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Roman Figurine Head in Ancient Mexico
I was driving through central Mexico last year with my archaeologist friend, Javier Tovar, who lives in Atotonilco de Tula, Hidalgo.Atotonilco de Tula, Hidalgo, 65 Kilometers North of Mexico CityJavier...
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Martin Harris Biography
The first serious biography of Martin Harris is now available from BYU Studies.Martin Harris (1783 - 1875)Written by seasoned historians Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, this book tells the...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 006
Nephite general and historian, Mormon, recorded a prophecy that Gentiles would scatter Lehi's descendants who would be "counted as naught among them"Mormon 5:9. "Naught" generally means zero,...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 007
Nephi saw in vision many multitudes of gentiles 1 Nephi 13:14Â from various nations and kingdoms 1 Nephi 13:1-3Â who crossed the many waters 1 Nephi 13:13Â to settle in the promised land.Artist's...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 008
In Nephi's expansive historical vision chronicled in 1 Nephi 13, the prophet refers five times to gentiles leaving captivity in Europe and emigrating to the New World. What captivity were they fleeing?...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 009
The term "scarlets" appears twice in the Book of Mormon describing expensive clothing worn by rich and powerful European gentiles of the great and abominable church more or less contemporaneous with...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 010
The Book of Mormon has a recurring prophecy whose chronology helps establish the location of Nephite and Lamanite lands in the New World. In a nutshell, the prophecy says European gentiles will come to...
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1830 Editions
I was in Bryan Crockett's office in Salt Lake this afternoon. He is the printer who did the 1830 Palmyra Collector's Edition of the Book of Mormon, a mass-produced replica of the original 1830 edition....
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Prophecy Fulfilled 011
The Book of Mormon in several places prophesies that gentiles in America will be numbered among the seed of Lehi or the house of Israel 1 Nephi 14:2, 2 Nephi 10:18-19, 3 Nephi 21:6, 3 Nephi 30:2. The...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 012
The Book of Mormon says in the last days the Lamanites, aka remnant of the house of Jacob, will go forth among the numerous gentiles and be in the midst of them 3 Nephi 20:16. The text further...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 013
In Canada, American Indians are called "First Nations" and Indian Reservations are known as "Reserves." Canada has established more than 3,100 First Nations Reserves throughout the country. This is a...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 014
Nephi uses the curious expression "grind upon the face of the poor" in 2 Nephi 26:20. It is clear from context it is related to elites getting "gain." The expression comes from Isaiah 3:15 cited in 2...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 015
The Savior prophesied that European gentiles would be established in the Americas as a free people 3 Nephi 21:4. Nephi clarified that the gentile nations in the Americas would have to win their...
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Face of the Land
This article will investigate meanings behind the Book of Mormon terms "face of the land" and "face of the earth" that occur over 125 times in the text. Virtually everyone who closely reads the Nephite...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 016
Nephi explained to his brothers that the Lord would raise up a mighty nation among the gentiles in the New World 1 Nephi 22:7. This prophecy uses the phrase "upon the face of this land" in the sense of...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 017
Father Lehi prophesied that his posterity would be scattered upon all the face of the earth as part of the scattering of the house of Israel which was also going to be scattered upon all the face of...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 018
The Savior prophesied that the Gentiles would help gather the remnant of Jacob (Lehi's posterity) in unto the New Jerusalem 3 Nephi 21:23-24. The city New Jerusalem will be built at some future date in...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 019
Nephi saw in vision the book of the Lamb of God which had proceeded forth from the mouth of the Jew (Bible) going from the Gentiles (Europeans) to the remnant of the seed of his brethren (Lamanites) 1...
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Prophecy Fulfilled 020
Father Lehi prophesied that multiple nations would come to the Americas and take the native's land away from them 2 Nephi 1:11. These 13 European nations colonized parts of the New World beginning in...
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Toward Consensus on Nephi and Zarahemla
Book of Mormon geographical correlations are being proposed throughout the Americas. Serious Book of Mormon geographical correlations are being proposed from the Andes on the south (George Potter, Bret...
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