What is epistemological prophetic revelation?
In the LDS Church, one of the most quoted scriptures from the Old Testament is Amos 3:7, “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” The truth they have doesnt consist of theories that they have developed that explain what we observe in the universe. Rather, it consists of what God told them. The truth wasnt inferred but was revealedthus the ensuing knowledge is based on revelation. If somebody is in the truth-seeking business, it would make sense to find a prophet and see if he had any wisdom and any eternal truths that hed like to share with you. Fortunately, many people claim to be prophets and they do claim have eternal truths that they wants to share. If you want to know truth, just listen and accept what they say. It sounds pretty simple so far, doesnt it? But like just about everything in the truth-seeking world, the closer you look the more complicated it gets. Jesus said, as recorded in Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false proph
