Ammon and Limhi talk of Records

Ammon teaches the people of Limhi. What a wonderful experience!

Limhi shares some of the experiences that his people have had, giving Ammon even some of the plates his people used to record their history. It makes me think... if Zeniff, the grandfather of Limhi, had the sense to keep records of the proceedings of his people, why cannot I, who am not leading an entire army and/or people to a new land, keep a simple record of me and my family, and our proceedings. There is a reason the prophets have taught us to keep a diary and/or journal.

There is another journal mixed up in this chapter as well. Those of pure gold, 24 of them, retrieved from the land north, that was covered in bones and swords and breastplates. These were the records that none of the people at that time could understand, because of the language in which they were written. Limhi asks of Ammon if he knows how to translate, or knows someone. Ammon answers what he knows: that Mosiah, a prophet and king, possess the power of a seer, or that of one that can see the past and the future. Mosiah also had the power given him to interpret languages. That certainly made Limhi and his people glad.

The thing that makes this encounter even better? There are seers today. Men that, according to the will of the Lord, can warn people of future happenings. Prophecies and Prophets are real today. His name is Thomas S. Monson. There are 12 apostles, just as there was in Jesus' time. Never before on the Earth has there been as many members of Christ's church then there is today. It may be also justice to say that there has never been as many enemies to the Gospel than today as well.