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Aug 13, 2018 · “I bear testimony that Joseph Smith was raised up by Almighty God as a Prophet in the last dispensation and fullness of times; that he brought forth the Book of Mormon and translated it by the gift and power of God for the benefit of the world in the latter days," President Wilford Woodruff taught. "I know that the Book of Mormon is true and is a divinely inspired record.”
Zenos, Zenock, and Ezias were prophets who are mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Their teachings and testimonies would have come from the brass plates, which we do not have now. Book of Mormon prophets have recorded that each of them testified of Jesus Christ (see 1 Nephi 19:10; Alma 33:15–16; 34:7; Helaman 8:19–20).
“The Book of Mormon has come forth to remind us of the covenants of the Lord, to the convincing of all ‘that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations.’” Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles says that a testimony of the Book of Mormon leads to a testimony of the Savior and His work.
- The thesis of this article was first presented in my entry entitled “Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon” in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism (New York: Macmillan, 1992), 2:748–50.
- On “the angel of the Lord” as a manifestation of Jehovah Himself, see Gerhard Kittel, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1964), 1:77–78.
- See Robert J. Matthews, “What the Book of Mormon Tells Us about Jesus Christ,” in The Book of Mormon: The Keystone Scripture, ed. Paul R. Cheesman (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1988), 21–43, and “The Atonement of Jesus Christ: 2 Nephi 9,” in The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, ed.
- In analyzing these individual testimonies of Christ, I have tried to examine all the names and titles used by each prophet to refer to Christ, as well as the attributes and functions of Christ that they mention.
The Book of Mormon is the most important religious text to be revealed from God to man “since the writings of the New Testament were compiled nearly two millennia ago.” 31 Joseph Smith declared the Book of Mormon to be “the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion.” 32 It is the only book that the Lord Himself has testified to be true. 33
Jun 9, 2015 · To you, this day, I affirm my witness of the calling of the Prophet Joseph, of his works, of the sealing of his testimony with his blood as a martyr to the eternal truth. Each of you can bear witness of the same thing. You and I are faced with the stark question of accepting the truth of the First Vision and that which followed it.
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Sep 21, 2023 · “I testify that Joseph Smith was and is the prophet of this last dispensation. It was he who, through the gift and power of God, translated this holy book [the Book of Mormon]. This is the book that will help to prepare the world for the Second Coming of the Lord.” (“The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like Without It?
