It was 201 years ago on Sept. 21-22 that Joseph Smith received instructions from an angel of God, Moroni, about the golden plates buried in the Hill Cumorah. From these plates, he eventually translated the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ. You can read his words about that whole process here in Joseph Smith History 1:27 to the end of the chapter.

God doesn’t do things randomly. Everything He does has a purpose and order to it. We can see this in the date when the above event occurred. Did you know it happened to coincide with the Feast of the Trumpets, a feast from the ancient Hebrews? Why is this important? It’s because this annual feast is when the Jews celebrate the beginning of the gathering of Israel. We know from President Nelson, the president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that the Book of Mormon is central to this work of the gathering of Israel, in this talk here.

To learn more, read the article here about it by Lenet Hadley Read. You can also read her book above, from amazon.com or archive.org.

I also invite you to watch the videos above and below. The first one explains what the Feast of Trumpets is. The bottom one explains the connection of the Feast of Trumpets to the reception of the golden plates by Joseph Smith. You will learn how Sept. 21, 1823 fits in with the Hebrew feasts. Then you will learn how each yearly visit of Moroni to Joseph in September from 1824 to 1827, when he finally got to receive the golden plates, fits in with these feasts and God’s covenantal love. It’s a beautiful story of Christ’s kingdom of order and glory.