Nephi continues in
2 Nephi 29 to speak the words of the Lord to us. Among other things, he
prophesies that there will be much opposition to the Book of Mormon because
Satan will have entrenched in the minds of people so thoroughly that revelation
came to an end with the end of the Bible. In fact, you may have encountered
that thinking yourself, on the part of someone to whom you spoke about the Book
of Mormon.
Such
people often quote from the last chapter of Revelation in the Bible,
suggesting that verse 18 teaches that there can be no more scripture. We will
take a moment here and quote Revelation 22:18, and then show what is incorrect
about their interpretation.
Revelation 22:18 For I testify unto every man
that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto
these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
One
of the academic problems with their interpretation is that the Book of
Revelation is not the last book of the New Testament. Bible scholars agree that
the Gospel of John was written after John wrote Revelation. Therefore, much in
the Bible was written after the Book of Revelation. Not only that, but Ezekiel
specifically prophesies that there will be a book of scripture that will be
added to the Bible (see Ezekiel 37:16-20).
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