http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2008/09/22/baptism-and-restoration-in-the-book-of-mormon-part-3/ Correcting the incorrigible Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:02:08 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2008/09/22/baptism-and-restoration-in-the-book-of-mormon-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Future(s) of the LDS Church | Adventures in Mormonism Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:18:39 +0000 http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/?p=170#comment-298 [...] But what if that standard picture is wrong or misleading? What if the course of the Church between now and the coming of the Savior turns out be quite different from what we usually presume? We often cite the books of Helaman through 4th Nephi in the Book of Mormon as providing a type and shadow of events surrounding the Second Coming and the Millennium, but in so doing, we ignore the fact that the Church of God goes from being dominant in both Nephite and Lamanite regions to almost (but not quite) vanishing completely just prior to the great destruction that accompanies the Savior’s death. In fact, one of the first things the Savior does when He appears to the Lehites at Bountiful is to re-establish the Church, reordain its leaders, and re-institute baptism, including for those existin.... [...] [...] But what if that standard picture is wrong or misleading? What if the course of the Church between now and the coming of the Savior turns out be quite different from what we usually presume? We often cite the books of Helaman through 4th Nephi in the Book of Mormon as providing a type and shadow of events surrounding the Second Coming and the Millennium, but in so doing, we ignore the fact that the Church of God goes from being dominant in both Nephite and Lamanite regions to almost (but not quite) vanishing completely just prior to the great destruction that accompanies the Savior’s death. In fact, one of the first things the Savior does when He appears to the Lehites at Bountiful is to re-establish the Church, reordain its leaders, and re-institute baptism, including for those existin…. [...]

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