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In the OT, God told Moses there was to be only one High Priest at a time. When we get to the NT era, we see where the Romans not only invaded Israel politically, and geographically speaking, but they did so with God’s temple as well. John 18:13 tells us how Annas and Caiaphas were both serving as high priests in one year. This was a clear violation of God’s Law.
Share these verses with a Mormon and explain why people in the BoM couldn’t have been following the God of the Bible. Their text repeatedly states many high priests were serving the Lord, and kept the Law of Moses. This couldn’t be true when God never condoned this in Israel.
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Alma 13:9-10“Thus they become high priests forever, after the order of the Son, the Only Begotten of the Father, who is without beginning of days or end of years, who is full of grace, equity, and truth. And thus it is. Amen. 10 Now, as I said concerning the holy order, or this high priesthood, there were many who were ordained and became high priests of God; and it was on account of their exceeding faith and repentance, and their righteousness before God…”