Sacred Events occurred when the brother of Jared was in a high mountain using the Lord. Mountains have often been used by God and his prophets as real and symbolic temples where the Lord has manifested himself, his word and his will to man (for example, Exodus 15:17, Matt. 17, Moses 1 , 1 Nephi 11:01; McConkie J. Parry, 84).
Elder Joseph Fielding Smith said: "Of necessity the first sanctified temples were the tops of the mountains and isolated places in the desert. If we are not misinformed, Adam built his altar on a hill overlooking the valley of Adam- ondi-Ahman. In that place the Lord revealed the purpose of the fall and the Savior's mission .... was in the great mountain which was sanctified Shelem where the brother of Jared was one of the greatest revelations ever given to man , because he was shown everything from the beginning to the end of the world "(Doctrines of Salvation 2:232).
During his powerful experience sacred, the brother of Jared was able to penetrate the veil and see "the finger of the Lord" (Ether 3:6). After a brief examination of the brother of Jared understanding of what was happening, the Lord revealed a greater knowledge of it. Because of the unsurpassed faith and humility of Jared's brother, Jesus Christ "was shown to him," and declared, "Because you know these things, you are redeemed from the fall, so you brought back to my presence by I therefore show you. "(Ether 3:13). Few records have been lethal in this glorious experience.
Then, as if the explanation of the distinct difference between disclosure and other appearances for the man, Jesus Christ said: "Behold, I am he who was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem my people. Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the Son .... And I have never shown the man whom I have created, because I never acre man as you have done .... Behold, this body you see now is the body of my spirit, and I created man Like the body of my spirit, and how I appear to you in spirit, appear unto my people in the flesh. " (Ether 3:14-18).
Moroni introduced in the record the statement that he "could not give a full account of these things written it suffices therefore to say that Jesus was the man in spirit, in the manner and likeness of the same body that showed the Nephites. "(v 17), adding that Jesus ministered to the brother of Jared" as he ministered to the Nephites "(v 18). R. Bruce Elder McConkie explained: "In its context and in light of other passages, this means that no one before had so much faith as Moriancumer and that, therefore, none had won so comprehensively a revelation of the personality of Christ. The veil was withdrawn completely and the Lord appeared in a more complete and in a way that has never happened before "(Mormon Doctrine 464). Put another way, the brother of Jared received the blessing of the Second Comforter, and personal presence ministry of the Lord God Himself (see John 14:18, 21, 23; TPJS 149-51).
A thorough knowledge of this man did "not prevent you could see inside the veil" (Ether 3: 19). Moreover, "the Lord could not withhold anything from him, knowing that the Lord would show you all things" (v 26). He was given a vision of "all the inhabitants of the land that had been, and all that would be ... To the ends of the earth "(v 25). The Lord instructed the brother of Jared to seal these things to be shown in due time (v 27, see also 2 Nephi 27:7, 10).
As the brother of Jared, the Latter-day Saints have the power, keys, agreements, ordinances and shrines to receive "the fullness of the priesthood" (D & C 124:28; TPJS 321-24). The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that "all the prophets have written, from the days of righteous Abel to the last man ..." had the aim of bringing the Lord's people (TPJS 83). He later added: "Why bring people here? For the same reason that Jesus wanted to gather the Jews to receive the ordinances, blessings, and glories that God has in store for his saints" ( TPJS 312). Like Jesus, the brother of Jared climbed the holy mountain and received glorious visions, and probably their invesidura (Ether Chapters 2, 3, compare Matt. Chapter 17). Following the same pattern, the Saints of God come to the mountain "the Lord's house" and have open to them "everything ... That had been, and everything will be" (Isaiah 2:2-3; Ether 3: 25). The Prophet Joseph Smith promised that "the least of the Saints can know all things tans quickly as able to bear it, because the day must come when no one needs to say to your neighbor, I know the Lord, because we all know him from the lowest to the highest. How come to this? is done through the sealing power, and the comforter that has been spoken, which is manifested by revelation "(TPJS 149). Fourth Nephi Through Moroni: From Zion to Destruction by Charles D. Tate, Monte S. Nyman
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