Book of Mormon Challenge (Nov 9, 2018 - 3 of 12)

From: Jason Kemp
jasonmkemp@hotmail.com


Book of Mormon Challenge (Nov 9, 2018 - 3 of 12)
Reading starts on Monday, November 19, 2018


Biblical Proof Number One
The New World
Plainly, the Bible points to the New World.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
Sometimes we read a thing and really never get to the bottom of it. The above verse says that God loves the whole world - both old and new!

I like what Roy Weldon says:
"…It is estimated that at the time of Christ the civilization of ancient America was in full bloom with a culture as great in some respects superior to the civilizations of Rome, Greece, Babylon, and Egypt. Estimates of the population in Mexico, Central America, and the Andean region at the time of Christ run as high as three hundred million people." ‐‐Other Sheep, p.18

Three hundred million people?!

I must confess, the thought had never crossed my mind—a highly cultured civilization in the New World during the time of Christ?! Superior to the civilizations of Rome, Greece, Babylon and Egypt?!
It staggers the imagination. It does mine.

I had heard more than one sermon on the significance of Israel becoming a nation in 1948. Never once did I hear about the significance of the New World, that land set aside for Latter‐day Israel in these last days. I had no idea that a Branch of the House of Israel had migrated to the New World, to the Americas, and would become an Ensign to the nations during these last days.

I remember sitting in church as a young lad and dreaming, "…it sure would be neat to visit the Holy Land some day. To walk where Jesus walked."

Protestants are taught from day one that all the "good stuff happens over there." We’re, generally speaking, totally ignorant of the Golden Age of Ancient America. For instance, during the time of Christ in America there was fine workmanship displayed in buildings, metallurgy was prominent, astronomy was evident, staircase farms were numerous, therapeutics were practiced, the lost art of coloring was discovered, and fine twined linen was available.

Yes, "For God so loved the world…" the whole world. That’s why it doesn’t sound so strange anymore when someone says "…the Lord visited America."
Why wouldn’t He? It’s part of His world.

The question arises, "If Jesus visited America, then were the ancient Biblical prophets aware of the existence of the New World?" And the answer is yes.

Isaiah, for one, speaks of the land shadowing with wings.
"Woe to the land shadowing with wings which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia [Africa]; that sendeth ambassadors by the sea." (Isaiah 18:1‐2).
That’s America.

Only America is beyond Africa. And she has certainly sent more missionaries "by the sea" than any other nation.
Her emblem is the eagle, and the two Americas are shaped like a bird with wings.