Lost Prophecies About Joseph Smith Found?
Envision Moses from Old Testament fame, writing an introduction to Genesis, (Book of Moses Chapter 1) only to have dishonest scribes remove that work from the biblical canon. Envision corrupt scribes also going through the remaining chapters of Genesis and removing thousands of other words which Moses had written. Then, envision God raising up a seer in the latter-days, who, under divine inspiration, restored Moses’ lost words to their ancient purity:
“And that seer will I bless, and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise I give unto you; for I will remember you from generation to generation; and his name shall be called Joseph, and it shall be after the name of his father; and he shall be like unto you; [Moses] for the thing which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand shall bring my people unto salvation.” (Genesis 50:33)
Out of all the bibles in the world, only the Joseph Smith Translation contains this prophecy; conventional versions end at Genesis 50:26. The JST contains an extra twelve verses ending at Genesis 50:38. The “seer” mentioned in the text is referring to Joseph Smith. His father’s name was also Joseph; and, there are other details in this prophecy that fit with another supposed lost prophecy about Smith:
“And in a day when the children of men shall esteem my words as naught and take many of them from the book which thou shalt write, behold, I will raise up another like unto thee; and they shall be had again among the children of men—among as many as shall believe.” (Moses 1:41)
God is supposedly speaking to Moses about a book Moses shall write, and how men will take many words away from it; yet God will raise up another like unto Moses, and the missing words shall be
“had again.”
When Joseph Smith uttered Moses’ supposed lost words to his scribe and then realized he was the very person spoken of in the prophecy, it was either one of the greatest events in the history of the LDS faith, or it was a bald-faced lie of grandiose proportions.
Other articles of interest:
■ Book of Moses? — Rich Kelsey
■ Book of Moses Changes — Rich Kelsey
■ Book of Moses Anachronisms — Rich Kelsey
■ What to Say to LDS Missionaries — Rich Kelsey