Corianton and Isabel — The Real Love Story
🦬 Corianton and Isabel — The Real Love Story
What Really Happened, and Why It Still Matters
We all grew up hearing the story.
The prophet’s son got off track.
Chased a harlot.
Shamed his family.
But the story wasn’t quite true.
We just read it again—this time straight from the Nemenhah Records.
And oh, it’s something else entirely.
This is a story about a good man,
a misunderstood woman,
and the price of pride
in the hearts of religious people.
🧺 She Wasn't What They Said She Was
Her name was Itsahbehl.
Yes, she had a past.
But she repented.
She loved the Lord.
She opened her home to missionaries.
She fed them. Welcomed them.
She wove beautiful baskets with her own hands.
But no one could forget what she once was.
🧺 They refused to buy her baskets
⛪ The churches cast her out
🚪 She was shut out from fellowship and left to starve
And yet…
One man saw her differently.
💔 Corianton Didn't Fall — He Loved
His real name in the record is Kohrayahntohn.
The son of Alma (called Ahlmah).
Sent to preach to the people.
Faithful. Sincere.
But his heart was stirred when he saw her pain.
He didn’t “chase” her.
He comforted her.
Protected her.
And eventually, loved her.
Rumors flew.
His family turned cold.
Even the churches gossiped.
So he stepped away from the mission for a time—
not to sin,
but to keep her safe.
👑 The Prophet Got It Wrong
His father, Alma, didn’t believe him.
He rebuked him.
Thought he had fallen.
Thought he was dead.
Years later, when the truth sank in,
the prophet resigned his calling
and walked into the wilderness,
never to be seen again.
Even prophets can miss the mark.
🐃 He Became a King… But Refused to Be One
Kohrayahntohn built a new life.
North in the great plains,
where the buffalo roam.
The people loved him.
They made him a king.
But when visitors came and bowed before him,
he said:
🙏 “Don’t bow to me. Only to the Peacemaker.”
⚖️ “Don’t create traditions that turn into castes.”
🧎 “Don’t judge a man or a woman by their past.”
He told the story of Itsahbehl—
how she was rejected by both sides—
and how the Peacemaker saw her as pure.
“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow.”
“Is not the harlot made into a virtuous daughter?”
🚨 A Warning For Us Church Folks
He looked back and said something we should all hear:
“Pride robbed the Nayfihah (Nephites) of the Peacemaker’s joy.”
They missed the miracle of redemption.
They missed the joy of forgiveness.
They let judgment get in the way of love.
Sound familiar?
📜 They judged her by her past
⛔ They wouldn’t let her worship
💰 They wouldn’t even touch her baskets
They had “the truth”…
…but no love.
🕊️ The Point of the Whole Thing
Corianton didn’t fall.
He rose.
And Isabel wasn’t a shame.
She was a miracle.
And the prophet?
He loved his son,
but misunderstood what had really happened.
That’s why we can’t place our trust in men—no matter the title.
Prophets, kings, apostles, pastors…
They’re just people.
President Nelson himself said we need the Holy Ghost more than anything.
And that’s true.
Because even good men—even prophets—can be misled.
Joseph Smith said it.
Jesus said it.
Kohrayahntohn lived it.
🔥 Final Word
Don’t judge the ones who are trying to come back.
Don’t ignore the whisper of the Holy Ghost.
Don’t bow to titles and robes.
Bow to Him.
And love like Kohrayahntohn did.
With your arms open.
With your heart soft.
With your feet walking into the wilderness if needed.
That’s the kind of story that changes people.
Be Holy
🧺 🦬 🕊️
📖 SCRIPTURES THAT CONFIRM THIS STORY
From the Book of Mormon:
Alma 39:3–4
"Thou didst go on unto boast in thy strength and thy wisdom... thou didst forsake the ministry... after the harlot Isabel."
Alma 42:30
"And now, O my son, ye are called of God to preach the word unto this people."
➡️ Even though Alma chastises his son, he later reaffirms his calling. He never says Corianton lost the Spirit, only that he turned aside. And we never hear how it truly ended. The Nemenhah Records fill in the rest.
From the Nemenhah Records:
The First Book of Tsi Muhayl, Chapter 6
“She had been an harlot but she repented... she opened her home to us... but was judged and cast out.”
Verse 50
“So sharp were the tongues... I was constrained to leave my mission... I had grown to love Itsahbehl.”
Verse 62
“The Prophet Ahlmah... did give up his place as Tehk Tiwehkthihmpt and walked into the wilderness never to be seen again.”
Verse 65
“Is not the harlot become as the virtuous daughter of Itsrahhayl because of righteousness?”
Let the Spirit confirm the truth.
Judge not by appearances.
Let mercy rewrite the story.
Let’s never again cast out a daughter of God
because of what she once was.
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