Book of Mormon Midterm 2

Question 0

where is Zion according to the quote from Joseph Smith

Answer 0

the whole of America is Zion itself from north to south

Question 1

what is the name of the king who besieged Jerusalem and carried Zedekiah away to Babylon

Answer 1

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon

Question 2

How would Zoram’s seed be blessed according to Lehi’s blessing to him?

Answer 2

Thy seed shall be blessed with Nephi’s seed, that they dwell in prosperity long upon the face of this land; and nothing, save it shall be iniquity among them, shall harm or disturb their prosperity upon the face of this land forever. If they keep the commandments, then, the Lord has consecrated this land for the security of thy seed with the seed of Nephi.

Question 3

What would have happened if Adam never fell?

Answer 3

All things would have remained the same, only Adam and Eve would have had no children and they would have never left the garden

Question 4

who is the “choice seer” that will be raised up, and from whose “loins” he would be raised up

Answer 4

Joseph Smith, Nephi

Question 5

Which tribe is Ishmael and Lehi from?

Answer 5

Lehi= Manassah
Ishmael= Ephraim

Question 6

Who were the spokesman for Joseph Smith?

Answer 6

Oliver Cowdery and Sidney Rigdon

Question 7

What did Nephi do to overcome his discouragement?

Answer 7

Nephi counted his blessings and went over everything that the Lord has done for him.

Question 8

what did the people call themselves and their new land after they fled from the land of first Inheritance?

Answer 8

Land name= Nephi

People’s name= People of Nephi

Question 9

What is the difference between the mark and the curse that was upon the Lamanites

Answer 9

mark= skin of blackness
curse= the withdrawal of the spirit of the Lord.

Question 10

Whose sermon is 2 Nephi 6-10

Answer 10

Jacob is quoting Isaiah, and then interpreting it (Jacob is repeating what Nephi had said previously)

Question 11

what does “nursing kings and queens” represent and what will they do?

Answer 11

The gentiles will “nurse”(bring back) the house of Israel back to the covenant

Question 12

What is the order in which Israel is to be gathered with regards to the physical and spiritual gatherings?

Answer 12

Spiritual gathering precedes physical gathering; when the Jews believe (spiritual) in Christ, then Christ will come (Physical)

Question 13

what are the 3 ways the atonement is infinite (what is the conditional aspect of it)

Answer 13

1. The atonement is not limited by space (Christ died for all people, everywhere.) 2. The atonement is not limited by time (it worked even before it historically took place) 3. The atonement was performed by an “infinite” being (Jesus Christ, a divine being, could not be bound or limited by death)

Question 14

when is it ok to seek for riches and when is it good to be learned?

Answer 14

learned God wants us to be intelligent; but not to sacrifice obedience (if it coincides with the counsels of God; don’t put school in front of God); It is ok to have money, but the love of money is when you are doing wrong. You can seek money when it is to serve the poor and needy

Question 15

what does mammon mean

Answer 15

riches, wealth; the standard Hebrew word for any kind of financial dealing

Question 16

How did Jacob know the name of Christ

Answer 16

An angel told him in the last night

Question 17

Which 3 people saw the redeemer according to v.2-3

Answer 17

Jacob, Nephi, Isaiah

Question 18

What does “the mountain of the Lord” symbolize

Answer 18

temples

Question 19

what is the meaning behind Isaiah’s prophecy about the seven women taking hold of one man

Answer 19

it is symbolizing the humility of the daughters of Zion as they seek to become married again, or return to the Lord.

Question 20

what did Isaiah teach concerning what happens when people have no knowledge

Answer 20

Without knowledge, then you have no choices in life and you are imprisoned/in captivity

Question 21

How did Isaiah respond when he was first called by the Lord

Answer 21

He felt that he was inadequate/unworthy

Question 22

Know which king ruled over which kingdom (Rezin, Pekah, and Ahaz) and the alternate identifiers he gives for all three

Answer 22

King Rezin (Aram, Damascus) ruled over Syria; King Pekah (Ephraim, Samaria, son of Remaliah) ruled over Israel; King Ahaz (Jerusalem, House of David) ruled over Judah

Question 23

Know which king/kingdom was afraid of an alliance between two other kingdoms (and which kingdoms had formed the alliance)

Answer 23

Ahaz (king of Judah) was afraid of the alliance between Rezin (Syria) and Pekah (Israel)

Question 24

Know the names of Isaiah’s children that were given as signs to the people, what the signs were for each child, and what their Hebrew names mean in English

Answer 24

Immanuel (God is with us)= sign is that God is with us, meaning that both kings will be disposed (Pekah and Rezin); Maher-shalal-hash-baz (destruction is imminent)= sign is that God will keep his promise to destroy Judah’s enemies (Rezin and Pekah)

Question 25

Understand the message being conveyed to Judah/Jerusalem with the prophesy that the Assyrians would “yet he shall remain at Nob”

Answer 25

Message= God will be with us even when destruction seems imminent

Question 26

Know who or what the “stem of Jesse” and “root of Jesse” refer to

Answer 26

stem of Jesse= King David’s father; root of Jesse= Joseph Smith and other latter-day prophets

Question 27

Understand who Isaiah is talking about historically that is likened unto Lucifer

Answer 27

the king of Babylon is likened unto the fall of Satan.

