In Matthew 16:18, what is a feature of Christ's New Testament Church?
What is the priesthood?
This young man, at the age of 14, prayed in a grove of trees, leading to the First Vision.
What is 'Who is Joseph Smith?'
The name given to the time Joseph Smith first saw Heavenly Father & Jesus Christ.
What is the First Vision?
Who were the first messengers that Joseph Smith saw?
Who were Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?
What was steam power (eventually the railroad).
Mark 16:15-16 records these commandments given to Christ's disciples
What is 'What are preaching the gospel and baptizing believers?'
This divine being, along with God the Father, appeared to Joseph Smith during the First Vision.
What is 'Who is Jesus Christ?'
This is the name of the place where Joseph had his first vision.
What is the Sacred Grove.
How many heavenly messengers were sent to help restore the gospel to its fulness?
What is 6?
How many states existed in the U.S by 1830?
Luke 6:12-13 describes this process by which Christ organized His Church, involving a sacred act on a mountain
What is 'What is choosing and ordaining apostles?'
This sacred text, translated by Joseph Smith, is described in the Proclamation as "another testament of Jesus Christ."
What is 'What is the Book of Mormon?'
The places where the first and second temples were built in America
Where are Kirtland Ohio and Nauvoo Illinois?
Who were the messengers that were sent to help restore the gospel to its fulness?
Who was the U.S president in 1830?
Who was Andrew Jackson.
Acts 4:34-35 illustrates this practice in the New Testament Church, ensuring that none among the believers lacked material needs
What is the law of consecration?
This event restored the authority to perform saving ordinances, such as baptism and confirmation.
What is 'What is the restoration of the priesthood?'
What was the "Book of Commandments"?
(Was partially printed in 1833 before a mob destroyed the printing press.)
Fill in the blanks! "When the light rested upon me I saw ____ Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by ____ and said, pointing to the other- This is My ______ son. Hear Him!"
What are: two, name, Beloved?
What was the most common occupation in the US in 1830?
What was farming?
(Other common occupations in the 1800s included: clerks, miners, ironworkers, and railroad employees.)
1 Corinthians 15:29, what is a feature of Christ's New Testament Church?
What is 'What is baptism for the dead?'
The Proclamation affirms that this is the ultimate goal of God’s work and glory.
What is 'What is the exaltation and eternal life of His children?'
The longest section in the Doctrine and Covenants.
What is Section 124? (145 verses!)
How did each of the heavenly messengers (that were sent to help restore the gospel to its fulness) help reestablish the Church of Jesus Christ?
Moroni: golden plates
John the Baptist: Aaronic priesthood
Peter, James, and John: Melchizedek priesthood
Elijah: sealing power
What was the prominent religion in the United States in the year 1830?
What was Evangelical Protestantism?
(This period of history is now known as the Second Great Awakening).