🔑 The Book of Mormon: Your Key to Safety in the Last Days | Elder Holland's Powerful Message!

In his compelling October 2009 talk "Safety for the Soul," Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints delivers a powerful testimony on the divine protection offered by the Book of Mormon. As we face the increasing deceptions of the enemy of truth in the last days, Elder Holland emphasizes that the Book of Mormon stands as our ultimate safeguard against spiritual dangers. Discover how this sacred scripture can fortify your faith, provide clarity, and ensure you remain steadfast in the face of adversity. Watch now to be inspired and strengthened by Elder Holland's unwavering witness of the Book of Mormon's truth and its vital role in your spiritual safety.
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[@TheBlueridge5]

I am a 65 year old convert to the church, now a member for 3 beautiful years. I am listening to your discussions regularly and enjoying them so much! I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your joy with others. Keep up the good work. 💕

[@tammylee9784]

You're so adorable! I loved that you said the following so matter-of-factly and humbly, "I admit, I don't know everything. And I actually don't know a lot of things. So, that's okay - I'm always learning." ☺

[@BettyHorn]

I have loved President Holland ever since he came on the scene as president of BYU. He is a great man. Thank you for this talk!

[@havenlyfamily]

This is what I needed today ❤

[@gkvair65]

This is such a great talk! I listened to it again last night. President Holland’s testimony is so strong and I love that he puts himself with all those others who have testified of the truthfulness of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. I too know that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ, and that Joseph Smith was called of God to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth. We are so blessed to have these truths.

[@AnticipatingChristsreturn]

Thank you for your testimony!! 🥰❤️

[@debraroser985]

Thanks

[@AnticipatingChristsreturn]

Thank you for being here! 🥰

[@elizabethpeterson9914]

That was an amazing talk, and it even more amazes me that in his last talk, Jeffrey R Holland says he feels even more urgency!

[@AnticipatingChristsreturn]

I know!! He has always been so urgent in what he says!! I love him!

[@ericreed4535]

So Paul thought his generation was the last one and told Christians not to start families. Joseph Smith the same. Patriarchal blessings said people would be alive for the second coming have died. How do you explain that? Are you open to the possibility you're wrong in your assumptions and should considere removing the LD from the LDS?

[@elizabethpeterson9914]

@@ericreed4535 Joseph Smith told people not to start families? Paul told people not to start families? Can you give me some references for that? Also, I have no problem being wrong in my assumptions that Christ is coming soon. I don't know when He's coming. No one knows the day or hour. But I feel He's coming soon, and so I will live my life as if. If I'm wrong it hasn't hurt me in the slightest to have faith and hope in Christ, and in fact, it's made my life richer and happier! As to patriarchal blessings, I could say on the one hand that patriarchs are human and can make mistakes, but I also could say that there is more than one way for people to be alive - they can be alive as mortals here on earth or they can be resurrected beings coming with Him in the clouds of heaven.

[@ericreed4535]

@@elizabethpeterson9914 Yes, Paul in 1 Thessalonians believes it's imminent and in Corinthians he tells the single to stay single. A bible scholar, who is LDS, lays it out well (Dr. Dan McClellan). He also clearly explains the book of revelations was not about the future. And before you get too excited, he also states that the data clearly show the BoM is a 19th century work and not an ancient translation. Joseph did not tell people not to start families but even Joseph Sr gave patriarchal blessings that people would be alive for the second coming, they died.

[@ericreed4535]

@@elizabethpeterson9914 I answered you but this channel censors non faith building truths..lol. Respect freedom of religion but to heck with the freedom of speech? Wow, the hypocrisy is rich.

[@TylerChapman-sh7jc]

David Alexander is awesome

[@AnticipatingChristsreturn]

Yes!!! Hopefully next week! We scheduled a meeting! 🥰

[@elizabethpeterson9914]

@@AnticipatingChristsreturn sweet! I can't wait to see that!

[@cdmbcgm]

Loved the video. The best evidence I have that the Book of Mormon is true is my testimony based on the Holy Ghost. Since then, I have discovered much evidence for the Book of Mormon that has strengthened my testimony. Many members don't know ancient wheat that confirms the Book of Mormon, was found in Utah. It was cultivated and grown for decades in Utah County. Here are my thoughts on Alma Chapter 37. In a BYU paper, Gazelem could mean “deciders/determiners (of fate),” and this passage is about making known the secret combination of the Jaredites and Nephites for those that possess the Land. Who makes known the fate of secret combination with the interpreters (Urim and Thummin)? Joseph Smith. What land? What Land did Joseph Smith ihabit? What land did Jacob say would be a land of liberty and would have no king (2 Nephi 10)? Gazelem is the servant that with the interpreters gives the fate of the Nephites, Jaredites, and those that possess the same land in the future if they turn from God.

