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"Whereas JESUS, Peter, Paul, John, Luke, Matthew, and Mark all state that entrance is gained into the kingdom of God through JESUS alone, ... here Joseph has added HIMSELF to the process."

If a perons rejects Moses, calls him a false prophet and spurns all that came from him, does not this same person reject God who sent Moses? We think so.

Likewise with those who reject Joseph Smith, they also reject God. Salvation comes only through Christ, only though the atonement He made can we be forgiven and cleansed from our sins. But if you say you accepted Christ when you rejected his propets, you can expect that to have an effect on the outcome.

Joseph will be held accountable for his ministry here on the earth, he will answer to God and report who did and who did not accept him, and that report will be an important factor in the outcome of each person in this dispensation. He is a serveant of Christ, as we belive "whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same."

And the same thing can be said of Moses with respect to the people of his dispensation, and each other prophet for their people. If Moses can not say of someone that they accepted him as a prophet, they won't enter, they did not really accept Christ.

"Joseph [Smith] will be held accountable for his ministry here on the earth, he will answer to God and report who did and who did not accept him, and that report will be an important factor in the outcome of each person in this dispensation."

- Grig

BLASPHEMY!

It is not the prophet, who is only a tool, ... but the revelation.

It is not Moses, but rather ... God's revelation which came through Moses.

Since the gospel (i.e. God's revelation regarding THE WAY of our entry into the His Kingdom) was established, at least, by the time of Paul's writing, some 1900+ years ago, as unchanging per Galatians 1:8,9 ...

... what revelation does Joseph bring to this dispensation which is, somehow, necessary to the question of our salvation ?

Well, I see drstevej got to this before I did, but this statement also jumped out at me:

"Joseph will be held accountable for his ministry here on the earth, he will answer to God"

True statement.

"and report who did and who did not accept him, and that report will be an important factor in the outcome of each person in this dispensation"

Oh, I think God will already know who "did and did not" accept Joseph Smith. Somehow, I don't think He will need Joseph Smith's "report" as a factor in the outcome of each person. By the time we all are called to give an account of ourselves before God, I think the "outcome" of each of us will have already been decided.