Before you read a book, you must understand its structure.
Modern
literary format uses chapters and often an introduction.
The Book of
Mormon is no different.
Abridged by
the prophet, Mormon, who once lived upon this
continent, explains within the text about
the sources he used.
To the average
reader this is hidden within 531 pages of text.
Modern
scholars give us the Key to Understanding with a brief
explanation before that text begins.
The Plates of
Nephi, some small, some large, are one set.
The Plates of
Mormon include abridgement, commentary and
continued additions by Mormon and his son
Moroni.
The Plates of
Ether, my favorite, records a journey so ancient
that it refers to the tower of Babel and the
confusion of
tongues that divided the world into nations.
The Plates of
Brass, kept by one family with their genealogies,
God’s interactions with them in Jerusalem,
were brought
to the New World so that their language and
history would
not be lost, changed or forgotten and taught
to their children.
The chapters
are called books, usually named for their
principal author; fifteen in all.
As predicted,
this sacred record was sealed up to come
forth in our day. Selections included just
for us.
Read it to
find answers to the very problems we face today.
God saw us
and knew what we needed.
Reading with
prayer, brings inciteful revelation.
Therein lies
the greatest story ever told of
Jesus Christ
and His doctrine and Plan of Happiness for
all of God’s children in the troubled times
we live in.
The key that
unlocks eternity and our place in it
with our Eternal Father, and His son, our
elder brother,
Is Jesus Christ.
The Book of
Mormon is another testament
of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer.
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