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.:HIDDEN FACTS ABOUT MORMON.ORG - What the Official Mormon Church Website Will Not Tell You

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon Church or Mormonism) presents itself as a Christian religion. In keeping with its goal to be accepted by the public as another denomination of Christianity, the 2007 English version of the Mormon Church’s official website www.mormon.org was nicely watermarked with the image of Jesus Christ as seen at the Visitors Center of the Salt Lake, Utah Temple Square.

Is the Mormon Church a Christian religion? To answer this question, we will briefly examine some of the main topics discussed at mormon.org, compare the beliefs of Mormonism with the teachings of the Bible, and discuss facts that the Mormon Church hides from viewers of its website: mormon.org.

link GOD IS YOUR LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER

The first section of the Mormon Church's website is entitled "Restoration of Truth." Mormonism teaches that all other churches of Christianity possess only part of God's truth while the Mormon Church is the only Christian church that possesses the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Thus, we will spend the majority of our review of the LDS Church's website examining this section. The first page in this “Restoration of Truth” section of the mormon.org website, under the section entitled, “God is Your Loving Heavenly Father” they state:

“We call God Heavenly Father because He is the Father of our spirits and we are created in His image (Genesis 1:27). God has a body that looks like yours, though His body is immortal, perfected, and has a glory beyond description.” 1.

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT GOD THE FATHER:

Mormon "Gods" Existed Before Heavenly Father:

  • Mormon.org does not tell you that Mormons DO NOT believe that God the Father is the first God who has ever existed.  Many outside the LDS Church do not know that when Mormons speak of “Heavenly Father,” they are not speaking of the Biblical God who says: “I am he: before me there was no God formed…” (Isaiah 43:10)  Rather, on the contrary, Mormonism teaches that God the Father had a Father “God” before Him and that “God” had a Father “God” before Him and so forth on backward into eternity. Thus, Mormon Prophets and Apostles have claimed:

    “I will preach on the plurality of Gods… Our text says, ‘And hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father.’ The Apostles have discovered that there were Gods above… My object was to preach the scriptures, and preach the doctrine they contain, there being a God above, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” —Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 370

    “Our Father in heaven, according to the Prophet, had a Father, and since there has been a condition of this kind through all eternity, each Father had a Father, until we come to a stop where we cannot go further, because of our limited capacity to understand.” —LDS Apostle Joseph Fielding Smith (who became Mormonism’s 10th Prophet) Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 2, p. 47

Thus, the Mormon version of “Heavenly Father” is not the God of the Bible who claims to be the “first” and only God:

“Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. … Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.”—Isaiah 44:6, 8 2.

LDS "Heavenly Father" Did Not Exist From Eternity.

  • Mormon.org does not tell you that Mormons believe that God has not always been as God. While Mormon.org admits that Mormonism teaches that God has a human body “that looks like yours,” it fails to explain that the Mormon Church does not agree with the Biblical teaching that God is not a man (Hosea 11:9). Rather, Mormonism teaches that God is literally an exalted Man who once lived on an earth like ours and progressed to Godhood. Joseph Smith taught:

    “God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!… I say, if you were to see him today, you would see him like a man in form—like yourselves in all the person, image, and very form as a man.…I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea.…he was once a man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did.…”—Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, pp. 345-346

    “Through Obedience to Law We Can Become Like Our Father in Heaven... If God became God by obedience to all of the gospel law with the crowning point being the celestial law of marriage, then that's the only way I can become a god.”—Achieving A Celestial Marriage, Student Manual, p. 4

God Has a "Wife" in Heaven.

For more information see:

link Do Mormons Worship One God or Many Gods?
link Is God an Exalted Man?
link Did Joseph Smith see God the Father?
link Mormon God vs. Biblical God

link THE GOSPEL BLESSES FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS

Under this next section of “The Restoration of Truth” link of mormon.org, we read: “Because families are ordained of God, they are the most important social unit in time and in eternity.  Marriage (Genesis 2:18) and family (Genesis 1:28) are central focal points in God’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.  Your Heavenly Father wants you to do all you can during your time on Earth to prepare yourself to live in an eternal family.”

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT FOREVER FAMILIES:

Forever Families and non-worthy family members

  • The teaching of Mormonism's three Kingdoms of Heaven, prevents the family unit from existing “together” as a complete family unit if ANY of the family members fail to perform to the standards required for the Celestial Kingdom (Highest Mormon Kingdom). The LDS Church manual, Gospel Principles states:

    “At the Final Judgment we will be assigned to the kingdom for which we are prepared. We will be sent to one of four places the celestial kingdom (the highest degress of glory), the terrestrial kingdom (the second degree), the telestial kingdom (the lowest degree), or outer darkness (the kingdom of the devil - not a degree of glory). ...Terrestrial... These are also they who received the gospel and a testimony of Jesus but then were not valiant.... They will not be part of eternal families....”—Gospel Principles, pp. 297-298

Thus, children born to parents who have been “sealed” for “time and eternity” in a Mormon Temple, are not guaranteed to live with their parents in the Celestial Kingdom, until after they have proven worthy of that Kingdom by fulfilling all the commandments and covenants of the LDS faith throughout their entire adult lives.

