🌧️ SAMUEL THE LAMANITE — THE PROPHET WHO WOULD NOT DIE 🕊️ Why His Voice Echoes Again in Our Day
🌧️ SAMUEL THE LAMANITE — THE PROPHET WHO WOULD NOT DIE
🕊️ Why His Voice Still Matters in the Last Days
Hello friends.
Tonight I want to talk quietly about one of the most remarkable prophets in all of scripture —
a man we often reference,
but rarely slow down to understand.
Samuel the Lamanite.
Most readers remember him for one dramatic moment:
standing on a wall, preaching repentance,
while arrows and stones could not touch him.
But Samuel’s story is much larger than that moment.
When we read the Book of Mormon alongside the Nemenhah Records, a fuller picture begins to emerge —
one that helps explain why his voice never faded,
and why his message feels uncomfortably relevant today.
Let’s walk gently through it.
🔥 1. Samuel Was Not an Outsider — He Was Part of the Covenant Remnant
Samuel is often framed as a peripheral figure —
a “Lamanite prophet” sent briefly to warn the Nephites.
But the records themselves tell a different story.
Both the Book of Mormon and the Nemenhah Records present Samuel as:
a covenant prophet
a keeper of ancient spiritual tradition
a man raised in the old teachings of Christ
a voice preserved while institutional religion hardened
In the Nemenhah Records especially, Samuel is not treated as a side character.
He is treated as foundational.
His lineage continues forward through named descendants, including:
Tsi Tuhgohhah
Pah Hehmehntah
Tsi Muhayl, author of The First and Second Books of Tsi Muhayl
Rather than disappearing after Helaman, Samuel becomes a spiritual root —
a source from which later prophetic voices grow.
🏹 2. A Prophet the People Refused to Hear
Samuel’s message was simple and piercing:
Repent
Prepare
Come unto Christ
Lay aside pride
Care for the poor
Stop trusting wealth, power, and appearances
And the response?
They tried to kill him.
“They could not hit him with their arrows nor stones…”
(Helaman 16:2)
Even faced with an undeniable miracle, the people did not soften.
Instead, they:
rationalized it away
waited for sanctioned voices
trusted structures over revelation
This pattern appears again and again in scripture.
The Nemenhah Records explicitly warn that Gentile societies repeat this same mistake —
preferring institutions, buildings, and authority
over humility, repentance, and the living voice of Christ.
Samuel’s experience becomes a mirror.
🌿 3. Samuel’s Voice Continues in the Nemenhah Tradition
When later prophets speak in the Nemenhah Records — including Moroni (Mohrhohnahyah) —
their tone sounds strikingly familiar.
Not militaristic.
Not political.
But pleading, prophetic, and sorrowful.
The themes echo Samuel’s teachings:
warnings against pride
condemnation of wealth-centered religion
calls to consecration
emphasis on Zion as a way of living
prophecies of a small, faithful remnant
This continuity suggests that Samuel’s message was not lost —
it was carried forward, preserved, and taught across generations.
🕊️ 4. Samuel Did Not Speak by Hearsay
The Book of Mormon tells us Samuel knew of Christ’s coming “by the Spirit of prophecy.”
The Nemenhah Records expand on this idea, explaining that their fathers were taught:
how to hear the Spirit
how to see spiritually
how to discern truth without relying on institutions
Samuel did not simply repeat tradition.
He spoke from direct spiritual knowledge.
This helps explain why his words carried such authority —
and why attempts to silence him failed.
⚡ 5. Why Samuel’s Message Matters Today
Samuel’s teachings contain three recurring warnings that appear throughout scripture:
1️⃣ A Personal Call to Repentance
Not collective.
Not institutional.
But individual.
2️⃣ A Warning of Coming Consequences
Scripture consistently shows that societies explain away signs
until consequences arrive suddenly.
3️⃣ A Promise to a Small Remnant
Samuel prophesied that humble followers of Christ —
scattered, overlooked, and quiet —
would become the preserved covenant people in the last days.
The Nemenhah Records refer to this group as:
“the small flock… the residue whom the Lord preserves.”
🌈 6. A Voice That Never Truly Left
Samuel stood on a wall.
Others wrote on plates.
Some preserved records quietly.
Different settings.
Same Spirit.
Scripture shows us that the Lord does not abandon His warnings —
He preserves them, often outside the places people expect to find them.
For those with ears to hear,
Samuel’s voice never stopped speaking.
It was simply waiting to be remembered.
🕊️
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