Book of Mormon Evidence Pt.10: Destruction in Ancient America after Jesus Christ's Death

[@cynikaleyes]

I grew up Jonesboro AR. All around that area is amazing land. Interesting feature is Crowley's ridge. If you have never camped in a thunderstorm in the Midwest, you're missing out on hours of praying for your life. I spent an hour under a lean too where the sky was lit like daytime, you could not tell the separation between the bolts of lightning. The ground shook so hard I would slide down the hill into the rain and had to keep pulling myself back up.

[@deborahbarlow4309]

As someone who lives in the Midwest; yes, just yes.

[@sharoletyoung7449]

My dad took us to Reelfoot Lake in upper western Tennessee to see the lake that was formed during the 1812 quake. That was way back in 1952. Fascinating story. Really enjoyed your presentation. (My father was always taking us to historical sites and teaching us the history.) Miss him.

[@BobF321]

There are no artifacts as steel,and wheat etc,or elephant ,horse bones before Columbus of Jaredite or Nephite civilizations...where are the bones on,all over the Hill Cumorah?

[@Terminatorguy34]

​@Roberto Funk actually sir, there are, and a 5 minute search will show that. I did a search on that, it took me less then 5 minutes to see that there actually are these artifacts around the US, dating back thousands of years.

[@vendingdudes]

​@@BobF321this comment has aged so well lol. Catch up

[@jordan-xe2yb]

@@BobF321😂

[@richarner3856]

1:04 maybe on Fantasy Island​@Terminatorguy34

[@CastlevaniaFanDubs]

Hello Michael, have you ever heard of Steven Pynakker? He's an Evangelical Christian who has a channel called Mormon Book Reviews, aside from revewing books related to the LDS Church, Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. He also has apodcast and many guests have been on there both LDS and Non-LDS and he's been interested in having you on to discuss your videos regarding the Archaelogical Evidence of the Book of Mormon.

[@lorihaun9956]

There is an Indian legend that Mt. Rainier covered a village.

[@rethamoore4282]

Micheal, I wish you would make more of these videos as they help me to mentally see and that helps me to remember the scriptures better. Thank you so much for your visual scripture teachings.❤❤

[@paulmacfarlaneslp9209]

This is one of the best-researched analyses comparing the scriptural accounts to analogous natural disasters. The main school of thought seems to center on the type of volcanism that might have occurred in Central America, but which fails to take into account many elements of the reported cataclysm. I agree that this was part of a world-wide disruption, probably a vast electrical discharge event, which can account for every element, including whirlwinds, earthquakes, mists, winds, surface disruptions, massive lighting and thunder, etc. Also, it is known that electrical discharges can deplete oxygen to a level where people can just barely survive, but which is too low for combustion of "exceedingly dry" materials.

[@BobF321]

Why are there no maps in the Book of Mormon new appendix adding these hypothetical concepts?Will the General Confetence vote to get this added real soon?Sorry,wont happen. 2Corinthians11:14

[@richbaker9963]

It's a pleasure to hear from you again Michael! Thank you so much for this piece, you do some awesome research. I love all your videos, they are very informative. Keep it coming! BTW have you been keeping up with the work Wayne May is doing In Iowa? Absolutely fascinating!!!!

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

Thank you! Yes, I always love hearing from Wayne about what's happening at the Hopewell temple site in Zarahemla!

[@shanermcdoogle]

Well done, Michael. This research is fascinating. Cant wait for your next topic!

[@BazSupport]