Divided Families in the Celestial Kingdom

  • Even if an entire LDS family inherits the Celestial Kingdom as Mormonism describes, they will NOT really be together forever as a family. This is because Mormonism teaches that when a husband and wife are exalted to become “gods” in the Celestial Kingdom, each couple is given a separate “world” to populate from the ones given to their children. Thus, if every worthy male and female couple each inherits a “world” to populate, how would they be able to be “together” in the family unit of their parent’s world? Since “gods” in Mormonism have a finite body and cannot be present everywhere, how would a worthy Mormon couple who is busy populating their “world” be able to be “present” with their children who are busy with their own separate worlds?

    “Brethren, 225,000 of you are here tonight. I suppose 225,000 of you may become gods. There seems to be plenty of space out there in the universe. And the Lord has proved that he knows how to do it. I think he could make, or probably have us help make, worlds for all of us, for every one of us 225,000.” —Spencer W. Kimball (12th LDS Prophet), Ensign, November 1975, p. 80

    “How many Gods there are, I do not know. But there never was a time when there were not Gods and worlds, and when men were not passing through the same ordeals that we are now passing through.”—Brigham Young (2nd LDS Prophet), Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p. 333

    “It has been said, therefore, that God is everywhere present; but this does not mean that the actual person of any one member of the Godhead can be physically present in more than one place at one time.…plainly, however, His person cannot be in more than one place at any one time.” —James E. Talmage, The Articles of Faith, (1890), 1966ed., p. 43

Marriage in Heaven and the Teachings of Jesus

  • Jesus taught that there will be NO marriage in heaven (see Matthew 22:28-30), but that all people in Heaven will resurrect in a form similar to the angels in Heaven. Because the Bible teaches that there is only one Heaven where God and His people will live, the Bible teaches that all family members can live together in Heaven if they trusted Jesus Christ's payment for their righteous standing before God (see Acts 16:30-31). Thus, there will be no families broken apart into separate “Kingdoms of Heaven,” simply for not proving worthy enough or for inheriting separate “worlds”. Only the rejection of Jesus as Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9), causes the unbeliever to be rejected from Heaven. Thus, while the family unit itself will not exist in Heaven, family members can live together forever in God’s ONE Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 25:46).

For more information see:

link THE RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL - Eternal Marriage and The Gospel
link HEAVENLY FATHER'S PLAN OF HAPPINESS

link HEAVENLY FATHER REVEALS HIS GOSPEL TO ALL

In the section entitled, “Heavenly Father Reveals His Gospel to All” under “The Restoration of Truth” of mormon.org, the website describes the concept that God’s people need prophets to lead them today as they did in the past. This idea is based on the Biblical Scripture of Amos 3:7 that states:

“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT GOD’S PROPHETS:

Joseph Smith’s qualifications and his claim to be “God’s Prophet.”

John the Baptist and God’s Final Prophet

  • John the Baptist was God’s last mortal human prophet because Jesus became the supreme “Prophet” of God’s Church today. Biblical Scripture explains:

    “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things. ...” —Hebrews 1:1-2

    “The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.” —Luke 16:16

    Since Jesus Christ is the only “Prophet” who leads God’s Church today, He is called the “head of the church” (Ephesians 5:23). He reveals “personal revelation” of His will to each individual believer today through Bible reading, prayer and communion with God’s Holy Spirit (John 14:26).

For more information see:

link Was Joseph Smith qualified to lead God's people?
link Did Joseph Smith Change His Doctrine that God Has Always Been God?
link Why did Joseph Smith Die So Young?
link List of Joseph Smith's Significant False Prophecies
link The False Prophecies of Brigham Young

link JESUS CHRIST ESTABLISHED HIS CHURCH

Under the “The Restoration of Truth - Jesus Christ established His Church” section of mormon.org we read:

“A few hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ, people had fallen into apostasy. When the Savior began His mortal ministry, He restored His gospel and established His Church again on the earth. He built His Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, He himself being the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20)… In addition to the Twelve Apostles, Christ appointed other leaders to assist the Apostles in the work of His Church. These included: Seventies (missionaries), Evangelists (patriarchs), Pastors (presiding leaders), Elders, Bishops, Priests, Teachers, Deacons.”

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE CHURCH JESUS CHRIST ESTABLISHED.

6 Reasons the Mormon Church’s structure is not like the early Christian church

  • The Mormon Church’s organizational structure is not identical to the organizational structure of the early church that Jesus Christ established. There are several reasons for this.
  1. There were more than 12 Apostles in the early church. While Mormons are familiar with the 12 disciples Jesus appointed as His “apostles” at Luke 6:13, they fail to note that 8 additional men were appointed as “apostles” in the early church. These were:
    • Matthias (Acts 1:26) replacing Judas
    • Barnabas (Acts 14:14)
    • Andronicus (Romans 16:7)
    • Junia (Romans 16:7)
    • James, the brother of Jesus (Galatians 1:19)
    • Silvanus (1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2:6)
    • Timothy (1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2:6)
    • Paul (Romans 11:13; 1 Corinthians 15:8-10)

Thus, the early church had at least 19 Apostles, and not strictly 12 Apostles as the Mormon Church possesses today.

