Transcript Lesson 38: Peace among the Nephites

LESSON 40: THE JAREDITES ARE
LED TO THE PROMISED LAND
PURPOSE
To encourage the children to seek the
guidance of the Holy Ghost throughout
their lives.
I NEED MY HEAVENLY FATHER
I need my Heav’nly Father
To help me ev’ry day.
He wants me to be happy
And choose the righteous way.
He wants me to be happy
And choose the righteous way.
Words and music: Judith Wirthlin Parker, b. 1919. © 1962 IRI
OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN
BY
(Enter Name Here)
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Steh auf, dreh dich um, und sitz still.
Alzati, girati, siediti, e stai tranquillo.
Rejs dig op, vend dig omkring, sæt dig stille ned.
Ställa upp, vänd dig omkring, sätt dig stilla ned.
Lève-toi, tourne-toi, et assieds-toi tranquillement.
Levante-se, vire-se, e sente-se silenciosamente!
Levante-se, vire-se, e sente-se silenciosamente!
 Why haven’t most of you done what was
requested of you?
 Didn’t you understand the directions?
 Why weren’t you able to follow the
instructions?
 Could it be that you didn’t understand the
various languages
GENESIS 11:1-9
1 AND the whole earth was of one alanguage, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of aShinar;
and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had
brick for stone, and aslime had they for morter.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let
us make us a aname, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin
to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their alanguage, that they may not understand one
another's speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to
build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there aconfound the blanguage of
all the earth: and from thence did the LORD cscatter them dabroad upon the face of all the earth.
This is what our lesson is about today.
LESSON 40: THE JAREDITES ARE
LED TO THE PROMISED LAND
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•Jared and his brother were righteous men who lived
in a city called Babel.
•They lived hundreds of years before the Nephites.
Most of the
people in Babel
were wicked
• They built a tower to try to get to heaven.
• The Lord became angry and changed their
language.
Jared asked his
brother to pray
and ask the
Lord not to
change the
language of
their families
and friends.
• The brother of Jared prayed, and the Lord
answered his prayer.
• Jared, his brother, and their families and
friends could still understand one another.
• The Lord told the brother of Jared to gather
his family and friends and leave the land.
• They took their animals and all kinds of seeds
with them.
The Lord said he would lead the Jaredites to a
promised land.
The Jaredites caught birds and fish to take
with them.
They took swarms of honeybees.
• The Jaredites traveled in the wilderness.
• The Lord spoke to them from a cloud and
told them which way to go.
The Lord said the people who
live in the promised land
must serve God or they will be
destroyed.
• When the Jaredites got to the
seashore, they put up their
tents.
• They stayed by the sea for
four years.
• While the Jaredites camped by the sea, the
brother of Jared forgot to pray.
• The Lord came in a cloud to tell him to
repent.
• The brother of Jared repented and prayed.
• The Lord forgave the brother of Jared but
said he should not sin anymore.
The Lord told the brother of Jared to
build barges to take his people to
the promised land.
The Lord told the brother of Jared how to build
the barges.
The barges were made airtight so no water
could get inside.
• The brother of Jared wondered how the
people would have air to breathe in the
barges.
• He asked the Lord what he should do.
• The Lord told him to make a hole in the top
and bottom of each barge
• The hole could be opened to let air in and
closed to keep water out.
The brother of Jared told the Lord that the
barges were dark inside.
The Lord
asked him to
think of a way
to have light
inside the
barges.
The light for the barges could not come from
fire or from windows because they would
break.
The brother of Jared went to a mountain and
formed 16 small stones from a rock
• The stones
looked like
clear glass.
• He made two
stones for each
of the eight
barges.
• The brother of Jared carried the stones to
the top of a mountain.
• There he prayed to the Lord.
The brother of Jared asked the Lord to touch
the stones so they would give light inside the
barges.
The Lord touched each stone with his finger.
Because the brother of Jared had great faith,
he saw the finger of the Lord.
It looked like a human finger.
Then the Lord showed himself to the brother
of Jared.
Jesus said those people who believe in him will
have eternal life.
• Jesus taught and showed the brother of
Jared many things.
• Jesus told him to write what he had seen
and heard.
The brother of
Jared carried
the stones
down the
mountain.
• He put one stone in each end of each
barge.
• They gave light inside the barges.
• The Jaredites went into the barges with their
animals and food.
• The Lord made a strong wind blow the
barges toward the promised land.
• The Lord protected them in the rough sea.
• They thanked the Lord and sang praises to
him.
After 344 days on the water, the barges landed
on the shore of the promised land.
When the Jaredites came out of the barges,
they knelt down and cried tears of joy.
• The Jaredites built homes and planted crops
in the promised land.
• They taught their children to listen to the
Lord and obey his words.
Who were the
Jaredites?
(Ether 1:33.)
