Keywords
Samuel's five year prophecy, Christ's birth, Book of Mormon
Abstract
1The story of believers being nearly put to death before the appearance of the sign at Christ’s birth is both inspiring and a little confusing. According to the Book of Mormon, the sign comes in the 92nd year, which was actually the sixth year after the prophecy had been made. T here is little wonder why even some believers began to doubt. The setting of a final date by which the prophecy must be fulfilled, however, suggests that until that day, there must have been reason for even the nonbelievers to concede that fulfillment was still possible; yet after that deadline it was definitively too late. An understanding of Mesoamerican timekeeping practices and terminology provides one possible explanation.
Recommended Citation
Rappleye, Neal
(2018)
"“The Time is Past”: A Note on Samuel’s Five-Year Prophecy1,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 29, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol29/iss1/5
