5 Mormon Prophecies That FAILED | The Canadian Revelation, Missouri Temple & Civil War Prophecy
Welcome to the Mormon News Roundup.
Tonight, we examine five fascinating episodes from early Mormon history that raise difficult questions about revelation, prophecy, historical editing, and the way the Church has preserved—or sometimes omitted—its past.
In this episode:
🔹 The Canadian Revelation — Joseph Smith reportedly sent Oliver Cowdery and Hiram Page to Canada with a revelation promising they would sell the copyright to the Book of Mormon. They returned empty-handed. What happened when they asked why the revelation had failed?
🔹 Predicting the Lord’s Coming — Early Latter-day Saints expressed surprisingly specific expectations about when Christ would return, including statements associated with Joseph Smith, Moses Thatcher, and Parley P. Pratt.
🔹 The Missouri Temple Promise — A 1832 revelation declared that the generation then living would not all pass away before a temple was built at the appointed site in Missouri. More than a century later, Joseph Fielding Smith acknowledged that those people were no longer living.
🔹 The Civil War Prophecy — Joseph Smith's 1832 prophecy about the American Civil War contains striking references to South Carolina and the conflict between North and South, but also predicts events that did not unfold as described. We examine the historical context surrounding the prophecy and Brigham Young's predictions during the war.
🔹 The Missing Dream Interpretation — An interpretation recorded in Joseph Smith's 1843 diary described a future scenario in which the United States government would call upon “General Smith” to defend the country from a foreign enemy. That interpretation was later omitted from the published history. We compare the prediction with what actually happened.
The larger question isn't simply whether individual prophecies were fulfilled or failed.
What happens when later history conflicts with earlier revelation—and how should that history be presented to future generations?
Join us as we dig into the historical record.
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