[@AnticipatingChristsreturn]

This quote comes from an article from Gerrit Dirkmatt from March 2024 in the Liahona! It was an interesting read. “While the Book of Mormon primarily referred to a sacred translation device that had two stones bound together, it also referred to a single stone that would be part of the translation: “The Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light” (Alma 37:23). President Woodruff described how Joseph Smith found this particular seer stone named Gazelem buried underground: “The seer stone known as ‘Gazelem’ … was shown of the Lord to the Prophet Joseph to be some thirty feet under ground, and which he obtained by digging under the pretense of excavating for a well.” Though that separate seer stone is less well known by many members than the stones found in the box with the gold plates, President Woodruff revered it as sacred. The day after he dedicated the Manti Utah Temple, he wrote in his journal that he “consecrated upon the Altar the Seers Stone that Joseph Smith found by Revelation some 30 feet under the Earth.”

[@cdmbcgm]

@@AnticipatingChristsreturn that's cool. I didn't know one of the stones was called Gazelem. I assum that was the white one dedicated at Manti. I have always asked why it had to be dedicated at Manti. Was it because that was the temple Moroni dedicated? There is a lot of things that are not clear and lead to more questions than answers.

[@TylerChapman-sh7jc]

Say absolutely does not work when there's two parents believing in two different things it does not work I completely disagree with you you did the right thing by finding someone that has the same faith as you

[@AnticipatingChristsreturn]

Yeah! I knew that I couldn’t do it. I have known people who make it work. One of my close family friends did it, she is one of the strongest women I know. But I agree, for most it doesn’t work out.

[@Jeanie-nv7lo]

@@AnticipatingChristsreturn - I would suggest you read up on the work by Joseph Smith Foundation about the seer stone and that topic before doing a deep dive on a video.

[@elizabethpeterson9914]

@@Jeanie-nv7lo respectfully, the Joseph Smith foundation disregards the historical narrative, and President Nelson himself, who has told us that the church accepts that Joseph used a seer stone in a hat. For more on this I recommend The Standard of Truth podcast that helps teach how to understand historical records by examining them in the light of the point of view of the writers. Doctrine and Covenants Central has some good information on this too.

[@Jeanie-nv7lo]

I think the article you read - the author was not informed correctly, or ignoring scripture. Alma: 37:23. "And the Lord said: I will perpare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light, that I may discover unto my people who serve me, that I may discover unto them the works of their brethren, year, their secret works, their works of darkness, and their wickedness and abominations." Let's look at the grammar here. Gazelem clearly is a servant of the Lord here - ie a prophet seer and revelator no doubt... as the stone that is given to him is given for the purpose of the seer to SEE what the enemies of the Lord are up to, so that the servant of the Lord can be informed of this information and warn the people if the Lord commands him to do so. That stone in no way is the same as the 2 stones and the glasses - together known as the Urim and Thummim.

[@AnticipatingChristsreturn]

That article was from the amazing, very informed, Gerrit Dirkmaat, in the March 2024 Liahona. Where he quotes the prophet President Woodruff. “While the Book of Mormon primarily referred to a sacred translation device that had two stones bound together, it also referred to a single stone that would be part of the translation: “The Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light” (Alma 37:23). President Woodruff described how Joseph Smith found this particular seer stone named Gazelem buried underground: “The seer stone known as ‘Gazelem’ … was shown of the Lord to the Prophet Joseph to be some thirty feet under ground, and which he obtained by digging under the pretense of excavating for a well.” Though that separate seer stone is less well known by many members than the stones found in the box with the gold plates, President Woodruff revered it as sacred. The day after he dedicated the Manti Utah Temple, he wrote in his journal that he “consecrated upon the Altar the Seers Stone that Joseph Smith found by Revelation some 30 feet under the Earth.”

[@AnticipatingChristsreturn]

Then in Grant Hardy’s study guide says “These interpreters, apparently these were seer stones of some sort; The reading from directors or interpreters strengthens parallels to Alma’s description of the Liabona at vs 38 below: both are called “director(s)”, both were prepared by the Lord, and both have proper names, if Gazelem is the name of the instrument (rather than the servant).”

[@elizabethpeterson9914]

@@AnticipatingChristsreturn thanks for this! Gerrit Dirkmaat is the most underrated genius historian ever, IMHO.