Jonah

Through Jesus our High Priest or do we require an earthly high priest?

When did the Holy of Holies (restricted to one male High Priest once a year in the Old Testament) become like the celestial room in the LDS temple (where even women are allowed to enter several times per year)?

I purchased a book called "Saints, Slaves, & Blacks - The Changing Place of Black People Within Mormonism" by Newell G. Bringhurst. I haven't read all of it so far, but it appears to give a good glimpse into some of the hardships the Saints went through in that era.

Do you mean you had agency (the ability to choose good or evil) in the pre-existence? If yes, what evil existed there?

Who could enter the Holy of Holies and how often?

We have a little description mentioned in the Book of Mormon (1 Nephi 11). ... she was exceedingly fair and white. ... most beautiful and fair above all other virgins.

Did the Jerusalem temple have a celestial room?

Sometimes God answers prayers for healing with a 'no' or 'not yet'. It might help if you remind that person of the trials Job went through - Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him

@Carborendum @Anddenex The word disguised (ESV) conveys the meaning. The KJV uses transforms. For example: if you visit your friend, you don't disguise or transform yourself. I'll quote more of the KJV passage for context: For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Why does the devil need to disguise himself as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14)?

With scripture.

I would add a fourth: the devil appearing as an angel of light, giving a false revelation.

Under what circumstances (allowed by the Constitution) could a US President use the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to American streets?

When were the souls of their fathers in hell?

I have not done a comparison between Acts and the D&C but I did see this quoted on https://www.fairmormon.org/answers/Joseph_Smith/Healings_and_miracles "The Saints believe in healings and other miracles through Christ's priesthood power, but are cautious about sharing such events. However, such events are mainly for the comfort and blessing of the Saints, and are not intended to convince others or act as a "sign." I know that the biblical writers included a mention of quite a few of the miracles and that even the Book of Mormon made a mention of the Nephites performing miracles. Apparently they were not cautious about sharing such events. IMO, they are recorded for the comfort/blessing of Christians and non-Christians alike (like Hebrews 11) for subsequent generations.

Do you know temple-goers who believe in evolution instead of creation?

Would you mention some that would be considered mighty signs and wonders as is recorded several times in the book of Acts (of the Apostles)?

How do non-temple-going Latter-day Saints withstand these attacks? Jonah

Would someone clarify this section. (12) And when thou deliveredst up that which God had given thee sight and power to translate, thou deliveredst up that which was sacred into the hands of a wicked man, (13) Who has set at naught the counsels of God, and has broken the most sacred promises which were made before God, and has depended upon his own judgment and boasted in his own wisdom. In verse 12, how was Joseph tricked or deceived into giving the sacred to the wicked? Who is being referred to in verse 13 as boasting in his own wisdom? (15) For thou hast suffered the counsel of thy director to be trampled upon from the beginning. Who or what is the director and what time frame is 'from the beginning' a reference to?

I never saw Steve Young bear any kind of testimony about Jesus Christ on national tv but he may have done so in a less public setting.

This might be another reason. Through the hardness of their hearts, God allowed them to have an earthly king (just as he allowed divorce) but that was not His desired goal. Having an earthly king was actually a sign of rebellion because they would not accept God as their king (1 Samuel 8:1-9; 10:19-22; 12:17-19). God had originally appointed judges and officials (Deuteronomy 16:18) but the people eventually rejected them and wanted a king like the nations around them.

Do the recorded miracles in the Bible by Jesus and the apostles in the early church and the Nephite disciples (in 4 Nephi 1:5,13) mean those who experienced and or performed them did not hold them sacred? If no, why are the apostolic ones mentioned? What miracles wrought by the LDS apostles are mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants?

What do you believe is the symbolism of Nephi never making another steel bow or that subsequent wooden bows are never mentioned as breaking?

What is symbolized by the steel bow breaking and that no wooden bow was mentioned to have broken?

I don't believe there is any special meaning in the recorded event. But I appreciate the time and thought you put towards your explanation. It was very deep.