We hope you have been inspired and enjoyed our Christmas Past and wish you the Merriest of CHRISTmases and the light of CHRIST into this next year! Answer 12th Day Christmas Past: Thank you everyone for sharing your favorite name of our Savior and the special reasons why. Congrats to 12th Day drawing winner, SHERON, from our blog who won an Olive wood Holy Family carving, pack of 10 5×7 Nauvoo watercolor note cards, Nauvoo Temple sunstone replica decoration -$285 value! Please contact MHA office 801-272-5601 or info@mormonheritage.com within 30 days to arrange for how to receive your prize. Story still available on yesterday’s...
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On the 12th & Last Day of Christmas Past… Question: Give some thoughtful study to the many names below attributed to our Savior and share which is your favorite and why? To be entered into today’s daily giveaway & FREE tour drawing- Read the story below; “Comment” & “Share” your answer on Facebook or our blog. Click Here for contest rules. “The Names of our Savior in the Book of Mormon” The Savior is referred to by one hundred different names in the Book of Mormon—from the first reference to him as “Lord” in 1 Nephi 1:1 to the final reference to him as “the Eternal Judge” in Moroni 10:34. Truly then it is another testament of Christ! Each of the one hundred names signifies a different attribute or characteristic of the Lord and was used appropriately to convey the prophets’ recognition of who He is and what His mission represents. For example, “Savior” means that Christ came to save His people from their sins. “Holy One” signifies that He is holy and without sin, being perfect in all things. “God of the Whole Earth” reflects His universal interest in all men and their redemption. “Lord of Hosts” indicates that Christ is a God of battles. And “Lord Omnipotent” means that Christ is the Lord of all, possessing all power. The names given to our Lord take on new significance when they are approached through a thoughtful and sensitive study of their meanings. His profound character, his singular mission, and his divine relationship to man are thereby more clearly revealed. Take some time to ponder through His list of names listed in the table below and notice which speaks to you most during this Christmas Season. Names for Jesus Christ as Found in the Book of Mormon Names One Specific Verse Using This Name Total Number of Times the Name Appears 1. Almighty 2 Ne. 23:6 2 2. Almighty God Jacob 2:10 4 3. Alpha and Omega 3 Ne. 9:18 1 4. Being Mosiah 4:19 5 5. Beloved 2 Ne. 31:15 2 6. Beloved Son 2 Ne. 31:11 3 7. Christ 2 Ne. 10:3 312 8. Christ Jesus Alma 5:44 1 9. Christ the Son Alma 11:44 1 10. Counselor 2 Ne. 19:6 1 11. Creator 2 Ne. 9:5 7 12. Eternal Father Mosiah 15:4 4 13. Eternal God 1 Ne. 12:18 6 14. Eternal Head Hel. 13:38 1 15. Eternal Judge Moro. 10:34 1 16. Everlasting Father 2 Ne. 19:6 3 17. Everlasting God 1 Ne. 15:15 2 18. Father Jacob 7:22 31 19. Father of heaven 1 Ne. 22:9 1 20. Father of heaven and of earth Hel. 14:12 2 21. Founder of Peace Mosiah 15:18 1 22. God 2 Ne. 1:22 1,351 23. God of Abraham 1 Ne. 19:10 5 24. God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob Mosiah 7:19 2 25. God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and...
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Answer 11th Day Christmas Past: We are seeking out our Savior when we are there for those along our journey at their lowest. Congrats to 11th Day drawing winner, ELIZABETH SADERUP, who won an Olive wood Christus statue carving, Nauvoo Temple decorative plate (replica of Scovil pattern), 3 Nauvoo tree ornaments, pack of 10 5×7 Nauvoo watercolor note cards -$217 value! Please contact MHA office 801-272-5601 or info@mormonheritage.com within 30 days to arrange for how to receive your prize. Story still available on yesterday’s...
