joseph smith found gold plates engraved with sacred writings that became the book of mormon.
joseph smith found gold plates engraved with sacred writings that became the book of mormon.
found gold plates engraved with sacred writings that became the book of mormon?
joseph smith
according to joseph smith, an angel named moroni told him "there was a book deposited, written upon gold plates, giving an account of the former inhabitants of this continent, and the source from whence they sprang." according to joseph smith, moroni explained that the coming forth of the book of mormon was to be concurrent with the fulfillment of ancient prophecies regarding the latter-day church of christ. according to latter day saint scripture, the narrative in the book of mormon came to an end in the ancient land cumorah, where moroni, in 421 ad deposited the golden plates prior to his death. mormon and moroni's cumorah is claimed by many believers to be the same land containing the modern "hill cumorah" near joseph smith's home in palmyra, western new york, from whence the gold plates of the book of mormon were retrieved. others view the modern "hill cumorah" to be distinct from the original, and simply to have been named after it; thus adding no information to the question of the location of the lands described in the book of mormon.
proposed book of mormon geographical setting
in 2010, the standard plate was redesigned to "empire gold". this plate consists of dark blue numbers on a gold background, and retains the abc-1234 serial format. as with the empire state base, standard passenger plates have embossed serials, while all vanity plates, all specialty plates, and many non-passenger plates have screened serials. originally, the empire gold plate was supposed to be a reissue, replacing all of the empire state plates in two years; however, after controversy over the new design and the $25 fee for reissue plates, mandatory replacement was called off, and the empire state plates remain valid. all new registrants receive empire gold plates, while existing registrants with empire state plates can keep them or pay $25 for new empire gold plates; they can also keep their previous serials on new plates for an additional one-time fee of $20.
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