Our Lord ministered unto Moriancumer, as He, centuries afterwards, ministered unto the Nephites (III Nephi Chapters 11-28). He explained to Moriancumer the entire Plan of Salvation, bestowed upon him the power and authority of the Holy Priesthood, and endowed him with the blessings and gifts of the Holy Spirit. The Jaredites were an enlightened people, living in the illumination of the patriarchal religion, as it had been taught to Noah, coming to him from Adam through Enoch, and to them by direct revelations of Himself. There is no reason for the supposition that their civilization was inferior to that of the Assyrians, Babylonians, Sumerians, or Egyptians.