Book of Mormon
A few years following the visit of God the Father and Jesus Christ, Joseph was visited by an angel - a man who had once lived on the American Continent, pre-dating the arrival of Columbus. The angel's name was Moroni and he told Joseph of a record written on gold plates buried in a hill nearby that contained the revelations of God to the early inhabitants of this, the American Continent, and that this volume was to be a companion scripture to the Holy Bible. Those Golden Plates were translated into what we know today as The Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is a record of a tribe of Israel that was led out of Jerusalem by the Lord and guided safely across the ocean to this, the "promised land." The people prospered and grew into great nations, but a terrible civil war wiped out an entire race of people known as the nephites because of their iniquities and their rebellion against God.
When Columbus arrived, he found the remnants of this tribe of Israel. Supposing he had landed in India, he mistakely gave them the name of Indians, which has remained to this day. The Book of Momon answers so many questions about the artifacts found upon the American continent, which point to an intelligent race that once inhabited these lands. But more importantly, the Book of Mormon contains teachings of the prophets who lived here (similar to that of the Bible) - teachings that center on the life and mission of Jesus Christ. The pinnacle of the Book of Mormon account is a description of the visit of the resurrected Christ, himself, to the people on this continent following his ascension in Jerusalem. To the ancient Americans, Jesus said, "Ye are they of whom I said, "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." (John 10:16). The Book of Mormon's detailed account of Christ ministry among the ancient Americas adds an additonal witness to the truthfulness of the Holy Bible and its teachings.
The visit of the Father and the Son to the boy prophet, Joseph Smith, and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon (foretold by Isaiah centuries ago [Isaiah 29]) marked the return of Christ's church to the earth, complete with all of the original doctrines, including prophets and apostles with divine authority. It is the single most exciting event of our modern world! It is enough to cause 60,000 nineteen year-old young men and women to leave their comfortable homes each year and tell this story throughout the world. These missionaries go at their own expense and under strict living circumstances - to proclaim that which they have come to know for themselves as the "good news" - the gospel of Jesus Christ.
the Book of Mormon - it is here to be handled and read by any seeker of truth. As one reads this profound volume of scripture, they are led to ask themselves, "Could a farm-boy from New York with very little formal education really have made this up?" The Book of Mormon closes with a promise from the last ancient American to write upon the plates - Moroni. It was Moroni who returned as an angel to show Joseph where the plates were buried. He writes, "Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down unto the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."(Moroni 10:3-5)
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