0:10 - Major natural disasters occurred in ancient America at the time of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, and similar disasters have happened 4 times since then due to the New Madrid fault line. 0:45 - The most recent New Madrid earthquakes occurred from Dec 1811 to May 1812 and affected a vast area of the US. 1:53 - Compares the destruction in 3 Nephi 8-10 in the Book of Mormon to the 1811-1812 New Madrid quakes. 3:40 - Discusses the "great storm", "tempest", and "whirlwinds" mentioned in 3 Nephi 8 and how the 1811-1812 quake area experiences frequent violent storms/tornadoes. 5:51 - Compares the "terrible thunder" in 3 Nephi 8:6 to loud thunderous sounds heard just before the 1811-1812 quakes struck. 7:01 - Discusses possible causes of fires during the destruction, including the 1811-1812 quakes igniting existing fires, a phenomenon called "seismoluminescence", and "petroliferous nodules" (tar balls). 9:06 - Compares cities/land sinking into water in 3 Nephi 8-10 to land subsidence and submergence during the 1811-1812 quakes. Discusses a Native American legend of the Mississippi River previously being a massive inlet. 12:29 - Discusses land/mountains rising up in 3 Nephi ch8 v10 and hills/land rising during the 1811-1812 quakes due to sand blows and land buckling. 15:24 - Compares descriptions of the "whole face of the land" changing in 3 Nephi 8-10 to the drastic landscape changes from the 1811-1812 quakes. 17:16 - Earthquakes may have been a global event when Christ died, worse in America. Destruction of roads/buildings, splitting of rocks described in 3 Nephi also occurred in 1811-1812 quakes. 18:47 - 3 days of darkness from thick vapor after destruction in 3 Nephi 8; dense fog and difficulty lighting fires reported after 1811-1812 quakes, one account of 3 days of darkness.

[@thatonedude.8440]

Dude you rock. What a resource you’ve provided on this account. Thank you!

[@RAF71chingachgook]

Another thing to consider is that Lake Erie and Lake Michigan extended several hundred miles farther south than they are now. A big chunk of Ohio was under water. The “narrow neck of land” needs to be taken into consideration with the Great Lakes combined with the lower Mississippi inlet. Very different geography. There are no Hopewell mounds or settlements where Lake Erie used to be at 34 AD.

[@zionmama150]

Also interesting that this particular spot is where the eclipse passes through in 2024 and what also passed through in 2017.

[@RobinTaylorLandry]

Almost as if a ship darkened the sun . . . Could that same ship(comet of 1812) have hit the earth with a frequency weapon? If an earthquake comes every 200-300 years, could it be a cloaked ship on an orbit?

[@considerthetruth]

This needs more views. Great presentation!

[@guytrout7101]

Well done, you gave a good presentation with good source material for thoes who may wish to further their inquiry.

[@rose88000]

Thanks for your video, l have been fascinated with this area and what happened, so it is nice to see someone doing a video on it.

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

You're welcome! :)

[@paulbrungardt9823]

Amazing how Mormon theology changes with the wind. When US. Congress refused to allow Utah statehood, due to polygamy & pedophilia .God came to the Mormon church and told them to give up multiple wives & sex with children... In1978, Jessie Jackson led a planned Salt Lake City protest of Blacks non admission to the priesthood & the temple. 100,000 Black men were organizing a protest in Utah of racist Mormon church teachings; Then, that same year, God then came to the Mormon church and told them black people were now okay. For 180 years, Mormon church taught hateful things towards Gays. Now in 2023, after bad press, God has told the Mormon church to back off the condemnation of Gays...Interesting timing of God's revelations & heat the Mormon Church was feeling.

[@RobbieRad]

Each part is better than the last! Well done sir

[@br5339]

Nice research...thanks for pulling it all together!

[@sandracongdon4082]

Extremely informative. I have heard of the quakes in the Mississippi River valley. I didn’t realize they had made such a difference to the terrain.

[@ongoingrestoration1140]

I’ve heard of these quakes in the 1800’s. It is interesting to see the similarities between them and the account in 3 Nephi. Thank you for listing the books that detail the events of the 19th century around the new Madrid fault. I’ll have to do some research on this since I live so close to the fault line in Tennessee. I really appreciate you sharing this information in these videos.

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

You're welcome! :)

[@ericjustasinner5695]

Thanks for the video. I off to work now but love to talk with you you got an email. P.s I am an outsider studying the book of Mormon I am not a part of any kind of LDS church have a good day

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

@@ericjustasinner5695 Feel free to email me at [e-mail].

[@miesry1]

I have a question about a video I saw from you a while back about how the Cheyenne tribe got land in Israel. I've been looking for proof on that but can't find any. Was wondering if you can point me to the right direction.

