Where are the lands of the Book of Mormon?

After years of studying maps, Mormon scripture, and Spanish chronicles, Ferguson had concluded that the Book of Mormon took place around the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the narrowest part of Mexico. He had come to the jungles of Campeche, northeast of the isthmus, to find proof.

What is the promised land in the Book of Mormon?

According to The Book of Mormon, the Promised Land shall be a land of liberty, with no kings upon the land [1], and be discovered by a Gentile whom the Spirit of God wrought, to cross “many waters” [2] in order to find, among many others.

Where is the land desolation in the Book of Mormon?

A sea east of Bountiful seems to be implied. The land of Desolation is north of Bountiful. The border between the land of Bountiful and Desolation is also described as a “line” running from “the east to west sea”.

Are the places in the Book of Mormon real?

Generally non-Mormon archaeologists do not consider there to be any authentic Book of Mormon archaeological sites. Various apologists have claimed that events in the Book of Mormon took place in a variety of locations including North America, South America, Central America, and even the Malay Peninsula.

Is Utah the promised land?

The Promised Land is the motherland of Adam. That’s why it’s called the Promised Land. Before them, there was a group of people that came here [Utah] and that was at about 2,000 B.C. They, also, were supposedly guided to what has become the Promised Land.

Where exactly is the promised land?

The promised land in the Bible was that geographic area God the Father swore to give to his chosen people, the descendants of Abraham. God made this promise to Abraham and his descendants in Genesis 15:15–21. The territory was located in ancient Canaan, on the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea.

What happened to the Nephites and Lamanites?

In the Book of Mormon’s narrative, the Lamanites began as wicked rivals to the more righteous Nephites, but when the Nephite civilization became decadent, it lost divine favor and was destroyed by the Lamanites. Latter Day Saints have historically associated Lamanites with present-day Native American cultures.

Did the Book of Mormon take place in North America?

Although Church members continue to discuss such theories today, the Church’s only position is that the events the Book of Mormon describes took place in the ancient Americas. The Church does not take a position on the specific geographic locations of Book of Mormon events in the ancient Americas.

Was Nephi a real person?

He is believed to have been born in 615 BC. Nephi and his family lived in Jerusalem, circa 600 BC, during the reign of King Zedekiah, until Lehi was commanded by God to take his family and flee into the wilderness.

How long does it take to listen to the Book of Mormon?

25 hours and 19 minutes
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Listening Length 25 hours and 19 minutes
Publisher Audible Studios
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English

Where does the Book of Mormon say the land is?

The Book of Mormon does not say that the entire land northward resides in land occupied by the United States of America. Traveling from the land of Desolation in the north, to “the land southward”, we encounter the principal Book of Mormon lands of Bountiful, Zarahemla, and Nephi.

Where are the West Sea and East Sea located in the Book of Mormon?

The Book of Mormon “west sea” and “east sea”, on the other hand, are proper nouns – that is, they are the actual names of bodies of water that situate on the west and on the east respectively, of the lands of Zarahemla and Nephi. These principal Book of Mormon lands are southward from “the land northward” mentioned in Helaman 3:8.

Where was Mount Moriah located in the Book of Mormon?

With nothing more than the Bible, and the location of mount Moriah, we can deduce that the Mediterranean has to be “the great sea westward” neighboring the lands of Israel and Judah.

Where is Canada in the Book of Mormon?

( Alma 46:17) A distant land northward, surrounded by seas in each of the cardinal directions matches perfectly Ontario Canada.