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And for this dispensation, the Lord has given us clear direction through His prophets on what observances we are to keep and what observances we are doing away with. Now, today, we have a different dispensation - The Dispensation of the Fulness of Times. See also: Did Nephi already have the authority to baptize before Christ appeared to him? And he said unto them: On this wise shall ye baptize and there shall be no disputations among you. It was simply a direction to stop arguing about it and just do it.Ģ1 And the Lord said unto him: I give unto you power that ye shall baptize this people when I am again ascended into heaven.Ģ2 And again the Lord called others, and said unto them likewise and he gave unto them power to baptize.

We see that people of the New World had been wondering the same thing that you’re wondering about now.

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But much of that is so piece meal insofar as how much as survived that it is easier to see it in full form in the Book of Mormon (the Nephite dispensation). Then, after Christ’s resurrection, he spent some time with the Saints of the Old World explaining how they should do things in the next (apostolic) dispensation. Yet there were these ordinances which were obviously NOT exclusive to the Law (of Moses). It was even LONGER before Jesus’ mortal ministry. We know he performed animal sacrifices ( Moses 5:6-7) as did Abraham ( Abraham 2:17) The coats of skins Adam was given after The Fall is commemorated in our garment s that we wear today.Īll this was LONG before Moses ever came around. Navigating through all that is part of the calling of Prophets.Īdam was baptized as recorded in the Pearl of Great Price ( Moses 6:64). But at the same time, there are consistent ordinances throughout all the dispensations. Each dispensation has it’s special observances. We have in scriptures the description of God’s dealings with man in several different dispensations.

So, what gospel was present before Moses? How did God deal with them? And why was it changed when Moses was the prophet?

The Law of Moses was… well, the law that God gave to ( you guessed it) Moses. And perhaps, with lack of understanding what the Law of Moses was may cause some confusion. We stopped sacrificing animals and we keep the sabbath day in a different way, but why do we still use garments and attend temple cerimonies? What is the pattern that defines what things we still do or don’t once the law of Moses is not ‘valid’ anymore?

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