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Lesson30:Adam-ondi-Ahman

Lesson30:Adam-ondi-Ahman. “Lesson 30: Adam-ondi-Ahman,” Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History,  (1997),167. Purpose. To help the children look forward to and prepare for the second coming of Jesus Christ and the Millennium. OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY. (Enter Name Here).

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Lesson30:Adam-ondi-Ahman

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  1. Lesson30:Adam-ondi-Ahman “Lesson 30: Adam-ondi-Ahman,” Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History, (1997),167

  2. Purpose To help the children look forward to and prepare for the second coming of Jesus Christ and the Millennium.

  3. OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY (Enter Name Here)

  4. ADAM

  5. ADAM • Who was Adam? • Adam was the first man God placed on the earth • Adam and his wife, Eve, lived in the Garden of Eden • After they partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they were cast out of the garden. • They became mortal and were able to have children. • In this lesson we’ll learn things about Adam that were revealed to Joseph Smith.

  6. The Church Grows in Far West • Members of the Church had been driven out of Jackson County, Missouri, but in 1836 they received permission from government authorities to move to northern Missouri and begin a new county.

  7. The Church Grows in Far West • This county was to have a six-mile strip of unsettled land around it so that Church members and nonmembers could remain separated. • The Saints moved into this area and built a central city, called Far West, with other towns around it.

  8. Back in Kirtland, Ohio Ohio, there were many problems, especially with former Church members who had become bitter enemies of the Prophet. • In January 1838 Joseph Smith was warned that some men who wanted to take over the Church were planning to kill him.

  9. Joseph needed to leave Kirtland, and the Church in Far West needed help getting organized, so Joseph and Emma Smith moved to Far West.

  10. Joseph Smith’s enemies did not want him to leave Kirtland, so some friends helped Joseph sneak out of town. • They hid him in a large box and put the box in an ox cart. • Then they drove the cart out of town without the Prophet’s enemies knowing he was in the cart.

  11. When he was safely out of town, Joseph got out of the box, mounted his horse, and rode toward Far West with Sidney Rigdon.

  12. They traveled about sixty miles, waited for their families to join them, and then continued on. • Their enemies, armed with guns, pursued them for more than two hundred miles but could not catch them.

  13. The Saints at Far West sent out wagons and supplies to meet the Prophet and his group and gratefully welcomed them to Far West.

  14. A few months after Joseph Smith arrived in Far West, he received a revelation commanding the Saints to build a temple there. • The Lord told the Saints to begin building the temple on 4 July 1838 (see D&C 115:8–10).

  15. On the morning of 4 July, the Mormon militia (a small local army), Church leaders, and Church members formed a great procession. • Marching to music, they went to the temple site and formed a circle.

  16. Sidney Rigdon spoke, after which the crowd shouted “Hosanna” and Solomon Hancock sang a song composed for the occasion by Levi W. Hancock. • The Prophet Joseph then supervised the laying of the four cornerstones for the temple.

  17. One day in May 1838 the Prophet and some other men were looking for places to build other cities for the Saints to live in. • They came to a place called Spring Hill, where Joseph received another revelation (D&C 116).

  18. The Lord told Joseph that his name for Spring Hill was Adam-ondi-Ahman.

  19. Orson Pratt later said this name means “Valley of God, where Adam dwelt” in “the original language spoken by Adam.”

  20. Adam-ondi-Ahman

  21. Adam-ondi-Ahman • According to Joseph Smith, Adam-ondi-Ahman is where God talked with Adam and the place where Adam offered up sacrifices to the Lord.

  22. Adam-ondi-Ahman • At Adam-ondi-Ahman, Adam called his family together before he died so he could bless them.

  23. Adam-ondi-Ahman will also be an important place in the future: • Near the time of Christ’s second coming, Adam will come again to Adam-ondi-Ahman and hold a great council.

  24. All the prophets who haveheld keys of priesthood authority upon the earth will come to this council to give a report of their work to Adam.

  25. Jesus Christ will then come to Adam-ondi-Ahman, and Adam will return the priesthood keys to him.

  26. Christ will then return to earth to begin the Millennium, the thousand years when Christ will live on and reign over the earth.

  27. This information about Adam-ondi-Ahman was very exciting to members of the Church. • Joseph Smith said the area should be a gathering place for the Saints who were moving to Missouri from Kirtland.

  28. Many Saints moved to Adam-ondi-Ahman during the summer of 1838. They considered it a great blessing to live where Adam had lived.

  29. What is the Millennium? Let’s Read D & C 101:22-34 As we read, watch for what life on earth will be like during the Millennium?

