1. Review 1999 Book of Mormon Claims Defended With the Bible

2. BOOK OF MORMON CLAIMS n THAT JESUS CAME TO THE AMERICAS SOON AFTER HIS RESURRECTION. n THAT A PEOPLE CAME TO THE NEW WORLD FROM THE TOWER OF BABEL

3. n THAT 600 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST WAS BORN DESCENDENTS TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL FROM THE TRIBE OF JOSEPH CAME TO THE NEW WORLD. n THAT THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH WAS GIVEN A CHOICE LAND FOR THEIR INHERITANCE.

4. n THAT IT IS AN ABRIDGEMENT OF A RECORD (OR BOOK) OF A PEOPLE THAT WERE DESTROYED ABOUT 421 YEARS AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. IT WAS TO COME FORTH IN THE LATTER DAYS.

5. JESUS CAME TO THE AMERICAS n JOHN 10:16 OTHER SHEEP n III NEPHI 5 & 6 n MATTHEW 15:23, 24. CHRIST WAS ONLY SENT TO THE LOST SHEEP OF ISRAEL

6. GOD DISPERSED PEOPLE FROM THE GREAT TOWER n ETHER 1:1-7 THE GREAT TOWER n GENESIS 11:1-9 –UPON ALL THE FACE OF THE EARTH

7. JOSEPH THE SON OF ISRAEL n I NEPHI 1:153-165 –LEHI THE FIRST INDIAN –A DESCENDENT OF JOSEPH n DOES THE BIBLE SAY ANYTHING SPECIAL ABOUT JOSEPH

8. THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL n Reuben v 3 n Simeon v 5 n Levi v 5 n Judah v 8 n Zebulon v 13 n Issachar v 14 n Dan v 17 n Gad v 19 n Asher v 20 n Naphtali v 21 n Joseph vv 22- 26 n Benjamin v 27

9. JOSEPH’S LAND n ETHER 1:30-32 n EVERLASTING DECREE OF GOD n CHOICE LAND n SERVE GOD OR BE SWEPT OFF n RIPENED IN INIQUITY

10. JOSEPH’S LAND n GENESIS 49:22-26 n DEUTERONOMY 33:13-17

11. n OVER THE WALL  THE SEA n ANCIENT MOUNTAINS  FULL OF RESOURCES n EVERLASTING MOUNTAINS  EXTEND FROM ALASKA TO TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA n DEEP OCEAN  FILLED WITH FOOD

12. THE STICK OF JOSEPH n A STICK IS A BOOK n SEALED BOOK n 12 WITNESSES OF THE PLATES n UNLEARNED MAN WAS JOSEPH SMITH