THE WOOD ZONE: ALVIN SMITH WAS BURIED ON TOP OF A HOPEWELL OR ADENA MOUND?

THIS BLOG ATTEMPTS TO SHOW HOW SCIENCE IS CATCHING UP WITH REVEALED RELIGION

THIS BLOG IS AN ATTEMPT TO PUT ALL THE COOL STUFF THAT I BUMP INTO ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO IT INTO ONE LOCATION.
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Monday, July 20, 2015

ALVIN SMITH WAS BURIED ON TOP OF A HOPEWELL OR ADENA MOUND?

We just visited the grave site of Alvin Smith - who died while Joseph was still in his youth.

Someone has upgraded his tombstone from the marble that was originally there to a granite marker.

It is wild to think of Joseph having stood at that very spot and having grieved over his brother - and then the excellent doctrines that flowed from that one experience.

The burial spot is on top of a clearly man-made mound just to the north of downtown Palmyra. Perfectly flat on top and rectangular in shape approx 40' high on the north side and about half as high on the south side, closer to town.

My wife and I walked the whole burial spot and wondered about it's shape.

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AnonymousJuly 23, 2015 at 9:46 AM
I studied some of this because you peaked my interest in it from previous posts you way cool brother who provides this awesome site for us to search, ponder, discuss and pray without being treated like we're "out there".

Anyway, in Nephite times, it was custom to bury the dead in layers that became mounds so that there was more land space available for cultivating and expanding cities.

Tremendously fascinating about Alvin Smith being buried on such a mound. I applaud your keen observation and discovery.

(This comment spoken in my best british professorette wish I knew it all accent complete with wing back leather chair, fire place, liber-ee, round glasses, milk and cookies being as I don't smoke or drink alcohol .) LOL
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Jared PJuly 23, 2015 at 8:52 PM
Cool! We wanted to visit the site while in Palmyra 2 weeks ago but with kids of 6, 4, 2 and 7 months they were already done and we still had the pageant ahead of us. Pageant was amazing though. Everything else in Palmyra was great to see as well. When we were there at the Visitor's Center there was a Sister missionary from Manuas there. Did you see her while you were there? While in the visitors center a family from Brasil that lives in Florida came through so I really got the chance to practice the Portuguese!

You've probably seen this link already but it looks like the word is really getting out now about what could be coming soon. Pretty fascinating research to piece together past events.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one
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WHY SHOULD WE STUDY THE HIDDEN THINGS RELATED TO THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST?

But the Latter-day Saints are not in darkness; they are the children of light, although many of us will actually be asleep. We shall have to wake up and trim up our lamps, or we shall not be prepared to enter in; for we shall all slumber and sleep in that day, and some will have gone to sleep from which they will not awake until they awake up in darkness without any oil in their lamps. But, as a general thing, the Saints will understand the signs of the times. Others have their eyes closed upon the prophecies of the ancient Prophets; and not only that, but they are void of the spirit of prophecy themselves. When a man has this, though he may appeal to ancient Prophets to get understanding on some subjects he does not clearly understand, yet, as he has the spirit of prophecy in himself, he will not be in darkness; he will have a knowledge of the signs of the times; he will have a knowledge of the house of Israel, and of Zion, of the ten tribes and of many things and purposes and events that are to take place on the earth; and he will see coming events, and can say such an event will take place, and after that another, and then another; and after that the trumpet shall sound, and after that certain things will take place, and then another trump shall sound, &c., &c.; and he will have his eye fixed on the signs of the times, and that day will not overtake him unawares.

JD, O PRATT 7:190

JOSEPH SMITH SAID THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AND WAITING, WILL KNOW THE HOUR:

"Christ says no man knoweth the day or the hour when the Son of Man cometh. This is a sweeping argument for sectarianism against Latter day ism. Did Christ speak this as a general principle throughout all generations Oh no he spoke in the present tense no man that was then liveing upon the footstool of God knew the day or the hour But he did not say that there was no man throughout all generations that should not know the day or the hour. No for this would be in flat contradiction with other scripture for the prophet says that God will do nothing but what he will reveal unto his Servants the prophets consequently if it is not made known to the Prophets it will not come to pass; again we find Paul 1st of Thesslonians 5th Chapter expressly points out the characters who shall not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man cometh for says he it will come upon them as the theif or unawares. Who are they they are the children of darkness or night. But to the Saints he says yea are not of the night nor of darkness of that that day should come upon you unawares. John the revelator says 14 chap 7th verse that the hour of his judgements is come they are precursers or forerunners of the comeing of Christ. read Matthew 24 Chap and all the Prophets. He says then shall they see the Sign of the comeing of the Son of Man in the clouds of Heaven. How are we to see it Ans. As the lighting up of the morning or the dawning of the morning cometh from the east and shineth unto the west—So also is the comeing of the Son of Man. The dawning of the morning makes its appearance in the east and moves along gradualy so also will the comeing of the Son of Man be. it will be small at its first appearance and gradually becomes larger untill every eye shall see it. Shall the Saints understand it Oh yes. Paul says so. Shall the wicked understand Oh no they attribute it to a natural cause. They will probably suppose it is two great comets comeing in contact with each other It will be small at first and will grow larger and larger untill it will be all in a blaze so that every eye shall see it." (Joseph Smith, General Conference, April 6, 1843