  30. 22 Behold, it is my will, that all they who call on my name, and worship me according to mine everlasting gospel, should gather together, and stand in holy places;  23 And prepare for the revelation which is to come, when the veil of the covering of my temple, in my tabernacle, which hideth the earth, shall be taken off, and all flesh shall see me together. Everyone will be able to see the Savior (v. 23)

  31. 24 And every corruptible thing, both of man, or of the beasts of the field, or of the fowls of the heavens, or of the fish of the sea, that dwells upon all the face of the earth, shall be consumed; • All the wicked will be destroyed (v. 24) • 25 And also that of element shall melt with fervent heat; and all things shall become new, that my knowledge and glory may dwell upon all the earth.

  32. 26 And in that day the enmity of man, and the enmity of beasts, yea, the enmity of all flesh, shall cease from before my face. • People and animals will live in peace (v. 26) • 27 And in that day whatsoever any man shall ask, it shall be given unto him. • 28 And in that day Satan shall not have power to tempt any man. • Satan will not have power to tempt anyone (v. 28)

  33. 29 And there shall be no sorrow because there is no death. • There will be neither sorrow nor death (v. 29) • 30 In that day an infant shall not die until he is old; and his life shall be as the age of a tree; •  31 And when he dies he shall not sleep, that is to say in the earth, but shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and shall be caught up, and his rest shall be glorious. • A person will grow old, then be changed suddenly from mortal to immortal life (vv. 30–31)

  34. 32 Yea, verily I say unto you, in that day when the Lord shall come, he shall reveal all things—  33 Things which have passed, and hiddenthings which no man knew, things of the earth, by which it was made, and the purpose and the end thereof—  34 Things most precious, things that are above, and things that are beneath, things that are in the earth, and upon the earth, and in heaven. The Lord will reveal all things about the earth and heaven, including how the earth was created and what will become of it (vv.32-34)

  35. Discussion Time

  36. Why was the area known as Spring Hill so important? (D&C 107:53–56; 116.) • How do you think the members of the Church felt when they found out that Adam had lived there?

  37. What events occurred long ago at Adam-ondi-Ahman? (D&C 107:53–56) • Adam was 927 years old at the time he blessed his family and predicted what would happen to his posterity. • What future event will take place at Adam-ondi-Ahman? (D&C 116.) • Adam will come again; Christ will also come to Adam-ondi-Ahman to receive the keys of priesthood authority back from Adam and the other prophets, in preparation for his second coming and the beginning of the Millennium.

  38. What do we mean by the second coming of Jesus Christ? • When Jesus first came to live on the earth he came as a baby, but when he comes again he will be an adult. • After his death and resurrection, Christ appeared to his Apostles and then ascended into heaven.

  39. When will the Second Coming take place? • Let’s read D&C 29:9–11. • 9 For the hour is nigh and the day soon at hand when the earth is ripe; and all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I will burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that wickedness shall not be upon the earth; •  10 For the hour is nigh, and that which was spoken by mine apostles must be fulfilled; for as they spoke so shall it come to pass; •  11 For I will reveal myself from heaven with power and great glory, with all the hosts thereof, and dwell in righteousness with men on earth a thousand years, and the wicked shall not stand.

  40. “The hour is nigh” means that it is coming soon, but no one except Heavenly Father knows exactly when it will be (Matthew 24:36; D&C 49:7). • Why is it good that we do not know when Jesus will come?

  41. Two angels appeared and told the Apostles that someday Jesus would return to earth the same way he left (Acts 1:9–11; D&C 29:11; 45:44). • Since that time people have been looking forward to the second coming of Jesus to the earth.

  42. How long will the Savior rule over the earth when he comes again? (D&C 29:11.) • What will this thousand-year period be called? (D&C 43:30.)

  43. What will happen to righteous people when Jesus comes again? (D&C 45:45, 57–59.) • Why should we look forward to the second coming of Jesus Christ and to the Millennium? (D&C 45:39, 44) • (In verse 39 “fear” means a feeling of reverence.)

  44. Those who love and obey the Savior and are waiting for him to come will be blessed. • How can we prepare ourselves for the Savior’s second coming? (D&C 43:20–23; 45:32, 57)

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  46. TESTIMONY I want to express my love and gratitude for the Savior, and how wonderful it will be when he comes to live on the earth once more. I want to encourage all of you to prepare yourselves for the Second Coming and the Millennium by following Jesus Christ and obeying his commandments.

  47. OUR CLOSING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY (Enter Name Here)

  48. THE END

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