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

Hello Native Warrior of Israel! Right now, the only source I have so far is verbal, from a man named Shawn Littlebear who is a Cheyenne Medicine Man from Oklahoma. I haven't talked with him in about a year and a half, but he's been right about a lot of other things, so I'm taking his word for it on that one. But I am also looking for more validation as well. If you find anything in your searches, please let me know!

[@miesry1]

@@MichaelP_IsMe will do, but let me ask you this, have you heard about how the Taino people have a prophecy about how 3 war canoes would come to our islands bringing talking leaves about our creators(bible)?? Also have you heard about the 800 ancient Hebrew stones found in Puerto Rico dating back around 900 bc?? Chief riverwind of the jaguar tribe(Taino) wrote a book called What the old ones say. In that book are many tales from many natives that come from the Bible. Like the Lakota tribe who’s sun dance is dedicated to the bright and mourning star(Christ) who their chief at that time got an vision from an angel about a man who would die for our peoples sins. I would suggest you read that book and see what a lot of our chiefs are saying.

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

@@miesry1 I've heard about the Sun Dance, but not the other things you mentioned. Thank you for sharing about those!

[@williamturner6192]

Rivers running backwards... I love that.

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

I know, it's crazy!

[@rconger24]

There is a place along the Missouri River at Omaha if you follow the history of it you'll find that the Carter Lake bend is now all on the "Nebraska" side. But Iowa who started off with the land wanted to keep it. If you look at the map, the Border between Iowa and Nebraska does a crazy thing there at Carter Lake right next to today's Eppley Field airport. It follows the old path the Missouri river. At the moment the flooding began to subside some the river had to run backwards at some point to let the water back out of the bend. See Carter Lake, IA 51510

[@explorerofmind]

4:00 Storms probably had more to do more with precipitation, while tempests had more to do with wind.

[@Thehaystack7999]

Whirlwinds spread fire in the Exodus, imagine whirlwinds which hit homes and dry brush and then you get whirlwinds of Fire.

[@seiko9361]

Nice videos. I want to see a video if you make about the native american god, afterlife and spirituality concepts.

[@Christ_in_You-theHope_of_Glory]

Awesome topics. Attention grabbing exciting stuff. Brilliant 👏

[@אהרוןבארלו]

I love the videos you make

[@kevinscottbell]

The tempest could have been what we now call a "Derecho". A flat running storm with hurricane force winds.

[@cowboygeologist7772]

Very well done. Thanks for posting.

[@Tom-vg5nb]

So here is my take. I am a cyber security majority not a meteorologist nor a scientist, but I think something happened that trigger the horrible earthquakes recorded in third nephi. My reading and institute brought up quakes lasting three hours or more. My personal opinion was there was a meteor impact somewhere close that triggered the huge winds and tempests and it triggered horrible earthquakes. Correct me I am wrong, but didn’t people in Israel have a quake too. What do you think? Is it plausible? I don’t feel it was a tornado. People would have seen them. The storm that hit was something they had never seen nor heard before. Meteor impacts cause that type of wind, destruction and lightning. It would also cause cities to burn from the blast of the impact. Remember the peace the people had after Christ. Wasn’t it 200 years. It was four hundred something years until the people destroyed themselves. They didn’t record any major earth quakes in that time.

[@mormonguru5984]

That’s right Tom. The Bible mentions in Matt 27:50-53, that in the resurrections of “Holy people” en masse When Jesus died, “the earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open” (verses 51-52). Those open tombs remained open until the third day. At that time, “the bodies of many holy people . . . were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people” (verses 52-53).

[@Tom-vg5nb]

@@mormonguru5984 so something drastic happened to the earth to make it shake in all places. God can do all things, and he could have caused the shaking, but I have always thought he works by natural means. We also have super volcanos in yellow stone. In a lot of the states in the plains inches of volcanic ash have been discovered and traced back to a super explosion. That type of event could have caused the vapor of smoke. Something hit the earth hard to make it shake in all hemispheres.

[@mrschefyoda7825]

Your presentation sounds like a lot of research that Rod Meldrum had put together years ago, but it's great to see that you went a little more in depth on a few ideas. I wonder if some of the high winds could of also been caused by a derecho?

