5. Harmony With
Bible Predictions. It should not
be surprising to Bible students that other volumes of scripture may be
revealed, for the lost books of scripture mentioned in the Bible have been
discussed often by Bible scholars. Nor can it really be surprising that
revelations such as are contained in the Bible should be given to other peoples
than those of Israel. In fact, predictions and quotations in the Bible seem to
imply clearly that other books may be expected. Note the following examples:
"And I saw another angel fly in
the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that
dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
people." (Revelations 14:6.) This may well have been fulfilled
when the Angel Moroni revealed the Book of Mormon, followed by the organization
of the Church, with the restoration of the authority and ordinances of the pure
Gospel.
"Truth shall spring out of the
earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven." (Psalms 85:11.) This
seems to point to an event like the taking of the Book of Mormon
out of the hill Cumorah. (John A. Widtsoe and Franklin S. Harris, Jr., Seven
Claims of the Book of Mormon: A Collection of Evidences [Independence,
Miss.: Press of Zion's Printing and Publishing Company, 1937], 16, emphasis
added)
Further Reading:
Defending the Latter-day Saint Interpretation of Revelation 14:6-7