One Mighty Among Them
The Latter-Day Restoring Prophets
Written in the mid 90’s, this paper proposes that there are multiple future prophets in the latter days who will serve in a restoration capacity. Discusses who the Rod, Stem, Branch, and Root are as found in Isaiah 11:1. Proposes that the “Joseph” spoken of in 2 Nephi 3 is not Joseph Smith, as is commonly taught. (This one is only about 18 pages in length.)
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The following is an excerpt from this manuscript:
There seem to be at least three great prophets in the latter-days who will fill a position of restoration. Most Latter-Day Saints agree that one of them must be Joseph Smith. The other two, however, are much more obscure and seem to be placed in a time after the time of Joseph Smith. Of these great latter-day prophets Isaiah has said,
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: (Isaiah 11:1, 2 Nephi 21:1)
In this verse we see a discussion about five separate individuals. They are 1) Jesse, 2) the rod, 3) the stem, 4) the branch, and 5) the roots. Notice that the rod comes from the stem of Jesse, and the branch comes from the roots of Jesse. Both the rod and the branch come from Jesse, but they apparently come from two different parts of Jesse. Jesse was the father of David.