[@heartfacingupward]

Very good presentation. I ran into something that might be worth looking into. Especially given our lessons for this year. I had found a KZbin video, and I wish I would have saved it, where the subject dealt with Joseph, the Crocidile King, who came to America, making between 9-14 trips by boat. He was gathering crops to supply the stores of Egypt in preparation for and during a famine. Hmmm. The Hopi were enslaved during this time to accomplish the crops. This information had been discovered on writing found in the upper Grand Canyon caverns. What caught my attention was that these records still existed and the lady on the video said it was in the possession of the Mormon church. Now at one time, I had also been listening to histories about the Dead Sea Scrolls. This too talked about writings on bound together with metal plates that had been secreted away by the Church. Back then it was whoever could get it first became the owners of it. So it was not theft rather an act of preservation. If I find the video I will share it and mark the time stamp. Just thought these would make a great video.

[@jeremymichel3042]

can I do an interview with you sometime?

[@CheyneTrammell]

Re: Storms v. Tempests. It seems that storm is more general and tempest more particular especially characterized by exceptional wind. When I read the definition of tempest myself from a couple sources, after a moment "hurricane" entered my mind. Hurricanes develop and hit all of the gulf areas now a days, and if the gulf extended farther inland anciently, and especially if there were to be a very high category hurricane, that could possibly be the case. Otherwise and if a hurricane still couldn't make landfall very far inland, perhaps some other uniquely intense wind storm and gusts took place.

[@macarc9318]

it would be logical to understand that the memories of 1811-12 were inspiration for Joseph when he wrote the book of mormon ?

[@NemoDrummer]

The map that you provided of the U.S. and the epicenter of the earthquake matches pretty well with what Wayne May has postulated as the heartland of the Nephite civilization.

[@cess4089]

Maybe the storm was a massive super cell with no tornado. And the tempest was a derecho or land hurricane. they’re different but both intense and occur in the Americas. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

Thanks for the insight!

[@Anvilbanger]

Where did you get that the Israelite new year falls in Spring? (time mark 2:00) Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year is celebrated in the FALL, usually around the autumnal equinox.

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

Yes, you are correct. I got that part mixed up. Spring is the beginning of the new year for the Nephites, according to 3 Nephi 8:5.

[@lorihaun9956]

There was a microburst wild lightning and thunderstorm in Puyallup, Washington on September 17-18, 2019 that has a few videos on KZbin. A lightning strike hit the Puyallup fairgrounds while the fair was going on. Check it out to see how dark the sky was and the affects.

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

Wow! Thanks for sharing, Lori.

[@drmichaelshea]

Fascinating history. Thanks very much.

[@achandler8015]

This is a really interesting video. Thank you for sharing this

[@lorihaun9956]

Mt. Mazama (now Crater Lake in Oregon) erupted about the same time as 34 AD.

[@Solutionsatlast]

The recent earthquake in Ishikawa caused the land to be lifted by up to four meters. Thanks for a lot of facts that I didn't know.

[@gflem]

It’s well known that in California most of the Catholic missions, that has been formed from 1792 1810… Many of them were crushed in the dust during 1812 earthquake.

[@Thehaystack7999]

Something that would interest you in reference to the Brother of Jared. Look into Yooperlite Rocks. Only found on the shore of Lake Superior. It may be more of a coincidence but still significant find and worth diving more into.

[@FirstHolyGrandsonofHeaven926]

Do you have information on Shim Hill? Is it a marker for this time? Is it the namesake of the holygrail bloodline?

[@nutrinutbob]

Interesting thing about not being able to light things. I live in an area with several abandoned coal mines, they have a CO2/outside air respiration of sorts going on. When the CO2 is high down in the valley, something that could happen in a quake, fires are hard to light. By your map of the 1812 quake, I live near the tip of the spur of 5 magnitude that runs into Ohio.

[@user-kf6vj7we9v]

There is a third solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, which will complete the Aleph Tav over the USA. The first was on August 17, 2017. The second was October 14, 2023. John 4:24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” Our Father is Spirit.

