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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Doctrine and Covenants 130:14,15 basically predicts that if Joseph Smith lives to be 85 he will see Jesus' return.
I think the Mormon church sees the Bible as inferior to the book of Mormon, The Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. The reasoning is that mistakes have been made in the copying over the centuries. Also the Mormons see the Christian churches as to have become corrupt and therefore changed the Bible to suite to conform to their new beliefs.
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You neglected to read the next two verses that work to clarify the matter further:
14 I was once praying very earnestly to know the time of the acoming of the Son of Man, when I heard a voice repeat the following:
15 Joseph, my son, if thou livest until thou art eighty-five years old, thou shalt see the face of the Son of Man; therefore alet this suffice, and trouble me no more on this matter.
16 I was left thus, without being able to decide whether this coming referred to the beginning of the millennium or to some previous appearing, or whether I should die and thus see his face.
17 I believe the coming of the Son of Man will not be any sooner than that time.
Verse 16 seems to explain it quite well. So essentially he was told that the Second coming wouldn't be within the next ~50 years! So I guess he was right.
Saying that mormons believe that the Bible is inferior is not quite the correct way to describe it. Inferior is too strong of a word. We happily use the Bible and the Book of Mormon. However, you are right in the sense that we may turn to the Book of Mormon first. I love the Bible though... although the Old Testament can be a little difficult to grasp...