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If you can find precedence in the holy bible of Christ of His apostles giving the priesthood to women...

You wanna explain how the LDS can claim to be a "restoration of the original church" and not be a restoration of the original church? Why, I thought one of the "plain and precious things" that was lost in the NT church was all the prophetesses that abounded in and after Jesus' time?

Anna (Luke 2:36); the four daughters of Philip who prophesied (Acts 21:9-10); the prophesy of Joel said by Luke to be fulfilled in the NT days, "Your sons and daughters will prophesy" (Acts 2:17). The OT prophets were not priests, you know. So why do LDS prophets need to be also priests?

And what about Rev. 1:5-6: "Unto him that loves us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood..." (Okay, who exactly has he "washed...from our sins in his own blood..?" Just men? No way.) Now keep reading in v. 6: "and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father..."

The same "us" that is washed from our sins is the same "us" who are made to be kings and priests.

m-w.com: Prophet (n) 1 : one who utters divinely inspired revelations: as a often capitalized : the writer of one of the prophetic books of the Bible b capitalized : one regarded by a group of followers as the final authoritative revealer of God's will 2 : one gifted with more than ordinary spiritual and moral insight; especially : an inspired poet 3 : one who foretells future events : PREDICTOR 4 : an effective or leading spokesman for a cause, doctrine, or group 5 Christian Science a : a spiritual seer b : disappearance of material sense before the conscious facts of spiritual Truth A woman does not need the Priesthood in order to be a prophetess. She only needs a testimony of Christ and inspiration from God. The inconsistency you point out does not exist. We also sustain the President of the Church as a seer and revelator; it is through the keys of the Priesthood of God that he has the authority to receive revelation for the LDS Church as a whole. A person - man or woman - without this authority would not be qualified to fill this role.

Why, I thought one of the "plain and precious things" that was lost in the NT church was all the prophetesses that abounded in and after Jesus' time?

Can anyone prophecy except the prophet? OF Course. What is revelation? It is "communication" from on high. Are answers to prayer then considered revelation? OF course.

Apostasy is about the removal of the line of authority, the priesthood of God. Not about the removal of all God fearing people.

Isaiah 60

2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Thessalonians 2:

2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;