Seven of Everything

I was recently made aware of these two videos about a potential location for the river Lehi named Laman and the valley he named Lemuel. I like these videos. I like the suggested location for the valley of Lemuel, but I have issue with this concept: In the first video he states, 1:40, "we know that Lehi fled Jerusalem and traveled south to the borders of the Red Sea; and then from this point traveled 3 days further south to the valley of Lemuel." Then he states, 5:30, "the distance between here and here, was about a 2 weeks journey, about 250 miles." Then again, 6:18, "after they came to the borders of the Red Sea, the text says that they traveled three more days south until they came to a place... that Lehi called Lemuel." Both videos suggest the same concept that after traveling to the borders of the Red Sea the family further traveled three days into the wilderness. In the Book of Mormon it says, "He taketh three days’ journey into the...

As mentioned in a previous blog post, there is a phrase in the scriptures, "it had been better for them never to have been born." ( D&C 76:32 ) As stated in this scripture, this phrase specifically identifies sons of perdition, "the only ones on whom the second death shall have any power." ( D&C 76:37 ) If something only applies to sons of perdition, then the opposite applies to the kingdom of God, aka all kingdoms of glory. In 3 Nephi 28:34-35 , it refers to those sons of perdition with these words: "And wo be unto him that will not hearken unto the words of Jesus, and also to them whom he hath chosen and sent among them; for whoso receiveth not the words of Jesus and the words of those whom he hath sent receiveth not him; and therefore he will not receive them at the last day; and it would be better for them if they had not been born." The opposite of this could be stated, 'blessed be he that will hearken unto the words of Jesus, and also ...