It was on September 21, 1823, when the angel Moroni first appeared to the young prophet Joseph Smith in his farm home near Palmyra, New York. A popular meme included an image of Moroni without his trumpet and a.

In Christendom, “three” denotes a certain divine completeness, but my guess is that repetition was used in these scenarios simply for practical purposes. Moroni was saying something very important. He wanted to make sure Joseph understood.

Moroni appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith 22 different times during the life of the Prophet Joseph that we know of.

Joseph Smith

More specifically, Mormon often points out to his readers, the people of our day, the lessons of events that happened before our time. Mormon sees these events as patterns for us to learn from. (See Alma 24:19; Alma 28:13; Alma 30:60; Alma 50:19; Hel. 3:27–28.)

The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from approximately 2200 BC to AD 421.

“While the Angel Moroni statue occupies a prominent place on many temples throughout the world — symbolizing the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ — it is not a requirement of temple design. Some temples may include the statue, while others may not,” it reads.

It’s a symbolic reference to the morning of the first resurrection. The sun rises in the east, and it “makes sense” that Christ will descend from heaven in the morning facing the temple from the east as well. Moroni is announcing the second coming of the Messiah.

From architectural trend to marking a monumental building to an easily recognizable standard for temples — whatever its purpose — angel Moroni statues are a way for Latter-day Saints to celebrate the completion of another house of the Lord and remember how the Restoration began.