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King Benjamin

King Benjamin. www.kevinhinckley.com. April Conference…. Note to internet readers:. The following lesson is intended to be Part 1 of a two part lesson.

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King Benjamin

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  1. King Benjamin www.kevinhinckley.com

  2. April Conference…

  3. Note to internet readers: The following lesson is intended to be Part 1 of a two part lesson. Part one establishes the pivotal role King Benjamin played in Nephite society for 167 years. His five laws became the core constitution for public and religious life. His name possibly was meant to unite two tribes of Israel; necessary because of the potential that the Mulekites (Judah) could have come restless that they were of the Davidic Line, yet were not kings and rulers. It is also clear that King Benjamin sought to have his people develop a Zion society, doing so having them first change their hearts. Prophets, through out history, have sought to gain what Enoch did for his people. This becomes possible only through the principles Benjamin taught in this landmark address; through submission, love and change of heart. Part 11, then, will focus on what is necessary for us to change our hearts.

  4. The Rule of Law Questions: What “rules and laws” do you live by? Public laws we know… What about personal and family laws? What laws did you grow up with? Did you have laws thought of as “hard and fast”, yet were often are not followed?

  5. A Little Nephite History 1000 Years of History! 164 Years Nephite Dark Ages 300 Yrs Nephite Golden Age 200 Yrs King Benjamin Almas Nephis 200-385 A.D Mormon/Moroni 600 to 420 B.C Nephi/Jacob/Enos Mosiah Helamans 63% of the BoM

  6. King Benjamin’s Name Old Testament Northern Tribes Kingdom of Judah United under King Saul (Tribe of Benjamin) Book of Mormon Nephites (Manasseh) Mulekites (Judah) United under King Benjamin

  7. King Benjamin’s Lasting Legacy:1- The Five Public Laws He would not allow his people to “murder or plunder, or steal, or commit adultery…or any manner of wickedness” (Mosiah 2:13) Anti Nephi Lehies (taught by Sons of Mosiah): The people “ought not to murder, nor to plunder, nor to steal, nor to commit adultry, nor to commit any manner of wickedness” (Alma 23:3) Alma explains that he punished those who: “murdered…robbed…stole…committed adultry…yea for all this wickedness they were punished.” (Alma 30:10) Nephi (Helaman 6:23) Gadiantons sought to “murder, and plunder, and steal, and commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the laws of their country and also the laws of their God.

  8. How Far Reaching? King Benjamin taught that the coming Messiah would be: “Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning.” (Mosiah 3:8) Samuel the Lamanite, in 6 B.C, explained that it was his desire to warn them: “that ye may know of the coming of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning.” (Helaman 14:12)

  9. Traditional Society Based on competition Winners/losers Consistent Pattern Rights and wrongs One “right way” Leads to wars and conflicts Evolving Society Based on cooperation Everyone is a winner Diversity No rights or wrongs Many “right ways” Leads to moral decline and societal breakdown How about our society? Based on cooperation Everyone is a sinner Diversity of Spiritual Gifts Rights and Wrongs Leads to Zion Society Gospel Society (King Benjamin)

  10. Elder HollandWhile President of BYU Coach LaVell Edwards told me last week that as the team was returning to Provo about 2:00 a.m., following [an important] game, he and his wife couldn't help overhearing two of his players talking in the seat just behind them in the bus. They were not talking about beating a traditional powerhouse... They were not talking about how the offense had sparkled or how the defense had dug in. They were not talking about a conference championship or an undefeated season, or about a national ranking. They were talking about the one player's recent baptism into the Church, along with his wife who is also a student athlete here. He spoke of his eager anticipation of receiving the priesthood and of a future sealing in the temple. Indeed, there seemed to be only one disappointment in this whole conversation, and it wasn't about the ball game. It was that this young man had not known--and joined--the Church early enough to be able to serve a mission. At that, the other player, in reply, spoke of how much his mission had meant to him and how it had given real direction to his life. Much of this young man's life had been spent without a father in the home and I happen to know what it has meant to his mother to have him bear the priesthood and serve a mission. Coach and Sister Edwards said they had a little trouble fighting down the lumps in their throats, thinking of these 260-pound behemoths sitting behind them--kids who eat steel girders for breakfast and concrete slabs for lunch--talking quietly after one of BYU's greatest football wins ever, of baptism and priesthood and mission and temples… "When we conclude to make a Zion," said Brigham Young, "we will make it, and this work commences in the heart of each person. I have Zion in my view constantly," he said. "We are not going to wait for angels, or for Enoch. . . to come and build [it], but we are going to build it [ourselves]" (JD 9:284). Sept 11, 1984

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