APPENDIX D

Parallel Between Lehite and Jaredite History

Lehite History
(From the Book of Mormon, general)

Jaredite History
(From the book of Ether)

Lehi and family delivered from Jerusalem's destruction (1 Ne. 1:20)

Brother of Jared and friend's language not confounded at Tower of Babel (1:33-37)

The Lord leads them through the wilderness (1 Ne. 16:10)

The Lord leads them through the wilderness (2:5)

The Lord leads them to their promised land (1 Ne. 17:13)

The Lord leads them to their promised land (3:4-12)

Nephites believe in warnings and revelations of God; they hearken unto Nephi's words (2 Ne. 5:6)

They are taught to walk humbly before the Lord (6:17)

Nephites separate from Lamanites (2 Ne. 5:5,6)

Country divided; two kingdoms set up (7:20)

Prophets labor diligently to call people to repentance to keep them from being destroyed (Enos 1:23)

Many prophets warn of destruction unless people repent (7:23)

Laws of Mosiah allow freedom of worship (Alma 1:7)

Law enacted which allowed prophets to go wherever they wanted (7:25)

Immense, successful missionary era among Nephites and Lamanites (beginning of Alma)

People repent (7:25)

Nephites war with Lamanites (end of Alma; Hel.)

They have several wars (8:5; 9:12; 10:9)

Gadianton's band is established and grows (Hel. 1)

Secret society instigation and growth (8:9)

Gadianton robbers murder chief judges and obtain sole management of government (Hel. 1:9; 6:39; 8:27)

Secret combination seeks to obtain Omer's head; they overthrow his kingdom (8:12; 9:1)

Nephi (Helaman's son) and Samuel warn the people in preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ (Hel.; 3 Ne.)

Prophets tell people to prepare the way of the Lord (9:28)

Nephi and Lehi (Helaman's sons) are cast into prison (Hel. 5:21)

Prophets are cast out (9:29)

Nephi calls a great famine in the land (Hel. 10)

Great drought and poisonous serpents destroy many people (9:30,31)

People repent (Hel. 11:9)

People repent (9:34)

They build up their waste places (Hel. 11:20; 3 Ne. 6)

Shez builds up again a broken people (10:1)

People become wicked again (Hel., 3 Ne.)

Wicked rule again (10:5-15)

Wicked destroyed during Christ's crucifixion (3 Ne. 9:12)

Poisonous serpents destroyed (10:19)

After Christ's ministration to them, how blessed were they! (4 Ne. 1:18)

Never could be a people more blessed (10:28)

Lord did bless them in all their doings (4 Ne. 1:18)

They were prospered by the hand of the Lord (10:28)

Mormon endeavors to call people to repentance (Morm. 1:15)

Prophets prophecy the destruction of the people except they repent (11:1)

Nephites begin to repent (Morm. 2:10)

The people began to repent of their iniquity (11:8)

Helaman had prophesied of sure destruction at this day except the people repent (Hel. 13:32)

Prophets prophecy of utter destruction except they repent (11:12)

Mormon stands as an idle witness (Morm. 3:16)

Prophets mourn and withdraw from the people (11:13)

Gadianton robbers infest the land (4 Ne. 1:42; Morm. 1:18)

Rejection of prophets due to their secret society and wicked abominations (11:22)

Nephites war against Lamanites (Morm. 1:8)

A great war begins (13:15)

People divide into Nephites and Lamanites again (4 Ne. 1:35)

The people were divided, some to army of Shiz and others to army of Coriantumr (Ether 14:20)

Lord curses the land (Morm. 1:18)

A great curse comes upon all the land (14:1)

Lord says, "Vengeance is mine, and I will repay" (Morm. 3:15)

Lord visits them in the fullness of his wrath (14:25)

Destruction hangs over the people except they repent (Morm. 2:8)

Wickedness and abominations prepared a way for their everlasting destruction (14:25)

Spirit of the Lord ceases striving with them (Morm. 5:16)

Spirit of the Lord ceases striving with them (15:19)

They are led about by Satan, like chaff before the wind (Morm. 5:18)

Satan has full power over the hearts of the people (15:19)

Nephite nation utterly destroyed excepting Moroni (8:3)

All but Coriantumr fall by the sword (15:29-32)

 

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