LESSON 40: THE JAREDITES ARE LED TO THE PROMISED

LAND

PURPOSE

To encourage the children to seek the guidance of the Holy Ghost throughout their lives.

I NEED MY HEAVENLY FATHER

I need my Heav’nly FatherTo help me ev’ry day.He wants me to be happyAnd choose the righteous way.He wants me to be happyAnd choose the righteous way.

Words and music: Judith Wirthlin Parker, b. 1919. © 1962 IRI

OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY

(Enter Name Here)

• You are about to see several instructions.

• If you understand what to do, do it.

• Any Questions?

Steh auf, dreh dich um, und sitz still.

Alzati, girati, siediti, e stai tranquillo.

Rejs dig op, vend dig omkring, sæt dig stille ned.

Ställa upp, vänd dig omkring, sätt dig stilla ned.

Lève-toi, tourne-toi, et assieds-toi tranquillement.

Levante-se, vire-se, e sente-se silenciosamente!

Levante-se, vire-se, e sente-se silenciosamente!

Why haven’t most of you done what was requested of you?

Didn’t you understand the directions?

Why weren’t you able to follow the instructions?

Could it be that you didn’t understand the various languages

GENESIS 11:1-9

1 AND the whole earth was of one alanguage, and of one speech.

2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of aShinar; and they dwelt there.

3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and aslime had they for morter.

4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a aname, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their alanguage, that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there aconfound the blanguage of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD cscatter them dabroad upon the face of all the earth.

This is what our lesson is about today.

LESSON 40: THE JAREDITES ARE LED TO THE PROMISED

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•Jared and his brother were righteous men who lived in a city called Babel. •They lived hundreds of years before the Nephites.

Most of the people in

Babel were wicked

• They built a tower to try to get to heaven.

• The Lord became angry and changed their language.

Jared asked his brother to pray and ask the Lord not

to change the language of their families and friends.

• The brother of Jared prayed, and the Lord answered his prayer.

• Jared, his brother, and their families and friends could still understand one another.

• The Lord told the brother of Jared to gather his family and friends and leave the land.

• They took their animals and all kinds of seeds with them.

The Lord said he would lead the Jaredites to a promised land.

The Jaredites caught birds and fish to take with them.

They took swarms of honeybees.

• The Jaredites traveled in the wilderness.

• The Lord spoke to them from a cloud and told them which way to go.

The Lord said the people who live in the promised land must serve God or they will be destroyed.

• When the Jaredites got to the seashore, they put up their tents.

• They stayed by the sea for four years.

• While the Jaredites camped by the sea, the brother of Jared forgot to pray.

• The Lord came in a cloud to tell him to repent.

• The brother of Jared repented and prayed.

• The Lord forgave the brother of Jared but said he should not sin anymore.

The Lord told the brother of Jared to build barges to take his people to the promised

land.

The Lord told the brother of Jared how to build the barges.

The barges were made airtight so no water could get inside.

• The brother of Jared wondered how the people would have air to breathe in the barges.

• He asked the Lord what he should do.

• The Lord told him to make a hole in the top and bottom of each barge

• The hole could be opened to let air in and closed to keep water out.

The brother of Jared told the Lord that the barges were dark inside.

The Lord asked him

to think of a way to have light inside the barges.

The light for the barges could not come from fire or from windows

because they would break.

The brother of Jared went to a mountain and formed 16 small stones from a rock

• The stones looked like clear glass.

• He made two stones for each of the eight barges.

• The brother of Jared carried the stones to the top of a mountain.

• There he prayed to the Lord.

The brother of Jared asked the Lord to touch the stones so they would give

light inside the barges.

The Lord touched each stone with his finger.

Because the brother of Jared had great faith, he saw the finger of the Lord.

It looked like a human finger.

Then the Lord showed himself to the brother of Jared.

Jesus said those people who believe in him will have eternal life.

• Jesus taught and showed the brother of Jared many things.

• Jesus told him to write what he had seen and heard.

The brother of Jared

carried the stones down

the mountain.

• He put one stone in each end of each barge.

• They gave light inside the barges.

• The Jaredites went into the barges with their animals and food.

• The Lord made a strong wind blow the barges toward the promised land.

• The Lord protected them in the rough sea.

• They thanked the Lord and sang praises to him.

After 344 days on the water, the barges landed on the shore of the

promised land.

When the Jaredites came out of the barges, they knelt down and cried

tears of joy.

• The Jaredites built homes and planted crops in the promised land.

