1375. In the Beginning: Being Present at the Creation with Moses and Joseph Smith By Steven C. Harper , January 11, 2022, in Meridian Magazine
This goes with the next blog. I'm loving studying the Pearl of Great Price, in connection with the Creation! In the Beginning: Being Present at the Creation with Moses and Joseph Smith By Steven C. Harper · January 11, 2022 Cover image: Revelation to Joseph Smith in June 1830: Moses 1 [3] In all of recorded history, two lessons on “the beginning” (Genesis 1:1) stand out among all others. The first, recorded in the Pearl of Great Price, was sort of like “Take Your Child to Work Day” when a child spends one day at work with a parent to learn what they do. Moses was the child. Heavenly Father was the parent. Moses was “transfigured before him” and the lesson was delivered with stunning effects. [1] God showed Moses “the workmanship of [His] hands,” Moses “marveled and wondered” at the vision he beheld and pleaded with God to understand more. [2] I would pay any price to be privy to that lesson. The closest I can come is reading the Book of Moses as revealed to Joseph Smith. The