Why didn’t the Lord
confound (change or
confuse) their
language?
(Ether 1:34–37.)
What did the brother of Jared ask Heavenly
Father? (Ether 1:38.)
What preparations did the Jaredites make for
their journey? (Ether 1:41; 2:2–3; 6:4.)
What is the meaning of deseret? (Ether 2:3.)
• How did Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ
guide the Jaredites in their journey to the sea?
(Ether 2:4–6.)
• How can we receive divine guidance in our
lives?
Answers to
prayer, through
the Holy Ghost,
through prophets
and other
leaders, through
the scriptures.
Why were the Jaredites being led to a choice
land? (Ether 1:42–43.)
Chastised means to
be told that you are
doing something
wrong so you will
know what the right
thing to do is.
• Why was the Lord
unhappy with the
brother of Jared?
(Ether 2:14.)
• What did the brother
of Jared do after the
Lord chastised him?
(Ether 2:15.)
After the barges were
nearly finished, what
two problems did the
brother of Jared need
help with?
(Ether 2:19.)
What did the Lord
expect the brother of
Jared to do to solve
the problem of lighting
the barges before
giving him guidance?
(Ether 2:23, 25; 3:1)
What can we learn from the
experiences of the brother of
Jared about solving our own
problems?
Because of his great faith in Jesus Christ, what
did the brother of Jared do to provide light for
the barges? (Ether 3:1, 4–5.)
• How did Jesus Christ help him? (Ether 3:6.)
• How can we exercise our faith in Jesus
Christ?
What did the brother of Jared see as the stones
were lighted? (Ether 3:6–8.)
Why was the
brother of Jared
able to see
Jesus Christ?
(Ether 3:9–15.)
What did the brother of Jared learn about the
body of Jesus Christ? (Ether 3:6, 15–17.)
The brother of
Jared saw the
spirit body of
Jesus Christ,
which looked
very much like
the physical body
Jesus received
when he came to
earth.
•What problems did the
Jaredites face as they crossed
the sea?
•How did the Lord help them?
•What did the Jaredites do?
(Ether 6:5–9.)
What did the
Jaredites do
as soon as
they landed
on the shore
of the
promised
land?
• What blessings are you thankful for?
• How can we show Heavenly Father that we are
grateful for our blessings?
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 Let’s see if we can find what was Mormon’s
purpose for keeping the records (Mormon
3:20–22; 5:14–15).
 Read one verse and tell what Mormon’s
purpose for keeping the records was.
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 20 And these things doth the Spirit
manifest unto me; therefore I write unto you
all. And for this cause I write unto you, that
ye may know that ye must all stand before
the ajudgment–seat of Christ, yea, every
soul who belongs to the whole human
bfamily of Adam; and ye must stand to be
judged of your works, whether they be good
or evil;
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 21 And also that ye may abelieve the gospel
of Jesus Christ, which ye shall bhave among
you; and also that the cJews, the covenant
people of the Lord, shall have other
dwitness besides him whom they saw and
heard, that Jesus, whom they slew, was the
every Christ and the very God.
T
 22 And I would that I could persuade aall ye
ends of the earth to repent and prepare to
stand before the judgment–seat of Christ.
T
 14 And behold, they shall go unto the
aunbelieving of the bJews; and for this
intent shall they go—that they may be
cpersuaded that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of the living God; that the Father may bring
about, through his most Beloved, his great
and eternal purpose, in restoring the Jews,
or all the house of Israel, to the dland of
their inheritance, which the Lord their God
hath given them, unto the fulfilling of his
ecovenant;
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 15 And also that the seed of athis people
may more fully believe his gospel, which
shall bgo forth unto them from the Gentiles;
for this people shall be cscattered, and
shall dbecome a dark, a filthy, and a
loathsome people, beyond the description
of that which ever hath been amongst us,
yea, even that which hath been among the
Lamanites, and this because of their
unbelief and idolatry.
T
 Name a commandment.
 What would have been different if everyone
lived just that one commandment.
T
 There were a great number of people who
were destroyed around the time of
Mormon.
 Picture a city, like Chicago, New York, Or
Los Angeles.
 Now picture everyone living there as being
killed except for twenty-four people.
T
 Because of Mormon’s great faith and
courage in being true to his responsibility,
what blessing do we have?
T
 Here is a few examples
 He set an example by show us how to
remain faithful when surrounded by evil.
 He recorded the history of his people.
 He abridged the history of the Nephites.
 He wrote letters to his son, Moroni, which
give us wise counsel and doctrine.
 How can we show our gratitude for these
sacred records?
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Testimony
I want to bear my testimony of the Book
of Mormon and how it can help us remain
true to Jesus Christ in spite of the evil
influences around us.