  1. Once a foundation is built, it no longer needs to be rebuilt. Ephesians 2:20 states that the church (household of God) is “built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone.” Since the writings of the “foundation” provided by the prophets are contained in the Old Testament and the writings of the “foundation” of the “apostles” are contained in the New Testament, there is no need to reestablish this “foundation” through “new revelation” under a new set of foundational “Prophets and Apostles” in the Christian Church today. As we already noted, the official position of “Prophet” ended with John the Baptist (Luke 16:16) as the role shifted from being held by mortal humans in the Old Testament to Jesus Christ being the Church’s one and only true Prophet in the New Testament.
  1. The LDS Church’s organizational structure is backward when it places Prophets over Apostles. God set Apostles to be first in the Church OVER Prophets. While it is true that the official position of foundational “Prophet” ended with John the Baptist as the final Prophet (Luke 16:16) and Jesus Christ resuming this role (Hebrews 1:1-2), the early church held men who were called “prophets” in the sense of forth-telling Scripture as pastors do today when they preach the Word of God. Unlike the Mormon Church that has only one Prophet serving the Church as cheif leader, the early church had many non-foundational “prophets” who prophesied by forth-telling the Word of God (see 1 Corinthians 14:21; 31-32).  This is why Paul told the Corinthians: “For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.” (1 Corinthians 14:31) Since there were many “prophets” in the early church, this is why God appointed Apostles to be over non-foundational “prophets” (i.e., pastors) in the early church as 1 Corinthians 12:28 explains:

    “…God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.” 

  2. The position of “Seventy” did not exist in the early church.  The only place in the New Testament where the term “seventy” appears is at Luke 10:1, 17 where the Lord Jesus sent out “seventy” men to prepare the way for Him to speak in the towns and villages.  They acted as missionaries do today in preaching the Gospel. Nowhere else in the New Testament does the term “Seventy” appear.  Thus, the term speaks only of the number of men Jesus sent out and does not speak of an official position Jesus established in His Church.
  1. The office of “Priests” did not exist in the early church. While the Bible speaks of the “Priesthood” of all believers at 1 Peter 2:5 and 9 that is possessed by all followers of Jesus Christ (both male and female), nowhere in the Bible does a mortal human hold an official position of “Priest” in the early Church.  The writer of Hebrews explains that the Priesthood under the Jewish Aaronic system was transformed to the Melchizedek arrangement when Jesus Christ became the only high priest mediating for the Christian Church (Hebrews 4:15, 7:12). Thus, there is no need for special “Priests” to serve in the Church of God today. Hebrews 7:11-12, 24-25 explains:

    “If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law… But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them”

  2. Deacons were not 12 year old boys in the early church. Mormonism bestows the office of “Deacon” on twelve-year old boys, but in the early church we read that those who held the office of “Deacon” were grown men who were the husbands of one wife (1 Timothy 3:12).  Thus, the Mormon Church’s office of “Deacon” does not follow the biblical pattern.

For more information see:

link Who Has the Proper Authority to Administer Gospel Ordinances? —20 Questions for LDS on Priesthood Authority (www.4witness.org)

link THE GREAT APOSTASY

Under the “The Restoration of Truth – The Great Apostasy” section of mormon.org we read:

“Following the death of Jesus Christ… The Apostles were killed and the priesthood authority—including the keys to direct and receive revelation for the Church—was taken from the earth (2 Thessalonians 2:1–3). Because the Church was no longer led by priesthood authority and revelation, error crept into Church teachings. Good people and much truth remained, but the gospel as established by Jesus Christ was lost, resulting in a period called the Great Apostasy.”

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE GREAT APOSTASY

Partial apostasy and Christ’s preservation of His Church

  • It is TRUE that periods of “apostasy” occurred in some segments of Christ’s Church, but it is FALSE that this “apostasy” resulted in the complete loss of Christ’s “gospel” and “priesthood authority.” 1 Timothy 4:1 states that only “some”(not all) would fall away during the “apostasy.” Jesus promised that His Church would never be overcome by the evil forces of Hell (Matthew 16:18).  Jude promised that the gospel was delivered to the saints “once” for all time (Jude 3) and Ephesians 3:21 stated that Christ is to receive “glory” in His Church “throughout all ages.” If the Mormon claim is true that a complete apostasy occurred in Christ’s church, how would Christ have been able to receive “glory…throughout all ages”?

The Apostle John’s promise of life and his holding of Priesthood authority until Christ comes

  • According to Mormon Scripture “Priesthood” authority could not have been lost from the earth because the Apostle John was promised that he would not die, but would live and hold the “keys” of ministry authority until Jesus returns.  Mormon Scripture, Doctrine and Covenants section 7 explains:

    “…the Lord said unto me: John, my beloved, what desirest thou? …And I said unto him: Lord, give unto me power over death… And the Lord said unto me: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, because thou desirest this thou shalt tarry until I come in my glory, and shalt prophesy before nations, kindreds, tongues and people… I say unto thee, Peter… and for thy brother James; and unto you three I will give this power and the keys of this ministry until I come.” —Doctrine and Covenants 7:1-3, 5, 7

The Book of Mormon’s 3 Nephites who live forever

  • According to Book of Mormon Scripture, three Nephites who were part of the 12 Apostles that Jesus allegedly appointed in America, were also told that they would “never endure the pains of death” but would “be changed… from mortality to immortality” at Christ’s future coming (3 Nephi 28:8).  So, if Mormon Scripture is true and these 4 Apostles never died, Priesthood Authority could not have left the earth and there would be no need for this “authority” to be restored through Mormonism.

