Moroni at Midnight
203 years ago tonight, on September 21, 1823, a 17-year-old Joseph Smith knelt beside his bed and prayed.
What happened next is usually summarized like this:
“An angel appeared and told him where to find the gold plates.”
That is true.
But it barely begins to describe what happened. 🧵
@Aviationboys You’re trying to explain what I’m NOT disputing.
What Deut DOESN’T do is establish a closed canon, identify 66 books, say revelation will cease, or say no additional Scripture can come from God.
@Aviationboys I have no idea who wrote it. Neither do you. I don’t hold to a closed canon. I don’t claim “all scripture” in 2 Timothy 3:16 means the 66 books of the Protestant canon. I don’t think Deut 18 establishes the canon. Those are your claims…
@Aviationboys Fine. You won’t answer. Follow up question:
Using Deuteronomy 18 alone, demonstrate that its author passed the prophetic test and that Hebrews therefore belongs in “Scripture”.
@Aviationboys When you’re ready to seriously answer the question I’m actually askin, and explain how Deut18 magically produces a 66 book canon, let me know.
@Aviationboys Can you see how you’re not answering the actual question? Why only the 66 books? When and where did God say he was done speaking through prophets? And bonus points for which prophet wrote the book of Hebrews.
“The creeds of Christendom illustrate perfectly what Lucifer wants so-called Christian people to believe about Deity in order to be damned. These creeds codify what Jeremiah calls the lies about God (see Jeremiah 16:19; 23: 14–32)” -Bruce R. McConkie
@Aviationboys@Lets_Talk_HC That’s not the inverse of 2 Tim 3:16.
2 Tim 3:16: scripture is god breathed
Inverse of that: if not God breathed, it’s not scripture.
And you still haven’t answered the question. Do you think “all scripture” refers to the 66 books of the Protestant canon? Simple yes or no.
@Aviationboys@Lets_Talk_HC Deut 18 gives a test of whether a prophetic prediction spoken on God’s name is false. Where does it say that passing that test establishes the 66 book Protestant canon, or that those 66 books, and only those books, constitute “all Scripture” in 2 Tim. 3:16?
@Aviationboys@Lets_Talk_HC I did. Was does that have to do with 2 Tim 3:16 and my question?
Do you think “all scripture” refers to the 66 books of the Protestant canon?