3 Nephi 11:7 wrote:Behold my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, in whom I have glorified my name—hear ye him.
The God of Israel appears or is manifested in the flesh just as he did in the Old World but this time as a resurrected and glorified Being of flesh and bone. The only reference ever given to God being a Person of flesh and bone is in direct reference to the Son who came down and was crucified and rose from the dead in resurrection. The Father is only ever associated as being a Spirit who does not have a body of flesh and bone but is physically manifested through the Son.
3 Nephi 11:14 wrote:Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world.
3 Nphi 11:27 wrote:And after this manner shall ye baptize in my name; for behold, verily I say unto you, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one; and I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and I are one.
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost “ARE ONE” in a Godhead but the only manifestation of flesh ever given of *that* Godhead is through Jesus only. The Father does not personally manifest as a separate Person of flesh, ever. The Father is never spoken of as a separate Person apart from the Son having his own body of flesh and bone.
3 Nephi 11:32 wrote:And this is my doctrine, and it is the doctrine which the Father hath given unto me; and I bear record of the Father, and the Father beareth record of me, and the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me; and I bear record that the Father commandeth all men, everywhere, to repent and believe in me.
Note how the Son bears record of the Father and the Father bears record of the Son and the Spirit bears record of both. This doctrine shows how ONE PERSON is the Lord and that ONE PERSON is God. Nobody ever saw Two Persons. None of the prophets including Joseph Smith ever testified that the Father has his OWN body of flesh and bones apart from Jesus. This concept was conceived after Joseph Smith got the papyrus. The early doctrine was clear and concise, that the Father and Son were one and bear witness of each other as a single PERSON being manifested in multiple ways and times.