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The Pearl of Great Price Student Manual Religion 327 The Pearl of Great Price Student Manual Religion 327 Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City, Utah Comments and corrections are appreciated. Please send them, including errors, to: Seminaries and Institutes of Religion Curriculum Services 50 E North Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150-0008 USA Email: [email protected] Please list your complete name, address, ward or branch, and stake or district. Be sure to give the title of the manual when you offer your comments. © 2000, 2017 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Version 2, 8/17 English approval: 6/17 15011 000 Table of Contents Introduction . 1 The Pearl of Great Price . 2 The Book of Moses . 3 Moses 1:1–11: God Revealed Himself to Moses . 5 Moses 1:12–23: Satan Commanded Moses to Worship Him . 8 Moses 1:24–42: Moses Learned More about the Work of God . 9 Moses 2:1–31: The Physical Creation . 11 Moses 3:1–25: The Spiritual Creation and the Garden of Eden . 15 Moses 4:1–19: The Plan of Salvation and the Fall . 21 Moses 4:20–32: The Consequences of the Fall . 25 Moses 5:1–15: Adam and Eve Were Taught the Gospel . 28 Moses 5:16–59: Cain and His Descendants and the Preaching of the Gospel . 32 Moses 6:1–47: Adam’s Posterity and the Prophet Enoch . 37 Moses 6:48–68: Enoch’s Teachings . 40 Moses 7:1–41: Enoch Was a Leader of God’s People and a Seer . 43 Moses 7:42–69: Enoch Foresaw the Days of Noah, the Time of Jesus Christ, and the Last Days . 46 Moses 8: The World Was Filled with Wickedness . 51 The Book of Abraham . 54 Abraham 1:1–3: Abraham Sought the Blessings of the Fathers . 57 Abraham 1:4–31; Facsimile 1: The Lord Saved Abraham from Death and Covenanted with Him . 60 Abraham 2:1–13: The Abrahamic Covenant . 65 Abraham 2:14–25: Abraham Continued His Journey . 69 Abraham 3:1–28: The Lord Showed Abraham His Creations and Taught Him about the Premortal Existence . 71 Facsimiles 2–3; Abraham 4–5: Abraham Taught the Egyptians and Saw a Vision of the Creation of the Earth . 77 Joseph Smith—Matthew . 82 Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:1–21: Jesus Christ Prophesied about the Destruction of Jerusalem . 85 Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:22–37: Jesus Christ Prophesied about the End of the World . 89 Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:38–55: Jesus Christ Taught Us to Prepare for His Second Coming . 96 Joseph Smith—History . 100 Joseph Smith—History 1:1–20: Joseph Smith’s Early Life and the First Vision 103 Joseph Smith—History 1:21–54: Joseph Smith Was Persecuted after the First Vision and Received Visitations from the Angel Moroni . 108 Joseph Smith—History 1:55–75: Joseph Smith Received the Golden Plates and the Priesthood . 118 The Articles of Faith . 127 Articles of Faith 1:1–4: God and His Plan of Salvation . 134 Articles of Faith 1:5–13: The Restored Church of Jesus Christ . 141 A Harmony of the Creation Accounts . 159 The Abrahamic Covenant . 172 Introduction The Pearl of Great Price is a book of scripture, and the Lord will bless you as you carefully read and ponder the sacred words found therein. This student manual provides statements and commentary to support and enhance your study of the Pearl of Great Price. Elder Milton R. Hunter (1902–75) of the Seventy said that the Pearl of Great Price is “a pearl indeed.” He then explained the uniqueness of its sacred writings: “They are compacted in approximately sixty pages, but every page is dynamic and powerful. It is a wonderful book. “The Pearl of Great Price … contains revelations on certain subjects superior to any other scriptures or writings on those subjects found in the world; for example, Abraham’s vision of pre-mortal life in which he learned of the eternal nature of things; of the grand council in heaven; and of the plan of salvation as presented there constitutes one of the greatest of God’s revelations to his holy prophets. And the knowledge obtained by Moses in his vision of Lucifer and the part he played at the grand council, added to Abraham’s vision, gives us the most complete understanding found in any literature regarding man’s pre-mortal life and God’s purposes for the good of man. “The Pearl of Great Price also helps to clarify some of the difficult passages in the other scriptures” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1955, 67). Elder Mark E. Petersen (1900–1984) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles testified that the Pearl of Great Price “contains some of the greatest revelations of God to man” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1952, 107). If you seek the influence of the Holy Ghost as you study this choice book of scripture, you will gain greater understanding and appreciation for the Lord’s work with His children—from the premortal life, the great dispensations of the Old Testament, the teachings of the Savior, and into this, the dispensation of the fullness of times. As your knowledge and testimony increase, so will your love for the Lord and your commitment to His great latter-day work. 1 The Pearl of Great Price Title Page. Why Is It Called the “Pearl of Great Price”? “A merchant man, seeking goodly pearls … , when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it” (Matthew 13:45–46). In 1851 there were over 32,000 members of the Church in England. Elder Franklin D. Richards (1821–99), a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles who was presiding over the mission and the Church there, published a compilation of several revelations and texts of scripture by the Prophet Joseph Smith and called this collection the Pearl of Great Price. He said it would be “a source of much instruction and edification to many thousands of the Saints, who will by an acquaintance with its precious contents, be more abundantly qualified to set forth and defend the principles of our Holy Faith before all men” (“The Pearl of Great Price,” Millennial Star, July 15, 1851, 217). The merchant man finding the pearl of great price. On October 10, 1880, by action of the First Presidency and the general conference, the Pearl of Great Price became a standard work of the Church. “Several revisions have been made in the contents as the needs of the Church have required. In 1878 portions of the Book of Moses not contained in the first edition were added. In 1902 certain parts of the Pearl of Great Price that duplicated material also published in the Doctrine and Covenants were omitted. … [In 1976] two items of revelation were added. In 1979 these two items were removed from the Pearl of Great Price and placed in the Doctrine and Covenants, where they now appear as sections 137 and 138” (introduction to the Pearl of Great Price). Its present contents include selections from the Book of Moses, the Book of Abraham (with three facsimiles), Joseph Smith—Matthew, Joseph Smith—History, and the Articles of Faith. 2 The Book of Moses Contents: • God reveals Himself to Moses • Satan confronts Moses • The creation of this earth and all forms of life hereon • Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden • The Fall begins mortality on this earth • Adam and Eve learn the plan of salvation • People choose between good and evil • Enoch’s ministry • Enoch and his people are translated and taken up into heaven • Methuselah and Noah An Extract from the Translation of the Bible Soon after the Church was organized on April 6, 1830, the Lord commanded the Prophet Joseph Smith to begin an inspired translation, or revision, of the King James Version of the Bible. Today this inspired translation, which the Prophet worked on until the time of his death, is known as the Joseph Smith Translation. The Prophet Joseph Smith restored to the Bible “many parts which are plain and most precious; and also many covenants of the Lord [which were] taken away” (1 Nephi 13:26; see also 1 Nephi 13:39–40). Between the summer of 1830 and February 1831, the Prophet completed Genesis 1:1 through 6:13, which is now contained in the Pearl of Great Price as Moses 1–8. The book of Moses may be divided into two major sections: Moses 1, which relates experiences from Moses’s life that are not found in the book of Genesis, and Moses 2–8, which contains the inspired and restored account of events described in the Bible, including the Creation of the earth; the Fall of Adam and Eve; the story of Cain and Abel; the ministry, teachings, and visions of Enoch; and the story of Noah up to the time the Lord decreed the destruction of all flesh by the Flood. At this point, one must return to Genesis 6:14 for a continuation of the scriptural record. In an introduction to Moses 1, the Prophet Joseph Smith (1805–44) wrote: “The Lord, who well knew our 3 THE BOOK OF MOSES infantile, and delicate situation, vouchsafed for us a supply [of strength], and granted us ‘line upon line, here a little and there a little,’ of which the following was a precious morsel” (Manuscript History of the Church, vol. A-1, p. 48, note 64, josephsmithpapers.org).
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