Archaeological evidence for 7 locations on lehis journey to the promised land. What was the great and terrible gulf in lehis dream. Reading this morning, i was curious what constitutes the wilderness and how far from jerusalem it potentially was. If so, this phrase might help determine lehis landing site in the new world. New evidence for lehis journey across arabia to bountiful aston, warren p. Lehi s family spent 8 years in the arabian wilderness. In the first book of the book of mormon, first nephi, lehi and nephi lead their family out of jerusalem, and across the sea to the promised land. Upon their arrival at the coast, the book of mormon states that lehis group.
Still, winchesters overlooked commentary has been very influential because of the impact it had on hyrum smith. You may optionally provide an email address so that we may contact you if there are further questions. The idea to investigate the general area of lehis journey soon presented. Proposed book of mormon geographical setting wikipedia.
Map of the exodus and wilderness journey tuttle publishing. Archaeological and historical evidence the geographical. You may optionally provide an email address so that we may contact you if there are further. Lehis family spent 8 years in the arabian wilderness. Instead, i think isaiah was anticipating lehi s journey to the promised land, as i explained above. A complete description of the book of mormon geography bomgeography, including an internal map model, external map model i. It seems that the keynote of life in arabia is and was hardship. After lehis sons married the daughters of ishmael, the lord commanded lehi to leave the valley of lemuelgrand junction. I think lehis observation that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations was accurate. Ludlows map of lehis travels in arabia as it is printed and adapted in.
While there is still much to learn about the people and stories in the book of mormon, some of the best archaeological evidence to support the book of mormon comes from lehi s journey to the promised land. The phoenicia ship expedition has now demonstrated unequivocally that lehis voyage could have left the arabian peninsula and sailed around africa to the americas rather than attempting to cross the earths largest ocean at its widest point, as proposed by mesoamerican theorists. Aug 26, 2008 dear brother gorton, what is known about the route of travel taken by lehi and his family as they made their way from bountiful in the wilderness to the promised land in south america, and are we told where they came ashore at their new home. Such profound new evidence potentially validating and verifying the book of mormon journey has never. We know that the book of mormon is a true history and that compelling empirical evidence still exists to support that assertion. The reason that the lehite land journey, roughly 2100 miles3300 km in length, is now largely in place on the modern map stems mainly from two facts. Jun 12, 2019 jeff lindsay, joseph and the amazing technicolor dream map. Lehis journey scripture study, bible study journal, fhe.
Sep 26, 2010 this is a clip from the video journey of faith. The issue of nahom as evidence of the boms antiquity has recently been a topic of heightened discussion and debate online, inspired by philip jenkins blog post nahom follies, which argues that the presence of the place name nahom in the story about lehis journey through arabia is of doubtful historical significance and cannot. A documentary of insights and evidences of the book of mormon. Remove pages 2425 and 39 from the magazine and mount on lightweight cardboard. First, take note that as modern readers we do not know the name of the round ball of curious workmanship until we read almas explanation to his son helaman over 500 years later. This number increased during this eightyear wilderness journey as two sons, jacob and. Step by step the clip from journey to the promised land is a strong example of nephis courage to be obedient to the lord. The nephi project is self supported through public awareness programs that highlight its discoveries. And it came to pass that after we had sailed for the space of many days we did arrive at the promised land. The map shows us two sections from aqaba to salalah where water is so scarce that travel would be difficult. Ponder these verses and you should realize that lehi s family did not journey through uninhabited territory. Obviously, one cant see over the horizon from palestine.
Route of the exodus of the israelites from egypt pdf for print freely distributed map of the route of the hebrews from egypt. Please provide suggestions or comments related to the content of this site. This map shows the 42 camp sites during the wilderness journey when the people of god left egyptin what is called the exodusand traveled for 40 years around the wilderness before settling into canaan, the promised land. Although many landing sites have been proposed for lehi s group, some of the most logical ones are located along the shores of the western coast of mesoamerica. Lehis journey to the promised land book of mormon central. After days at sea, nephis brothers and ismaels children and their wives begin to offend the spirit by singing and dancing inappropriately and by speaking rudely. Archaeological evidence for 7 locations on lehis journey to the.
