you
This has been my favorite of your videos. Great job.
The dedication is this Sunday
Cool about Moroni dedicating the Nauvoo temple land- if Wayne May is right in his thoughts that Zarahemla is across from Nauvoo, that would be even cooler.
Check out attorney Jonathan Neville's book ' Moroni's America '. I mention the author is an attorney, because his authorship of many books (in agreement with the Heartland model) displays the meticulous research and logic that of course, is paramount to the legal profession. --
You will be blown away.
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Amen!
Moroni, traveled vast distances alone to dedicate all those lands for the Temples for our day and that took a lot of time and wasn't it something like thirty or forty years?
36 years!
I shared a digital copy today! #flood
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I got goosebumps when I heard Kirtland might be Bountiful
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Isn't that mind blowing!
Me, too! It's exhilarating!😊
I keep thinking about that!
Like the Vatican? Isn’t it considered a city. So a city within a city.
Manti Temple has the most ginormous painting of a Native American Indian. Maybe representing, Moroni?
After being a “heartlander” for years, I became a confirmed “meso” after I could no longer justify the heartlander model. I live in the Southeast and have lived here for many years. It's hot and humid during the summers and bitter cold in the winters.
And we have the New Madrid earthquake fault (western Kentucky) to worry about. But no volcanos. The activity in the Book of Mormon, though, was volcanic - it does _not_ describe an earthquake. I've also lived through many snow and ice storms, the snow completely burying the cars and knocking out power. We've also had monster ice storms that were so severe, even walking from one place to another was fraught with peril. I attempted to walk to work and fell so many times I could not walk even in the woods near my home. Yet never have I read any accounts in the Book of Mormon having to do with snow or ice. Nor is there any mention of ice cold weather, snow, ice and so forth.
There's only one mention of snow, and it's by Nephi 1, and he compares the “driven snow” (the whitest) with purity. After that, nothing. When I visited Mexico some years ago, I was told the weather is the same year-round. Hot, humid, sunny and storms are short in duration. They have deadly serpents and spiders, thick vegetation, extensive roads and most of their mounds remain unexplored. Evidence is that the Book of Mormon took place there, as the heartlands simply wouldn't support the populations described by the Book of Mormon prophets. Thus, Bountiful would probably not fit in the Kirtland area very well. Chances are, Moroni dedicated the Kirtland Temple site after he fled north and east from Mesoamerica to Utah, then east. He might have even dedicated the Washington D.C. before going north to New York, to the tiny drumlin in which he deposited the plates.
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I believe in your podcasts i had a vision when i was young i wrote and told a past prophet and He replied to my bishop and said He believed me but advised me not to tell every one as the adversery could give me a hard time we are tod God will yet reveal more mysteries and you might have the gift of finding some out we need to believe With God all things are possible stay prayerful faithful and have an open mind to except miracles as they come forth then we will recognise them by the Holy Spirit seek and ye shell find
H. Donl Peterson was my 1st Bishop in my BYU Ward when I was a freshman in the fall of 1967. He was a religion professor & an expert on Moroni. He has a book called "Moroni, Ancient Prophet, Modern Messenger." I ordered my copy on Amazon. I am currently reading it as part of my Book of Mormon study this year!
@@bretasorenson2475can you it it at the dessert book store ? Of not then it is not approved by the church leaders
@lindamartinez7006 Are you saying that every book not sold by Deseret book isn’t approved by church leaders? And all books that they do sell are approved? Do you have a source for this? I’ve never heard this before.
The footnote corrects the McBride quote. 😅
Hi! Where can I find the John Taylor quote about the Kirtland temple?
Just look it up . Google it
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I’m the first one! Yes! 😂
Thank you so much for all you do Jared! Blessings to you and your family! ❤
When you say Moroni dedicated Nauvoo please comment on the possible time lines if we are to consider the location for Bountiful at the time of Christ’s resurrection, centuries before Moroni walked anywhere I thought Missouri might well be the location of Bountiful based on other commentary I have read and heard. I agree as an Angel he may have designated prior temple locations prior to our dedicating these present day temples. I am glad you are instructing us to emphasis location as significant in the Lords doings Fascinating.
The reinstatement of the law of consecration would thin out the church in a major way!
Curious to see how closely that path aligns with the 3 ecplises
Moroni’s path through the Americas
Take care when assigning meaning to things. The Lord wants us to see signs, but not be sign-seekers. He has already told us which signs to look for. Yes, there will be signs in the heavens, but don't go overboard- doing so can dilute actual truth and distort your ability to discern.
