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PALENQUEIS

CITY BOUNTIFULBy David B. Brown

IN THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE SURVIVORS OF THE GREAT

DESTRUCTION GATHERED AT BOUNTIFUL AND EXPERIENCED A

VISITATION FROM THE RESSURECTED JESUS.

BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE TESTIMONIES OF JESUS FOUND HERE WRITTEN IN STONE, WE

ASSERT THAT PALENQUE IS THE CITY BOUNTIFUL

.LAMANAI. .SAN BARTOLO

TIKAL

KAMINALJUYU

PALENQUE

PALENQUE ISLOCATED IN THE

LOWLANDS

YAXCHILAN

CHINKULTIC

.LAMANAI. .SAN BARTOLO

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KAMINALJUYU

PALENQUE

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BOUNTIFUL IS LOCATED NORTH OF THE LAND OF ZARAHEMLA AND SOUTH OF

THE CITY OF DESOLATION.

ZARAHEMLA

BOUNTIFUL

LA VENTA

YAXCHILAN

CITY OF DESOLATION

CHINKULTIC

MESOAMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST AND EPIGRAPHERS HAVE

ASSEMBLED A SERIES OF MAYAN HIEROGLYPHS KNOWN AS

“EMBLEM GLYPHS”

THESE EMBLEM GLYPHS REPRESENT THE NAMES OF

THE CITIES, THEREFORE, EACH CITY HAS A GLYPH.

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THE FIRST TRANSLATION FOR THE PALENQUE EMBLEM GLYPH WAS

“BOUNTIFUL.”ARCHAEOLOGISTS LATER RESTATED

THEIR TRANSLATION. THE LITERAL TRANSLATION FOR

THE PALENQUE EMBLEM GLYPH IS “BIG WATERS.” “BIG WATERS” AND

BOUNTIFUL ARE EASILY CONSIDERED TO BE SYNONYMOUS.

THE NAME “PALENQUE” DERIVES FROM THE SAME

SPANISH WORD AND IT MEANS “FORTIFIED PLACE”

IT HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED THAT THERE WERE

SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS TO FORTIFY THE CITY WITH DITCHES

AND WALLS CONSTRUCTED FROM TIMBERS SET ON END, HENCE THE SPANISH NAME

“PALENQUE.”

THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH BOOK OF MORMON ACCOUNTS THAT LAMANITES WHO WOULD NOT

TAKE AN OATH OF PEACE WERE SENT TO BOUNTIFUL TO WORK

ON FORTIFYING THE CITY.

THE WORK OF LINDA SCHELE REVEALS THAT THE ROYALTY OF

PALENQUE DRAW THEIR CLAIM TO AUTHENTICITY FROM THEIR

CLOSE RELATIVES WHO RULED IN YAXCHILAN (ZARAHEMLA).

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO YAXCHILAN,

AND THEIR GOD GI IS THE SEVENTH GENERATION FROM THE FIRST ITZAMNAAJ WHO WE HAVE

IDENTIFIED AS THE BOOK OF MORMON CHARACTER KNOWN AS

KING MOSIAH THE ELDER(ITZAMNAAJ B’ALAM II) AND THE FIRST RULER OF THE UNIFIED

DAVIDIC THRONE

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THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE FACTS SURROUNDING

THE CITY OF PALENQUE, NOW WE WILL REVIEW THE

STRUCTURES FOUND AT THIS SITE.

THE TEMPLE OF THE RED QUEEN

THE TEMPLE OF THE INSCRIPTIONS THE PALACE

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THE CROSS COMPLEX

TEMPLE OF THE CROSS

THE TABLET OF THE CROSS REFERS TO THE THREE WISEMEN

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TEMPLE OF THE FOLIATED CROSSTHE TABLET OF THE FOLIATED CROSS

REFERS TO THE THREE NEPHITES

TEMPLE XIX

MAP OF TEMPLE XIX

1. ALFARDA TABLET2. THE STONE PANEL3. WEST SIDE PLATFORM PANEL4. SOUTH SIDE PLATFORM PANEL5. THE THRONE PLATFORM6. THE STUCCO PANEL

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TEMPLE XX REFERS TO THE NINE DISCIPLES WHO JOINED CHRIST IN HIS

“KINGDOM” UPON THEIR DEATH

TEMPLE XXI REFERS TO THE FALLING AWAY OF THE ENLIGHTENED ONES

THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN

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THE TABLET OF THE SUN REFERS TO THE RESTORATION OF CHRIST’S GOSPEL

AND THE GATHERING OF ISRAEL

WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE REASONS FOR SELECTING PALENQUE

AS CITY BOUNTIFUL.1. THE EMBLEM GLYPH2. RELATED TO YAXCHILAN KING LIST3. STORY EMBEDDED IN CITY DESIGN4. THE STORY OF THE THREE WISEMEN5. THE STORY OF CHRIST’S PURPOSE6. THE STORY OF THE THREE NEPHITES7. THE STORY OF THE REMAINING NINE

DISCIPLES8. THE STORY OF LATTER-DAY

RESTORATION

ALL OF THE STRUCTURES WE HAVE COVERED IN THIS

PRESENTATION EITHER SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE CHRIST AND

HIS PURPOSE, OR THEY PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION OF THE PEOPLE

WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY THAT

SCRIPTURALLY ESTABLISHED JESUS AS THE MESSIAH.

THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF EVDIENCE OF THE MESSIAH

WRITTEN IN STONE AT THIS SITE MAKES PALENQUE THE MOST IDEAL LOCATION FOR

THE CITY WHERE CHRIST FIRST VISITED AFTER HIS

RESURRECTION.

FOR ALL OF THE REASONS WE HAVE COVERED HERE, WE MAKE THE ASSERTIVE

CLAIM THAT…

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PALENQUEIS

THE CITY BOUNTIFUL

PALENQUEIS

CITY BOUNTIFULBy David B. Brown