Each of the 42 camp sites is pinpointed on the map as well as the major sites where important events happened. For a historical reconstruction of the travel narrative in 1 nephi, see s. The eighth episode illustrates chapter 18 of nephis first book, the ship is completed, and lehis family embarks on their journey to the promised land. Things will go wrong, but if you pay attention to where you are going, use the compass, and stay together, you will complete the journey. Jun 03, 2018 the phoenicia literally was driven forth before the wind toward the promised land bom 1 nephi 18. Land of first inheritance nephite the first is where nephi migrated and is called the land of first inheritance not to be confused with the jaredite land of first inheritance ether 7. Includes every geographical place mentioned in the book of mormon.
We are of the opinion that lehis property lay somewhere in the land of. They built a ship in the land bountiful to leave their home and sail to a new land. Lets turn to alma to understand how lehis descendants made meaning of the great journey to the promised land. Remove pages 89 and mount them on lightweight cardboard. Archaeological evidence for 7 locations on lehis journey. New evidence for lehis journey across arabia to bountiful. On the next page, as lehis family continues their travels, i traceddrew daniel h. Bountiful substantial new evidence identifies a lush area in the western corner of oman as the possible location where nephi built the ship that carried lehis family to the promised land. We build enduring faith in jesus christ by making the book of mormon accessible, comprehensible, and defensible to the entire world. These include live presentations, books, films and the internet.
The journey of lehis tiny band to the promised land in the ship which they had built under divine direction is covered only very briefly in the sacred record. Instead, i think isaiah was anticipating lehis journey to the promised land, as i explained above. Bountiful substantial new evidence identifies a lush area. Book of mormon journaling 1 nephi 1622 january 27february 2, 2020. What if we could prove geography or walk the trails that were described to us via nephi in the book of mormon. Archaeological and historical evidence 7 locations on lehi. Aston, a mesoamerican theory adherent, assumes the route of the jewel of muscat for lehis voyage as he states that this ship launched in february of this year, sailing eastwards across the indian ocean. The story of the book of mormon and lehis exodus from the old world begins in jerusalem, the capital of the kingdom of judah and the most prominent city in. The initial statement in the book of mormon is found in 1 nephi 18. It was a hard lesson, but we learned the lesson lehis family learned. What did the river of filthy water and the river of laman look like.
The assumption that lehis family crossed 10,000 miles of the open waters of the pacific ocean to land on the west coast of south america is one that must now be reexamined or discarded. Map of the route of the exodus of the israelites from egypt. First, this trail would have protected lehi and his family from plunder. Here water was spaced out an average of twentyfour. Archaeological evidence for 7 locations on lehis journey to. Sep 06, 2018 for a historical reconstruction of the travel narrative in 1 nephi, see s.
Compelling book of mormon evidence for lehis journey. Jul, 2010 please provide suggestions or comments related to the content of this site. Introduction the journey of lehi s tiny band to the promised land in the ship which they had built under divine direction is covered only very briefly in the sacred record. After making the antediluvian map, i decided to upgrade the book of mormon map that i posted on here before. Other lds argue that the new world land and city of bountiful cannot. Lehis landing place book of mormon archaeological forum. After arriving in the new world, nephi, a son of lehi, left the place of their first landing and traveled with his followers many days in the wilderness. If the numbers were that high, the ship would have had to be at least sixty feet long to accommodate such a large group, especially if there was enough space for dancing, which the record states that they did 1 nephi 18. Researchers found the name nehem on a 1763 map of arabia, and then. How many others traveled with lehi to the promised land.