Question 28

Be able to recall the three keys that Nephi gives to help understand Isaiah

Answer 28

1. Have the spirit of prophecy 2. Learn history/background 3. Study geography/maps

Question 29

Know what it is we will be judged by, according to this chapter (2 Nephi 25)

Answer 29

For out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written.

Question 30

What is the last part of 2 Nephi 25:23

Answer 30

“For we know that it is by the grace that we are saved, after all we can do.’

Question 31

What does priestcraft mean?

Answer 31

Priestcraft is men that preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion.

Question 32

how does the lord speak to men?

Answer 32

according to their language, and unto their understanding

Question 33

What is the different covenants we make when we partake of the bread and the water

Answer 33

Bread= eat in the remembrance of the body of thy son, to take upon them in the name of thy son, and always remember him and keep his commandments; they may always have the spirit to be with him; water= in remembrance of the blood of thy son; witness unto thee that they do always remember him, that they may always have his spirit to be with him.

Question 34

What was Brigham Young’s counsel to those who don’t feel like praying?

Answer 34

pray until you do

Question 35

Which prophets told us they will meet us at the judgement bar?

Answer 35

Nephi, Jacob, Moroni

Question 36

What were Nephi’s final words?

Answer 36

I must obey

Question 37

Be able to recall Jacob’s definition of who is a Nephite or a Lamanite

Answer 37

Lamanites= those that seek to destroy the people of Nephi; Nephite= Those who are friendly to Nephi

Question 38

Know which two types of sins Jacob condemns most harshly

Answer 38

Polygamy and seeking riches for your own benefit

Question 39

What are the conditions in which plural marriage is sanctioned by the Lord?

Answer 39

Only when the Lord directs otherwise; would only be valid if authorized by the President of the church.

Question 40

What commandments did the Lamanites keep that the Nephites did not?

Answer 40

They are more righteous since they have not forgotten the commandments of the Lord; that they should only have one wife; no concubines; no whoredoms committed.

Question 41

What is the mark that the Jews look beyond

Answer 41

mark= Christ; they are looking beyond Christ

Question 42

What is an allegory?

Answer 42

An extended metaphor in the form of a story

Question 43

Be able to recall what Joseph Smith said was his “key” for understanding the scriptures

Answer 43

the question which drew out the answer

Question 44

Know what the question was that drew out Jacob’s quotation of

Answer 44

After the House of Israel has rejected the Messiah, how can they then come unto Christ?

Question 45

Be familiar with the different symbols in Jacob 5 and what they represent: The tame and wild trees/branches, the fruit, the “Long Time” periods, what will happen at the very end

Answer 45

Tame tree= House of Israel; Wild tree= Gentiles; Master= Christ; servants= prophets; fruit= ; branches= all people; Long time #1= referring to the Babylonian exile to the coming of Christ; long time #2= referring to the middle ages; long time #3= referring to the millennium, after Christ returns; very end= good go with Christ, bad is banished, earth is burned with fire

Question 46

Know which prophet basically summed up Jacob 5 in three verses (cross-ref 1 Nephi 10:12-14; know whose spoken words are being recorded here, rather than who is doing the writing).

Answer 46

Lehi summed up Jacob

Question 47

Be able to recall what we know about Sherem; where he came from, what he taught, what sign he was given, etc

Answer 47

Sherem= he was among the people of Nephi, he taught that there will be no Christ and that no one can know the future, had much knowledge but no wisdom; perfect knowledge of the language of the people; used flattery to gain much power of speech; sign= the power of the Lord came upon him , insomuch that the fell to the earth

Question 48

Be able to recall the manner in which Enos said he heard the voice of the Lord and the things that he prayed for

Answer 48

voice= in his mind; prayed for= himself, his family (Nephites), and his enemies (Lamanites)

Question 49

Know why Jarom said he didn’t write any of his own prophesyings and revelation

Answer 49

“For what could I write more than my fathers have written…it sufficeth me.”

Question 50

Know which record keeper started and ended his writing on the plates on the same day he passed them on, and the name of the record keeper who only wrote a single verse on the plates

Answer 50

Amaron wrote on the same day he passed it on, and Chemish only wrote a single verse

Question 51

Know which record keeper passed on the plates to King Benjamin

Answer 51

Amaleki

Question 52

Be able to recall why Mormon said he was attaching the small plates to his abridgement of the large plates

Answer 52

they are put in to replace the lost 116 pages, and they cover the same time period as the lost pages

Question 53

What was the prophecy that was fulfilled in Joseph’s day by Isaiah

Answer 53

Joseph smith gave martin Harris 144 pages, martin took them to a scholar and got them authenticated, although he said that he could not read them but it looked like the language from that time.

Question 54

Jaredite survivor was? How long did he dwell with them? What was recorded about his people?

Answer 54

Coriantumr. 9 moons, the slain of his people and about his fathers

Question 55

Stick of Judah?

Stick of Joseph and ephraim?

Answer 55

Bible

Book of Mormon

Question 56

Who said there must be opposition in all things?

Answer 56

Lehi

Question 57

Who fled out of the land of Nephi? Where did they go? Who was appointed king? Where we’re the original inhibitors from and when? Who was their leader and his father? What happened to them since they didn’t keep records?

Answer 57

Mossiah fled out to the land of zerahemla, where he was appointed king by the people who fled from jerusalem at the time when zedikiah was captured by babylon.
Deni Christ, lost their language, many wars and contentions