The True Remnant

🌿 The Circle Returns Here the Song of Zion:    The Circle Returns Every Choice Comes Home Hello, my friends. It's just me again... ...the old man on the porch. I've been thinking about circles. Not the kind we draw with a compass. The kind we live every day. Long before I ever read the scriptures deeply, and long before I discovered the Nemenhah records, I noticed something about life. Nothing ever really ends. It comes back. Kindness comes back. Cruelty comes back. Mercy comes back. Bitterness comes back. Everything we send out into the world has a way of finding its way home again. The older I get, the more convinced I am that heaven built the universe that way. 🌱 The Savior taught the principle. "With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." (Matthew 7:2) What we give... returns. Not because God is trying to punish us. Not because He enjoys rewarding us. But because love—and truth—are woven into the very fabric of creation. The universe remembers...

  🌿 What Do the Nemenhah Records Really Teach? A Porch Conversation About Christ, the Holy Ghost, and Building Zion Every so often someone asks me a simple question. "What is it about the Nemenhah Records that has captured your attention for so many years?" It's a fair question. After all, there are discussions about history. Questions about geography. Stories about Hagoth. Accounts involving Moroni, Timothy, Samuel the Lamanite, and other familiar names. There are fascinating traditions. Interesting possibilities. And plenty of mysteries. But the older I get, the more I realize that none of those things are the real reason I keep returning to these records. The reason is much simpler. The Nemenhah Records keep pointing me back to Jesus Christ. And that is something worth talking about. 📖 More Than a History Book One of the easiest mistakes to make is assuming the Nemenhah Records are primarily about history. I don't believe they are. History is certainly part of th...

 Why Ancient Prophets Taught in Mirrors 🕊️✍️ By The True Remnant In the last few posts we’ve been noticing something interesting in the scriptures. Patterns. Mirrors. Structures that quietly guide the reader toward the most important truth. Ancient prophets used a teaching method that scholars today call **chiasmus**. That word simply means **a mirror pattern**. The ideas move toward a center point… and then they reverse. And the most important message is usually placed **right in the middle**. --- ## 📜 Why Prophets Used This Pattern Ancient teachers lived in a world where most people did not carry written books. Teachings were spoken. They were memorized. They were repeated from generation to generation. Patterns helped people remember. But they also helped people **understand**. A mirrored pattern naturally draws the listener’s attention to the center — the moment where the message becomes clear. --- ## ✨ The Example of Alma’s Conversion One of the clearest examples of this pat...

  ✨ The Hidden Mirror Pattern in the Sermon on the Mount 🕊️✍️ By The True Remnant After writing about the Sermon on the Mount as a spiritual map… something else began to appear. A pattern. Not just a teaching pattern. A mirror pattern. What many people today call a chiasm . 📜 What Is a Chiasm? A chiasm is a sacred literary structure often found in ancient scripture. It works like a mirror. The teachings move inward toward a center point… and then outward again in reverse order. Like this: A B C B′ A′ The center usually contains the main message. The heart. The turning point. And once you begin seeing these patterns… you start finding them all through scripture. Especially in the words of Christ. 🕊️ The Sermon on the Mount as a Spiritual Mirror When we step back and look at the sermon as a whole… a beautiful pattern begins to emerge. A — The Heart of the Disciple The sermon begins with humility. Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are the meek...

 The Sermon on the Mount Is a Spiritual Map 🕊️✍️ By The True Remnant   Many people read the Sermon on the Mount as a list of teachings. Beautiful teachings. Important teachings. But still… a list. Yet when you slow down and read it carefully, something remarkable begins to appear. It’s not just a collection of sayings. It’s a **map**. A map of the spiritual journey every disciple walks. --- ## 📜 The Beginning — The Heart of a Disciple The Sermon on the Mount begins with what we call the Beatitudes. Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are those who mourn. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. These teachings describe something deeper than behavior. They describe the **heart of a disciple**. Humility. Gentleness. A desire for righteousness. This is where the journey begins. --- ## ✨ The Transformation of the Heart After describing the heart of a disciple, Jesus begins to speak about the deeper meaning of the law. You have heard ...

  🌿 The Records I Found After the Book of Mormon What the Nemenhah Records Have Taught Me About Christ, Zion, and the Holy Ghost By The True Remnant This morning I woke up with a simple question. What has really changed my life? Not what has interested me. Not what has occupied my time. Not what has sparked my curiosity. What has truly changed me? The answer came almost immediately. ✝️ Jesus Christ. Everything else is secondary. Everything. But as I sat thinking about that answer, another thought came. There is one collection of writings that has repeatedly pointed me back toward Him. The Nemenhah Records. Today I want to tell you why. Not to convince you. Not to argue. Not to prove anything. Just to share my journey. Pull up a chair on the porch for a few minutes. 📖 The Mystery of Hagoth One of the great mysteries in the Book of Mormon is a man named Hagoth. Most readers pass right over him. Yet his story has fascinated me for years. 📜 Alma 63:5 "And it came to pass that Hagot...

  The Pattern That Brings Down Civilizations 🕊️✍️ By The True Remnant   When you read the scriptures carefully, you begin to notice something that repeats over and over again. Not just in one book. Not just in one generation. But across entire civilizations. It’s a pattern. A cycle that rises and falls through history. And once you see it… you begin to recognize it everywhere. --- ## 📜 A Pattern Found in the Scriptures The scriptures often describe a repeating pattern among societies. It usually unfolds something like this: 1. People turn to God 2. They begin living righteous principles 3. Their society becomes strong and prosperous 4. Prosperity leads to pride 5. Pride leads to division and inequality 6. Prophets warn the people 7. The warnings are ignored 8. Conflict and collapse follow Then something remarkable happens. A small group humbles themselves and turns back to God. And the cycle begins again. --- ## ✨ The Pattern in the Book of Mormon This pattern appears again ...