For more information see:

link Was a “Restoration” of the Gospel Necessary?
link Did Joseph Smith Possess the Proper Priesthood Authority to Restore Christ's Church in 1830?

link THE RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL  -  Mormon.org States:

“In 1820, as He had done throughout history, Father in Heaven again chose a prophet to restore the gospel and the priesthood to the earth. He called a young man named Joseph Smith, and through him, the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored to the earth. …The Apostle Peter prophesied of the “restitution of all things” before Christ’s Second Coming (Acts 3:19–21). The Restoration of Christ’s Church on the earth has made available the opportunity for all to once again receive all of the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE RESTORED GOSPEL

The “Restored Gospel” = Another Gospel

  • Joseph Smith claimed that God restored the “gospel” through him by the appearance of the Father and the Son in his first vision, and later, the angel Moroni, who allegedly led him to the gold plates of the Book of Mormon buried in the Hill Cumorah in upstate New York. Mormons claim that this Book of Mormon is “another” testament of Jesus Christ, yet the Biblical Apostle Paul warned of this “another gospel”:

    “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel. Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” —Galatians 1:6-8;

What is the true Gospel? How is it different from the “restored gospel” of Mormonism? As we have already discussed, the true gospel was delivered “once” for all with no need for it to be redelivered to the church (Jude 3). The simple fact that that Mormonism claims to “restore” a lost gospel is an indication that its gospel is a counterfeit.

The true Gospel is the belief that Jesus Christ died to pay the full penalty that was due us for the crimes (sins) we have committed in disobeying God’s laws (1 Peter 2:24).  To accept Christ’s pardon, we must first recognize that we are all sinners and are unworthy to stand in God’s presence (Romans 3:23; 6:23).  Next, we must place our personal trust in the belief that Jesus Christ as God died to pay for our sins so that we can be forgiven of our sins and “perfected” by standing in Christ’s righteousness alone (Philippians 3:9; Hebrews 10:10, 14). The Biblical Apostle Paul explained:

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”—2 Corinthians 5:21

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” —Ephesians 2:8-9

The Mormon Church’s version of the “gospel” does not agree with the simple “gospel” of Jesus Christ given in the Bible because it requires obedience to “laws and ordinances” to make oneself worthy instead of trusting solely in Christ’s substitutionary righteousness. LDS Apostle Spencer W. Kimball explained:

“Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Savior, has given us our map – a code of laws and commandments whereby we might attain perfection and, eventually, godhood. This set of laws and ordinances is known as the gospel of Jesus Christ and it is the only plan which will exalt mankind.”—The Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 6

When one reads the description of the “another gospel” that Paul warned the Galatians about in the following verses, one is able to see how Mormonism’s gospel falls into the same category of being a counterfeit gospel:

“O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth… Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? …But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith…”—Galatians 3:1-3, 11-12

The Christians in Galatia had fallen victim to the counterfeit “gospel” of a faith that required followers to perform “works of the law” to “perfect” themselves. Thus, we see that in the same way that the Galatians had fallen prey to a “another gospel,” so Mormons have fallen pray to the Mormon Church’s “another” gospel “code of laws” in an attempt to “perfect” themselves “by the flesh.”  By adding personal worthiness requirements of obedience to the law, Mormonism has in essence proclaimed that Jesus Christ’s atonement was insufficient to cover sin. For if Mormons truly believed that the blood of Christ was sufficient, they wouldn’t need to add personal works of righteousness to their “gospel” of faith in Christ.  Paul warned:

    “Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.”—Galatians 5:4

Eternal Marriage and The Gospel:

  • The key Mormon gospel requirement of “eternal marriage” (Doctrine and Covenants 132:19-20) is missing from the gospel described both in the Bible and the Book of Mormon. According to Mormonism, if a man aspires to gain a full salvation to “become a god” in the highest level of Mormonism, he is required by the Mormon “gospel” to be “married for time and eternity” in an LDS Temple. Yet, one will search in vain to find this “gospel” ordinance discussed in the Bible and it is even missing from the Book of Mormon that Mormons claim “contains… the “fulness of the everlasting gospel,” and Joseph Smith hailed is “the most correct of any book on earth… a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” 3.   Far from marriage for eternity being taught in Scripture, we learn that Jesus Christ who is God Himself, was not married and He taught that all people would resurrect like the “angels” in heaven who are not married (Matthew 22:28-30).  Also, the Apostle Paul encouraged believers of his day to remain unmarried for the work of the gospel (1 Corinthians 7). Even Jesus in the Book of Mormon states:

    3 NEPHI 11:39-40: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine …and whoso shall declare more or less than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil…”

So, again we see that the LDS “restored gospel” really hasn’t been “restored” to the original gospel, but is rather, “another” gospel condemned by both the Biblical Scripture and the Book of Mormon.

Acts 3:19-21 and the “restitution of all things”

The Mormon Church’s use of the Biblical Scripture of Acts 3:19-21 as a proof-text for its claim that a restoration of the gospel was prophesied in Scripture is taken completely out of context.

ACTS 3:19-21: “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.”

If Acts 3:19-21 speaks of Mormonism’s restoration of the gospel, where is Jesus Christ today? Why isn’t He here ruling upon the earth for the 1,000-year millennium that is prophesied to be the time in which Christ will restore creation to perfection as it was prior to the curse in Genesis?  The Apostle Paul explained that at the “glorious appearing” of Jesus Christ, Jesus will “redeem” and purify His people — the sons and daughters of God (Titus 2:13-14).  Then, when these children of God are manifested at Christ’s “glorious appearing” (His second coming), all of creation “shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption” due to the curse (Romans 8:19-22). Thus, the context of Acts 3:19-21 has nothing to do with a “restitution” of the “gospel”, but rather, it is talking about the prophesied “restitution of all things” in creation when it will be delivered from the curse “when… he shall send Jesus Christ” (Acts 3:20) back to earth for His 1,000-year reign (Revelation 19-22):

“For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.” —Romans 8:19-22

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity…” —Titus 2:13-14

For more information, see:

link Are Mormons Christians?
link Mormon Gospel vs. the Biblical Gospel: Saved Or Unsaved – That Is the Question
link Are You Prepared to Meet God? – A Simple Test for the Honest Latter-day Saint
link Did Joseph Smith See God the Father?
link Is Joseph Smith’s First Vision A Solid Historical Fact?

link THE RESTORATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD – Mormon.org states:

“Throughout time, God has given His servants, the prophets, the authority to act in His name. This authority is called the priesthood… John the Baptist appeared and conferred upon Joseph Smith and his associate Oliver Cowdery the Aaronic Priesthood... Later, Peter, James, and John… conferred the Melchizedek Priesthood upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, restoring the same authority given to Christ’s Apostles anciently.”

