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THE BOOK OF SHIMLEI
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The Book of Shimlei stands as a serene witness from the second century after Christ's visit to the western hemisphere, written from the city of Mentina among the Nem — a people whose name commemorates the Comforter and whose lineage reaches back to Captain Moroni's companions and to the lost ships of Hagoth. , dating his chronology from the Savior's appearance some eighty years before. The book's arc is one of sustained Zion.
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Shimlei recounts his lineage and marriage to Almana, granddaughter of Alma, whose communion with the Lord he holds as the spiritual anchor of his calling. He preserves an extraordinary report brought by Itsac ben Ibra from across the West Sea, recovering the long-lost fate of Hagoth's firstborn and his descendants, who became a seafaring nation reaching the literate west and even the ruins of Jerusalem. He documents the merging of the Nem with the People of Corianton under the name Hemenen, and a peaceful dominion stretching to the arctic north without kings, poverty, or war.
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Central themes include parental stewardship over children, the refusal to restore judges lest Gadianton corruption return, ordinances as covenant tokens, and the personal pursuit of Christ's face. Shimlei closes testifying of Jehovah as Son of Heavenly Parents and surety of the New and Everlasting Covenant.