• They taught their children to listen to the Lord and obey his words.

DISCUSSION

TIME

Who were the Jaredites?

(Ether 1:33.)

Why didn’t the Lord confound

(change or confuse) their

language? (Ether 1:34–37.)

What did the brother of Jared ask Heavenly Father? (Ether 1:38.)

What preparations did the Jaredites make for their journey? (Ether 1:41; 2:2–3; 6:4.)

What is the meaning of deseret? (Ether 2:3.)

• How did Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ guide the Jaredites in their journey to the sea? (Ether 2:4–6.) • How can we receive divine guidance in

our lives? Answers to

prayer, through the Holy Ghost,

through prophets and other leaders, through the scriptures.

Why were the Jaredites being led to a choice land? (Ether 1:42–43.)

• Why was the Lord unhappy with the brother of Jared? (Ether 2:14.)

• What did the brother of Jared do after the Lord chastised him? (Ether 2:15.)

Chastised means to be told that you are doing something wrong so you will know what the right thing to do is.

After the barges were nearly

finished, what two problems

did the brother of Jared need

help with? (Ether 2:19.)

What did the Lord expect the brother of Jared to do to solve the problem of

lighting the barges before

giving him guidance? (

Ether 2:23, 25; 3:1

)

What can we learn from the experiences

of the brother of Jared about solving our own problems?

Because of his great faith in Jesus Christ, what did the brother of Jared do to provide light for the

barges? (Ether 3:1, 4–5.)

• How did Jesus Christ help him? (Ether 3:6.)

• How can we exercise our faith in Jesus Christ?

What did the brother of Jared see as the stones were lighted? (

Ether 3:6–8.)

Why was the brother

of Jared able to see

Jesus Christ? (

Ether 3:9–15

.)

What did the brother of Jared learn about the body of Jesus Christ? (

Ether 3:6, 15–17.)

The brother of Jared saw

the spirit body of

Jesus Christ, which looked

very much like the physical

body Jesus received when he came to earth.

•What problems did the Jaredites face as they crossed the sea? •How did the Lord help them? •What did the Jaredites do? (Ether 6:5–9.)

What did the

Jaredites do as soon

as they landed on the shore

of the promised

land? • What blessings are you thankful for?

• How can we show Heavenly Father that we are grateful for our blessings?

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Let’s see if we can find what was Mormon’s purpose for keeping the records (Mormon 3:20–22; 5:14–15).

Read one verse and tell what Mormon’s purpose for keeping the records was.

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20 And these things doth the Spirit manifest unto me; therefore I write unto you all. And for this cause I write unto you, that ye may know that ye must all stand before the ajudgment–seat of Christ, yea, every soul who belongs to the whole human bfamily of Adam; and ye must stand to be judged of your works, whether they be good or evil;

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21 And also that ye may abelieve the gospel of Jesus Christ, which ye shall bhave among you; and also that the cJews, the covenant people of the Lord, shall have other dwitness besides him whom they saw and heard, that Jesus, whom they slew, was the every Christ and the very God.

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22 And I would that I could persuade aall ye ends of the earth to repent and prepare to stand before the judgment–seat of Christ.

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14 And behold, they shall go unto the aunbelieving of the bJews; and for this intent shall they go—that they may be cpersuaded that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God; that the Father may bring about, through his most Beloved, his great and eternal purpose, in restoring the Jews, or all the house of Israel, to the dland of their inheritance, which the Lord their God hath given them, unto the fulfilling of his ecovenant;

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15 And also that the seed of athis people may more fully believe his gospel, which shall bgo forth unto them from the Gentiles; for this people shall be cscattered, and shall dbecome a dark, a filthy, and a loathsome people, beyond the description of that which ever hath been amongst us, yea, even that which hath been among the Lamanites, and this because of their unbelief and idolatry. T

Name a commandment. What would have been different

if everyone lived just that one commandment.

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There were a great number of people who were destroyed around the time of Mormon.

Picture a city, like Chicago, New York, Or Los Angeles.

Now picture everyone living there as being killed except for twenty-four people.

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Because of Mormon’s great faith and courage in being true to his responsibility, what blessing do we have?

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Here is a few examplesHe set an example by show us

how to remain faithful when surrounded by evil.

He recorded the history of his people.

He abridged the history of the Nephites.

He wrote letters to his son, Moroni, which give us wise counsel and doctrine.

How can we show our gratitude for these sacred records? T

TestimonyI want to bear my testimony of the Book of Mormon and how it can help us remain true to

Jesus Christ in spite of the evil influences around us.