[@danb200]

Michael, thank you for all of these. I have especially enjoyed that you provide a lot of references for us to go and research your stuff on our own. In this episode, you make a a point about a Kaw tribe tradition about the Mississippi River inlet at around 10:13. Could you share where I could find that tradition? Any references or other resources to help me study that more?

[@theshenpartei]

That mega disasters episode was my first exposure to the new Madrid seismic zone and pretty cool you remember that episode of mega disasters

[@93FOBINHOOD]

I’ve always theorized that the place called Desolation was related to the Hohokam Indians. Hohokam meaning all used up

[@Charistoph]

Remember the name "Desolation" wasn't called that because of the nature of the environment, but because they had found ruins of another civilization that had been destroyed.

[@RobinTaylorLandry]

Makes me think that Santa(satan/Saturn) saying ho ho ho, more than a little creepy.

[@majesticliberatoroftheoppr3971]

We’ll done Michael. Good work buddy.

[@Phamhung44622]

Prophets foretell what is going to happen while Joseph Smith "prophesized" what had happened (earthquakes of 1811-1812) or what often occured (tornados, wildfires). What a great "prophet" !

[@darlenemeade3690]

Wow!! I had no idea this happened in 1812.You really are a good teacher.And the research you do is so interesting. Keep on doing videos!! I hang on every word Mike.

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

I had no idea about these quakes either until I heard about them from Wayne May and Rod Meldrum in 2013 or 2014!

[@Thehaystack7999]

That inlet also had deep core samples taken and there are salt volcanoes under there, they run deeper than the height of Mt Everest.

[@CryptoCPA]

That’s interesting. Where did you read about that? Would love to learn more.

[@Thehaystack7999]

@@CryptoCPA kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2O0oqaip5qsqrssi=YNIOZsR1AndoZZxf

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

Yoo this was really awesome! I do have a question. I can not find any publications about the dark thick haze that lasted for 3 days. I read the public accounts of Madrid, for local testimonies to the news paper. The only place that mentions this is LDS material. Are there any non LDS articles that mention the thick darkness?

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

Yes, the original source is "The Autobiography of Elder Wilson Thompson", pg. 159. And it is discussed in "The Earthquake America Forgot" by David Stewart and Ray Knox, pgs. 237-246. Neither books are LDS sources.

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

@@MichaelP_IsMe Yoo Thank You Sir! I will check these out! Thank You! 🤗

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

@@MichaelP_IsMe K I just finished with the Thompson dude. That dude is glorified fruit lol The dark haze claim, made it to where lamps wouldn't even light up, and people couldn't breath properly, BUT OH NOT him, it didn't even phase him, but he pushed on proclaiming the husband of the church is come and zion is coming. lol....Nope that dude looses all credibility in many many ways. I will move on to read the one from David Stewart. 😊

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

@@MichaelP_IsMe I Forgot to Say. The Thompson dude IS writing his own autobiography. I wouldn't expect him to make himself look bad, but the dude it trying hard to prop himself up at being noble and righteous. Typical Babtist! 😆 J/K....I grew up in the Southern Baptist. I didn't pay attention to the page number you provided. I gave up at page 80. 🤣🤣🤣...It wasn't until I came back here to respond, did I notice the page number. lol HUGE THANKS for providing the page number!!!! You Get Super Hero Status For That! lol

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

@@MichaelP_IsMe Yo, I think I'm actually excited to read about this David Stewart guy. It already looks interesting. I will pick back up on it tomorrow! After reading the first dude's biography, anything else is going to be interesting. lol.. But honestly, this next guy seem like it he will be a great read!! Have A Good Evening!

[@kevinsmith4814]

the way this lines up... sounds like Jesus died in the 1800s. in the Americas it would be 1800 but in the Middle East it would 1300s or earlier.

[@stoutjordan]

Another awesome video. Thank you.

[@lutronc4412]

Love your videos.

[@captainamazing1356]

Also interesting is the Moche civilization and their legend that is referred to as the Revolt of the Objects. It's very interesting

[@jja589]

That is the reason Joseph Smith’s parents moved . The soil where they lived could not produce anything.

