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A 21st-century artistic representation of the Liahona. In the Book of Mormon, the Liahona (/ ˌ l iː ə ˈ h oʊ n ə /) [1] is described as a brass ball with two spindles, one of which directs where Lehi and his companions should travel after they leave Jerusalem at the beginning of the narrative.
The two thousand stripling warriors, also known as The Army of Helaman, are an army of young men in the Book of Mormon, first mentioned in the Book of Alma. [1] They are portrayed as extremely valiant and loyal warriors; in the text, all are wounded in battle and yet survive.
Jesus Christ, Savior and Redeemer, who appeared as a resurrected Being to the Nephite people, taught and blessed them. Prophesied of by name and by titles throughout the Lehite diaspora until his appearance (c. 34 AD). [143] Jonas 1, son of Nephi 3, and one of twelve Nephite disciples chosen by the resurrected Jesus Christ. [130]
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, Maxwell Institute Study Edition. Text from the church's 1981 and 2013 editions reformatted into paragraphs and poetic stanzas. Selected textual variants discovered in the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project appear in footnotes. [277] Digital Legend Press 2018
The book records the teachings of Jesus Christ to the people in the Americas as well as Christ's personal ministry among the people of Nephi after his resurrection. [4] The LDS Church teaches that the Book of Mormon is another witness of Jesus Christ, "holy scripture comparable to the Bible". [5]
Nephi (/ ˈ n iː ˌ f aɪ /) [1] is one of the central figures described in the Book of Mormon. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he is described as the son of Lehi, a prophet, and the founder of the Nephite people. The Book of Mormon also describes him as the author of its first two books, First and Second Nephi.
According to Mormon theology, God the Father is a physical being of "flesh and bones." [13] Mormons identify him as the biblical god Elohim.Latter-day Saint leaders have also taught that God the Father was once a mortal man who has completed the process of becoming an exalted being. [20]
The Book of Mormon chronology accounts for 600 years from the time that Lehi "came out" of Jerusalem to the birth of Jesus Christ, reflecting an 1820s view of the timeline but which contradicts the timing of known historical events. [20] [21] Lehi is said to have left Jerusalem in the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, which occurred in 597 BC.