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT PRIESTHOOD AUTHORITY

The Aaronic Priesthood, Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith

  • Jesus Christ could not hold the Aaronic Priesthood because He was not of the Levitical lineage of Aaron, so neither could Joseph Smith receive this priesthood.  Joseph Fielding Smith claimed that: “…the Prophet Joseph Smith… was of the lineage of Joseph through the loins of Ephraim.” 4.  Since Smith was not of the tribe of Aaron, it would have been impossible for him to be ordained to the Biblical Aaronic priesthood.  Hebrews 7 explains:

    “And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham… For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.”—Hebrews 7:5, 14

The Aaronic Priesthood authority nullified.

  • The Aaronic Priesthood authority was nullified by the greater Melchizedek Priesthood. According to the Bible, only one priesthood authority exists in power at one time.  When Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek, the Aaronic Priesthood didn’t exist. Then, when the Aaronic Priesthood came into power, one no longer heard about the Melchizedek Priesthood until Jesus came to spiritual power and operated under the authority of this Melchizedek Priesthood. Because Jesus lives forever (Hebrews 7:24), the Aaronic Priesthood authority has been forever been done nullified!

    “If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.” —Hebrews 7:11-12

The non-transferable Melchizedek Priesthood

  • The Melchizedek Priesthood is non-transferable because Jesus Christ is the ONLY one who fulfills the qualifications to hold this Priesthood.  There is only one High Priest who can exist at one time (see Numbers 35:25, 28 and 2 Kings 12:10; 23:4). Thus, when Jesus became the Christians’ High Priest as One who holds the power of an endless life, He demonstrated that He alone fulfills the Melchizedek Priesthood Authority’s qualifications. He as God existing from eternity (having neither beginning of days, nor end of life) and is the only one who is “holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.” As our only High Priest, He holds an “unchangeable” (non-transferable) Priesthood Authority.

    “Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils… But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.”—Hebrews 7:3-4, 24-26

The Priesthood authority of all Christian believers

  • The non-Aaronic and non-Melchizedek priesthood authority of all Christian believers is available to ALL who call upon the name of Jesus for salvation. This authority is not limited by race, citizenship, nor gender:

    • “But as many as received him, to them gave he power [authority] to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” —John 1:12

    “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. …But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.”—1 Peter 2:5, 9

    “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.” —Galatians 3:28

As we have seen above, neither Joseph Smith, nor current Mormon leaders fulfill the Biblical qualifications to hold the discontinued Aaronic Priesthood Authority, nor do they currently hold the occupied Melchizedek Priesthood.  Therefore, we must ask: What do you call men who claim to be “Apostles,” but who do not have the proper Authority? You call them a “false apostles!”

“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.” —2 Corinthians 11:13

For more information see:

link Who Has the Proper Authority to Administer Gospel Ordinances? —20 Questions for LDS on Priesthood Authority (www.4witness.org)
link Did Joseph Smith Possess the Proper Priesthood Authority to Restore Christ's Church in 1830?
link Was Priesthood Authority Restored through Mormonism?
link Why Mormons Denied Blacks the Priesthood

link THE BOOK OF MORMON - Mormon.org states:

“The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ is an actual record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains, as does the Bible, the fullness of the everlasting gospel… The Book of Mormon is a powerful witness of Jesus Christ. It helps us understand His teachings, including those in the Bible.”

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE BOOK OF MORMON

The Book of Mormon’s witness of Jesus Christ disagrees with the Biblical witness of Christ.

  • The Book of Mormon’s Testimony concerning Christ disagrees with the Bible.  The following chart illustrates some of the discrepancies between the Book of Mormon’s witness for Christ and the Bible’s witness:

BIBLE’S WITNESS OF CHRIST

BOOK OF MORMON’S WITNESS OF CHRIST

Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem. (Matthew 2:1 and Micah 5:2)

Jesus Christ was born at Jerusalem. (Alma 7:10)

Jesus Christ promised: “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
(Matthew 24:35)

“...there are many plain and precious things taken away from the book, which is the book of the Lamb of God.” —1 Nephi 13:28

During Jesus’ death, darkness covered the earth for three hours. (Matthew 27:45)

At Jesus’ death, darkness covered the earth for three days. (Helaman 14:20, 27)

Christ’s followers were first called “Christians” at Antioch (after Jesus’ ascension into Heaven).
(Acts 11:26)

Christ’s followers were called “Christians” at 73 B.C. (70+ years before Christ was born).
(Alma 46:15).

Melchizedek (a picture of Christ in the Old Testament) was “without father.” (Hebrews 7:3)

Melchizedek “did reign under his father.”
(Alma 13:18)

The Book of Mormon is historically inaccurate and disagrees with archaeology.

