in the first month on the fourth day of the month, there arose a great storm, such an one as never had been known in all the land.

The believing saints began to look with great earnestness for the sign which had been given by the prophet Samuel.

. . . The year mentioned began on 1 July.

Sharp Lightnings: Hugh Nibley notes that according to eyewitness accounts, the great earthquake that completely destroyed the old capital of Guatemala on September 11, 1541 (this is right down in book of Mormon country, you'll notice) was preceded by "the fury of wind, the incessant, appalling lightning and dreadful thunder indescribable" in their violence. These years place his reign well within any probable date for Christ's birth. .

(Since Cumorah, p. 232), "...the account of the great destruction given in 3 Nephi 8 finds remarkable parallels with what modern seismology and vulcanology show about cataclysmic geological events and with historical reports of such catastrophes...the region of Mesoamerica...is a place of continuing volcanic and seismic activity."

for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him." Ixtlilxochitl's Chronology indicates that the descendants of the settlers from the Great Tower met their fourth and final calamity in 236 B.C., and 270 years thereafter falls at A.D. 34. [John W. & J. Gregory Welch, Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. (3 Nephi 8:5, 19). 3 Nephi 29. into an almost irresistible source of disaster.' 1).

. (Luke 3:23). The sixth day of April must be very special to God for His Son, Jesus, to have been born and resurrected on that day, and because it was also chosen as the date that the Church of Jesus Christ was to be restored. would not produce the vast number of Hebraisms used correctly . [come] up in the stead thereof' and remain (3 Nephi 9:7). . It successfully demonstrates the consistency of four independent calendars while forming yet another testimony of how minutely exact the Book of Mormon record is. This might imply, if reckoned with a beginning date of 37, 1. "The New Testament account of the crucifixion of Christ would seem to indicate that the Savior was crucified the very week he became thirty-three years of age. Ether. . Note too that the New Year's Day date for the 34th Nephite year is Tuesday, March 29th. 3 Nephi 8:17-19 They [the Quakings] Did Last for about the Space of Three Hours: According to John Pratt, another witness to the happenings attending the crucifixion of Jesus comes from Phlegon, a Greek secular historian from Caria (in Asia Minor), writing soon after A.D. 137, who "reported that in the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad there was 'the greatest eclipse of the sun' and that 'it became night in the sixth hour of the day [i.e., noon] so that the stars even appeared in the heavens. Certainly the Savior performed the greatest work that was ever accomplished on the earth. [Milton R. Hunter and Thomas S. Ferguson, "It was 166 years since they had adjusted their years and times with the equinox, and 270 since the ancient ones had been destroyed, when the sun and the moon eclipsed, and the earth trembled, and the rocks broke, and many other things and signs took place, although there was no calamity whatever toward men. Herod's surprise at being told of the star by the magi suggests that the Star of Bethlehem may not have been particularly large or spectacular. (Daniel C. Peterson, Ensign, Jan. 2000, p. 19), "According to an eyewitness account, the great earthquake that completely destroyed the old capital of Guatemala on September 11, 1541, was preceded by 'the fury of the wind, the incessant, appalling lightning and dreadful thunder' that were 'indescribable' in their violence. In the Middle East sheep drop their lambs within a period of about two weeks from late March to early April. Even scriptural history repeats itself. . . . A great and terrible tempest . (see A. Aveni, Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, 1980, pp. If so, then the eclipse probably occurred in the early evening. 31-36), which explains both traditions in the sense that (1) Venus would have been rising at the time of the Resurrection, and (2) the first rising would have occurred just prior to the great destructions. (The Promised Messiah: The First Coming of Christ, p. 542) [Gary Lee Walker, "The Downfall of the Nephite Nation: Lessons for Our Time," in Studies in Scripture: Book of Mormon, Part 2, p. 143]. TG Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Jesus Christ, Death of. Yet even this miracle was not public. The Maya mountains in Belize consist of highly folded and faulted limestones and igneous rocks. : Great Destruction and Appearance in Bountiful, [Bruce W. Warren, "1 Ben 6 Mak: Part Two," in Jace Willard ed. [Daniel Ludlow ed., Encyclopedia of Mormonism, p. 170]. Among the several descriptive forms of the day Nahui which appear in Mexican historical sources, one of particular interest is, "Four-Movement." 22:16), which it does about every 584 days. (Exodus 20:9, see Mosiah 13:17). It is interesting that after hours of thunderstorm activity of unprecedented fury and violent earthquakes, the Nephites' wood was still referred to as being "exceedingly dry" (3 Nephi 8:21). Volcanic ash, smoke, and gases, along with dust and debris rising into the air from a large earthquake, could have produced the "vapor of darkness" spoken of in 3 Nephi 8:20 and 10:13. . Historians recognize Tiberius as an important figure in the history of Rome and are able to define within a tolerance of at least two years the timing of the fifteenth year of his reign. Hence it is peculiar that. 19 And it came to pass that when the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the storm, and the tempest, and the quakings of the earth did cease—for behold, they did last for about the space of athree bhours; and it was said by some that the time was greater; nevertheless, all these great and terrible things were done in about the space of three hours—and then behold, there was cdarkness upon the face of the land.

