Yesterday I read in Doctrine and Covenants about the many things we know because of latter-day revelation. Today my assignment was to select one of the
doctrines and use the Topical Guide to compare my list to what the Bible
teaches about this doctrine.
This was an interesting exercise and didn’t take long at all
to realize that the Godhead is clearly three members even as the Bible
teaches. Wherever did someone get the
idea that there is only one God? Who did
they think God was speaking to in Genesis 1:26 when he said, “Let us make man
in our image. . .”. or in Genesis 3:22
“. . . man is become as one of us, to know good and evil”? There is a lengthy list of such comments from
the Bible.
Let’s look at the Fall of Man which is clearly spoken of
when God introduces Adam and Eve into the Garden of Eden. Genesis 2:17 says “. . .thou shalt surely
die” if they partake of the fruit from the tree of knowledge. In 1 Corinthians 15:22 it says “For as in
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” Isn’t it clear also that the Fall of Man is
spoken of in the Bible?
It is extremely difficult for me to see this through a
clouded lens. When I read these
scriptures from the Bible, it is clear to me.
I’m so grateful for latter-day scriptures that only enhance
my learning in the Bible. Maybe had I
not had the Book of Mormon to make it clear things might look differently. Moses also brings crystal-clear clarity to
the creation and Fall of Man. How
blessed I am and how obligated I feel to know these things so that I might be
able to share them with others.
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