What’s in Gospel of Brother of Jared (Rosalynde Welch 4 of 4)

In our conclusion, we're talking about the Gospel of the Brother of Jared, and why Rosalynde prefers reading to podcasts! Check out our conversation. Sign up for our free newsletter at gospeltangents.com/newsletter to hear the conclusion.... https://youtu.be/gBD-U5qLqhA Don’t miss our other conversations with Rosalynde: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ih_Fh585xk&list=PLLhI8GMw9sJ7ftt9c-Ndta9jcDH0NOQyr Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission Gospel of Brother of Jared Interview GT  00:38  Well, cool. Let's jump into the last gospel, the Brother of Jared. It was funny. I can't remember if it was you or Adam that talked about the name of the Brother of Jared? Rosalynde  00:51  That was Adam. GT  00:54  I liked that part. {both laughing} Actually, I have a friend whose name was Mahonri Moriancumer in New Hampshire. He was named after the Brother of Jared. {Rick laughing} Rosalynde  01:05  Oh, interesting. Yeah. GT  01:09  Some people maybe have never heard that name before. Why is that? I know, I should be asking Adam, but he's not here. Why is that? Why do we think that's the name of Brother of Jared--and actually he cut it up. That wasn't the whole name. Rosalynde  01:24  Yeah, okay. I'm not going to remember all of this. So, in the text of Ether, itself, the main character is this figure named the Brother of Jared. The Book of Ether, of course, is a flashback. It's sort of the pre-history of the Book of Mormon. It's the story of these people, the Jaredites, who came to the chosen land before the Nephites and the Mulekites did. This is their record that now Moroni has inserted here at the end of the Nephite history. So, the originating, founding leader of this people was named Jared. He was their prophet and their leader, but he had this brother, the Brother of Jared, who seemed to have a gift for prayer, and a gift for revelation. GT  02:20  Is this like Moses and Aaron? Rosalynde  02:23  It is similar to that, where the Brother of Jared seemed to have these special spiritual gifts, where he was uniquely able to communicate with the Lord, and pray to Him. So, it's often the Brother of Jared, who was sent to communicate with the Lord, get his guidance, and figure out what's their next step. In the course of this really wonderful story, they're getting ready to migrate from the Old World to the New World. They're trying to solve all these problems: How are they going to migrate across the ocean? And so, with divine guidance, they build these barges. But then they have the problem of how are they going to get light in the barges. And so, the Brother of Jared ascends the Mount Shelem. Well, the Lord says, basically, you figure it out. You figure out how to solve this problem. And so he, in some way fashions these, what seem to be luminescent stones. Then he ascends the mount and calls on the Lord to touch them with his finger, and to light them, so that then these lights will become lanterns that will light the barges enroute to the chosen land. So, that is who the character of the Brother of Jared is. GT  03:40  And this is so they don't have to sail in the dark, because they're basically enclosed, like, kind of a submarine, but it floats along the surface it sounds like. Rosalynde  03:47  That's what it seems like. It's totally enclosed barges that will be secure from all the storms and water and raging sea. But then they need light in there. So, that's the problem that is solved. But in that moment, the Brother of Jared has this remarkable theophany where he not only sees the finger of the Lord, but he sees the entire premortal personage of the Lord. He has a vision of the Lord in His spirit body. But the vision is of the body that he will [have to] minister to the Nephites. Basically, he has a vision of the Lord's mortal persona. GT  03:48  Which would be very anti-Trinitarian.