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On September 1, 1842, Joseph Smith said, "...for to this day has the God of my fathers delivered me out of them all, and will deliver me from henceforth; for behold, and lo, I shall triumph over all my enemies, for the Lord God hath spoken it." (Doctrine and Covenants, 127:2). The last phrase "for the Lord God hath spoken it," indicates that this is prophecy. Here, Smith has prophesied that God would allow him to "triumph" over all his enemies. Less than two years later, these same enemies stormed the Carthage, Illinois jail where Smith was imprisoned and shot him dead. Smith tried to fight back, shooting 3 of his assailants and killing 2 with a pistol smuggled in to him, but his "enemies" triumphed. This is a false prophecy. By the litmus test, we have already shown Smith to be a false prophet. For arguments' sake, however, let's explore some more.
The following prophecy has only been recounted by one person, and that person eventually left the Mormon Church. Typically, we wouldn't include it for that reason. However, the person in question was David Whitmer, one of the three "witnesses" to Smith's translation of the Book of Mormon. And since the LDS Church lends Whitmer the credibility of having him still listed as an original witness (check the beginning of any Book of Mormon), we shall afford him some level of credibility here as well. As the story goes, during the printing of the Book of Mormon, Smith was running out of the money needed to finish it. |
