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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
TIKAL
KAMINALJUYU
PALENQUE
.
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