1 Nephi 13:15 “And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon the Gentiles, and they did prosper and obtain the land for their inheritance; and I beheld that they were white, and exceedingly fair and beautiful, like unto my people before they were slain.”
Acts 17:26 “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation”.
If ever there was a time to pray for the Mormon people, it’s now. The BoM is filled with radical thoughts that have no place in the thought life of true Christians, and today’s reference is just one example why. 2 Cor. 10:5 says to hold all thoughts captive to Him.
Neither should anyone entertain the idea the BoM contains the ‘fulness of the gospel’, because surely it does not. There’s no mention of mandatory temple marriage, it condemns polygamy, and its narrative carries a racist ideology.
Our dear Lord would never condone ‘another testament’ from dead spirits that we see in the example above.
We pray that members of the Church will take time to think about the logistics of what it says in 1st Nephi. A simple internet search will show those from the Middle East have olive skin, so the Israelites weren’t ‘white’ as Joseph Smith tried to convey.
With Love in Christ –
Michelle
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