Joseph of ancient Egypt
prophesied of Joseph Smith as follows: “And his name shall be called after me;
and it shall be after the name of his father . . . and I will make for him a
spokesman. And I, behold, I will give unto him that he shall write the . . .
(Book of Mormon) . . . and the spokesman of thy loins shall declare it.” (2
Nephi 3:15, 18)
This was published approximately
two years before Joseph met Sidney Rigdon, a leader in the Campbellite Church
movement. On October 12, 1833 Joseph received a revelation as follows: “And it
is expedient in me that you, my servant Sidney, should be a spokesman unto this
people; yea, verily, I will ordain you unto this calling, even to be a
spokesman unto my servant Joseph. And I will give unto him power to be mighty
in testimony. And I will give unto thee power to be mighty, expounding all
scriptures, that thou mayest be a spokesman unto him, and he shall be a
revelator unto thee, that thou mayest know the certainty of all things
pertaining to the things of my kingdom on the earth.” (Doctrine and Covenants
100:9-11) (Almon Fackrell, Parallels of Moses, Jesus and Joseph Smith: A
Study that Ties the Old Testament, the New Testament, and “Another Testament”
Together [Salt Lake City: Hawkes Publishing Inc., 1996], 63-64)
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