It is altogether correct in the translation. Our text says, “And hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father.” The Apostles have discovered that there were Gods above, for Paul says God was the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Funny that Joe's own JST revision changed by dropping the "and" preceding "his father", which contradicts Joe's claim about our God having a God/Father above him. But Joe apparently forget that he did that as he proclaimed this gross error to the crowd in the grove.
Exactly that!
The 1832 New Testament Revision (JST) of John’s Book of Revelation does not reflect Smith’s later commentary of the plurality of gods made in 1844 about the same verse in question. Smith failed to keep his 1844 plural god translation straight with his 1832 version which exemplifies how the “Father” *is* the Father of Christ rather than the Father having a Father as expressed in his corrupt 1844 teachings:
KJV Rev 1:6 wrote:And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father
Joseph Smith wrote:
My object was to preach the scriptures, and preach the doctrine they contain, there being a God above, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am bold to declare I have taught all the strong doctrines publicly, and always teach stronger doctrines in public than in private. John was one of the men, and apostles declare they were made kings and priests unto God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It reads just so in the Revelation, Hence the doctrine of a plurality of Gods is as prominent in the Bible as any other doctrine. It is all over the face of the Bible. It stands beyond the power of controversy. A wayfaring man, though a fool, need not err therein.
That idea is nowhere to be found in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, the church Fathers, Rabbinical Judaism, Philo's writings, the gnostic writings, the Kabbala, or any other Judeo/Christian text, however orthodox or heterodox. Joe was utterly full of shinola.
Joseph Smith wrote:If Abraham reasoned thus— if Jesus Christ was the son of God, and John discovered that God the Father of Jesus Christ had a Father, you may suppose that he had a Father also.
And Mormons today are upset and wonder why the Christian world has a problem with Mormonism claiming to be Christianity! It’s NOT all over the face of the Bible and there is no God above the Father! That is corrupt Mormon doctrine that has nothing to do with the Bible. Do recall that we discussed this in your thread entitled The Root.
