Smith's Prophecy
In a letter written to William W. Phelps on November 27, 1832, Joseph Smith, Jr. stated in a revelation allegedly received from Jesus Christ:
t shall come to pass, that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the sceptre of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the Saints, whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children enrolled in the book of the law of God: while that man, who was called of God and appointed, that putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the vivid shaft of lighting ... These things I say not of myself; therefore, as the Lord speaketh, He will also fulfill.
Smith never revealed the identity of the "one mighty and strong" referred to in this prophecy.
In a letter to Brigham Young, dated May 6, 1867, W. W. Phelps mentioned that he believed that Smith's prophecy refers to Adam and his future arrival at Adam-ondi-Ahman.
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