![]() ![]() These golden plates not only existed but also provided an account of the former inhabitants of the Americas. Moroni informed Smith that God had important work for him to do. This angel was Moroni, the same individual who had buried the ancient golden plates. According to this story, Smith was seventeen when an angel appeared in his room one night. It would not be long until Smith had another visionary experience. Integral to this vision is that all Christian churches were false, a point that motivated Smith to be God’s means through which the original church would be restored. The First Vision showed how Smith was chosen to be God’s prophet in the latter days. He was informed “that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight that those professors were all corrupt.” Smith asked God the Father and Jesus Christ which church he should join, but he was told to join none of them. Hear Him!” These figures were God the Father and Jesus Christ, the Beloved Son. Two figures, which Smith described bearing a “brightness and glory defy all description”, appeared above him in the air and one pointed to the other saying, “This is My Beloved Son. As Smith prayed a bright pillar of light appeared above his head. This story narrates how Smith, at just the age of fourteen, asked God which church he should join. According to Mormon accounts, Joseph Smith’s career as a prophet began with a revelation known as the First Vision. ![]()
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