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(Enter Name Here)
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ETHER 1:33
33 Which aJared came forth with his brother and their
families, with some others and their families, from the
great tower, at the time the Lord bconfounded the
language of the people, and swore in his wrath that
they should be scattered upon all the cface of the earth;
and according to the word of the Lord the people
were scattered.
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ETHER 1:34–37
34 And the abrother of Jared being a large and mighty man,
and a man highly favored of the Lord, Jared, his brother,
said unto him: Cry unto the Lord, that he will not confound
us that we may not bunderstand our words.
35 And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto
the Lord, and the Lord had compassion upon Jared;
therefore he did not confound the alanguage of Jared; and
Jared and his brother were not confounded.
36 Then Jared said unto his brother: Cry again unto the Lord,
and it may be that he will turn away his anger from them
who are our afriends, that he confound not their language.
37 And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto
the Lord, and the Lord had compassion upon their friends
and their families also, that they were not confounded.
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ETHER 1:38
38 And it came to pass that Jared spake again unto his
brother, saying: Go and ainquire of the Lord whether
he will drive us out of the land, and if he will drive us
out of the land, cry unto him whither we shall go. And
who knoweth but the Lord will carry us forth into a
land which is bchoice above all the earth? And if it so
be, let us be faithful unto the Lord, that we may
receive it for our inheritance.
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ETHER 1:41; 2:2–3; 6:4
41 Go to and gather together thy aflocks, both male and
female, of every kind; and also of the bseed of the
earth of every kind; and cthy dfamilies; and also Jared
thy brother and his family; and also thy efriends and
their families, and the friends of Jared and their
families.
2 And they did also lay snares and catch afowls of the air;
and they did also prepare a vessel, in which they did
carry with them the fish of the waters.
3 And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by
interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry
with them aswarms of bees, and all manner of that
which was upon the face of the land, bseeds of every
kind.
ETHER 1:41; 2:2–3; 6:4
4 And it came to pass that when they had prepared all
manner of afood, that thereby they might subsist upon
the water, and also food for their flocks and herds,
and bwhatsoever beast or animal or fowl that they
should carry with them—and it came to pass that
when they had done all these things they got aboard
of their vessels or barges, and set forth into the sea,
commending themselves unto the Lord their God.
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ETHER 2:3
3 And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by
interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry
with them aswarms of bees, and all manner of that
which was upon the face of the land, bseeds of every
kind.
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ETHER 2:4–6
4 And it came to pass that when they had come down
into the valley of Nimrod the Lord came down and
talked with the brother of Jared; and he was in a
acloud, and the brother of Jared saw him not.
5 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded them
that they should ago forth into the wilderness, yea, into
that quarter where there never had man been. And it
came to pass that the Lord did go before them, and
did talk with them as he stood in a bcloud, and gave
cdirections whither they should travel.
6 And it came to pass that they did travel in the
wilderness, and did abuild bbarges, in which they did
cross many waters, being directed continually by the
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hand of the Lord.
ETHER 1:42–43
42 And when thou hast done this thou shalt ago at the
head of them down into the valley which is northward.
And there will I meet thee, and I will go bbefore thee
into a land which is cchoice above all the lands of the
earth.
43 And there will I bless thee and thy seed, and raise up
unto me of thy seed, and of the seed of thy brother,
and they who shall go with thee, a great nation. And
athere shall be none bgreater than the nation which I
will raise up unto me of thy seed, upon all the face of
the earth. And thus I will do unto thee because this
long time ye have cried unto me.
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ETHER 2:14
14 And it came to pass at the end of four years that the
Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood
in a cloud and atalked with him. And for the space of
three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared,
and bchastened him because he remembered not to
ccall upon the name of the Lord.
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ETHER 2:15
15 And the brother of Jared repented of the evil which he
had done, and did call upon the name of the Lord for
his brethren who were with him. And the Lord said
unto him: I will forgive thee and thy brethren of their
sins; but thou shalt not sin any more, for ye shall
remember that my aSpirit will not always bstrive with
man; wherefore, if ye will sin until ye are fully ripe ye
shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. And
these are my cthoughts upon the land which I shall
give you for your inheritance; for it shall be a land
dchoice above all other lands.
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ETHER 2:19
19 And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither
shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them
we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them;
therefore we shall perish.
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ETHER 2:23, 25; 3:1
23 And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: What will
ye that I should do that ye may have light in your
vessels? For behold, ye cannot have awindows, for
they will be dashed in pieces; neither shall ye take fire
with you, for ye shall not go by the light of fire.
25 And behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye
cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you
against the waves of the sea, and the winds which
have gone forth, and the floods which shall come.
Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you
that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in
the depths of the sea?
