You could say that Mormons are obsessed with revelation. It is a critical part of their religion, and without it there would be no grounds for the Mormon church. Revelation led to the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith as a prophet, and just about everything else in the LDS Church.
A friend of mine on Facebook put out the question: What is your interpretation of Hebrews 6:4?
Here is Hebrews 6:4-6
4 For it is impossible for those who were once aenlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have atasted the good word of God, and the powers of the bworld to come,
Mormons claim to know that the Book of Mormon is true, that Joseph Smith was a prophet, and that the LDS Church is the only church upon the earth with God’s authority through revelation, or direct communication with God. Anti-Mormons claim that Mormons are ignorant or have been misled by the devil. But how can one know? Who is to say who has been deceived? Anti-Mormons would say that if it conflicts with the Bible then it can’t be true, but who’s to say what many of the Bible passages really mean? There’s an old joke…
If you’ve ever argued with a Mormon over their church’s doctrines then you’ve probably come up against the Mormon concept of “modern-day revelation.” The word revelation simply means that something has been revealed, although when used in the context of the gospel it refers to having something been revealed to man by God. Mormons believe that God revealed his word or gave revelations to ancient prophets like Moses, Ezekiel, and Christ’s apostles, and that’s where the Bible came from. They also believe that God gave revelations to other people on the American continents and that this resulted in the Book…
