Ether 3

Moriancumer found rocks and melted them down into sixteen small stones. The stones were white and clear like glass. He carried them to the top of the mountains and prayed again to the Lord, saying: O Lord, do not be angry because of my weakness. We know you are holy and live in the heavens and that we are unworthy.

But, O Lord, you have told us to ask you for the things we need. Look on us in pity. Do not allow us to go across this raging deep ocean in darkness. I know you have all power and can do anything to help us.

See these stones I have melted of rock; touch them with your finger and make them shine in the dark. We will then have light while we cross the sea. O Lord, will you please do this?

When Moriancumer said these words, the Lord stretched His hand and touched the sixteen stones one by one with His finger. The curtain between heaven and earth was removed. Moriancumer saw the Lord’s finger. It looked like the finger of a man. Moriancumer became so afraid that he fell down.

Moriancumer saw the finger of the Lord because of his faith. He knew it was the Lord’s finger. Then Moriancumer no longer had faith; he had knowledge. Because of his knowledge, he could not be kept from seeing Jesus.

The Lord said: Arise, why have you fallen? Moriancumer said to the Lord: I saw your finger and I was afraid. I did not know you have a body.

The Lord said: You have seen me because of your faith. Never has any man come with such great faith as you have. Did you see more than my finger? Moriancumer answered: No. Please, Lord, show yourself to me.

The Lord said: Do you believe my words? Moriancumer answered: Yes, Lord, I know you speak the truth. You are a God of truth and you cannot lie.

When he said these words, the Lord showed himself and said: Because you know these things, you are brought back into my presence. I show myself to you.

I am Jesus Christ. I was prepared from the beginning of the world to save my people. Because of me, all mankind will live again after they die. Those who believe in me will become my sons and my daughters. So I am the Father and the Son.

I have never showed myself to any man I created, for never has man believed in me as much as you do. Do you see that you are like me? All people are created in my shape and image. What you see now is my Spirit. One day I will be born on earth in a body with bones and blood.

Because of Moriancumer’s great faith, the Lord could not hold anything back from him. So the Lord showed Moriancumer all the people of the earth which had lived and those who would live.

The Lord said to him: Do not tell the things you have seen and heard to the world. Write them in a book and seal them up so no one can read them. You will write them in a language that cannot be read. They will come to the world in my own time.