Shulem wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2026 10:35 am
LittleNipper wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2026 3:20 pm
And the Bible shines forth like a beacon of light. Fishermen cannot make up some collaborating reality. GOD would not allow it to survive.
Many say the Book of Mormon shines forth like a beacon of light. Men from New York have collaborated that reality and God has allowed it to survive to this day.
The written word has been with us from beginning starting with Moses... Jesus quoted from that Old Testament and in accordance with what was recorded in John 14:26 --- Jesus promises HIS early followers: "But the Helper, the HOLY SPIRIT, whom the FATHER will send in MY name, HE will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you." And so the Universal CHURCH was being fed from the prophetic Word of GOD concerning the coming MESSIAH, and as the Apostles wrote various documentation and letters to the various growing church groups.
Never in the entire history of the Written Word of GOD was GOD's HOLY WORD recorded and then hidden from either the Jews nor the growing body of Christians. Yes, the understanding of various portions was held until a specific time appointed by GOD to reveal its meaning. However, it was not lost, stolen, or hidden away for a future date.
This is not so with regard to the Book of Mormon. So for 1800 years the book is stated by Joseph Smith to have been buried. Yes, various books such as those of the apocrypha and various Gnostic literature have been rejected from the Bible Cannon, but they were around for those who wished to read them. The Bible which we possess is all about MESSIAH and how HE relates to us.
