The Creation

Holy Bible, Genesis 1:27

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Richard explains how the Book of Mormon shows the true nature of God

Richard explains how the Book of Mormon shows the true nature of God
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A 14-year-old plowboy with a second grade education opens the Bible to James 1:5 and reads that if you ask God in faith He will answer your prayer. From this beginning comes the revelation that God and Jesus Christ are real and ushered in the Restoration of Truth.

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Under the direction of the Father, Jesus Christ created the earth as a place for you to live and gain experience.  To progress and become like God, you had to obtain a body and be tested during a time of probation on the earth.  While on the earth, you are out of God’s physical presence and do not remember your pre-earth life. Therefore, you must walk by faith rather than by sight.

Not only did God create the earth, He also created man physically in His image. And what is the image of God as revealed in the scriptures?  In the Old Testament God said, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness" (Genesis 1:26). Jacob declared that he had seen God "face to face" ( Genesis 32:30). Moses also spoke with God "face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend" ( Exodus 33:11).

In the New Testament, when the resurrected Christ appeared to His Apostles, He told them, “Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” ( Luke 24:39). Later Stephen testified that he saw Jesus “standing on the right hand of God” ( Acts 7:56).

Modern-day revelation confirms these teachings from the Bible. God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, appeared to Joseph Smith in the spring of 1820. Joseph revealed that the Father and the Son each have a “body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s” ( Doctrine and Covenants 130:22) .  The Major difference is the Father and the Son have glorified, resurrected, immortal bodies.

Apostle

One sent forth to serve as a special witness of Jesus Christ. There are fifteen Apostles living on the earth today. They make up the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church.

Holy Bible

One of the volumes of scripture included in the standard works of the Church. The Bible is divided into two main books: the Old Testament, which contains a history of God’s people before the birth of Jesus Christ, and the New Testament, which is a record of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and His disciples. Each of these books is broken up into smaller books, which are divided into chapters and verses. A reference from the Bible may look like this: Matthew 7:21.

Pre-earth life

Our life before we were born on this earth. In our pre-earth life, we lived in the presence of our Heavenly Father as His spirit children. We did not have a physical body.