Mormon 9

(June 17, 2014)
It has always struck me about Moroni the contrast between him and the modern semi-Mormon and non-Mormon atheists.  There are those within and without the Church who simply do not believe in miracles any more.  Of course, if you know my history you understand why I know that to be simply untrue.  But it is a common thought among certain groups of people – they have not seen a miracle, and thus the days of miracles must have ceased (or, more often, miracles were just natural events that the superstitious ‘primitives’ believed in.

Contrast that with Moroni.  Moroni did not see any miracles that we have reference to in our scriptures (although his and his father’s survival might qualify).  He saw the destruction of his entire civilization, and no miraculous Hand reached down to save it.  He was left all alone to wander the world with no comfort and constant danger.  If there was ever a man justified in asking where the miraculous God was located, it was Moroni.

In fact, this is yet another testimony to me of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.  After all, who other than Moroni would have thought more about the significance of the absence of miracles?  Who other than Moroni would have sought and learned what the Lord’s opinions were about the days when miracles are no longer common and the Heavens seem closed?  Moroni sought the truth, even when he was not blessed to see those miracles in his own life.  That, in my mind, is extraordinarily praiseworthy.