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MESSENGER 
Of the Fullness of the Gospel 
“He that will not reason is a bigot; He that cannot reason is a fool;and he that dare not reason is a slave.”
U.S. Vol. 1, Issue 3 Feb – Mar ‘04
CONTENTS
 
Where Are the Ten Lost Tribes?
 As taught by the Prophet Joseph
Has Joseph Smith Been Resurrected?
 A response to someone who doubts he has been
Fundamentalism and the Church
 A letter from Owen A. Allred 
Public Schooling vs. the Prophets
The position of home & religious education Messenger Publications
Issue 3, Feb - Mar 2004
 
Where are the Ten Lost Tribes?
The whereabouts of the lost tribes of Israel has been a mystery regularlydebated among Latter-day Saints since the beginning of the restoration of the gospel. Many theories have abounded to explain how they arehidden from our view, with some suggesting they may be livingunderground near the North Pole, or in some other remote region on theearth which remains yet undiscovered, or hidden from view to explorers.The beginning of their story, however, is not so puzzling, and iswell attested to by the records of ancient scriptural history. The tribes of Israel had fallen into wickedness, despite the warnings of their prophets,such as Lehi, that it would lead to them being captured and taken toBabylon
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.Yet they failed to repent, and they were taken out of the landGod had given them as was predicted. Even during their captivity Godraised prophets among them like Daniel to try and bring them back torighteousness, but many of them either refused to reform or were slow todo so.Many of them eventually recognized the awful state they were inand sought to leave the worldly influence of the land they lived in, and itis recorded in the ancient Apocrypha that, “they took this counsel amongthemselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and goforth into a farther country, where never mankind dwelt, that they mightthere keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land.”
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Thisgroup came to be known as the lost ten tribes, because their locationfrom then on was unknown to the world.Most secular scholars and some of the more liberal Latter-daySaints have assumed that they became scattered among the nations of theearth. Certainly, some of them did become integrated into Babyloniansociety, or set off to live elsewhere. However, the Lord has revealed inmany places throughout scriptures that many of them remained a distinctand separate people, who will yet return en mass in a miraculous manner.We learn from the Book of Mormon that the Nephites were notthe only “other sheep” who Jesus promised to visit, but that the Saviour also intended to appear to the Lost Tribes,
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and that they had their ownscriptures which would one day be revealed to us
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. The three Nephiteapostles, who were promised they would never die, were also told they
12 Kgs 17:6-822 Esdras 13:4133 Ne 17:4, 21:26, see 16:1-342 Ne 29:12-13
 
had a mission to perform among these Ten Tribes
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, as does John theRevelator according to Latter-day revelation.
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 One of Joseph Smith’scontemporaries recolected:The Spirit of the Lord fell upon Joseph in an unusual manner, and[he] prophesied that John the Revelator was then among the TenTribes of Israel who had been led away by Shalmaneser, King of Assyria to prepare them for their return from their long dispersion,to again possess the land of their fathers.
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It seems that Joseph gained firsthand knowledge of the mission of the beloved apostle John, from meeting with him personally:While 'the camp of Zion' was on the way to Missouri in 1834Joseph was some ways ahead of the company one day, when therewas seen walking with him by the roadside a man, a stranger.When the company came up there was no person with him. Whenat camp that night, Heber asked the Prophet who that man was;Joseph replied it was the beloved Disciple, John, who was then onhis way to the Ten Tribes in the North.
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The Lord has prophesied that Joseph, or one of his successorswill yet take part in the return of these tribes.
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That return will take placein an astounding way, when: “they who are in the North countries shallcome in remembrance before the Lord; and their prophets shall hear hisvoice, and shall no longer stay themselves; and they shall smite therocks, and ice shall flow down at their presence. And a highway shall becast up in the midst of the great deep. ... And the boundaries of theeverlasting hills shall tremble at their presence.”
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Where could this North country they reside in be? Where is itthey will be returning from? Where are they now? Some Churchmembers, such as Benjamin F. Johnson and Oliver B. Huntington, have
53 Ne 28:296D&C 77:14
7History of the Church, John Whitmer, see DHC 1:176.“Joseph said that John [the Revelator] was to tarry until Christ came. He is now withthe Ten Tribes preaching to them, and when we can get ready for them they willcome.” (Life of Levi Ward Hancock, June 4th, 1831)
8Heber C. Kimball letter to Addison Everett, Oliver B. Huntington Journal,13th January, 1881.9D&C 110:1110D&C 133:26-27,31
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