OUR CLOSING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY

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ETHER 1:33

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33 Which aJared came forth with his brother and their families, with some others and their families, from the great tower, at the time the Lord bconfounded the language of the people, and swore in his wrath that they should be scattered upon all the cface of the earth; and according to the word of the Lord the people were scattered.

ETHER 1:34–37

34 And the abrother of Jared being a large and mighty man, and a man highly favored of the Lord, Jared, his brother, said unto him: Cry unto the Lord, that he will not confound us that we may not bunderstand our words.

35 And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord, and the Lord had compassion upon Jared; therefore he did not confound the alanguage of Jared; and Jared and his brother were not confounded.

36 Then Jared said unto his brother: Cry again unto the Lord, and it may be that he will turn away his anger from them who are our afriends, that he confound not their language.

37 And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord, and the Lord had compassion upon their friends and their families also, that they were not confounded.

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ETHER 1:38

38 And it came to pass that Jared spake again unto his brother, saying: Go and ainquire of the Lord whether he will drive us out of the land, and if he will drive us out of the land, cry unto him whither we shall go. And who knoweth but the Lord will carry us forth into a land which is bchoice above all the earth? And if it so be, let us be faithful unto the Lord, that we may receive it for our inheritance.

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ETHER 1:41; 2:2–3; 6:4

41 Go to and gather together thy aflocks, both male and female, of every kind; and also of the bseed of the earth of every kind; and cthy dfamilies; and also Jared thy brother and his family; and also thy efriends and their families, and the friends of Jared and their families.

2 And they did also lay snares and catch afowls of the air; and they did also prepare a vessel, in which they did carry with them the fish of the waters.

3 And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them aswarms of bees, and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land, bseeds of every kind.

ETHER 1:41; 2:2–3; 6:4

4 And it came to pass that when they had prepared all manner of afood, that thereby they might subsist upon the water, and also food for their flocks and herds, and bwhatsoever beast or animal or fowl that they should carry with them—and it came to pass that when they had done all these things they got aboard of their vessels or barges, and set forth into the sea, commending themselves unto the Lord their God.

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ETHER 2:3

3 And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them aswarms of bees, and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land, bseeds of every kind.

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ETHER 2:4–6

4 And it came to pass that when they had come down into the valley of Nimrod the Lord came down and talked with the brother of Jared; and he was in a acloud, and the brother of Jared saw him not.

5 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded them that they should ago forth into the wilderness, yea, into that quarter where there never had man been. And it came to pass that the Lord did go before them, and did talk with them as he stood in a bcloud, and gave cdirections whither they should travel.

6 And it came to pass that they did travel in the wilderness, and did abuild bbarges, in which they did cross many waters, being directed continually by the hand of the Lord.

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ETHER 1:42–43

42 And when thou hast done this thou shalt ago at the head of them down into the valley which is northward. And there will I meet thee, and I will go bbefore thee into a land which is cchoice above all the lands of the earth.

43 And there will I bless thee and thy seed, and raise up unto me of thy seed, and of the seed of thy brother, and they who shall go with thee, a great nation. And athere shall be none bgreater than the nation which I will raise up unto me of thy seed, upon all the face of the earth. And thus I will do unto thee because this long time ye have cried unto me.

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ETHER 2:14

14 And it came to pass at the end of four years that the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and atalked with him. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and bchastened him because he remembered not to ccall upon the name of the Lord.

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ETHER 2:15

15 And the brother of Jared repented of the evil which he had done, and did call upon the name of the Lord for his brethren who were with him. And the Lord said unto him: I will forgive thee and thy brethren of their sins; but thou shalt not sin any more, for ye shall remember that my aSpirit will not always bstrive with man; wherefore, if ye will sin until ye are fully ripe ye shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. And these are my cthoughts upon the land which I shall give you for your inheritance; for it shall be a land dchoice above all other lands.

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ETHER 2:19

19 And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.

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ETHER 2:23, 25; 3:1

23 And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: What will ye that I should do that ye may have light in your vessels? For behold, ye cannot have awindows, for they will be dashed in pieces; neither shall ye take fire with you, for ye shall not go by the light of fire.

25 And behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come. Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?

