The Chip Monks and the Mount of Transfiguration

The three Chip Monks we have identified may also make sense given what is known or guessed at about events on the Mount of Transfiguration.

According to Bible tradition, Jesus went up to a "Mountain" and there was transfigured in the company of at least some of his Apostles as well as other angelic Beings.  Joseph Smith's words in the Doctrine and Covenants seemt to confirm that something did indeed happen on a Mountain with Jesus, that John (Thingol-Aragorn) was present and a witness of this event, but that we do not have a full record or account of what happened there.  In Doctrine and Covenants 63, it is mentioned that the Earth will be transfigured, and that what this meant, or the "pattern" that would be followed in doing so, was shown to the Apostles on the Mount of Transfiguration:

Nevertheless, he that endureth in faith and doeth my will, the same shall overcome, and shall receive an inheritance upon the earth when the day of transfiguration shall come;

When the earth shall be transfigured, even according to the pattern which was shown unto mine apostles upon the mount; of which account the fulness ye have not yet received.

So, there are a bunch of things we don't know about what happened on that Mount, and my guess is that even the accounts or versions we do have may not be completely accurate.

Even with that, however, we can make some assumptions given the stories we have that would suggest that our three Chip Monks were all present and actively participating in events that transpired there.

Both Peter-Simon and Moses-Theodore are clearly there in all versions of the event.  I will propose that Faramir-Alvin is there as well, though under a different name, and that is the one that gets a little complicated, perhaps.  The other two are straightforward, at least as to their being with Jesus in some capacity on the Mount.  For example, in Matthew's version, we have the story begin as follows:

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

OK, so we have Peter, James, and John, plus Moses and Elias, all there with Jesus.  Excluding James, we actually have identities or roles for all of these participants if we assume Elias is Faramir-Eonwe.  I will get to that point as the end of this post since it will be the most complicated.  But, if true, we have the 3 Chip Monks plus John-Aragorn-Thingol and the unknown individual of James (if that is accurate).

The accounts in Mark and Luke place the same individuals at the scene, so I won't also repeat those here, but will note that in Luke's account we have the added detail of Peter and the other disciples sleeping for some time during the event.

The Gospel of John is silent on the matter of the Mount of Transfiguration, but we do get a hint of John's witness and participation in that event in the Doctrine and Covenants as part of Section 93.  John indicates that he witnessed Jesus receiving "all power and glory".  He uses language and symbolism that points to the traditional account of Jesus' baptism (Holy Ghost descending as a Dove, a Voice out of Heaven), but which also strongly suggest or point to events on the Mount of Transfiguration, in which Jesus receives a fulness while still in the flesh (prior to his death and resurrection).  In that account as well, we learn that John has a more complete record or witness of Jesus than we current have at our disposal, and thus it is implied that we do not really even know what or who to worship and how to worship him.

And I, John, bear record that he received a fulness of the glory of the Father;

And he received all power, both in heaven and on earth, and the glory of the Father was with him, for he dwelt in him.

And it shall come to pass, that if you are faithful you shall receive the fulness of the record of John.

I give unto you these sayings that you may understand and know how to worship, and know what you worship, that you may come unto the Father in my name, and in due time receive of his fulness.

For if you keep my commandments you shall receive of his fulness, and be glorified in me as I am in the Father; therefore, I say unto you, you shall receive grace for grace.

It is important to remember that in my exploratory tale, John the Baptist and John the Revelator/Apostle are the same Being, for what it's worth.

In any case, we don't know a whole lot about what truly happened on that Mount with Jesus.  But the Chip Monks would because they were witnesses to the event.  Again, this is very clear for both Peter and Moses, who are named in all of the versions of the account.

This leaves us with Elias as Faramir-Alvin if we are to have this make sense and be another supporting argument in favor of the role these Chip Monks have and will play as witnesses of Jesus.

Elias is a tricky name and role.  It is traditionally thought of by Bible scholars (as far as I understand - I am not a scholar myself) that this is simply a version of the name Elijah.  Thus, again in my understanding, when many people read of the account of the Mount of Transfiguration, they simply view the angelic Beings who appear with Jesus as Moses and Elijah.

Joseph Smith had a different view of Elias, and this is hinted at in the New Testament as well even without his re-translation of certain passages.   Rather than Elias being Elijah, he viewed Elias as a title or role that was given to various Beings.  Specifically, there would be an "Elias" who was responsible for the gathering of Israel and to "restore all things".  This also includes the role of being a "fore-runner" or preparing the way for Jesus.

In this capacity, John would have played the role of Elias before and during Jesus' ministry.  This is what is hinted at in the New Testament, for example, when Jesus speaks of Elias and the disciples understand him to mean John the Baptist.  In Joseph Smith's "translation" of an excerpt from Matthew, however, we have greater clarity that John was indeed an Elias, but that also importantly there is another Being who is referred to here that is not John, and it is this Being who will restore all things at a future day and also be known as Elias:

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things, as the prophets have written. And again I say unto you that Elias has come already, concerning whom it is written, Behold I will send my messenger and he shall prepare the way before me; and they knew him not, and have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of Man suffer of them. But I say unto you, Who is Elias? Behold, this is Elias, whom I send to prepare the way before me. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist and also of another who should come and restore all things, as it is written by the prophets

It is very clear here that, at least to how Joseph was processing this scene in his re-translation of various Bible passages, Elias was both John and an unnamed other individual.  Two Beings playing similar roles.

