Mahonri Moriancumer, the brother of Jared
READ
Ether 1:1-4
What was
the original “Book of Ether” (the complete record found by Limhi’s people, not
Moroni’s summary) to the Nephites?
READ
Ether 1:33-37
What does
it mean to “cry” unto the Lord instead of “pray” to the Lord?
Why does
Jared ask Mahonri to pray for or intercede on behalf of their family instead of
doing it himself?
READ Ether
1:38-43
What is
Jared asking Mahonri to ask the Lord for?
How would
you describe the answer Mahonri gets from the Lord?
What is
Mahonri’s “appointment” with the Lord all about and why does He make Mahonri
wait to “meet him”?
What
promise did Jared’s people receive?
READ
Ether 2:4-7
What does
it mean that the Lord visited Mahonri in a “cloud”?
How did
the Lord direct the Jaredites on their journey in the wilderness?
How is the journey of the Jaredites to
the Promised Land symbolic of coming unto Christ?
READ
Ether 2:8-10
What is
the blessing and curse associated with America?
What does
it mean that the Lord made this promise “in His wrath”?
READ
Ether 2:11-12
Why is
Moroni stopping the narrative here to address us, the Gentiles?
READ
Ether 2:13-15
Did
Mahonri neglect to pray for four years, and if so, why?
An
Interior Lighting Problem
READ
Ether 2:16-18
What were
the barges like and why?
READ
Ether 2:19-21
What can
we learn from Mahonri’s experience building the barges?
What are
the three problems that Mahonri identifies with the Lord’s design?
Why would
He design the barges with legitimate flaws?
How is
the problem of air in the barges resolved and why?
READ
Ether 2:22-25 and Ether 6:5-10
How is
the steering and power problems resolved?
Why are
the barges “tight as a dish” and what lessons can we learn from this?
Could the
Lord have brought them across the sea in another way that didn’t require
air-tight submarines and if so, why didn’t He?
How did
the Lord react to Mahonri’s plea for light?
READ
Ether 3:1
How large
were the stones?
READ
Ether 3:2-5
Why would
Mahonri beg for the Lord not to be angry with him for his weakness?
What is
the relationship between being holy and dwelling in the heavens?
What does
it mean that “we are unworthy... because of the fall our natures have become
evil continually”?
How is
Mahonri suggesting we view ourselves in relation to God?
Mahonri
has never seen Christ; how does he know that He would even have a finger to
touch a stone?
What is
Mahonri asking the Lord to do?
What does
“great power, which looks small unto the understanding of man” mean?
READ
Ether 3:6
Mahonri
is holding the stones in his hands, how does he know that the Lord stretched
forth His hand to touch the stones one by one?
Where is
the veil placed?
Rending
the Veil and the Redemption of a Man
READ
Ether 3:7-8
Does the
Lord have a sense of humor?
Why is
Mahonri struck with fear?
READ
Ether 3:9-13
What
caused Mahonri to see Christ’s finger?
What two
questions does the Lord ask Mahonri before showing Himself unto him and what are
their significance?
What is
the difference between believing what God has told us and what He will
tell us?
What is
the difference between being brought back into Christ’s presence and Christ
“showing Himself” unto you?
When the
Lord showed Himself to Mahonri, what did He show him?
What
knowledge redeems us?
How does
coming back into the presence of God show we are redeemed from the Fall?
What is the
difference between what Mahonri was inquiring about and what the Lord wanted to
tell him?
READ
Ether 3:14-20
How could
the premortal, “spirit” Christ touch a mortal, physical object and what does it
mean that the body of the Lord was “like unto flesh and blood”?
What does
it mean that Christ showed Himself “after the manner and in the likeness of the
same body even as He showed Himself unto the Nephites”?
What does
it mean that Christ was “prepared” from the foundation of the world to redeem
His people and become the Father through the work of the Son?
What does
it mean that “all mankind shall have life” but for those who believe on His
name, they shall have that life “eternally”?
When it
says that the “Lord ministered” to someone, what do we now know this means?
What
knowledge did Mahonri gain from this experience?
To
receive eternal life, must the Lord minister to you in the flesh or not?
How can a religion have the power to bring one into God’s presence after
death but lack the power to do so in the flesh?
What are
the differences between a religion that can save and one that can’t?
Was it the
knowledge or the faith that Mahonri had that could not prevent him from parting
the veil?
Mahonri’s
Sealed Vision of All
READ
Ether 3:21-24 and Ether 4:1-3
Why does
the Lord command prophets to write an account of their experiences and visions
but then seal up the record so that no one can read it at the time?
READ
Ether 3:25-28 and Ether 4:4-5
What
vision did Mahonri receive?
Why would
the Lord have promised Mahonri previously that if he believed in Him, that He
could and would show Mahonri all things?
READ
Ether 4:6-7
Have the
things that Mahonri saw “gone forth” yet and what is implied?
What
promise is the Lord extending here to all latter-day Gentiles and what are the
terms?
READ
Ether 4:8-12
Why does
Moroni give this warning of a cursing upon those who “contend” against the
“word of God” and “deny these things”, seeming to refer to the vision of
Mahonri?
What
cursing will the Lord execute against these “contending and denying” Gentiles?
What
point is the Lord making when He says that those who will not believe His
words, will not believe His disciples’ words?
What does
God promise those who believe His words?
How can
we know that something comes from God?
Is
“truth” an “accurate portrayal of the facts” or what “persuades people to do
good”?
What does
it mean that Christ is “the Truth”?
What is
the difference between believing Christ’s words and believing Christ?
How is
Christ the light and life of the world?
Is Christ
our Father or Elder Brother?
READ
Ether 4:13-15
What are
the “greater things” that those who come to Christ will be shown?
Why do we
not receive these “greater things”?
What is
unbelief (believing things that are false) caused by?
How do
you repent of unbelief, so that you can receive the “greater things”?
What is
the purpose of the veil and what are the implications regarding how Moroni is
telling us it is removed?
READ
Ether 4:16-17
When will
the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon, which is Moroni’s summarization of
Mahonri’s vision of the history of the world, be given to us and what the
relationship between it and the Book of Revelation?
What is
the “sign” of the translation of the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon –
i.e. the Book of Mahonri?
READ
Ether 4:18-19
Who is
speaking here?
How can
we remain faithful to the Lord’s name?
READ
Ether 5:1-4
There
have been several sets of “three witnesses” in or around the Book of Mormon;
who are they?
READ
Ether 6:12, 16-17
Who was
taught from on high and why did this happen?
READ
Ether 6:22-27
Why was
the prospect of becoming the king so repugnant to all but one of Mahonri or
Jared’s sons?