  • The Book of Mormon is historically inaccurate and does not agree with archaeology. Examples of historical and archeological discrepancies found in the Book of Mormon are as follows:
    • COMPASS: The earliest form of the compass (magnet floating in water) was invented in China sometime around 1044A.D. A dry form of the compass was invented in Europe around 1300A.D. until it was replaced in the 1800’s by a liquid-filled magnetic version. Yet, Nephi in the Book of Mormon is said to use a compass as early as 589 B.C. (1 Nephi 18:21).
    • ANIMALS: The Book of Mormon mentions the cow, horse, ox, ass, and goat as if these animals existed in America between 589 B.C. and 421 A.D. (Alma 18:9; 1 Nephi 18:25; Enos 1:21; 2 Nephi 17:25; 21:7; 30:13; 3 Nephi 3:22; Ether 9:18-19; Mosiah 13:24). Yet, none of these animals have been found in pre-Columbian America.  The “curelom” and “cumoms ” animals mentioned at Ether 9:19 in the Book of Mormon are unknown to mankind.
    • WHEAT, BARLEY: The Book of Mormon mentions wheat and barley grains (Alma 11: 7, 15; Mosiah 7:22; 9:9) as being cultivated in America around 200 B.C. Yet, these grains are unknown to Pre-Columbian America.
    • SILK: The fabric “silk” mentioned at Alma 1:29 did not exist in pre-Columbian America.
    • STEEL, BRASS, BELLOWS: Steel mentioned at I Nephi 4:9; 8:25, Brass mentioned at 2 Nephi 5:15, and Bellows (a device used to control the sending of pressurized air to a firey heater) mentioned at 1 Nephi 17:11 were either unknown in Book of Mormon times or did not exist in Pre-Columbian America.
    • CIMETERS (SCIMITARS) AND CHARIOTS: The cimeter (curved sword) mentioned at Enos 1:20 and chariots mentioned at Alma 18:9-10 did not exist in Pre-Columbian America.
    • COINS: Ancient Biblical coins abound in Archeological digs throughout the Middle East, yet not one Book of Mormon coin (senum, amnor, ezrom, onti, seon, senine, shum, limnah, shiblon, shiblum, leah, antion) has ever been found anywhere.
    • DNA EVIDENCE: The Book of Mormon claims that Jewish ancestry formed the majority of pre-Columbian inhabitants of America. Yet, 99.4% of the DNA research done on thousands of Native American Indians from over 150 tribes shows a direct link to Asia and 0.6% points to Europe or Africa, not Israel. Thus, there is NO evidence whatsoever to suggest a Jewish or Middle-Eastern migration to America. To excuse away the DNA evidence against this Book of Mormon claim, Mormon apologists have resorted to the idea that the Jewish Book of Mormon immigrants to America (the Nephites and the Lamanites) comprised only a relative small group of ancient inhabitants of America.This argument falls apart when one considers the following explicit passages from the Book of Mormon that assert that no other people existed in America prior to the Book of Mormon migrations. These passages claim that these Book of Mormon Jewish pilgrims grew “exceedingly numerous” to “cover the face” of the “whole” land:
      • 2 NEPHI 1:8: “And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an inheritance. ”

      • JAROM 1:6: “And they were scattered upon much of the face of the land, and the Lamanites also. And they were exceedingly more numerous than were they of the Nephites…”

      • ALMA 10:3: “And Aminadi was a descendant of Nephi, who was the son of Lehi, who came out of the land of Jerusalem, who was a descendant of Manasseh, who was the son of Joseph who was sold into Egypt by the hands of his brethren.”

      • OMNI 1:15-17: “Behold, it came to pass that Mosiah discovered that the people of Zarahemla came out from Jerusalem at the time that Zedikah… And they journeyed in the wilderness, and were brought by the hand of the Lord across the great waters, into the land where Mosiah discovered them; and they had dwelt there from that time forth. And at the time that Mosiah discovered them, they had become exceedingly numerous.”
      • HELAMAN 3:8: “And it came to pass that they did multiply and spread, and did go forth from the land southward to the land northward, and did spread insomuch that they began to cover the face of the whole earth, from the sea south to the sea north, from the sea west to the sea east. ”

Rather than finding supportive evidence for these Book of Mormon historical claims and artifacts, Mormon scholars have been forced to retreat from traditional interpretations of the words and phrases in the Book of Mormon and have developed unconventional explanations to reconcile these conflicted Book of Mormon texts with ancient Native American artifacts.

The Book of Mormon is geographically inaccurate.

