In Deuteronomy 18:20-22 says,"But any prophet who claims to give a message from another god or who falsely claims to speak for me must die. You may wonder, 'How will we know whether the prophecy is from the LORD or not? If the prophet predicts something in the LORD's name and it does not happen, the LORD did not give the message. That prophet has spoken on his own and need not be feared." ONLY 1 FALSE PROPHECY WILL PROVE THAT HE IS A FALSE PROPHET. "False Prophecies of Joseph Smith" lists 54 false prophecies given by Joseph Smith that never came true. Many of these were dated so the Mormon can't say, "it just hasn't happened yet." For example, Doctrine & Covenants 84:1-5 says that Smith received a revelation in 1832 from Jesus Christ telling him that before that current generation passed away, a temple would be built in the western boundaries of Missouri. Christians would say that a generation is 40 years, but let's use the Mormon definition of 100 years. So a hundred years from 1832 would be 1932. That was 70 years ago and there still is no temple in that location, and there couldn't be anyone still alive from that time because they would have to be over 170 years old. So that's one false prophesy that couldn't be true. In a book written by Smith called "History of the Church", Volume 2, page 182, Smith says in 1835 he received a revelation from God that Smith was commanded to tell the people, that the Lord was going to return in 56 years. That would mean that Christ should have returned in 1891. We know that didn't happen. So again, Joseph Smith gave a false prophesy. These two false prophesies, plus the other 52 that are documented in the new book, is ample evidence that Smith was a false prophet and God says we are not to have anything to do with a man like this. As for the need for prophets today and the need to receive continuing revelation, the Bible is very clear. Hebrews 1:1-2 says that God used to speak to the fathers through the prophets, but today He speaks through His son, Jesus Christ. In Luke 16:16 it says that John the Baptist was the last prophet because Jesus came after him. So not only was Joseph Smith a false prophet, the Bible says that the prophets of the Old Testament ended with John. The language in the Old Testament was Hebrew and the Hebrew definition of the word 'prophet' meant one who brings us God's word. In the New Testament, the Greek language was the predominate one used. The Greek word for prophet is defined as one who preaches from God's word.
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