When Joseph Smith translated the Bible, by what method did he find new passages in the book of Genesis that predicted his own coming thousands of years later?
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When Joseph Smith translated the Bible
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Re: When Joseph Smith translated the Bible
moksha wrote:When Joseph Smith translated the Bible, by what method did he find new passages in the book of Genesis that predicted his own coming thousands of years later?
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He describes the process in some depth in D&C 142.
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Re: When Joseph Smith translated the Bible
The Nehor wrote:moksha wrote:When Joseph Smith translated the Bible, by what method did he find new passages in the book of Genesis that predicted his own coming thousands of years later?
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He describes the process in some depth in D&C 142.
It went something like this:
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.