Guía de estudio del Libro de Mormón, parte 3: De Helamán a Moroni

Making Precious Things Plain #3

by Randal S. Chase, Susana Passeron (Translation)

Este volumen es el tercero de tres sobre el Libro de Mormón. Cubre desde el Libro de Helamán hasta Libro de Moroni. Incluye el período de la gran maldad, justo antes de la venida de Cristo. Leemos acerca de las misiones de Nefi y Lehi, seguido de Samuel el Lamanita. Se dan las señales del nacimiento y muerte de Cristo, seguidas por su cumplimiento. Ocurre una gran destrucción en el continente americano, y sólo los justos sobreviven en la Tierra de la Abundancia. Cristo se aparece a los Nefitas, les enseña y los cura, organiza Su Iglesia y ordena 12 discípulos para conducirlos. Después de su partida, el pueblo de Sión vive en paz durante muchos años, para luego caer de nuevo en gran maldad. Leemos acerca de los últimos días de los Nefitas en los escritos de Mormón y Moroni. También leemos acerca de los Jareditas, que fueron los primeros en heredar la tierra, mucho antes que llegara la familia de Lehi. En total, abarca 2000 años de historia de los Jareditas, y 469 años de historia Nefita del 52 AC al 421 DC, cuando termina el libro de Moroni. La cubierta exhibe una hermosa pintura titulada "He Aquí a Vuestros Pequeñitos", de Del Parson.

Tabla de contenidos:
Cap. Título (Refs. a las Escrituras)
33 Los Ladrones de Gadiantón y el Ministerio de Nefi / Lehi (Helamán 1-5)
34 El Ciclo del Orgullo Nefita (Helamán 6-12)
35Samuel el Lamanita (Helamán 13-16)
36Partida de Nefi, Nacimiento de Cristo (3 Nefi 1-7)
37 La Gran Destrucción y Aparición de Cristo (3 Nefi 8-11)
38 Cristo enseña las Bienaventuranzas (3 Nefi 12-15)
39 Cristo Sana, Bendice y Ora (3 Nefi 17-19)
40 Cristo Enseña Sobre el Encuentro (3 Nefi 16,20-21)
41 Cristo Expone las Escrituras (3 Nefi 22-26)
42 Partida de Cristo; Sión, Declinación de los Nefitas (3 Ne 27-30, 4 Ne)
43 Enseñanzas Finales de Mormón (Mormon1-6, Moroni9)
44 Moroni Termina el Registro de Mormón (Mormón 7-9)
45 El Hermano de Jared (Éter 1-6)
46 Los Jareditas en La Tierra Prometida (Éter 7-15)
47 Enseñanzas y Ordenanzas de Moroni (Moroni 1-6)
48Testigo y Testimonio Final de Moroni (Moroni 7-8, 10)

370 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Randal S. Chase spent his childhood years in Nephi, Utah, where his father was a dry land wheat farmer and a businessman. In 1959 their family moved to Salt Lake City and settled in the Holladay area. He served a full-time mission in the Central British (England Central) Mission from 1968 to 1970. He returned home and married Deborah Johnsen in 1971. They are the parents of six children—two daughters and four sons—and an ever-expanding number of grandchildren.

He was called to serve as a bishop at the age of twenty-seven in the Sandy Crescent South Stake area of the Salt Lake Valley. He served six years in that capacity and has since served as a high councilor, a stake executive secretary and clerk, and in many other stake and ward callings. Regardless of whatever other callings he has received over the years, one was nearly constant: he has taught Gospel Doctrine classes in every ward he has ever lived in as an adult—for a total of thirty-five years.

Dr. Chase was a well-known media personality on Salt Lake City radio stations in the 1970s. He left on-air broadcasting in 1978 to develop and market computer-based management, sales, and music programming systems to radio and television stations in the United States, Canada, South America, and Australia. After the business was sold in 1984, he supported his family as a media and business consultant in the Salt Lake City area.

Having a great desire to teach young people of college age, he determined in the late 1980s to pursue his doctorate, and he received his PhD in communication from the University of Utah in 1997. He has taught communication courses at that institution as well as at Salt Lake Community College and Dixie State College of Utah for twenty-one years. He is currently a full-time tenured faculty member in the Communication Department at Dixie State College in St. George, Utah.

Concurrently with his academic career, Dr. Chase has served as a volunteer LDS Institute and Adult Education instructor in the CES system since 1994, both in Salt Lake City and St. George, where he currently teaches a weekly Adult Education class for three stakes in the Washington, Utah area. He has also conducted multiple Church history tours and seminars. During these years of gospel teaching, he has developed an extensive library of lesson plans and handouts that are the predecessors to his many gospel study guides.

Reviews

[Sandy T]

This was the weakest of the 3 volumes. It seemed as if it must have been rushed to press, because it definitely lacked a good editing job. There were several times when I was reading along and thought, "now wait a minute... didn't I just read that quote?", looked back, and the exact same quote was just a page back or so. I do have to complement the author on his research and effort, and it did have good quotes, but you have to weed through a lot of unnecessary repeating to get to them. No need to quote verses and verses from the Book of Mormon--- since this is a study guide, hopefully you have it right there with you.

[Anita]

I read this book as part of the come follow me course of study this year. In parts it is a bit wordy, but overall it explains the scripture well. I did take off one star for the insane amount of typos in the book. I filed this book under the prompt read a second chance author (read with allison 2024)