The next section that we are going to look at is the Heavenly Father Reveals His Gospel to All. There is a very subtle movement in this section. They begin with looking at Old Testament prophecy and then the way God worked in the New Testament. It is argued that if God worked through a ruling prophet such as Moses and if prophecy continued throughout the Old and New Testaments, then today’s church should be ruled under the authority of a prophet. This means that the head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints does not speak out of his own wisdom for how an organization should be run but rather he has the same prophetic authority as Moses. There are a number of problems with this.
1) It is true that the prophet Moses had a legal and political role as the leader of the people of Israel. But that is not the general picture of Old Testament prophets. Prophets such as Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah and the rest of the OT prophets did not have authority over an organization but rather called the people to turn back to God in repentance. It is far the concept of the ruling prophet in Mormonism.
2) Mormons claim that the Mosaic style of prophecy continued in the New Testament. While John the Baptist and a few others such as Agabus are described as prophets. In fact the New Testament idea of prophecy is that with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2), all Christians possess the prophetic Holy Spirit. There is no ruling class of prophets in the New Testament.
3) Mormons combine prophecy with priesthood in their attempt to create a position of authority. However, in the New Testament the only priestly authority is the Jewish high priest who is not portrayed in a positive light. Rather, all Christians are now priests with one high priest who is Jesus Christ. Every Christian has as much access to God as the Old Testament priests.
It is true that God reveals his Gospel and that he uses prophets. However, there is no evidence in the Old or New Testaments with regard to a prophetic priestly authority to rule over an ecclesiastical organization.
I have been learning about this Church and your comments have been very helpful. Yes indeed they believe that God only chooses one Prophet in the world to speak for Him and that God is flesh whereby I referred John 4:24.
I am having another meeting this week to teach these two lovely sisters how lost they are and to bring them back to the true Gospel of Christ. I pray God will open their spiritual eyes and ears.
Blessings on you in your conversation. Hope it goes well. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.