Editing Prophecy (section)

====Latter Day Saint movement====
{{See also|Joseph Smith|Revelation (Latter Day Saints)}}
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The [[Latter Day Saint movement]] maintains that its first prophet, [[Joseph Smith]], was visited by [[God in Mormonism|God]] and Jesus Christ in 1820. The Latter Day Saints further claims that God communicated directly with Joseph Smith on many subsequent occasions, and that following the death of Joseph Smith God has continued to speak through subsequent prophets. Joseph Smith claims to have been led by an angel to a large hill in upstate New York, where he was shown an ancient manuscript engraved on plates of gold metal. Joseph Smith claimed to have translated this manuscript into modern English under divine inspiration by the gift and power of God, and the publication of this translation are known as the [[Book of Mormon]].

Following Smith's murder, there was a [[Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|succession crisis]] that resulted in a great schism. The majority of [[Latter-day Saints]] believing [[Brigham Young]] to be the next prophet and following him out to Utah, while a minority returned to Missouri with Emma Smith, believing Joseph Smith Junior's son, [[Joseph Smith III]], to be the next legitimate prophet (forming the [[Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]], now the Community of Christ). Since even before the death of Joseph Smith in 1844, there have been numerous separatist [[List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saint sects]] that have splintered from the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]]. To this day, there are an unknown number of organizations within the Latter Day Saint movement, each with their own proposed prophet.

The [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) is the largest Latter Day Saint body. The current [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|Prophet/President]] of the LDS Church is [[Russell M. Nelson]]. The church has, since [[Death of Joseph Smith|Joseph Smith's death]] on June 27, 1844, held a belief that the president of their church is also a literal prophet of God. The church also maintains that further revelations claimed to have been given through Joseph Smith are published in the [[Doctrine and Covenants]], one of the [[Standard Works]]. Additional revelations and prophecies outside the Standard Works, such as Joseph Smith's "[[White Horse Prophecy]]", concerning a great and final war in the United States before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, can be found in other church published works.