It is this unnamed other individual who I propose is Faramir-Eonwe, or in other words the Holy Ghost.

And this role fits based on what was outlined by Jesus in John 14 in relation to what the Holy Ghost would do at some future day.  He would restore things and knowledge to the disciples, while also preparing the way for Jesus' return.  In a post from last year, I created a short list of the different things Jesus said the Holy Ghost would do - specific actions or roles that were given to him to complete at a future day (these come from John 14 - 16, with the final bullet added from Jesus' words at Bountiful):

• Be sent by the Father in the name of Jesus
• Teach the disciples of Jesus all things
• Bring everything that Jesus taught the disciples to their remembrance
• Testify of Jesus
• Reprove the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (what these mean are mentioned)
• Guide the disciples to all truth, including things that Jesus wanted to teach them during his mortal ministry but the disciples were unable to bear
• Speak only what he hears (will not speak of himself)
• Show the disciples things to come (i.e., show the future)
• Receive what Jesus has, and then show it to the disciples
• Glorify Jesus
• Bear record of both the Father and the Son

Further, Joseph Smith gives greater clarity or descriptions as to the role of this future Elias in D&C 77.  Elias will come and restore all things, and as part of this he will "seal" the servants of God in their foreheads, with the assistance of others in performing this.  This "sealing" is part of gathering of the Family of Light back home, in my view, and this of course fits very well with my post just yesterday on what "Restoration" really means - to restore Good for Good and Evil for Evil.  Elias - the Holy Ghost in this future iteration - and his fellow Chip Monks will have a role in this Restoration.

The forehead sealing in conjunction with Elias is also another clue we have tagged the right Being in Alvin-Faramir.  Recall the unique symbol that was placed on the forehead of Harry Potter, for example, in the form of the Lighting Bolt.  I had suggested this Lightning Bolt was symbolic of our Swift Messenger Faramir:

The Lightning Bolt may be a symbol of Eonwe-Faramir and his Family.  As Jah ni hah, he is said to be a "Swift Messenger", which coupled with Light, brings to mind the symbol of the Lightning Bolt. . . 

. . . we see that symbol also in my dream, and in the character of Harry Potter, associated with Peter-Ingwe.  My best guess as to why is that this is the symbol of the Family of Light, and is what is thus sealed on the foreheads of all members of that Family (again, speaking of this symbolically - I don't think people all get large Harry Potter lightning bolts literally carved into their foreheads).

So, in my mind this all fits very well.  The title of Elias, formerly held and performed by John-Aragorn, is passed to Faramir (who once served as John's Steward in LOTR) as part of his responsibilities as the Holy Ghost in bringing to pass the restoration of all things and preparing the way for the return of Jesus.

One other detail from my words in 2019 seems to strongly support this view, and I will close out this post with those and some brief commentary around it.

Back in June, I shared one of my strange phrases from November 2019 in which the Holy Ghost is mentioned (in the form of the name Paraclete, the Greek for Holy Ghost), but with the name "Eli-yhu" in front of it.  At the time, I guessed this to be a form of the name Elias (deriving it from Elijah), and thus we had a Being known as "Elias Holy Ghost".  Here is the phrase and my translation from back in June:

Nov. 3 and 4, 2019

Ever longinquitous lore eli-yhu para-cle'et lea alsado ish nee eshtaru te ak'a to go out useru

My 'translation' (probably not great, but I think good enough, honestly, for this):

 

Ever distant/ remote lore Elias Holy Ghost compose light out of your nothing-place whence I Eressea path very far to go out without love/ lover

For reference and as reminder, I have Eowyn speaking here, and thus the reference to a path that she took alone without Faramir sometime at the beginning of the 4th Age.

The 'remote lore' I believe must refer to the stories that will be found on the Rose Stone and also on the Ithil Stone, and that will be composed or written by Faramir, and will also involve the communication and transmission of such stories over a great, potentially unimaginable, distance.

This is all to say, that despite some potential confusion with the name of Elias/ Elijah, I actually see this future Elias role very clearly as falling on Faramir.  Consequently, it makes complete sense to me to have him and his fellow Chip Monks taking on the roles they will play, specifically their involvement with records, stories, and whatever else in France.

To summarize, then, we have the three Chip Monks present at the Mount of Transfiguration both as key holders, it seems, as well as witnesses.  They both did and witnessed things there, in other words, and it doesn't seem like it was a large crowd that was there.  They are Elias (Faramir-Alvin), Moses (Theodore), and Peter (Simon).  Their past involvement on that Mount was for a reason, I think, even if we don't know all of those reasons right now since we lack the complete and accurate record of what happened there.  Whatever that reason was will also be one of the reasons for their future involvement in this story, which includes the Study and its Records in France.