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5 Insights into Temples from Nephi’s Final Teachings (2 Nephi 31-33)

Temple of Solomon via ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Photograph of Salt Lake City Temple via Wikimedia Commons.
Submitted by Jasmin Gimenez on March 4, 2020.
Nephi concludes his record with stirring and profound pleadings to his readers to follow the necessary steps to obtain eternal life. Nephi teaches in 2 Nephi 31–33 about baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, prayer, repentance, and enduring to the end. However, some scholars have pointed out that Nephi may be using these principles of the gospel to underscore sacred principles and teachings of the...

New Archaeological Discovery Sheds Light on Nephi’s Temple

Aerial view of Tel Motza and drawing of Nephi's Temple by Jody Livingston.
Submitted by Stephen Smoot on February 4, 2020.
The Book of Mormon reports that Nephi and his followers built a temple “after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built of so many precious things” upon their arrival in the land of promise ( 2 Nephi 5:16 ). As explored in a past KnoWhy (#31, “Did Ancient Israelites Build Temples Outside of Jerusalem?” ), the Book of Mormon was criticized during Joseph Smith’s lifetime...