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Depiction of a "Stripling Warrior", who according to the Book of Mormon was a member of the Anti-Nephi-Lehi ethnic group. According to the Book of Mormon, the Anti-Nephi-Lehies (/ ˈ æ n t aɪ ˈ n iː f aɪ ˈ l iː h aɪ z /) [1] [2] were a tribe of Lamanites formed around 90 BC in the Americas, after a significant religious conversion. [3]
Through the writings of the ancient prophets, current religions have been able to form apocalyptic beliefs about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ surrounding the prophecy of the text. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is also one of these religious sects to hold similar beliefs. The categories are: [4]
This eventually ended in a war and a year-long siege of Rabbah, the capital of Ammon. The war ended with all the Ammonite cities being conquered and plundered, and the inhabitants being killed or put to forced labor at David's command. [17] [18] According to both 1 Kings 14:21-31 and 2 Chronicles 12:13, Naamah was an Ammonite.
[1] [4] When he was seven, Friberg's parents joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [7] Friberg was baptized a member of the LDS Church at age eight. While in high school, Friberg learned by meeting with the artists at The Arizona Republic , and earned money by creating signs for local businesses while being apprenticed to a ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Primary organization in 1950 commissioned American painter Arnold Friberg to produce twelve paintings depicting Book of Mormon content, one of which was Two Thousand Stripling Warriors. [15]
A Levite reading the Law to the Israelites. The Rambam famously rules that members of the tribe of Levi do not fight in the army. [3]Roots of Christian pacifism can be found in the scriptures of the Old Testament according to Baylor University professor of religion, John A. Wood. [4] Millard C. Lind explains the theology of warfare in ancient Israel as God directing the people of Israel to ...
In her 2019 book, “American Zion,” Betsy Gaines Quammen, an environmental historian, examines how the history of settlement in the West by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
The building of Synagogues for worship once a week on the day of the Lord . The use of a raised platform for individuals to offer public prayer on the day of the Lord (Alma 31:13, Alma 38:13). The rejection of Christ (Alma 31:17, Alma 31:29). The belief that the Zoramites are the chosen people of God .