Where is now the Golden Plates that Joseph translated as the Book of Mormon?

Answer 1

According to Mormon scripture, the plates ascended into heaven after the translation by Joseph Smith.

However The Bible states in Revelation 22:18 that "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book." this tell us that the book of morman could not possibly be true and that John Smith made this up he also "found" the book of Abraham which contradicts not only the bible but the Book of Mormon the bible tells us that poligamy is wrong and the book of Mormon tells us its fine tomany contradictions and john couldn't keep track of all his lies ......also does any one find it funny that moroni the angel that "revealed"this to him is so close to moron.

Reply to the genius "scriptorian" that wrote the above: Deuteronomy 4:2 says "Ye shall not add to the word which I give you, and ye shall not take away." Does this mean everything after Deuteronomy 4:2 is null? Also, if you are going to use a scripture from the Bible keep in mind that the Bible is not a single book, but a collection of books not necessarily in chronological order. For example, the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) were actually written years after the crucifixion. The book of Revelation, although it is at the end of the Bible, was written before many of the Epistles. You need to do a little research before you start spouting false information. Also, it was Joseph not John Smith.

Where exactly does the Bible tell us polygamy is wrong? You obviously haven't read about Solomon's 700 wives and 300 concubines. Furthermore, what does that have to do with the golden plates anyway? The Bible contains many contradictions as well, but that doesn't mean it isn't the word of God. Just do a Google search for Bible contradictions.

Answer 2

Mormonism teaches that the angel Moroni took them to Heaven with him.

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According to Joseph Smith's own record:

"... by the wisdom of God, they remained safe in my hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at my hand. When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this day, being the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight."

This is recorded in his personal history and also in the Introduction of the Book of Mormon.

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Part of my understanding concerning this matter is that they have been taken mainly because they are sacred and will one day, stand as testimony to their literal existence and the truth of the translations thereof, but also, very importantly, only a proportion of those records was ever unsealed sufficiently for Joseph to translate: we are told that the remaining portion will yet come forth in the Lord's own due time, for His own purposes; there is more yet to come concerning the knowledge of this earth and the revelations of God.

Answer 3

After the gold plates were translated into the Book of Mormon, they were given back to the Angel Moroni, who originally lead Joseph to where they were buried.

Joseph Smith's statement (recorded in 1838, 8 years after the publishing of the Book of Mormon) is "by the wisdom of God, they remained safe in my hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at my hand. When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this day". This is found in "The Testimony of Joseph Smith" which is found at the beginning of the current LDS version of the Book of Mormon, just after the testimony of the three and eight witnesses that saw the plates. A link is provided below under "Related Links". It is found near the bottom of the page in the 3rd to last paragraph.

Answer 4

Joseph Smith, the man who translated the Book of Mormon from the plates, said this regarding where they are at now:

"...They remained safe in my hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at my hand. When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this day." (See page 3 of 'Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith' located at the front of the Book of Mormon, after the witnesses and before the table of contents)

According to his own statement, Joseph Smith returned the plates to the angel messenger Moroni. What Moroni did with them we can only speculate.