Exact Location of the Waters of Mormon

Waters of Mormon

There is also a excelent candidate for the waters of Mormon found in Missouri. Being based on the geography and features of the spring and the description given by the Book of Mormon and D&C. There is a good chance this is where Alma baptized those who believed in the prophet Abinadi


This is how Alma described the waters of Mormon Mosiah 18:5


5 Now, there was in Mormon a fountain of pure water, and Alma resorted thither, there being near the water a thicket of small trees, where he did hide himself in the daytime from the searches of the king.

What sticks out is it is described as a fountain of pure water.


Big Springs, Missouri fits this description. Big Springs is a single spring that has a daily out flow of 286 million gallons per day. Enough that the springs creates white water as it enters what appears to be glacial crystal clear pool of water. You can see the white water that is produced from the out flow of the spring.

http://www.scienceviews.com/parks/bigspring.html


How do we know that the waters of Mormon should be in Missouri the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants helps answer that question?

Alma states in Mosiah 18:4, 31


4 And it came to pass that as many as did believe him did go forth to a place which was called Mormon, having received its name from the king, being in the borders of the land

31 And these things were done in the borders of the land, that they might not come to the knowledge of the king.


So from these verses we learn that the Waters of Mormon are near the border of the land.
We learn from scripture where the borders of the land are located D&C 54:8 states missionaries were sent out to Missouri. Missouri is stated as the borders of the Lamanite lands.


8 And thus you shall take your journey into the regions westward, unto the land of Missouri, unto the borders of the Lamanites.


The borders of the Lamanites is located in Missouri just like the Waters of Mormon are located in Missouri. Its large outflow of water could easily be described as a fountain in its simplest terms.


For a basic layout of the geography of the Nephites and Lamanites see map


http://bookofmormonevidence.blogspot.com/2016/09/six-sea-model-alma-chapter-22-bom-map.html

Mik Maq Nephites and Christ visit

It is becoming clear that the Mik Maq are remnants of the Nephites nation for several reasons.

They have four reformed Egyptian characters in their book of Prayers. They have the most examples of Hebrew culture. Comparatively they have high concentrations of Middle Eastern dna. Their geographical location north of the Hill Cumorah als matches well. They are traditional enemies of the Iroquios (Lamanite) nation. They have an account of Christ visit.

In 1680 Father Clercq was surprised by the many Hebrew customs that the Mik Maq had when he asked them if Christians missionaries had taught them these beliefs. The Mik Maq elders said that he was the first missionary to visit their tribe. 

Examples of Mik maq Hebrew Customs and Beliefs that Father Clercq found the Mik Maq practicing.

Hebrew custom of one year betrothal and dowry     

(New Relations of Gaspesia pg85 ) 

Belief of a great flood

(New Relations of Gaspesia pg84 ) 

Belief they descended from one man and one woman
           and genesis account

(New Relations of Gaspesia pg84 ) 

Their language compared to Hebrew by  Silas T Rand

(Legends of the Mic Macs pg35)

Examples of Mik maq Book of Mormon examples

               

                Belief they sailed to North America as did Lehi
               and his family

(New Relations of Gaspesia pg84 ) 

                Belief they had letters and a written language

(New Relations of Gaspesia pg86 )  

Christ Visit

                The mik maq are visited by a man who performs miracles
                and people are healed.

                In the Book of Mormon Christ visits the Nephites and performs
                miracles and healings

(New Relations of Gaspesia pg172 ) 

This man takes the time to teach the Mik Maq people. Christ spends several days if not weeks teaching the Nephites and Lamanites.

(New Relations of Gaspesia pg172 ) 

Before a visit by this man the Mik Maqs were under extreme destitution and devastation. Before  Christ visit in the Book of Mormon there were natural calamities that devastated the Nephites and Lamanites

(New Relations of Gaspesia pg172 ) 

Before Christ visit there was three days of darkness. The Mik Maq elders during the devastation of ther nation were under a deep sleep consistent with the Book of Mormon.

(New Relations of Gaspesia pg86 ) 

           The Mik Maq believe they need to have signs and
           and tokens in the after life.

Father Clercq also believed that they once had the gospel but was lost to due to the licentiousness of their ancestors.

"these people had received in times past a knowledge of the Gospel and of Christianity, which they have finally lost through the negligence and the licentiousness of their ancestors"

(New Relations of Gaspesia pg86 )

Michmash

In the Old Testament there is a city that still exist today known today as Mikhmas and known in the Old Testament as Michmash. In the Old Testament the pronunciation of Michmash is very similar to the name of the Micmac tribe. Based on their similar beliefs and their Book of Prayers characters, Micmac tribe most likely are direct descendants of the Nephites/Hopewell Indians and survived the Nephite genocide by escaping to the North Alma 22:33. Their geographical location above the hill Cumorah and other factors such as a nomadic lifestyle, being decimated by sickness, as well as wars with the Iroquois (Lamanites), offers more evidence to support this conclusion. Based on the Iroquois beliefs and traditions, the Iroquois are the best candidate to be primarily responsible for the extinction of the Nephites. Michmash in Hebrew means “something hidden”. During the Nephite genocide any surviving Nephites would have to join the Lamanites or hide. The very name of Micmac, supports this.

Iroquios Lamanites

Iroquios Lamanites

Based on their own traditions and location of traditional lands the Iroquios are definitely Lamanites.

See Hebrew Links

http://bookofmormonevidence.blogspot.com/2016/09/native-american-hebrew-language.html

http://bookofmormonevidence.blogspot.com/2016/09/native-american-hebrew-like-temples.html

The Book of Mormon records the record of a light skinned people from the old world who sailed to the promise land (North America). They prosper but are in a constant state of war with other tribes. They prosper for two hundred years and then are exterminated by the surrounding tribes.

Iroquois tradition states the same thing. 

The Iroquois state that a light skinned race of Indian sailed to North American. They prosper then are exterminated by them off the face of the land.

“After a long time a number of foreign people sailed from a port unknown……After many years the foreign people became numerous, and extended their settlements ; but afterwards they were destroyed”
(Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations  1838, pg. 16)

http://bookofmormonevidence.blogspot.com/2016/09/dna-evidence-of-white-race-of-indian_12.html