November 16 – Accepting Nephi’s Plagiarism, and Rejecting Jesus. Acts 3:22-23 “For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.”
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In the Mormon quote for today, we find that Nephi is “paraphrasing” the Apostle Peter in 570 BC…I would ask a Mormon how this could possibly happen and still be called inspired?
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1 Nephi 22:20 “And the Lord will surely prepare a way for his people, unto the fulfilling of the words of Moses, which he spake, saying: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass that all those who will not hear that prophet shall be cut off from among the people”
In 1 Nephi 22:20, do the Mormons believe this prophet to be Joe Smith? In the above cited verse, it says: “and all those that do not hear the prophet shall be cut off from among the people.” The Mormons have cut themselves off from Jesus by ignoring God’s Words (Bible), therefore, perhaps, the Mormons claim this prophet to be Joe Smith. I know, but can’t recall off the top of my head, other scripture in the Bible and BOM, where they (Mormons) claim the Bible and BOM are prophesying the coming if Joseph Smith