Tag: editorial promise
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Internal Consistency regarding things to come
The author of the Book of Mormon must have had extensive notes and a lot of time to plan the text. How else can we explain how he knows what is going to come in the later chapters? Here is an example, from Helaman 2: 12 And more of this Gadianton shall be spoken hereafter.…
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King Mosiah-2 as a seer
King Mosiah was a seer. We learn this in Mosiah 8 from the first Ammon (not Mosiah’s son) who visits the land of Nephi and meets King Limhi: 13 Now Ammon said unto him: I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records; for he has wherewith that he…
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An editorial promise about Alma's missionary work
The Book of Mosiah is complicated. Several editorial promises can be found within this book. An editorial promise is when the author promises to give an account at a later time. There are many examples of these throughout the Book of Mormon. Here is one: In Mosiah 21:35, Mormon mentions that when king Limhi and…
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Internal Consistency between 1 Nephi 1:17 and 1 Nephi 10:1
In verse 17, Nephi promises to give us two things: First, an abridgment of his father’s record. Second, an account of his proceedings: 17 But I shall make an account of my proceedings in my days. Behold, I make an abridgment of the record of my father, upon plates which I have made with mine…
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