Ohhhh, that's a cool thought!
@@b.t.mangus8600 Looking for and noticing signs is very different from demanding signs, like Sherem in Jacob 7.
That is the “sign seeking” that we are warned about.
It has nothing to do with trying to understand the signs that God has already presented to us.
Many people misunderstand this concept to the point that they totally ignore what God is messaging to them thru His given signs.
Best wishes to you
Heber C Kimball is in my priesthood LOA :)
Check out Karl Ricks Anderson’s book “The Savior in Kirtland”. Talks about all the sightings
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I took 1 copy of a Book of Mormon to a fairly new neighbor that I haven't met yet. I also had some lemon cookies with me. They weren't home so I left them on their little table by the door. I had my name and number in the book. Haven't heard anything yet, it's been 2 days.
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When you say go to the dedication. Not the open house . Do you mean that anyone can go to a temple dedication. ? I always thought it was just for leaders and a few invited . So any temple recommend holder can go to a temple dedication ? I did not know that .
You do need a special recommend to attend as well as a ticket to be in the physical temple. They have however broadcast the dedications to stake centers for more people to “attend”. But you do still need the special circumstance recommend.
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"Br." is the abbreviation for "Brother."
Scripture Central has made it very clear that the Church has not designated any geographical BOM sites, so proceed with caution in re to Kirtland/Bountiful OH temple
From the Church official website article: "Book of Mormon Geography" The Church does not take a position on the specific geographic locations of Book of Mormon events in the ancient Americas. Speculation on the geography of the Book of Mormon may mislead instead of enlighten; such a study can be a distraction from its divine purpose.
Individuals may have their own opinions regarding Book of Mormon geography and other such matters about which the Lord has not spoken. However, the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles urge leaders and members not to advocate those personal theories in any setting or manner that would imply either prophetic or Church support for those theories. All parties should strive to avoid contention on these matters.
Speaking of the book’s history and geography, President Russell M. Nelson taught: “Interesting as these matters may be, study of the Book of Mormon is most rewarding when one focuses on its primary purpose-to testify of Jesus Christ. By comparison, all other issues are incidental.”3
Even though I don't use Scripture Central as a source, the Church itself has said something similar. Thank you for speaking the truth- the folks who follow this particular channel need to see your comment. Some folks don't realize false teachers can be people who are IN the church and pro-gospel. And some false teachers don't realize they themselves are false teachers...
10 And now behold, this I speak unto their seed, and also to the Gentiles who have care for the house of Israel, that realize and know from whence their blessings come. Mormon 5:8-10 In the book of Moroni, he is telling us that his nation has failed and fallen, and he is pleading with and reminding us that we have a responsibility to his descendants. That we have care for the house of Israel. Which President Nelson has been laser focused on. Moroni, is crying to us that we need to have charity for the Lamanites, that we will find when we arrive on the American continent. He is warning us that if we do not have charity for the Lamanites that there will be consequences for us.
If we are to have care for the Lamanites we need to know who they are!!!
Scripture central is absolutely biased toward the mezo American model and has called those who believe the heartland model zealots. That's hardly measured and cautious. The condescending comment and replies about the followers of this channel should probably be tempered by a little humility.
Scripture central is not the Brethren. The church essays are not the Brethren. The Brethren (many, not a few) have talked about one pin point on the Book of Mormon map - that is the Hill Cumorah in New York. Are you people on this thread saying you don't believe the prophets? I stand with the Prophets. The church essay is saying that the church is not going to put many pins on the map where all the locations are in the Book of Mormon story. Stop saying the church has no stance on locations. The Hill Cumorah is an official stance. Having that pin makes all the difference to where the whole story happened. The Meso story is crumbling. Scripture Central is hypocrytical - they hammer the Meso story but expect their readers/listeners/viewers to be dumb and never find out about all the church history evidence (esp Oliver Cowdry letter 7) that proves that Joseph Smith always taught that the Book of Mormon happened in the USA.
Some think Kirkland Ohio is land of Bountiful .. in this video.
Hey Jared, hidden in plain sight? The Kirtland temple photo you took during the eclipse and showed in this video [10:59]...if that photo was taken of what the temple looked like while the eclipse was happening to the left/behind the photo, and if the sun was being blocked out by the moon's shadow, WHAT is THAT 'sun' looking thing to the RIGHT of the temple of that pic?!?! And by any chance, would this 'sun' have been positioned in an easterly direction?!?!
I noticed that, too!
