October 22 – LDS: Ancient Prophets Looked Forward to Joseph Smith. Acts 3:19-21 “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.”
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The passage in Acts does not say that Adam received the gospel. Yes, the Old Testament people were told there would be a Messiah but for the time being, they were all told they were living under the Law not the gospel!
Think about this; the word gospel is Greek. Why was a word like this being used in the BC era of the Mormon world somewhere in Mesoamerica? For more info on this see our chart Greek and Latin in the Book of Mormon.
Moreover beloved, where does the Bible say that ancient prophets looked forward to Joseph Smith’s day? The Bible says ancient prophets looked forward to the coming promise but Smith’s name is nowhere to be found. Hebrews 11:13
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“Since the gospel was first given to Adam, each time it was thereafter lost by apostasy and then revealed to man again has been a restoration of the gospel. Our Lord in his personal ministry, for instance, restored the original gospel, the same plan of salvation which he had revealed to Adam in the beginning. But when men in this day speak of the restoration of the gospel, they mean the final great restoration which has now taken place as part of the restoration of all things. This dispensation is the age of restoration to which all the ancient prophets look forward. In it all things are to be restored “which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” (Acts 3:19-21.)” Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 634.
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