tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post2119435499208299766..comments2023-11-02T03:08:07.417-07:00Comments on NephiCode: The Chronology of the JareditesDelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-36785503660883558022020-03-08T07:31:06.645-07:002020-03-08T07:31:06.645-07:00Much of the scripture when we are talking about th...Much of the scripture when we are talking about the events of the last days are metaphorical and can only be understood at that level. Of course some are literal and others have both. For example Revelation 21:1 says that when the earth is changed there will be no more sea. So then how can the sea be driven back into the north country when there won't be any when the earth is changed to a paradisaical state? That is because we are not talking about a real sea. <br /><br />In order to understand what the Lord is saying you need an understanding of metaphor as I said. Let me give you one that will help immensely in understanding these scriptures in the D&C. Water = people, in the case of sea it = many people. North country is also a metaphor but I think I'll stop there sense we are getting far afield of what this blog is all about. <br /><br />I agree with Todd that the continents were separated at the time of the flood and not at the time of Peleg. The separation at the tower of Babel occurred during the time of Peleg and the great sea of people was scattered throughout the world. iterryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14836783863542965577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-86999514043784746382020-03-07T22:07:39.718-08:002020-03-07T22:07:39.718-08:0023 He shall command the great deep, and it shall b... 23 He shall command the great deep, and it shall be driven back into the north countries, and the islands shall become one land; <br /> 24 And the land of Jerusalem and the land of Zion shall be turned back into their own place, and the earth shall be like as it was in the days before it was divided.<br /> --D&C 133<br /><br />. . the Eternal God hath declared that the great deep shall roll back into the north countries and that the land of Zion and the land of Jerusalem shall be joined together, as they were before they were divided in the days of Peleg. – Joseph Smith<br /><br />This scripture and Joseph Smith quote do not say that the continents will move. They say that the great deep (the ocean) will go into the “north countries”. This sounds like there will be less water on the earth's surface and thus the continents will be connected. <br /><br />Remember also that part of what caused the flood – maybe the major cause-- was that the “fountains of the great deep opened up.” (Gen 7:11) This sounds like a massive amount of underground water came to the surface. Could ice be stopping the water from going back to where it came from?<br /><br />But where are the “north countries”? Is there an “empty place under the North” as it says in Job 26:7. Benjamin F. Johnson claims Joseph told him that the Ten tribes are in such a place:<br /><br />“I asked where the nine and a half tribes of Israel were. "Well," said he, "you remember the old caldron or potash kettle you used to boil maple sap in for sugar, don't you?" I said yes. "Well," said he, "they are in the north pole in a concave just the shape of that kettle. And John the Revelator is with them, preparing them for their return." --<a href="https://whitebinder.com/files/johnson_my_lifes_review.pdf#page=43" rel="nofollow">My Life's Review</a> (second paragraph on page)<br /><br />These quotes do not seem to be saying the center of the earth is hollow, but that there is a large area under the north ice caps that now is empty and has Israelites in it – but when the water goes into it there will be less water on the surface.<br /><br />The return of the Ten tribes sounds like just such an event: <br /><br /> 26 And they who are in the north countries shall come in remembrance before the Lord; and their prophets shall hear his voice, and shall no longer stay themselves; and they shall smite the rocks, and the ice shall flow down at their presence.<br />27 And an highway shall be cast up in the midst of the great deep.<br /> --D&C 133George Washingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408308975569715587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-1860871445183294602020-03-05T17:50:34.396-08:002020-03-05T17:50:34.396-08:00Concerning Peleg, "Doctrines of Salvation&quo...Concerning Peleg, "Doctrines of Salvation" is not scripture any more than "Mormon Doctrine" is scripture. If the continent broke up and the Atlantic Ocean formed during the times of Peleg, he wouldn't have survived it. At least not without an ark.<br /><br />The dividing of the Earth at that time appears to mean something else.<br /><br />Also because of this:<br /><br />Ether 13:2 ...and that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord...<br /><br />If when the waters receded off the Land of Promise, it was still part of Pangaea, then how was it the Land of Promise? Was all of the single continent then the Land of Promise, according to Ether? On the contrary, after the flood, the Land of Promise was already separate.<br /><br />UNLESS you're suggesting that after the flood it took generations (until Peleg) for the water to recede and the land merely appeared separated as water drained from it into the oceans. <br /><br />Until anything more convincing appears about the time of Peleg, I'll stick with Ether; that the Land of Promise (American continent) was already broken away after the flood. The tsunamis generated by the rapid separation of the continents constitutes an extinction level event.Todd Durranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08849004044712535542noreply@blogger.com