ETHER 2:23, 25; 3:1

1 AND it came to pass that the brother of Jared, (now the number of the vessels which had been prepared was eight) went forth unto the amount, which they called the mount bShelem, because of its exceeding height, and did cmolten out of a rock sixteen small stones; and they were white and clear, even as transparent dglass; and he did carry them in his hands upon the top of the mount, and cried again unto the Lord, saying:

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ETHER 3:1, 4–51 AND it came to pass that the brother of Jared, (now the

number of the vessels which had been prepared was eight) went forth unto the amount, which they called the mount bShelem, because of its exceeding height, and did cmolten out of a rock sixteen small stones; and they were white and clear, even as transparent dglass; and he did carry them in his hands upon the top of the mount, and cried again unto the Lord, saying:

4 And I know, O Lord, that thou hast all apower, and can do whatsoever thou wilt for the benefit of man; therefore touch these stones, O Lord, with thy bfinger, and prepare them that they may shine forth in darkness; and they shall shine forth unto us in the vessels which we have prepared, that we may have clight while we shall cross the sea.

5 Behold, O Lord, thou canst do this. We know that thou art able to show forth great power, which alooks small unto the understanding of men.

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ETHER 3:6

6 And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had said these words, behold, the aLord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones one by one with his bfinger. And the cveil was taken from off the eyes of the brother of Jared, and he saw the finger of the Lord; and it was as the finger of a man, like unto flesh and blood; and the brother of Jared dfell down before the Lord, for he was struck with efear.

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ETHER 3:6–8

6 And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had said these words, behold, the aLord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones one by one with his bfinger. And the cveil was taken from off the eyes of the brother of Jared, and he saw the finger of the Lord; and it was as the finger of a man, like unto flesh and blood; and the brother of Jared dfell down before the Lord, for he was struck with efear.

7 And the Lord saw that the brother of Jared had fallen to the earth; and the Lord said unto him: Arise, why hast thou fallen?

8 And he saith unto the Lord: I saw the finger of the Lord, and I feared lest he should asmite me; for I knew not that the Lord had flesh and blood. Return

ETHER 3:9–15

9 And the Lord said unto him: Because of thy faith thou hast seen that I shall take upon me aflesh and blood; and never has man come before me with bsuch exceeding faith as thou hast; for were it not so ye could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more than this?

10 And he answered: Nay; Lord, ashow thyself unto me.

11 And the Lord said unto him: aBelievest thou the words which I shall speak?

12 And he answered: Yea, Lord, I know that thou speakest the truth, for thou art a God of truth, and acanst not lie.

ETHER 3:9–15

13 And when he had said these words, behold, the Lord ashowed himself unto him, and said: bBecause thou knowest these things ye are redeemed from the fall; therefore ye are brought back into my cpresence; therefore I dshow myself unto you.

14 Behold, I am he who was aprepared from the foundation of the world to bredeem my people. Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the cFather and the Son. In me shall all mankind have dlife, and that eternally, even they who shall believe on my name; and they shall become my esons and my daughters.

15 And never have I ashowed myself unto man whom I have created, for never has man bbelieved in me as thou hast. Seest thou that ye are created after mine own cimage? Yea, even all men were created in the beginning after mine own image. Return

ETHER 3:6, 15–17

15 And never have I ashowed myself unto man whom I have created, for never has man bbelieved in me as thou hast. Seest thou that ye are created after mine own cimage? Yea, even all men were created in the beginning after mine own image.

16 Behold, this abody, which ye now bbehold, is the cbody of my dspirit; and man have I created after the body of my spirit; and even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit will I appear unto my people in the flesh.

17 And now, as I, Moroni, said I could anot make a full account of these things which are written, therefore it sufficeth me to say that Jesus showed himself unto this man in the spirit, even after the manner and in the likeness of the same body even as he bshowed himself unto the Nephites.

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ETHER 6:5–95 And it came to pass that the Lord God caused that there should be a

afurious wind blow upon the face of the waters, btowards the promised land; and thus they were tossed upon the waves of the sea before the wind.

6 And it came to pass that they were many times buried in the depths of the sea, because of the mountain waves which broke upon them, and also the great and terrible tempests which were caused by the fierceness of the wind.

7 And it came to pass that when they were buried in the deep there was no water that could hurt them, their vessels being atight like unto a dish, and also they were tight like unto the bark of Noah; therefore when they were encompassed about by many waters they did cry unto the Lord, and he did bring them forth again upon the top of the waters.

8 And it came to pass that the wind did never cease to blow towards the promised land while they were upon the waters; and thus they were adriven forth before the wind.

9 And they did asing praises unto the Lord; yea, the brother of Jared did sing praises unto the Lord, and he did bthank and praise the Lord all the day long; and when the night came, they did not cease to praise the Lord.

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