Lamanites include Ephraim via Ishmael. In fact, they include Judah as well via the Mulekites.Shawn Henry wrote: ↑November 17th, 2022, 12:20 amWhy do you say Lamanite? This is an interpretation of the Joseph the Seer Prophecy in 2 Ne 3, right?
This was how many viewed it, I remember President Kimball being one, but a more careful reading shows that it is the loins of Joseph of Egypt not Lehi from which the Seer comes, so either Ephraim or Manasseh.
I say Ephraim because of the stick of Ephraim and the stick of Judah which is first a reference to the leadership staff of the Northern Kingdom and Southern Kingdom and secondarily a reference to the scriptures each brings forth.
Anyhow, as for the two anointed ones:
Zechariah 4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
D&C 113:1-6
One anointed one is the rod and one the root, with Christ as the Stem.
1 Who is the Stem of Jesse spoken of in the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th verses of the 11th chapter of Isaiah?
2 Verily thus saith the Lord: It is Christ.
3 What is the rod spoken of in the first verse of the 11th chapter of Isaiah, that should come of the Stem of Jesse?
4 Behold, thus saith the Lord: It is a servant in the hands of Christ, who is partly a descendant of Jesse as well as of Ephraim, or of the house of Joseph, on whom there is laid much power.
5 What is the root of Jesse spoken of in the 10th verse of the 11th chapter?
6 Behold, thus saith the Lord, it is a descendant of Jesse, as well as of Joseph, unto whom rightly belongs the priesthood, and the keys of the kingdom, for an ensign, and for the gathering of my people in the last days.
John 1:19-23
One the Christ, one Elijah and one the Prophet.
19 ¶ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.