Mosiah 7–8
When Ammon and his fellow travelers arrived in Lehi-Nephi, the King happened to be without the walls of the city. So, they were captured and put in jail Mosiah 7:8–11. Finally, Ammon was given a chance to explain, which caused Limhi rejoice. It seems that Limhi's people were put under bondage after they had improved the land Mosiah 7:12–15. Limhi told his his people the Lord loved them and answered thier prayers. The Lord doesn't bless people in their sins but puts stumbling blocks before them to bring them to humility Mosiah 7:17–20, 29–33. Limhi was a great leader, because he gave the glory to God.
Limhi related to Ammon how his people had attempted to find a way back to Zarahemla, but instead found the records and remains of an ancient extinct civilization Mosiah 8:7–11. Limhi hoped Ammon could read the 24 gold plates of the Jaredites, but he could not Mosiah 8:11–12. As with all history, it is good to “know the cause of [the] destruction” of people to keep from repeating their mistakes.
Unfortunately, Ammon could not fulfill Limhi’s desire to know what was written in the record. However he said that Mosiah, the King of Zarahemla, was a seer (or prophet) that could translate the record Mosiah 8:13–14.
Today we are fortunate to have a prophet and seer to guide us in the right way.
“The scriptures speak of prophets as ‘watch[men] upon the tower’ who see ‘the enemy while he [is] yet afar off’ and who have ‘beheld also things which were not visible to the natural eye … [for] a seer hath the Lord raised up unto his people.’ “[Many years ago the prophet] warned us of the disintegration of the family and told us to prepare...The weekly family home evening was introduced by the First Presidency...Parents are provided with excellent materials for teaching their children, with a promise that the faithful will be blessed...We can only imagine where we would be if we were just now reacting to [the] terrible redefinition of the family. But that is not the case. We are not casting frantically about, trying to decide what to do. We know what to do and what to teach...The course we follow is not of our own making. The plan of salvation, the great plan of happiness, was revealed to us, and the prophets and Apostles continue to receive revelation as the Church and its members stand in need of more,” Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, May 1994, 20.
