Hi Ampu,
I believe that Moroni was sent from God to Joseph Smith to reveal the Book of Mormon, just as were Elijah and Moses were sent to Jesus.
Yeah; we get this.
But...
...how do you know if a messenger is sent by GOD?
Ether 15:31
And it came to pass that after he had smitten off the head of Shiz, that Shiz raised up on his hands and fell; and after that he had struggled for breath, he died.
“I believe that Moroni was sent from God to Joseph Smith to reveal the Book of Mormon, just as were Elijah and Moses were sent to Jesus.”
Hi Normandy. I know you “believe it.” That is an opinion.
What evidence or facts do you have to support your opinion?
#1...Joseph Smith didn't EVER seem to rely upon the socalled "gold plates" Moroni "delivered" to Smith...All of the accounts of early Mormons depict Smith peering into a hat & relying upon a socalled "urim" and "thummim" (read: rock) to "reveal" the Book of Mormon. The socalled Moronic "gold plates" were entirely irrelevant!!!
#2 Elijah
T.P. Pole tried a similar false parallel re: mentioning the transfiguration last OTHERWORLD Series on a couple of threads (2013)...
Unlike the status of a socalled character named "Moroni" -a deceased supposedly resurrected man... Elijah never died...hence hardly qualifies under the heading as a similar comparison.
#3...Moses
In Matthew 17, we don't read of ANYTHING a transfigured Moses communicated to the disciples. Obviously his purpose there wasn't to communicate anything significant to them; his purpose was simply to glorify Jesus...and if he communicated with Jesus, that wasn't recorded.
IoW, Moses had no special angelic-like "message" to the apostles.