Question: “My anti-LDS friend says “See! According to Avraham’s answer he proves that Joseph Smith took chapters of Isaiah from the King James Version and inserted them into the Book of Mormon. It is a fraud because Nephi didn’t actually write or quote Isaiah from the brass plates, including 1 Nephi 20:20 (of Isaiah 48), […]
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As a singular type of the end-time Gentiles’ kings and queens who restore the house of Israel (Isaiah 49:22–23; 2 Nephi 10:8–9), the brother of Jared had obtained a “knowledge” that led him to see the Lord: “Because of the knowledge of this man he could not be kept from beholding within the veil, .
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Question: Some have interpreted Hebrews 10 to say that the Savior is the veil of the temple. Is there support for this in the scriptures generally? Answer: As used throughout the scriptures, the word “veil” signifies something separating people from the Lord that is inherent in humanity’s mortal or fallen nature. It can be physical,
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Perhaps many in our day never expect to be called to fulfill their Ephraimite birthright role of serving as end-time saviors of the house of Israel. That, however, is the reality many will face. Some—like Apostle Orson Hyde, who in 1841 traveled to dedicate the Holy Land for the return of the Jews—will fulfill their
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Question: I’m troubled by Brigham Young’s statement that the Gentiles would be just as mistaken about Jesus’ second coming as the Jews were about his first (Journal of Discourses, 8:115). Who was he talking about, members of the church or non-members? And what do you think they would they be mistaken about? Answer: When Brigham
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When Jesus said, “Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled” (Luke 21:24), he defined a protracted period of time in which non-covenant peoples would hold sway over his people of the house of Israel as epitomized by the city of Jerusalem. That epoch would nevertheless see
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Question: I’ve heard it preached by authority that there will never be another apostasy. While not wishing to dwell on this subject, what does Isaiah say about it? Answer: The pulpit narrative you cite is a polar opposite of the scriptures narrative, Isaiah’s in particular. Persons who make such entitled statements evidently don’t understand the
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The type and precedent of an end-time great reversal of circumstances among God’s people happened when Israel’s natural lineages rejected their Messiah and his gospel turned to the Gentiles. Alluding to this, Jesus said to the chief priests and Pharisees, “The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing
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Question: I have heard from the pulpit that the power of God has descended on the Latter-day Saints in fulfillment of Nephi’s words in 1 Nephi 14. Does that agree with what Nephi taught? Answer: The verse you refer to states, “And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb
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When Jesus said, “All the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have testified of me” (3 Nephi 20:24), he didn’t mean they and others ministering in the priesthood after holy order of God testified only in words. Holy men of old also testified in their persons—in their very
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Question: Is there more than one end-time servant of God according to Isaiah? Some say there are two or more separate servants. Answer: Regarding which “servant” or “servants” Isaiah is referring in his end-time scenario—especially in view of which category we might fall under—here is a synopsis: First is God’s collective servant, who are his
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As the wickedness of the Nephites was reaching a point of no return, Mormon—typifying the role of a proxy savior—said to Moroni, “Behold, my son, I cannot recommend them unto God lest he should smite me. But behold, my son, I recommend thee unto God, and I trust in Christ that thou wilt be saved;
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