ETHER 2:23, 25; 3:1
1 AND it came to pass that the brother of Jared, (now the
number of the vessels which had been prepared was
eight) went forth unto the amount, which they called
the mount bShelem, because of its exceeding height,
and did cmolten out of a rock sixteen small stones;
and they were white and clear, even as transparent
dglass; and he did carry them in his hands upon the
top of the mount, and cried again unto the Lord,
saying:
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ETHER 3:1, 4–5
1 AND it came to pass that the brother of Jared, (now the
number of the vessels which had been prepared was eight)
went forth unto the amount, which they called the mount
bShelem, because of its exceeding height, and did cmolten
out of a rock sixteen small stones; and they were white and
clear, even as transparent dglass; and he did carry them in
his hands upon the top of the mount, and cried again unto
the Lord, saying:
4 And I know, O Lord, that thou hast all apower, and can do
whatsoever thou wilt for the benefit of man; therefore touch
these stones, O Lord, with thy bfinger, and prepare them
that they may shine forth in darkness; and they shall shine
forth unto us in the vessels which we have prepared, that
we may have clight while we shall cross the sea.
5 Behold, O Lord, thou canst do this. We know that thou art
able to show forth great power, which alooks small unto the
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understanding of men.
ETHER 3:6
6 And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had
said these words, behold, the aLord stretched forth his
hand and touched the stones one by one with his
bfinger. And the cveil was taken from off the eyes of
the brother of Jared, and he saw the finger of the Lord;
and it was as the finger of a man, like unto flesh and
blood; and the brother of Jared dfell down before the
Lord, for he was struck with efear.
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ETHER 3:6–8
6 And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had said
these words, behold, the aLord stretched forth his hand and
touched the stones one by one with his bfinger. And the cveil was
taken from off the eyes of the brother of Jared, and he saw the
finger of the Lord; and it was as the finger of a man, like unto
flesh and blood; and the brother of Jared dfell down before the
Lord, for he was struck with efear.
7 And the Lord saw that the brother of Jared had fallen to the
earth; and the Lord said unto him: Arise, why hast thou fallen?
8 And he saith unto the Lord: I saw the finger of the Lord, and I
feared lest he should asmite me; for I knew not that the Lord had
flesh and blood.
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ETHER 3:9–15
9 And the Lord said unto him: Because of thy faith thou
hast seen that I shall take upon me aflesh and blood;
and never has man come before me with bsuch
exceeding faith as thou hast; for were it not so ye
could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more
than this?
10 And he answered: Nay; Lord, ashow thyself unto me.
11 And the Lord said unto him: aBelievest thou the words
which I shall speak?
12 And he answered: Yea, Lord, I know that thou
speakest the truth, for thou art a God of truth, and
acanst not lie.
ETHER 3:9–15
13 And when he had said these words, behold, the Lord
ashowed himself unto him, and said: bBecause thou
knowest these things ye are redeemed from the fall;
therefore ye are brought back into my cpresence; therefore
I dshow myself unto you.
14 Behold, I am he who was aprepared from the foundation of
the world to bredeem my people. Behold, I am Jesus Christ.
I am the cFather and the Son. In me shall all mankind have
dlife, and that eternally, even they who shall believe on my
name; and they shall become my esons and my daughters.
15 And never have I ashowed myself unto man whom I have
created, for never has man bbelieved in me as thou hast.
Seest thou that ye are created after mine own cimage?
Yea, even all men were created in the beginning after mine
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own image.
ETHER 3:6, 15–17
15 And never have I ashowed myself unto man whom I have
created, for never has man bbelieved in me as thou hast. Seest
thou that ye are created after mine own cimage? Yea, even all
men were created in the beginning after mine own image.
16 Behold, this abody, which ye now bbehold, is the cbody of my
dspirit; and man have I created after the body of my spirit; and
even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit will I appear unto
my people in the flesh.
17 And now, as I, Moroni, said I could anot make a full account of
these things which are written, therefore it sufficeth me to say
that Jesus showed himself unto this man in the spirit, even
after the manner and in the likeness of the same body even as
he bshowed himself unto the Nephites.
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ETHER 6:5–9
5 And it came to pass that the Lord God caused that there should be a afurious
wind blow upon the face of the waters, btowards the promised land; and thus
they were tossed upon the waves of the sea before the wind.
6 And it came to pass that they were many times buried in the depths of the
sea, because of the mountain waves which broke upon them, and also the
great and terrible tempests which were caused by the fierceness of the wind.
7 And it came to pass that when they were buried in the deep there was no
water that could hurt them, their vessels being atight like unto a dish, and
also they were tight like unto the bark of Noah; therefore when they were
encompassed about by many waters they did cry unto the Lord, and he did
bring them forth again upon the top of the waters.
8 And it came to pass that the wind did never cease to blow towards the
promised land while they were upon the waters; and thus they were adriven
forth before the wind.
9 And they did asing praises unto the Lord; yea, the brother of Jared did sing
praises unto the Lord, and he did bthank and praise the Lord all the day long;
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