Sentence examples for ancient prophets from inspiring English sources
Four years later Smith purportedly received plates of gold from Moroni, who, as the last of the ancient prophets, had buried them in a hill called Cumorah (near Palmyra, New York) some 14 centuries earlier.
Smith founded the Mormon faith in upstate New York, where he claimed to have been guided by an angel to a spot where he discovered gold plates on which ancient prophets had written a series of divine revelations.
Although usually discounted by positivist historians, oral tradition plays a major role in the Islamic understanding of Muhammad, just as it does in the Christian understanding of Jesus Christ or the Jewish understanding of Moses and the other ancient prophets of Israel.
Manifestos work like the ancient prophets, who by the power of their vision create their own people.
We now hear words from Matthew Chapter 2 in which wise men from the East tell Herod how the ancient prophets accurately foretold the birth of Jesus, many years before it happened.
In an intimate phone conversation with AIPAC director Tom Dine, President Reagan was quoted as saying, 'You know, I turn back to your ancient prophets in the Old Testament and signs foretelling Armageddon, and I find myself wondering if - if we're the generation that's going to see that come about.
It can feel a little like being Cassandra, the ancient prophet heeded by no one.
SINAI is best known as a place where the ancient prophet Moses met God and modern tourists frolic in fancy resorts.
Here, Lara embarks on a journey from Syria to snowy Siberia, following her father's research into an ancient prophet, doggedly pursued by a sinister cult.
Before the Muslim conquest of Persia in the 7th century ce, most Persians followed Zoroastrianism, based on the teachings of the ancient prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra), who lived during the first half of the 1st millennium bce.
The Book of Mormon records how an ancient prophet, Lehi, who lived in Jerusalem around 600BC, led a group of people to America, where "they became a great civilisation".
