(Sentences in BOLD or Underlines are for Emphasis)
At the time of the Ministry of our Savior,
Jesus Christ, He asked His Apostles who they think He is.
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou
art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto
thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against it.
The Lord explains to Peter that God the
Father revealed that to him. That
means, by revelation.
Then he addresses
Peter directly, calling him by name and explaining that He will build
His church upon the ROCK of REVELATION
(He was NOT calling Peter
the ROCK and that He would build His church upon him, but the:
Principle
of REVELATION was the ROCK.)
Today, the Lord has set up His church again
and named it: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The foundation
of this church is built upon Apostles and Prophets and He guides His
church, through them with Revelation from Him on how the
Kingdom will be built in these Last Days.
Over the years, since the Book of Mormon was
translated by the Prophet Joseph Smith, many have said that Joseph Smith wrote
the book.
Joseph only had three years of formal
schooling. He could not have written the
book.
Being chosen in the pre-existence to come and
re-establish His church in the Last Days, he was given inspiration and
Revelation from the Lord, through the Urim and Thummin in translating the Book
of Mormon.
Since the Book of Mormon came out in 1830,
many in that generation from all walks of life, who would not believe, tried to
prove that it was a fake, they died off.
The next generation also tried it again with the same results. They couldn’t prove it wrong or a fake
either. They died off.
It was all the same in each generation, and
today, there has been mounting evidence that it is true because of the type of
writing it was, the types of words and the Chiasmus or the figure of speech was
used as in ancient times.
Meaning of Chiasmus: A verbal pattern in which the second half of
an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed.
An example:
One should eat to live - not live to eat.
This type of writing was done anciently, in
the Bible and in the Book of Mormon and many other manuscripts.
Revelation and Guidance came to him
constantly from the Lord on how to build the church.
This revelation continues today with the
church leaders.
The Prophet receiving it for the Church;
The Stake president for his stake,
The Mission President for his mission,
The Quorum Leader for his quorum;
The Bishop for his ward members;
The father for his family;
The individual receives Revelation for
himself.
Further research can be done at: www.lds.org.
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