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About Product: The Jaredites were a blessed people of the Lord (Ether 1:43). On reading the circumstances that surrounded their eventual demise, one might judge them as a failed society. Before judging them, it should be remembered that their history spanned a period of time as long as the centuries between the birth of Christ and our own era. Much of that time they were a righteous people who achieved remarkable accomplishments and blessed the world in doing so.The brief account of the Jaredite history is recorded in book of Ether. It is a history of over a thousand years yet abridged into a few pages. "Where would one even begin to unlock their historical footprint?" That question was answered one night while alone in my apartment in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. While reading the Book of Mormon, I turned to the book of Ether and read: "And it came to pass that the Lord commanded them that they should go forth into the wilderness, yea, even into that quarter where there never had man been (Ether 2:5). Immediately I realized that the Jaredites must have crossed the great sand desert known as the Rub Al Khali , meaning The Empty Quarter in English so named because there is no sign that anyone has ever lived there. I knew that there had been an ancient trail leading from ancient Babel to the edges of the Empty Quarter. This book represents 15 years of research and exploration.
About Author: George Potter has written 7 books on his Book of Mormon and Biblical discoveries in Arabia and Peru, as well as producing 13 documentary films. Since 2003 he has published a monthly newsletter on Book of Mormon research. His articles on the "Valley of Lemuel" (1999) and "Lehi's Trail" (2007) were published in the Maxwell Institute's (FARMS/BYU) Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. Highlights of his research can be found on his website, www.nephiproject.com. His first book, Lehi in the Wilderness is the standard for Lehi's Trail. He wrote the sequel books Nephi in the Promised Land (2009), The Voyages of the Book of Mormon (2011), and his latest in the series, Discovering the Amazing Jaredites. Brother Potter spent 27 years in Arabia, but now resides with his wife Cristina and their boys in Elk Ridge, Utah. He first became interested in archaeology as a LDS missionary in Peru and Bolivia. He graduated with high honors from the University of California at San Diego. Two years later he received a master's degree from the University of California at Berkeley and became a certified public accountant. Brother Potter is retired and now leads tours to the Valley of Lemuel in Saudi Arabia, Nephi's Harbor in Oman and Book of Mormon sites in Peru. Brother Potter has made presentations in a number stakes in California, Utah, Arizona, Idaho and Washington, as well as making presentations for the LDS Chaplains' Conference, FARMS/BYU, The Ensign Magazine, F.A.I.R., BYU Alumni Societies, BYU Management Societies, the Ancient Americas Foundation, and Sons of the Utah Pioneers. For a free presentation in your organization or home and for information on his tours he can be contacted at follownephi@yahoo.com.
Pages: 107
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