[@bkgoulding]

Thanks for the video. Very intriguing. I’m on the fence between the Mesoamerica and heartland America theories of Book of Mormon geography. One hang up I have is this: If the Nephites and Lamanites lived in North America, as you believe, why didn’t any prophet-historians (Mormon, himself, mainly) mention cold weather or snow? Those would be significant factors in any battle description. Half naked Lamanite warriors would be far more comfortable in warmer climates. I’m sure you’ve gotten that question many times before, and I apologize if you’re tired of answering it. I tried to find your answer elsewhere before asking but haven’t been able to locate it.

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

A lot of parakeet bones are found in Hopewell burial mounds. This suggests that the climate in their lands was warm enough to sustain parakeets during the Hopewell time period (500s BC to 400s AD).

[@elliottbaker201]

Parrots lived in north America up til the John Smith days

[@markjolyn94]

And the Southern inlet of the Mississippi would make it much more understandable how the Nephites knew that the bodies of the dead were in the ocean after the battles near and on the River Sidon. I xan attest that the ground rolling like water during an earthquake is definitely true. I have seen this a few times living in California

[@aisaxonawiat6484]

I think those New Madrid earthquakes actually occur about every 200 years and we are due for another one within this decade.

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

There was a pretty big one that happened in the 1890's - not as bad as 1811-12, but yes, if one happened today like the one in the 1890's, it would probably cause more destruction than anyone alive today has ever seen in the U.S..

[@BlaineHeggie]

Amazing video!

[@lynnmorrison]

Tempest is a heavy Windstorm which is extraordinarily strong but not a Tornado

[@NinjaMaster1]

Most of the destruction and death was caused by Jesus himself. 3rd Nephi ch9

[@kylecopeland88]

I’d love to watch a new video from you… how are you?

[@davden965]

Imagine The earthquake at the time of Noah’s flood. The major sand dunes that we see in various locations, could have been these sand eruptions from the size of the earthquake.

[@Hanakapiai]

Could the extension of Lake Michigan southward and the extension of the Gulf northwards created a narrow neck of land?

[@marshellethington361]

There is an ancient Irish king that said something about the “God of Nature has died”. So make sure to look up that.

[@colinmccann7123]

Lava is flat and broken in ND, Columbia river has rocky broken mountains on each side !!

[@rconger384]

I like Book of Mormon evidence videos by Michael P. :)

[@rconger24]

Me too !!

[@Sk8StGeorge]

GREAT INFO, thanks! Got to admit though 12:40 not the best pronunciation of Moronihah I have heard. lol

[@TheKingsDaughter4227]

Also Muh-drid not Mad-rid

[@deborahbarlow4309]

No offense but your pronunciations of Onondagus in a previous video made my sister cringe. 😂 I thought her reaction was funny.

[@TroutabdDerby]

Has anyone put together a proper reading list for study of the heartland model ?

[@csluau5913]

Amazing stuff. I think it goes some way towards explaining some of the geology in the southeastern United States where I live currently. I have always wondered about some of the other peoples that seemed to break the earth like breadsticks in some places. Scientist claimed this was millions of years ago but some of the pieces of stone look fresh like it only happened less than 100 years ago. The more I learn the more I realize that science cannot always be wrong. I think they are scared to death of learning some of the things that have really happened

[@EMonzon]

Thank you!

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

I hope you enjoy it!

[@keatonr776]

An additional comment: there's geographical evidence for a earthquake in the proper time. A study titled "Evidence for New Madrid earthquakes in AD 300 and 2350 BC" estimates an earthquake in AD 300 +/- 200 years. Now initially that sounds bad, but if you dig into their statistics they have a very low confidence for that number. Only one standard deviation. I'm not going to give a stats lecture in a youtube comment, but just trust me that that means a 68% chance of the real number being in that range. Drawing up a standard normal curve you can calculate a 13.5% chance of the earthquake occurring between 0 and 100 AD. So there's a not insignificant chance of the dates lining up right.

