I understand that some of these questions cannot be answered, but I just wanted to see what everyone else's thoughts were ~
Mormon 6
11 They had gone through and hewn down all my people save it were twenty and four of us
15 There were [many] more who did fall... yea, even all my people, save it were those twenty and four who were with me
• 24 or 25 total survivors?
Doctrine and Covenants 107
52 Noah was ten years old when he was ordained under the hand of Methuselah
Moses 8
19 The Lord ordained Noah after his own order, and commanded him that he should go forth and declare his Gospel
• Why was Noah ordained twice? (In the context of Moses 8 Noah is hundreds of years old, not 10, so they are in fact different times)
3 Nephi 19
11 Nephi went down into the water and was baptized.
• Who baptized Nephi? (Jesus had already ascended up to heaven at this point)
Brigham Young:
"He [Enoch] obtained power to translate himself and his people, with the region they inhabited, their houses, gardens, fields, cattle, and all of their possessions."
Joseph Smith:
"Now the doctrine of translation is a power which belongs to this priesthood. There are many things which belong to the powers of the priesthood and the keys thereof, that have been kept hid form before the foundation of the world; they are hid from the wise and prudent to be revealed in the last times."
• Who can/will hold the keys of translation?
• How is it performed?
Articles of Faith 1
6 We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church
• Was there a Quorum of 12 AND First Presidency in the meridian of time Church? If so, who were the three people added to make it 15 total?
Did Jesus receive the Holy Ghost? (Yep, this question)
But, I may have an answer already of "yes"
2 Nephi 31
12 the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me
• Among other things, this can be interpreted to mean that God gave Christ the Holy Ghost
• If Jesus didn't receive the Holy Ghost, it might nullify the argument used for baptism in verse 5,"If the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!" If Jesus wasn't baptized by fire, we could use this same argument against confirmation (I don't know why one would, but you could)
• Matthew 4 JST
1 Jesus was led up of the Spirit, into the wilderness, to be with God.
• The only person that Jesus could have gotten the Holy Ghost from is God (or Moses or Elijah, but they already have a role on the Mount of Transfiguration)
• If God bestowed upon Jesus this gift, it would explain why we have no record of it. (Heavenly Father would not just show Himself to people to do so).
• "Jesus wouldn't need to receive the Holy Ghost since they're both members of the Godhead"
Jesus also didn't need to be baptized of water as He was already perfect, but He still was baptized.
Those are my thoughts, but I am open to further knowledge on this subject.
Thanks for reading, have a wonderful day! 😄
