Year:1823
Scriptures:
Revelation
14:6-7
6
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and
to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the
hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and
earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
“From
1823 to 1829, the angel Moroni ... appeared at least twenty times to
Joseph Smith and others. Those appearances opened the way for the
translation and publication of the Book of Mormon….”
(Encyclopedia
of Mormonism, 1-4
volumes, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow [New York: Macmillan, 1992]
954)
The
angel Moroni’s first visitation occurred on the night of September
21, 1823. This was about 3½ years after Joseph Smith had received
the first vision.
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