Most people have assumed that when it comes to Mormonism, an individual eventually can only settle on one side of two camps. You either align with the "Mormons", believing that the modern LDS Church is true, or with the "Anti-Mormons", thinking that all of it is a lie. We have been led to trust that there is no room for any other possibilities.

 

A new group, nicknamed "Numos," has emerged on the Mormon-related landscape that takes a separate third lane, simultaneously recognizing that their are truths and falsehoods of both the Modern Mormon Church and the Anti-Mormons.

 

The Numos have recognized an alternate perspective. In a nutshell, the Church was true under Joseph Smith, but it fell under condemnation in 1832. See D&C 84:54-58. In 1834, when the membership ignored the call to repent, the Lord removed His name from the Church, changing it from the Church of Christ to the new name, the Church of the Latter-day Saints. Later, they still slid further from condemnation to outright rejection by the Lord in 1844. See D&C 124: 31-33 and 44-45. This rejection produced an outcome similar to Moses's removal from the Children of Israel, allowing Joseph Smith to be taken and the Melchezdek Priesthood authority to be removed from the Church.

 

Brigham Young, his successors, and the other Restoration Churches were all affected by the loss of divine authority. Brigham Young falsely altered many of Joseph Smith's original teachings and historical records to advance his own self-serving interests. Polygamy was one of the polarizing false teachings that Brigham Young pushed, which Joseph Smith condemned, and the Book of Mormon refutes. The LDS Church tries to dismiss Numos by simply calling them Polygamy Deniers; their message reaches beyond polygamy, and their emergence at this exact time has long been prophesied in Isaiah.

 

Numos are the precursor to the long-anticipated Remnant prophesied by Isaiah, who will help build Zion. Numos are awakened by the Spirit and are led out of the LDS Church and others into an isolated wilderness to be tried, tested, and tutored by the Lord, as Lehi and his family were. The wilderness is the qualified path and plan for potentially being a part of the Righteous Remnant.

 

If you have recognized that something is not right with the LDS Church, please explore this website to learn more about Numos, plus the contrast in teachings and practices between the original Mormon Church and its modern-day counterpart.

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