Holy Bible, Book of Mormon

    Finding Comfort in a Sure Foundation of Truth

Do you sometimes feel as if the very foundation of everything you have always believed in is being threatened, shaken, even torn down? Take heart.  Philosophers come and go, but God is here to stay. Not only does He live, but He still speaks to us. His word is sure— the same yesterday, today, and forever. Now, more than ever, the Bible is still true.

In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.  (2 Corinthians 13:1)

Moses and the Apostle Paul, both well-versed in the law, taught this principle of two or more witnesses in the Old Testament and New Testament respectively.  So we have two testaments given us from the Old World.  But this is not all.  God, who is the Author of the Law, has provided us with yet another testament, or witness.  This from the New World or American continents.  
        The Bible is composed of stories that have universal meaning.  They cannot be misunderstood.  Even children understand Bible stories.  The story of Moses parting the Red Sea— no matter what the language of its translation— always means the same thing.  Bible stories are immune to semantics.
    “But Bible stories are myths”, some say.  “Earth was not created by God— there is no God.  Dividing the Red Sea is impossible.  It is a tale for children.  The Bible is pure fantasy.”  How does one respond to this dogma?

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Story of the “Remnant” of Israel verifies Bible, Creation Story

Descendants of two brothers in Israel, Judah and Joseph, wrote biblical records that support each other. The prophet Joseph, of Egypt, prophesied that the record written by his descendants (the Book of Mormon) would convince the world of the truthfulness of the Bible.

In the Bible, the prophet Isaiah said that a remnant of Judah would go out of Jerusalem, and escape the Babylonian captivity. (Isaiah 37:32) One hundred years later, descendants of Judah’s brother Joseph did indeed flee persecution in Jerusalem because of their belief in Christ. They voyaged to Central America, where their leader, a devout Christian prophet, founded a Christian nation.

This people kept faithful records, including an eyewitness account of a visit by the resurrected Jesus Christ a short time after His crucifixion. Having been engraved on metal plates to withstand the ravages of time, these histories span more than a thousand years and reveal scores of historical references that verify and support the Bible.  Still intact in the nineteenth century when, through the power of God,  it was discovered, translated, and published by the prophet Joseph Smith, this remarkable record bears the title of “The Book of Mormon”, named after the Christian prophet who compiled all the annals in 400 A.D.

Written in epic literary style, it recounts the migration and settlement in Central America of three Biblical peoples.  These descendants of Shem, Judah, and Joseph (of Egypt) became the ancestors of Mayans, Polynesians, and other natives of the American continent whom Columbus mistakenly called “Indians.”

The prophet Joseph, who was sold into Egypt, testified that a record of his descendants would come forth in the latter days.  He further testified that not only would the record of Joseph (the Book of Mormon) come forth, but it would also convince others of the truthfulness of his brother Judah’s book (the Bible.) (2 Nephi 3:11) Lehi, one of Joseph’s descendants, read this from Joseph’s writings, that Lehi had carried with him out of Jerusalem when he came to this continent.

Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins. . . and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto [thy] seed— and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth among them.

And that which shall be written by [thy descendants], and also that which shall be written by the [descendants] of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace. (2Nephi 3:7,11emphasis added)

The Book of Mormon does in fact testify to the veracity of the Bible.  Its prophets repeatedly teach of Adam as the first man, created in the image of God.  How much today’s confused and discouraged members of the human race need to know this truth—  that they are children of God!  Furthermore, the Book of Mormon verifies the biblical accounts of
$    The Creation
$     Noah and the flood
$    The tower of Babel
$    Abraham’s offering of Isaac
$    Joseph of Egypt
$    Moses
$    The Exodus
$    Ten Commandments
$    The parting of the Red Sea
$    Reign of King Zedekiah
$    The Babylonian captivity
$    The prophet Isaiah
$    John the Revelator
$    The twelve apostles
$    Atonement, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ

This is by no means a complete list.

Most importantly, the Book of Mormon not only prophesies abundantly of the mission of Jesus Christ.  The Book of Mormon also recounts the appearance of Christ to Joseph’s tribe of Israel in Central America, as witnessed by 2,500 persons, thus validating its claim that it is indeed Another Testament of Jesus Christ. This eyewitness account of the resurrected Redeemer’s visit on the American continent attests to the universality of Jesus Christ’s pivotal role in history, causing millions worldwide to esteem it as sacred scripture supporting the Bible. Even if considered only for its literary value, one cannot read the Book of Mormon without strengthening a testimony of the Bible, and feeling the influence of the spirit of Christ.  

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