Book of Amos

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[edit] 3:7

Mormons use this verse in support of the idea that people like Adam (from the beginning) were prophets, and that God's church from the very beginning consisted of a structure that involved a ruling and revealing prophet at the top. This understanding is similar to the Roman Catholic belief in a Pope.

"Amos 3:1-7 really refers to God bringing judgment against His people Israel because of their sin. And He says He will do 'nothing' (to punish or judge them) without warning them first. The Bible shows He did what He said He would do." [1]

"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)

"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds..." (Hebrews 1:1-2)