Ensign, ‘Prophecies in the Bible about Joseph Smith,’ January 1989; ““If a person thinks the name of Joseph Smith ought to be found in the Bible spelled out in so many letters, he will search in vain.” (Answers to Gospel Questions, 3:6.) That is true; the Prophet Joseph’s name is not found—at least not in the King James Version. Nevertheless, if we search the scriptures with an eye of faith, we will discover that the Lord truly did foretell the coming of his great latter-day prophet, Joseph Smith.” – George A. Horton, Jr. (1927-2011)
2 Corinthians 11:13-15; “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.”
The key phrase in Mr. Horton’s story is ‘an eye of faith’. Remember, this is the same phrase the original BoM witnesses used when testifying about their experience of seeing the gold plates. They used ‘an eye of faith’. Why would you need faith to see a physical object in front of you?
Translation for the phrase, ‘an eye of faith’: One must believe things that aren’t really there.
According to the Church, the Testimony of the Three Witnesses tells us they saw the plates through the ‘power of God and not man’, which in essence means they saw them in a vision.
You can read the sordid truth in our investigation ‘Book of Mormon Witnesses’, which shows a totally different account of what those three men saw while out in the woods with Joe Smith.
The bottom line in the claim the Bible testifies of Joseph Smith rests on the very beginnings of Mormonism. If their story about events for the BoM can’t be trusted, the idea that Smith was chosen by God and prophesied about in the Bible, is more of the same story. As Mr. Horton said, your search for Smith’s name in the Bible will be in vain, unless you’re using their eyes of faith and maybe that pair of special glasses Smith used to ‘translate’ the BoM…
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