. . [T]he myth has been understood as telling of the death of Christ in the 19th year of Tiberius." . [Alvin K. Benson, "Geological Upheaval and Darkness in 3 Nephi 8-10," in The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9-3-0, This is My Gospel, p. 67], According to Ben Olsen, who has some geological experience in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, notes that Joseph Allen's proposed placement of the city of Moroni on the east coast of Belize or Guatemala seems entirely plausible from a geological standpoint. During lambing, for the safety of their flocks and preservation of the newborn, shepherds keep careful watch over their sheep. John describes a three year ministry ending at his death at Passover. 11 And there was a great and terrible destruction in the land southward.

It has been suggested that Quetzalcoatl was the resurrected Savior (see Milton R. Hunter, Christ in Ancient America, 1959), . The Maya mountains in Belize consist of highly folded and faulted limestones and igneous rocks. While the word "volcano" never appears in the Book of Mormon, it is worthy of note that in the midst of all sorts of descriptive terms relative to volcanic and seismic activity in 3 Nephi 8, we do find reference to the fact that "in the place of the city [of Moronihah] there became a great mountain. . God gave the commandment to men: "Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work" (Exodus 20:9, see Mosiah 13:17). Orem: Book of Mormon Tours, 1999, p. 4]. 3 Nephi 8:5 In the thirty and fourth year, in the first month, on the fourth day of the month (Illustration): Figure 1.

, National Geographic Society, p. 58, 1983.) . 3 Nephi 2:8 states that "the Nephites began to reckon their time from this period when the sign was given, or from the coming of Christ. 3 Nephi 8:12 There Was a More Great and Terrible Destruction in the Land Northward: In 3 Nephi 8:12 we find that "there was a more great and terrible destruction in the land northward." 3 Nephi 17. Ben Olsen, who has some geological experience in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, notes that if, as Joseph Allen suggests, the Mexico City area is that part of the land northward where the most severe damage occurred, this would make good geological sense, since the city was built on old lake sediments, which would likely respond violently to earthquake shock waves, caused by violent volcanic activity or release of pressure along a fault system. ", "although the Bible is vague about the date of the Savior's birth, it is so precise about his death that the day Friday, 1 April, The Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ, , Harold Hoehner concludes persuasively that "the, 33 date for the death of Christ best explains the evidence of both sacred and secular history.". We need to heed the lessons from the history of the past lest we be consumed as were some of those earlier civilizations." The friction between fine volcanic ash particles in the atmosphere is very effective in generating severe lightning without any attending rain, leaving the ground and wood very dry.

Part of that codex was dubbed Legend of the Suns by Professor Francisco Paso y Troncoso who in 1903 rendered a Spanish translation of the Nahuatl text. W. E. Filmer has identified two other lunar eclipses visible from Jerusalem that could satisfy Josephus's account.187 One eclipse occurred on January 9, 1 B.C.

. ", Some students of the Book of Mormon have jumped on this verse as evidence that the Nephite record keepers were unsure about their calendar, and thus unsure about the time of fulfillment of the prophecy of Samuel the Lamanite regarding the signs of the death of Christ and the completion of Christ's covenant with all mankind--the resurrection of Christ, which would redeem all mankind (see Helaman 14:20-27, 17). . This dramatic photograph shows the first stage of the 1974 eruption of the Volcan de Fuego, in Guatemala. [Hugh W. Nibley, Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 3, p. 320]. [Alvin K. Benson, "Geological Upheaval and Darkness in 3 Nephi 8-10," in, The Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 9-3-0, This is My Gospel. (3 Nephi 8:5) This means that He would have been resurrected on the sixth day of the month of April. 3 Nephi 13. eclipse was the most likely to have been widely observed, and thus Herod probably died in early A.D. 1. If movement along the left-lateral fault zone initiated an earthquake during the Savior's death, as it does rather frequently, it is easy to imagine the fractured eastern part of the Maya mountain area slipping into the Caribbean Sea, carrying buildings and people to a watery grave (see illustration for 3 Nephi 8:10). 4, December 1990, pp. 31-36), which explains both traditions in the sense that (1) Venus would have been rising at the time of the Resurrection, and (2) the first rising would have occurred just prior to the great destructions.

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