tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post3423275236112971579..comments2023-11-02T03:08:07.417-07:00Comments on NephiCode: Finding the Land of Promise – Hill Cumorah – Part IDelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-10184806164898429402017-12-14T08:08:59.394-08:002017-12-14T08:08:59.394-08:00@ David K
👍👍👍@ David K<br /><br /> 👍👍👍JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745174941243069168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-16158632802450007122017-12-13T15:00:25.507-08:002017-12-13T15:00:25.507-08:00David: Very well said. David: Very well said. Delhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-42297380122557141192017-12-13T09:39:40.919-08:002017-12-13T09:39:40.919-08:00I've been trying to understand lately why peop...I've been trying to understand lately why people think Moroni buried the plates in the original hill Cumorah. To me the Book of Mormon seems to state clearly that all the records except the ones Moroni had were hid in the original hill Cumorah. If you found the original hill Cumorah, you should expect to find all the plates except what Moroni buried up. By contrast, the New York Hill Cumorah is where Moroni's plates were buried and found- which to me is more of an indicator that the New York Hill Cumorah is not the original hill Cumorah. <br /><br />Mormon 6:6 Mormon says he: hid up in the hill Cumorah all the records which had been entrusted to me by the hand of the Lord, save it were these few plates which I gave unto my son Moroni.<br /><br />Then in Mormon 8: 1-8, Moroni writes that he has the record of his father. That it is about 400 AD. That the Nephites who escaped to the south country have been killed, Mormon has been killed, Moroni is alone. Verse 4: "Therefore I will write and hide up the records in the earth; and whither I go it mattereth not".<br /><br />Moroni then abridges the Jaredite record into the Book of Ether, then in Moroni 1 he says he is hiding from the Lamanites and will write a little more. Chapter 2-7 are doctrinal writings (no historical info or statements about the records), 8-9 are epistles he had received from his father. Then in Chapter 10 he indicates it is 421 AD and he will write a few things and then seal up the records. Verse 2: "And I seal up these records, after I have spoken a few words by way of exhortation unto you."<br /><br />How did Moroni know that the Nephites in the southern land were being hunted and killed by the Lamanites? It's possible someone told him; it's also possible he traveled there and many other places over the 21 years before he hid up the plates. It is unlikely that his sat in the land of Cumorah for 21 years including the years right after the final battle - among the smell of hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers. <br /><br />So, maybe I'm missing something, but it seems to me that the scriptures never say Moroni buried the plates in the original hill Cumorah like a lot of people seem to think. Moroni does not say where he buried the plates. The original hill Cumorah had and probably still has all the plates except Moroni's plates. <br /><br />The Introduction to the Book or Mormon says that "Moroni..hid up the plates in the Hill Cumorah". But the Introduction is not a translation of the plates nor was it written by Joseph Smith. It was written in 1981. And it says "Hill Cumorah". The capital H is what is used for the Hill Cumorah in New York. The H referencing the original hill Cumorah is never capitalized in the Book of Mormon. So, the introduction seems to be saying that Moroni buried the plates in the hill in New York.<br /><br />A lot of people seem to have a hard time getting past the notion that there are two different hills called Cumorah, but to me the scriptures support this and do not imply in any way that Moroni hid the plates in the hill where the last Nephite battle occurred. <br /><br />As Del has explained, it is common to name a place after another place. I live in Utah within an hour or so of cities named Bountiful, Lehi, Nephi, Manti, and others. Many cities in Eastern U.S. were named after lands where the settlers came from. It seems too that the Hill Cumorah in New York was called that after the original hill Cumorah where Mormon hid up all the sacred records except those given to Moroni. <br />DavidKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17746832520246273307noreply@blogger.com