  • The Book of Mormon is Geographically Inaccurate. Not one non-Mormon scholar has ever identified the remains and/or locations of any Book of Mormon land, city, river, battleground, or people group.  Mormon scholars often point to Aztec and Mayan ruins for evidence, but they disagree among themselves as to the identity of these ancient ruins.
    • UNKNOWN LANDS, CITIES, RIVERS, VALLEYS AND PEOPLE:
      • Where is the “river, Laman, that emptied into the Red Sea” (1 Nephi 2:8) or the “valley of Lemuel” (1 Nephi 2:14) in the wilderness of Israel?
      • Where are the ruins of the ancient Nephite people who “had taken possession of all the northern parts of the land bordering on the wilderness, at the head of the river Sidon, from the east to the west, round about the wilderness side; on the north, even until they came to the land which they called Bountiful.” (Alma 22:29)? Where is the “land of Zarahemla” (Omni 1:12; 15)?   
      • Where is the location of “the land on the northward [that] was called Desolation, and the land on the southward [that] was called Bountiful” (Alma 22:31)?
      • Where are the locations of the Lamanite “land of Ishmael,” “land of Middoni,” “city of Nephi,” “the land of Shilom,” “the land of Shemlon,” “the city of Lemuel” and “the city of Shimnilom” (Alma 23:9-12) who called themselves “Anti-Nephi-Lehi” people (Alma 23:17) and built “many buildings,” “a great tower” (Mosiah 11:13), “synagogues,” “houses,” “temples,” and “sanctuaries” (Alma 23:2).
    • HILL CUMORAH: Where is the Hill Cumorah? At Mormon 6:2, the Book of Mormon states that a Nephite general, named Mormon, called his people together to battle the Lamanite people “unto the land of Cumorah, by a hill which was called Cumorah.” This battled ended with the complete annihilation of the Nephite people and hundreds of thousands slain with the sword (Mormon 6:11-15).  Of the Nephite people that remained, it is claimed that only General Mormon and his son Moroni survived the battle to bury the gold plates of the Book of Mormon “in the hill Cumorah” (Mormon 6:6).  

    Where is the Hill Cumorah?  Joseph Smith claimed that this hill is in upstate New York where he allegedly found the gold plates. However, some Mormon apologists disagree, not only due to the lack of battleground artifacts found on the Hill Cumorah in New York, but also due to the problems with the Book of Mormon’s own geographical claims. Note the following passages:

      • ETHER 10:20: “And they built a great city by the narrow neck of land, by the place where the sea divides the land.”
      • ALMA 63:5: “And…he went forth and built him an exceedingly large ship, on the borders of the land Bountiful, by the land Desolation, and launched it forth into the west sea, by the narrow neck which led into the land northward.
      • HELAMAN 3:8: “And it came to pass that they did multiply and spread, and did go forth from the land southward to the land northward, and did spread insomuch that they began to cover the face of the whole earth, from the sea south to the sea north, from the sea west to the sea east. ”

Many Mormon apologists point to Central America for the location of Book of Mormon lands due to the mention of a “narrow neck of land…where the sea divides the land,” however problems arise when one considers that “the sea south” and the “sea north” are irreconcilable with this limited geographical location for Book of Mormon lands, and the Hill Cumorah would have to be moved from North America to Central America.  This limited geographical view for the Book of Mormon lands being in Central America also runs into problems with the Mormon Scripture, Doctrine and Covenants, section 54:8 that claims the “land of Missouri…borders… the Lamanites.”  How could the Lamanite lands border “Missouri” in North America if Book of Mormon lands and events were located in Central America?

For more information see:

link The Book of Mormon vs. the Bible and Mormon Doctrine
link What Archaeologists Say About the Book of Mormon
link Significant Changes in the Book of Mormon
link Plagiarism in the Book of Mormon
link Significant Changes in Mormon Doctrine and Covenants Scripture

link HEAVENLY FATHER'S PLAN OF HAPPINESS – Mormon.org States:

“God’s plan of salvation answers life’s great questions, such as: ‘Where did I come from?’ ‘What is my purpose in life?’ ‘What happens when I die?’…Your life did not begin at birth… Heavenly Father created your spirit body, and you lived with Him before you were born on earth… Your purpose in leaving God’s presence to come to earth includes obtaining a physical body, gaining experience, and learning to make right choices. …Physical death is a step forward in Heavenly Father’s plan. …If you have believed in Jesus Christ, repented of your sins, and followed His commandments, you will be able to enjoy eternal life in our Heavenly Father’s presence.”

WHAT MORMON.ORG DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT HEAVENLY FATHER'S PLAN

“Heavenly Mother” and the pre-existence

  • Mormonism teaches that you were born as a spirit baby to Heavenly Father and a Heavenly Mother.  While Mormon.org mentions the Mormon teaching that mankind pre-existed with God in Heaven before coming to earth, it fails to mention that Mormonism teaches that God has at least one wife in Heaven that He used to procreate the multitudes of spirit-bodies that populate the mortal bodies of people here on earth.  Thus, according to Mormonism, you were born as a spirit baby to a Heavenly “Mother” wife. Can you imagine one wife populating this entire planet of several billion people?  Such would be quite an enormous task! This is one reason why some early Mormon leaders taught that God has many “wives” to help Him. Note the following quotes from Mormon leaders:

    “In the Heaven where our spirits were born, there are many gods, each one of whom has his own wife or wives which were given to him previous to his redemption, while yet in his mortal state. Each God, through his wife or wives, raises up a numerous family of sons and daughters; ...for each father and mother will be in a condition to multiply forever and ever. As soon as each god has begotten many millions of male and female spirits ...he, in connection with his sons, organizes a new world, ...where he sends both the male and female spirits to inhabit tabernacles of flesh and bones. Thus each God forms a world for the accommodation of his own sons and daughters... The inhabitants of each world are required to reverence, adore, and worship their own personal father who dwells in the heaven which they formerly inhabited.” —LDS Apostle Orson Pratt, The Seer, 1853 (1990 ed.), vol. 1, p. 37

    “If none but Gods will be permitted to multiply immortal children, it follows that each God must have one or more wives… But if we have a heavenly Mother as well as a heavenly Father, is it not right that we should worship the Mother of our spirits as well as the Father? No; for the Father of our spirits is at the head of His household, and His wives and children are required to yield the most perfect obedience to their great Head.” —LDS Apostle Orson Pratt, The Seer, 1853 (1990 ed.), vol. 1, pp. 158-159

