“Mormon Prophets are False” Says the Bible. Really? Lets See…

 Luke 16:16 -“There is no need for prophets after John”.  This has been used  by critics of  LDS theology to prove that there was an end to the need for prophets and therefore modern Mormon prophets are false. The KGV version of the passage says

“The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.” Luke 16:16. 

What they don’t tell you is that the John talked about is John The Baptist. Matthew 11:12-13 corrects the critics claims.

“12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

The New Centry Version makes it a bit clearer.

“12 Since the time John the Baptist came until now, the kingdom of heaven has been going forward in strength, and people have been trying to take it by force.13 All the prophets and the law of Moses told about what would happen until the time John came.”

So what is The Law and The Prophets talked about in this passage? If our critics are going to use the terms as proof of our falseness they should at least know what the passage says. The Law is a book. Galations 3:10 talks about it.

10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

The Prophets is a book too. Acts 7:42 tells a bit of it.

42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

The Law and The Prophets are scriptures read in the synagogue.

“And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” (Luke 24:27)

“The Law and The Prophets are two of the three main groups of Jewish scriptures, which over time Christians called the “Old Testament,” and Jews called the “Tanakh” (a.k.a. the Hebrew Bible). The Hebrew Bible is divided into three groups of books: the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings. During the time of Christ, the third group or division was called “the psalms:  (Raymond Woodworth, www.lightplanet.com)”