All the Inhabitants of the Earth
When the brother of Jared saw the Lord on the mount Shelem, Jesus “showed unto [him] all the inhabitants of the earth which had been, and also all that would be; and he withheld them not from his sight, even unto the ends of the earth” (Ether 3:25). I do not understand how he could have beheld the billions and billions of people who have ever or would ever live on the earth, but somehow He did. This is similar to what later happened to Moses when he had a great vision of the Lord: “And it came to pass that Moses looked, and beheld the world upon which he was created; and Moses beheld the world and the ends thereof, and all the children of men which are, and which were created; of the same he greatly marveled and wondered.” After encountering Satan, he again had a great vision: “Moses cast his eyes and beheld the earth, yea, even all of it; and there was not a particle of it which he did not behold, discerning it by the Spirit of God. And he beheld also the inhabitants thereof, and ther...