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Date: September 23, 2016 04:20PM
According to wikipedia, "Adam-ondi-Ahman (/ædəm ɑːndaɪ ɑːmən/, sometimes clipped to Diahman) is a historic site in Daviess County, Missouri about five miles south of Jameson. It is located along the east bluffs above the Grand River. According to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), it is the site where Adam and Eve lived after being expelled from the Garden of Eden. It teaches that the place will be a gathering spot for a meeting of the priesthood leadership, including prophets of all ages and other righteous people, prior to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ....
Contemporaries of Smith stated that he taught that the Garden of Eden was located in the vicinity of Independence, Missouri,[10] and that after Adam and Eve were banished from the garden, they went to Adam-ondi-Ahman.[11]
According to a revelation declared by Smith, Adam met his children at the site three years before his death to bestow his blessing.[12] LDS Church leader Joseph Fielding Smith has written that before the Second Coming, Adam will convene another meeting there to turn the government of the human family officially to Jesus Christ.[13]
Meaning of the name[edit]
According to the belief of some Latter Day Saints, the term "Adam-ondi-Ahman" is part of the Adamic language.[14] The name was first referenced in about 1832, in a revelation to Joseph Smith[15] prior to being attached to a specific place. The name was also the title of a hymn that was popular in the early church.
"Adam-ondi-Ahman" has been speculatively translated as the "Valley of God, where Adam dwelt" (by Latter Day Saint apostle Orson Pratt),[16] "the valley of God in which Adam blessed his children" (by John Corrill),[17] "Adam's grave" (by Community of Christ historian Heman C. Smith),[18] or "Adam with God",[19] because elsewhere in the Doctrine and Covenants "Son Ahman" is said to refer to Jesus.[20][19]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam-ondi-Ahman