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On the 11th Day of Christmas Past… Question: How can we be more like the Other Wise Man? To be entered into today’s daily giveaway & FREE tour drawing- Read the story below; “Comment” & “Share” your answer on Facebook or our blog. Click Here for contest rules. “The Other Wise Man” The wiseman, Artaban, asked many in his village to join him on a pilgrimage, in order that they might have “joy together in finding the Prince who is worthy to be served.” None would go and his best friend advised, “It is better to follow even the shadow of the best than to remain content with the worst. And those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone. . . . Go in peace.” So Artaban watched out on the roof and observed the stars. As he watched “a steel-blue spark was born out of the darkness beneath . . . Tiny and infinitely remote, yet perfect in every part.” “It is the sign,” he said. “The King is coming, and I will go to meet him.” He would ride swiftly on his favorite horse, Vasda, and in ten days would meet 3 other Magi companions in Babylonia- Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar – and they would set off together for Jerusalem. He had sold his possessions and bought “three jewels — a sapphire, a ruby, and a pearl — to carry them as tribute to the King.” “Before the birds had fully roused . . . the Other Wise Man was in the saddle, riding swiftly . . . westward.” It was a ten day ride to the appointed meeting place, the Temple of the Seven Spheres. “Late into the night, and in the morning long before sunrise,” he was in the saddle. Through much he traveled, “until he arrived, at nightfall on the tenth day, beneath the shattered walls of populous Babylon.” But the temple was a three hours’ journey still, and his horse Vasda was “almost spent.” As they pressed on there was something wrong. “The dim starlight revealed the form of a man lying across the road.” He was a poor Hebrew exile, almost dead, in the grip of a deadly fever. “Should he turn aside, if only for a moment, from the following of the star, to give a cup of cold water to a poor, perishing Hebrew?” “God of truth and purity,” he prayed, “direct me in the holy path, the way of wisdom which only you know.” He brought water from a nearby canal and mixed a potent remedy “which he carried always in his girdle — for the Magians were physicians.” “Hour after hour he labored . . . at last the man’s strength returned; he sat up and looked around him.” “I am going to Jerusalem,” said Artaban, “in search of the one who is to be born...
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Answer 10th Day Christmas Past: Times of seeming failure are the most instrumental in your life, because they prepare you for greater things to come. Congrats to 10th Day drawing winner, MARSHA JOHNSON, who won an Olive Wood Holy Family nativity carving on olive wood star, Jerusalem souvenir bag with wallet, Bethlehem baby blanket, Nauvoo Temple sunstone replica tree ornament, pack of 10 5×7 Nauvoo watercolor note cards -$90 value! Please contact MHA office 801-272-5601 or info@mormonheritage.com within 30 days to arrange for how to receive your prize. Story still available on yesterday’s...
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On the 10th Day of Christmas Past… Question: What can we learn from Elder Wirthlin’s experience on Christmas Eve in Oberndorf, Austria? To be entered into today’s daily giveaway & FREE tour drawing- Read the story below; “Comment” & “Share” your answer on Facebook or our blog. Click Here for contest rules. “Silent Night, Holy Night” By Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin I had always dreamed of playing football at the university level, and during my freshman, sophomore, and junior years, I wore a crimson uniform and played running back. At that time, the world tottered on the brink of chaos. It was as though the entire world groaned in a volcano that had to erupt, that ultimately would erupt. Before it was over, every nation, every people felt the effects of those dark days. I remember the day my father came to me. It was just after the 1936 football season had ended. “Joseph,” he said, “Do you want to go on a mission?” I told him I did. “Then you must go now,” he said. “If you wait any longer, you’ll never go.” I didn’t want to believe him. I wanted to pursue my dream of continuing to play football and to graduate from the university. If I were to accept a mission call, I would have to give up everything. In those days a mission call was 30 months long, and I knew if I accepted, there was a good chance I would never play football again—perhaps I would not even be able to graduate. But I also knew what my father had said was true. I went to tell my bishop that now was the time. A few months later I stepped aboard the SS Manhattan and began a long voyage that would take me into the heart of the world crisis. My mission call was to the German/Austrian Mission. My first field of labor was in Salzburg, Austria. The mission was shorthanded, and not long after I arrived, my companion was transferred to another district in the mission. Soon I found myself alone in Salzburg, a young missionary in a strange, new country. Six weeks I was alone. Six weeks I waited for a companion. Six weeks I wondered about what I might be doing had I stayed in Salt Lake City and continued my studies. A large army of Hitler’s Third Reich was gathering just over the border, not 20 miles from Salzburg. Everywhere you went you could sense a mounting tension in the air. No one knew if tomorrow would be the day the panzer tanks would flood across the border. I remember those days well. I don’t suppose there has been a time in my life when I felt more discouraged, more lost. The mission was a difficult one; no one seemed to have time for me or the message I brought. I wondered if there would ever be enough members...
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