Prophecies and Revelations of Joseph Smith
1. Inhabitants of the moon – Joseph Smith told of the inhabitants of the moon as being about 6’ tall, dressed like Quakers and live to be about 1,000 years old. (Young Women’s Journal Vol. 3 pg. 263-264; Patriarchal Blessings Books 9:294-295) Since Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon in 1969, we now know there are no Quaker looking people on the moon. Brigham Young expanded on this idea and said that the sun was inhabited. (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 13, p. 217)
2. New Jerusalem - Will be built in Independence, MO and dedicated by the hand of Joseph Smith. This was to happen in his generation. (Doctrine and Covenants 84:3,4). There is NO evidence of this happening. Jesus said the temple would be destroyed which happened after his death in 70 AD and the ruins are still there today.
3. David Patten Mission – Verily thus saith the Lord: It is wisdom in m servant David W. Patten, that he settle up all his business as soon as he possibly can and make a disposition of his merchandise, that he may perform a mission unto me next spring, in company with others, even twelve including himself, to testify of my name and bear glad tidings unto the world. (Doctrines and Covenants 114:1) David W. Patten actually died the fall of that year in the Battle of Crooked River, so he didn’t go on the mission trip the next spring. The Mormons make excuses for this and say he did it in the spirit world, but it doesn’t say that, that’s not what the passage states. Regardless of any excuse, Doctrines and Covenants 1:37,38 says this: “Search these commandments, for they are true and faithful, and the prophecies and promises which are in them shall all be fulfilled. What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and earth pass away, my word shall no pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice of by the voice of my servants, it is all the same.”
SO, the prophecy of David W. Patten was a false prophecy. Even if a person does have a prophecy that “does” come to pass, God warns in Deuteronomy 13:1-3: “If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”
What is the Biblical standard for a prophet?
100% accuracy!
“And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.” - Deuteronomy 18:21,22
God is telling us there how to discern deception when someone is claiming to be a prophet. If even ONE prophecy does not come true, he is considered a false prophet. Joseph Smith even prophesied the coming of the LORD which Jesus Himself said was impossible to know.
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,[a] but My Father only.” - Matthew 24:36
“President Smith then stated that the meeting had been called, because God had commanded it; and it was made know to him by vision and by the Holy Spirit… it was the will of God that they should be ordained to the ministry and go forth to prune the vineyard for the last time, for the coming of the LORD, which was nigh – even fifty six years should wind up the scene.” - History of the Church Vol. 2, page 182
The 56th year passed in 1891… FALSE PROPHET!
There are over 300 prophecies in the Bible of the life, mission, death and resurrection of the Redeemer. Only the Bible lays out history and precisely details the life of Jesus Christ.
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