[@TheProfJones]

Four days into the 34th year since the birth of Jesus, I think that puts us in 33 AD. 3 Ne 8:2 says "the thirty and third year had passed away." That puts is into AD33, not 34 AD as you said at about the 2m20s mark. Right? Think it through. After the first year passed away since Jesus' birth, that puts us into AD 1 (see?). And so on, through the years. There is other evidence that Jesus died and was resurrected in April 33 AD. Otherwise, very informative video!

[@hyrumjoe8794]

Because the church doesn't know where Lehi and his family actually landed.

[@blackcombthehedgehog7917]

Why are none of the comments about Michael P (not this one, the other, well known one)?

[@elsie6828]

How long ago does LDS believe Jesus lived?

[@elsie6828]

I think this is wild how LDS historiography lines up with alternative history "mudflood" topics...

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

Hi Elsie, we believe the same as most other Christian religions that He was born in 1 AD, died in 34 AD just before His 34th birthday, and was resurrected on His 34th birthday. We celebrate Christmas as His birthday like most other Christians do, but we believe His actual birthday was just a few months later on April 6th. So when we celebrate Easter, we're not only celebrating His great sacrifice and resurrection, but we're also celebrating His birth too :) So this being the year 2023, we believe He was born 2023 years ago. Although, I know some people believe the calendar has gotten a little bit off over the centuries and that He may have been born 2027 years ago. Anyway, we believe it's somewhere close to those numbers.

[@lauralayla3854]

Excellent thank you!

[@waynecullen1845]

IT TELLS OF THE VERY BEGINNING IN THE BOOK OF NEPHI, SON OF LEHI. IT TELLS OF THE BRASS PLATES THAT RECORDS WAS KEPT ON. ACCOUNTS FROM THE BOOK OF NEPHI WHO WAS FAVORED BY THE LORD TELLS WHEN THEY LEFT JERUSALEM AND FLED INTO THE WILDERNESS. THERE WAS THE BEGGING OF THE BOOK OF MORMON.

[@tyreza79]

Great info

[@joycezabriskie2500]

I believe Israel’s earthquake was bad and I could have created darkness but instead of lasting three days it lasted one. But to know the earth shook on both continents. Makes one wonder if quakes too place on other continents.

[@GuidoMosquito]

Perhaps the great tempest(s) are describing hurricanes that come in from the Gulf of Mexico?

[@FayeSellars]

Five yrs ago I dreamed the only staes left where Utah , Dakota.

[@bradandjulierich8175]

Cities sunk in the sea?

[@mesinjah]

Very good!

[@IsaacIdai]

Joseph Smith knew about the earthquakes....Hmmmm

[@rethamoore4282]

I wonder if that is how the Providence Canyons came about in west Georgia ?

[@garrybailey7939]

For the ignorant that don't understand, the letter J was created in 1524 AD an ancient Hebrew alphabets there is no letter j there is no letter I there is no letter e. Wake up people. Isaiah 45:22 there is only the heavenly father who created all things!

[@geoffnoyes520]

So what happened to Joseph Smith's vast uniquely Jewish civilization that, as the BOM states, stretched from coast to coast, it's inhabitants being 'numerous almost as the sands of the sea'? Why nil Jewish DNA in North/South America, native Americans came from Asia. How does Joseph Smith's Jewish civilization disappeare without archeological trace,? In stark contrast to modern day Israel.

[@3DMOVIES4YOU]

(( I think you need to change your youtube photo ........it isn't respectful like a lot of your videos are.....You've put too much work into your videos to have People think you're some kind of a nut case looking at your picture.......first impressions are very important... .......looking at your photo, it gives People the wrong impression of what you have and People just might decide to move on before they even look at one of your videos.... ......because they might think you're not serious or that you are making fun of the Church ))

[@williamturner6192]

Thank you so much!!!

[@MichaelP_IsMe]

You're welcome! :)

[@markdavison7069]

so where's Zarahemla and all the artefacts.

[@zionmama150]

Derecho vs tornado? Or hail storm va tornado?

[@jesuschristlives2724]

The book of Mormon is the record of the seed of Joseph

[@toniebonilla3165]

Hooray For years I have followed and ploted a path of travel of the Book of Mormon. Someone else can prove it. DNA has also proved a small Jewish tribe in those of Central America ancestry.