    “You will see the time when you will have millions of children around you. If you are faithful to your covenants, you will be mothers of nations. You will become Eves to earths like this; and when you have assisted in peopling one earth, there are millions of earths still in the course of creation.”—Brigham Young (2nd LDS Prophet), Journal of Discourses, vol. 8, p. 208

    “For as we have a Father in heaven, so also we have a Mother there, a glorified, exalted, ennobled Mother.”—Achieving A Celestial Marriage, LDS Student Manual, p. 129

    “We are expressly told that God is the Father of spirits, and to apprehend the literalness of this solemn truth we must know that a mother of spirits is an existent personality.”—The Articles of Faith (1890), 1996ed., Apostle James E. Talmage, p. 443

The Mormon belief of becoming Gods

  • Mormons believe that the purpose of this life is to work toward becoming a God like Heavenly Father after you die. This doctrine of man becoming gods is a foundational doctrine of Mormonism that is noticeably missing from the Mormon.org website’s explanation of Heavenly Father’s Plan.  Even Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith, proclaimed: “It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of God…that he was once a man like us… and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves…” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, pp. 345-346)  One wonders how such “first principle” of the Mormon Gospel could be missing from the Mormon Church’s official website!  Note the following statements about the doctrine of man becoming gods from many prominent Mormon Prophets and Apostles:

    “God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man. …It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of God…that he was once a man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did. …Here, then, is eternal life—to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and to be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done before you…” —Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, 1976, pp. 345-346

    “The Lord created you and me for the purpose of becoming Gods like Himself. …We are created, we are born for the express purpose of growing up from the low estate of manhood, to become Gods like unto our Father in heaven.” —Brigham Young (2nd LDS Prophet), Journal of Discourses, vol. 3, p. 93

    “Mormon prophets have continuously taught the sublime truth that God the Eternal Father was once a mortal man who passed through a school of earth life similar to that through which we are now passing. He became God —an exalted being— through obedience to the same eternal Gospel truths that we are given opportunity today to obey. …In June, 1840, Lorenzo Snow [5th LDS Prophet] formulated the following famous couplet: ‘As man is, God once was; as God is man may become.’ ” —The Gospel Through the Ages, 1945, by Milton R. Hunter, pp. 104-106

    “Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Savior, has given us our map— a code of laws and commandments whereby we might attain perfection and, eventually, godhood. This set of laws and ordinances is known as the gospel of Jesus Christ, and it is the only plan which will exalt mankind.”—Spencer W. Kimball (LDS Apostle who be Mormonism’s 12th Prophet), The Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 6

    “As God’s offspring, we have His attributes in us. We are gods in embryo…” —The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, (13th LDS Prophet) 1988, p. 21

    “Because we are the spiritual children of our heavenly parents, we have inherited the potential to develop their divine qualities. …Since we could not progress further in heaven, our Heavenly Father called a Grand Council to present his plan for our progression (see Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pp. 348, 349, 365). We learned that if we followed his plan, we would become like him. We would have a resurrected body; we would have all power in heaven and on earth; we would become heavenly parents and have spirit children just as he does (see D&C 132:19-20).” —Gospel Principles, p. 14

    “And again… if a man marry a wife… by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood… they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things… which glory shall be a fullness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever. Then shall they be gods… Then shall they be gods, because they have all power, and the angels are subject unto them.”— Doctrine and Covenants 132:19-20

While the fundamental principle of the Mormon Gospel is the belief that mankind has the potential of becoming gods, the true God of the Bible clearly states:

    ISAIAH 44:6, 8:  “I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. …Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no God; I know not any.”

    ISAIAH 43:10: “Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD… that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.”

    ISAIAH 46:9: “Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me.”

Mormonism and future polygamy

  • Mormons still believe the practice of polygamy was commanded by God and that it will be practiced in Heaven.  While Mormon.org admits that Mormons believe that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, and Solomon and early Mormon leaders were commanded by God to practice Polygamy here on earth until 1890 (Doctrine and Covenants 132:1, 4), it fails to mention that Mormonism still teaches that polygamy will be practiced in Heaven.  For example, Joseph Fielding Smith who became the 10th Prophet of the Mormon Church remarried twice after the death of his first wife Louise Shurtliff. On page 67 of the second volume of his Doctrines of Salvation books, he proclaimed: “...my wives will be mine in eternity.”  And Mormon Apostle Dallin H. Oaks is currently “sealed” to two wives, one of which is deceased. He did not become “unsealed” to his first wife because Mormonism still teaches that he will be able to be married to both of them in Heaven. Mormon Church Apostle Charles W. Penrose explained:

    “In the case of a man marrying a wife in the everlasting covenant who dies while he continues in the flesh and marries another by the same divine law, each wife will come forth in her order and enter with him into his glory—"Mormon” Doctrine Plain and Simple, or Leaves from the Tree of Life, by Charles W. Penrose, 1897, p.66

Not only does Mormonism teach that polygamy will be practiced in Heaven, Mormon leaders have taught that polygamy will again be practiced on earth during the future millennial reign of Christ. Mormon Apostle Bruce R. McConkie stated:

“…plural marriage was openly taught and practiced until the year 1890. …Obviously the holy practice will commence again after the Second Coming of the Son of Man and the ushering in of the millennium.”— Mormon Doctrine, 1966, 1987 ed., p. 578 

While Mormons believe that early Mormon leaders were commanded by God to practice polygamy, many Mormons mis