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==Question: Is Joseph Smith Sr.'s promise in a father's blessing to Joseph Smith Jr. that he would continue in the Priest's office until Christ comes a false prophecy?==
===Joseph Smith will continue to hold the status of "Priest" at the time of the Second Coming.  If this father's blessing was a "prophecy," then it was fulfilled===

It is claimed that the father's blessing given to Joseph Smith, Jr., in which Joseph Sr. "declar[ed] that I should continue in the Priest's office until Christ comes," is an example of a false prophecy.

When Joseph Smith was ordained to "the highest and holiest order of the Priesthood" on 28 September 1843,<ref>{{RSR1|start=655 nt. 49}}</ref> he became "a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek" ({{b||Psalms|110|4}})<ref>Compare this well-known Old Testament scripture with a statement by Elder Orson Hyde on the fulness of the priesthood and becoming a "priest" in the ''Millennial Star'' vol. 9 (15 January 1847): 23-24.</ref>

Joseph Smith will, therefore, continue to hold the status of "Priest" at the time of the Second Coming.  If this father's blessing was a "prophecy," then it was fulfilled.

This account was first published ''after'' Joseph's death: the account comes from ''Times and Seasons'' 5/22 (1 December 1844): 723.<ref>Reprinted in {{HC1|vol=1|start=323}}</ref> If the blessing required Joseph to live until Christ came, why would the Church leaders publish it so freely, since Joseph was clearly dead and Christ had not come?  This demonstrates that the critics do not read the blessing as the early members did.
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