Watch the happy lady's last video. She talks about this.
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At 22:16: “Br” means “Brother”
Br. Stands for Brother
Not so sure about that map. It references the Kinderhook plates that have been widely viewed as being an early hoax.
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BR. MIGHT BE BROTHER.. BEING FROM NYS.. WE USE ABBREVIATIONS.. 80 YEAR OLD FROM THE TOPS OF THE MOUNTAINS ISAIAH 2
It’s a red flag to me when people try to name a specific place in the Book of Mormon. There’s so much we know but there’s so much we don’t know. It’s a special temple either way. I don’t love speculation about stuff like this. I think it dilutes truth.
Thank you for speaking the truth- the folks who follow this particular channel need to be reminded of that. It's such a sad thing to see fellow members grab onto someone "speculating for fun" and absorb all their guesses instead of studying the actual gospel. It definitely dilutes and distracts from actual truth. It troubles me that so many church members consume the content of these LDS TH-camrs IN LIEU of actual personal scripture study and the use of "Come, Follow Me."
@@b.t.mangus8600 - your comment proves you don't listen to this particular channel or know what it is about. Thanks for showing your ignorance. People are intelligent enough to make their own decisions about this type of information. Jared never says he knows about this type of speculation, only that he has done research on the topic and he presents the information (quotes from prophets and apostles and then matching to what's happening right now) - then you can make your own decision. This does not dilute truth at all when only truth is being read by Jared (words of prophets and scriptures). I can't fathom what your motive is for coming on this video to discourage people from being excited about Christ coming again. Please expound on that.
The same applies to speculation on the second coming timeline where current events like the conflict in Israel, red heifers, blood moon eclipses, solar eclipses, vines growing on the walls of Jerusalem spelling the name of God, the paths of the eclipses spelling the titles of God across North America etc etc being used to imply the winding up scene is imminent, maybe even this year like a thief in the night.
The positive aspect of this is it stirs people up to immediate preparation, filling their lamps and trimming their wicks in anticipation and readiness. That's a good thing, and for this reason this channel is worth its weight in gold.
But the flipside is that if events are not figurative or already fulfilled (as this channel sometimes speculates) then viewers may have expectations set in their minds about how quickly Christ will return. If that season passes without happening, some might lament that Christ missed His date as appointed by man, and is not coming.
Some might then stop making their preparations, and lose their patience and faith. Then they stop being ready, and after this He comes! That would be tragic.
Regardless, I've heard Jared often remark that viewers should seek their own revelation and be guided by the Holy Ghost.
Meanwhile the great utility of this channel is in educating viewers on how there are dots that people might not know of, how those dots are connected, and the bigger picture it reveals. This is testimony-affirming and brings forth good fruit.
By that measure, Christian Homestead is a brilliant resource, if members use it to supplement and not replace personal scripture study, Come Follow Me, General Conference talks and personal prayer and revelation as their primary sources of instruction and direction each day.
@@nicholasread5397 - agreed - I think we can agree that there are 2 categories of topics presented on this channel. 1 is strict scripture and words of prophets and then matching to what is happening in the world. 2. Jared mentions things that are happening in Israel for example and says he doesn't know if there is any significance - but thinks it is of interest. As for people who are preparing for the second coming - it is up to each individual to recognise the importance of filling their lamp with oil and doing their personal preparing. It is up to them to keep constant with that preparation and it is not the fault of anyone doing any speculation if an individual stops their preparation because they choose to be disheartened. I always direct people to these scriptures when talking about warning people to not get their hopes up so they are not dissapointed on Christ's timeline. Matthew: 24:43 - when did the theif come? BEFORE the good man of the house was ready. The Good man of the house thought that the thief might come later and he wasn't prepared earlier. Couple that with Matthew: 24: 45-51 - and we have a picture of the 2 types of people that think that he is coming later. 1. is the good man of the house - he has good intentions but was lazy in his duties.... and 2. The servant that should have known better and was not looking for the coming of his Lord and he chose to ignore the signs of his coming back and instead say "the Lord delayeth his coming" and on top of that he smite his fellowservants and eat drink and be merry.
I would rather be the one preparing and warning my fellow servants and prepare my whole life.
I could see why that would be a red flag for you. I think it's important to note that it was specified that the church hasn't taken a stance, but that some historians believe. The very important job of historians is to study about, and find historical items and places. If church historians believe it's the city of Bountiful, you can bet they have some compelling evidence to believe that. It may not be our job to speculate, but it is their job to do so!