PRIMARY 5 LESSON 3 THE ANGEL MORONI VISITS JOSEPH SMITH
CLASSROOM PREP
On the chalkboard: “...his whole person was glorious beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightning”
(if they ask what “countenance” means = a person’s face or expression)
OPENING ACTIVITY
Play the game "telephone"
- First person → you have an important message, what do you say?
- (final message is likely to be messed up)
- What happens if we trust in man only for important messages?
- Why do you think we need inspired leaders of God?
LESSON IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER
1/Slideshow of the Angel Moronis (found on LDS.org) on my phone/laptop and show where they are on a map
2/Actual lesson (below)
3/Sing “The Golden Plates” with BOM covered in gold foil as a prop
4/Go on a treasure hunt for the Golden Plates around the church building → what is the treasure when we follow the Lord’s messenger?
- Hand out printed illustration of a shovel with the below scripture references written on each one
- Final treasure is golden plates (gold wrapped graham crackers)
Water Fountain– Revelation 14:7 John about Angel Moroni
Kitchen – D&C 89:16 Joseph Smith (have hidden the gold wrapped crackers in the kitchen upon arriving at church)
ACTUAL LESSON JS History 1:27-53
Show little Moroni statue - who is this? Why do you think he’s shown with a trumpet?
Revelation 14:6-7 (john)
Mormon 8:1 and 4
It's been 3.5 years after the First Vision
During those years, Joseph continued to work on his family farm, planting/harvesting crops, clearing trees, tapping maple trees to get sap for syrup.
Sometimes he did jobs for his neighbor Martin Harris.
He was persecuted for his vision as people didn’t believe him.
When he was 17, one evening he prayed for forgiveness and asked to know if God forgave him. Angel Moroni appeared
- 1:30-32 READ OUT LOUD (description of Moroni)
- He called him by name, said his name was Moroni, said God had a work for Joseph to do
- There’s a book on book plates giving an account of people from years ago who lived there
- It contained the fulness of the everlasting Gospel
- Also two stones and a breastplate - Urim and Thummim - that would help him translate
Moroni quoted many prophecies from the Bible including Malachi’s about Elijah
Who was Elijah and what priesthood power would he restore?
- The sealing power / what is bound on earth is bound in heaven
Once he gets those plates, he can’t show them to anyone
While hearing this, JS had a vision and could see where they were buried
The angel left, returned and said the same things, left again, returned again (3 times)
- Post up the above illustration 3x on the chalkboard so they see the visual of how many times he visited
The next day he went to go do his chores and work but felt very tired → the angel came again!!
- Do we hear repeated lessons and talks sometimes?
- Why is this helpful?
He told his father, who told him to go find them….he knew where it was because of his vision
The next day, Joseph Smith went to the hill where Moroni said the plates were buried.
The messenger said it isn’t time yet to take them out. It would be in 4 years and every year he should go to that spot and meet with Angel Moroni until it was time.
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