Sunday School Gospel Doctrine Manual
Remind of lesson 5: Enoch's vision and the promise the Lord made to him:
Lesson 5: “If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted”
“Make Thee an Ark” Talk by Brother Ladd
There seems to be a rising tide of evil, a flood of iniquity spreading throughout the world.
According to the Book of Mormon, the devil “seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself” (2 Ne. 2:27).
____________________________________________________(4-9) Genesis 6:3. What Is the Significance of the Promise of 120 Years?
Many scholars, who have only Genesis to study, believe that this statement prophesied the shortened life expectancy that would take place after the Flood. In the book of Moses, however, it is clear that the 120 years referred to the time when Noah would preach repentance and try to save the world before the Flood was sent (see Moses 8:17). This period would be the time referred to by Peter as the time when “the longsuffering of God waited” (1 Peter 3:20). Because the people rejected the principles and ordinances of the gospel, preached to them by Noah, they were destroyed in the Flood. The Lord gave them more than adequate time to repent. -- Old Testament Student Manual Religion 301___________________________________
See this article about "Some Andean Indian Versions of the Flood."
Nibley and Enoch
| A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 1 |
A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 3
A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 4
A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 5
A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 6
| “A Strange Thing in the Land”: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 7 |
A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 8
“A Strange Thing in the Land”: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 9
A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 10
A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 11
A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 12
Science and the Flood
The Flood and the Tower of Babel
Noah
Old Testament Institute Manual Chapter 4
The Messianic Expectation
Models to Follow
I Have a Question
Noah and the Ark
The Great Plan of Our God -- Elder Perry
The second and third dispensations teach us great lessons about what comes from choosing good over evil. Enoch and all who were with him were blessed mightily as a result of their righteousness. The people who would not follow Noah found that destruction follows the sinner.
These two dispensations teach us to seek after that which is good and wholesome. In our plan for life, certainly our objective will be to absorb as much of the good as we can find on this earth. We can find much of this good by searching the scriptures daily. They will lead us to life eternal.
An Age of Contrasts: From Adam to Abraham
Myths and the Scriptures
| A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 12 How much water? Joseph Smith Commentary Preparation of the Prophets See Deuteronomy 30:9-20 I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days Some leaders have suggested that in some instances Elias is the name of a specific person, not just a “forerunner” (see Bible Dictionary, s.v. “Elias”), who appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple (see D&C 110:12) and that this person is Noah. The Prophet Joseph Smith did reveal that “the voice of Gabriel” had been among those in the Restoration “declaring their dispensation, their rights, their keys, their honors, their majesty and glory, and the power of their priesthood” (D&C 128:21) and that Elias is he who appeared to Zacharias (see D&C 27:5–7). Joseph Fielding Smith has summarized the argument for Noah being this Elias as follows: “Joseph Smith revealed that Gabriel was Noah; Luke declared that it was the angel Gabriel who appeared to Zacharias and Mary, and the Lord has declared that Elias appeared to Zacharias and Joseph Smith. Therefore, Elias is Noah” (Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, 3:141). |