In the first book of the book of mormon, first nephi, lehi and nephi lead their family out of jerusalem, and across the sea to the promised land the americas. The effective pictures we offer you about theology questions a quality picture can tell you many things. A discussion of the arabian, or old world, geography of the book of mormon enjoys many advantages over discussion of new world matters. According to the book of mormon, lehi was a prophet who lived in jerusalem during the reign of king zedekiah approximately 600 bc. Chief among these is the fact that we know we certainty where the story beginsin old world jerusalem. A look at the map told us that lehis trail went through lands that were difficult to. Archaeological and historical evidence 7 locations on.
Jul 15, 2009 step by step the clip from journey to the promised land is a strong example of nephis courage to be obedient to the lord. The lesson which contains a story of a young boy taking president. Jan 28, 2020 when lehi embarked on his journey around 600 b. The tribes that ruled the land through which trade. Therefore, it is possible that nephi could have used the phrase nearly eastward from that time forth to explain the direction of the total remaining journey to the promised land, including even the voyage across the sea. The journey of lehi s tiny band to the promised land in the ship which they had built under divine direction is covered only very briefly in the sacred record.
Bountiful is the name of two places described in the book of mormon, a religious narrative. Ponder these verses and you should realize that lehis family did not journey through uninhabited territory. The ship was built and the people sailed for the promised land. Cheesman was professor emeritus of ancient scripture at brigham young university when this was published. Second, he was thinking of ethiopia as north africa, which makes sense because he s thinking of isaiah looking at it from palestine, but i dont think winchester was right about that. They left all their belongings at home in jerusalem and went from city dwellers to a lower status of beduin tent dwellers. Sep 14, 2015 the issue of nahom as evidence of the boms antiquity has recently been a topic of heightened discussion and debate online, inspired by philip jenkins blog post nahom follies, which argues that the presence of the place name nahom in the story about lehis journey through arabia is of doubtful historical significance and cannot continue reading nahom and lehis journey through.
The first is the journey from jiddah, in saudi arabia, to al qunfudhah, which is close enough to the nineteenth parallel that it may have been lehis camp nahom, where ishmael died. Arabia on lehis trail, in echoes and evidences of the book of mormon, ed. The book of mormon contains the record of gods dealings with a branch of the tribes of joseph, who were divinely led to a country far away from the biblical promised land. Filmed on location in the middle east, journey of faith chronicles the courage and. This map shows the exodus of the israelites from egypt to the promised land under the leadership of moses. A map of nephis journey this map closely approximates nephis journey from jerusalem. We welcome our panel of illustrious guests today on the question as to where in the promised land lehi and his colony landed. Jeff lindsay, joseph and the amazing technicolor dream map.
This site can be used as a study guide to help understand the book of mormon. The jaredites had been in the promised land for thousands of years and had spread out to fill the land from alaska to chile. Step by step through the book of mormon unpublished by alan c. The purpose of constructing unbiased internal maps is to orient major lands. Lehis party would have used the frankincense trail see map on facing page. The story of the book of mormon and lehis exodus from the old world begins in jerusalem, the capital of the kingdom of judah and the most prominent city in all israel. Reynolds suggests that the ancient aztec map known as the boturini codex. Book of mormon documentary lehis journey of faith youtube. Lehis journey, besides being difficult because of the terrain, also became troublesome because of the constant rebellion of laman and lemuel and some of ishmaels children. This kit includes traceables and printables to allow you to document their travels in your. The geographical setting of the book of mormon is the set of locations of the events described. Unlike the land journey, nephi gives us no directions, no time scale, no names along the way, no lessons learned, no examples of divine blessings received and no descriptions beyond the terrible storm that. Does anyone have a potential map of lehis familys journey out of jerusalem.
The first is where nephi migrated and is called the land of first inheritance not to be confused with the jaredite land of first inheritance ether 7. Jeremiah, a contemporary of lehi, noted that the arabs were notorious highway robbers see jeremiah 3. Wrong way sailing by the jaredites, mulek, and lehi. While there is still much to learn about the people and stories in the book of mormon, some of the best archaeological evidence to support the book of mormon comes from lehis journey to the promised land. Introduction the journey of lehis tiny band to the promised land in the ship which they had built under divine direction is covered only very briefly in the sacred record.
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