The book of mormon brings men to christ through two basic means. The legal cases in the book of mormon book of mormon central. Because the law only punished action, not belief, there wasnt much that could be done about him. Nehor s followers continued his evil practices and teachings long after nehor died. Korihor is an antichrist described in alma 30 in the book of mormon. In chapters 5, 7, and 9, we examined the cases of sherem, nehor, and korihor separately, which now puts us in a good position to compare and contrast these three proceedings in greater detail than ever before. Korihor is the second antichrist in the book of mormon.
Korihor diminishes when the trial of nehor and the variety of legal cases throughout the book of mormon are brought back into the picture. Nehor was the name of the nephite founder of an apostate sect mentioned in the book of mormon, around 90 bc alma 1. They missed those technological opportunities, but their arguments seem remarkably similar to. Korihor, book of mormon stories 1997, 7577 close video. Nehor attacked and killed a defender of the true doctrine of christ, and was. The book of mormon profiles many subtle and sophisticated aspects of. The man is nehor, and his order is aptly called the order of the nehors. This highly intelligent opponents tactics were persuasive, but alma retaliated with pure testimony and the power of god, eliminating korihor s influence in the land. In a nutshell, korihor began teaching his particular philosophy that countered the true gospel of christ. The book of mormon helps us recognize false teachers and shows us how to. Welch, legal cases in the book of mormon although the cases of sherem, nehor, and korihor share certain. Sherem, nehor, and korihor i have been rereading the book of mormon recently, well, listening to it while i drive to and from work. Welch, the legal cases in the book of mormon provo, ut.
Welch, legal cases, 277, has specifically drawn a connection between the. Shortly after the deaths of both alma1 and mosiah2 and when alma2 had assumed the political leadership under a new form of nephite government, the rerestored nephite church of jesus christ faced its first of many threats. Nehor was one of the first to practice priestcraft among the nephites. They missed those technological opportunities, but their arguments seem remarkably similar to todays assaults upon the church. Nehor, and korihor can alert us to the devils modernday attempts to lure us into. The stories of sherem, nehor, and korihor have long been recognized as. Finally, as will be pointed out in detail below, the alleged similarities between the cases of sherem and korihor let alone between them and nehor are not always clear or demonstrable. It is the thesis of this paper that this ancient order has some qualitative parallels with modernday critics of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Finally, as will be pointed out in detail below, the alleged similarities between the cases of sherem and korihor let alone between them and nehor are.
This highly intelligent opponents tactics were persuasive, but alma retaliated with pure testimony and the power of god, eliminating korihor s. The nature of deception is spelled out clearly to us in the arguments of nehor and korihor in the book of mormon. I just started into the section where alma goes out with the sons of mosiah, and a couple things stood out to me about how the entire book of mormon up to this point teaches us about what we will encounter in the. I just started into the section where alma goes out with the sons of mosiah, and a couple things stood out to me about how the entire book of mormon up to this point teaches us about what we will encounter in the last days. After teaching false doctrine and killing gideon, nehor was executed for his crimes. In korihor s phrases and arguments, modern readers can find parallels to many schools of thought, such as atheism, nihilism, and relativism, which have long dominated much of secular philosophy. What if nehor and korihor had had blogs, created podcasts, collected comments, solicited letters, and formed candlelight vigils when they were called before nephite chief judges. He did not believe in jesus christ and preached that what the prophets had said about the savior was not true. Modernday korihors the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Maxwell institute for religious scholarship, 2008, 274. Comparing sherem, nehor, and korihor book of mormon central.
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