September 8 – Alpha and Omega – Jesus is God. Revelation 1:8 “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”
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If the Nephites had been in America since 600 BC, how did they know to use the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet?
Gently explain to the Mormon you know that Greek wasn’t used until 323 BC at its earliest record. At that time only dignitaries, and those high up in government positions were using Greek. The majority of people were using Aramaic. 3rd Nephi supposedly took place c. 34 AD.
How would they have known how to speak this language? What language was Jesus using when He supposedly made His visit to the Americas?
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3 Nephi 9:18 “I am the light and the life of the world. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.”
I have often asked that question, and note it in my examination of the BOM on my blog. I’ve never gotten an answer except that God wanted Smith to translate it that way.
There is so much confusion and distortion in the Mormon Church today, that such a question about the Greek Language not being available to the Nephites in 600BC, wouldn’t even get a mention. However, I honestly believe that the church has, at the ready a team of apologists, prepared to answer any such questions that do come up. The apologists job, is to muddle the waters enough so as to cast doubt on the question.