John L. Lund argues that Quetzalcoatl may be Jesus Christ.

Date
2007
Type
Book
Source
John L. Lund
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

John L. Lund, Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon: Is This the Place? (Salt Lake City: The Communication Company, 2007), 181–198

Scribe/Publisher
The Communications Company
People
John L. Lund
Audience
Reading Public
PDF
Transcription

Many in the scholarly community see the native records of Mesoamerica as tainted by the Christian priests and therefore of little value. What scholars cannot explain are the many unique Book of Mormon doctrines, which could not have been taught by the Catholic priests, which show up in abundance among Mesoamerican historical documents. These unique doctrines found in the native texts establish an authentic relationship between Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon.

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Quetzalcoatl, Qucumatz, and Kukulcan all mean "Feathered Serpent." In human form Quetzalcoatl is represented as the light-skinned dark-bearded descending God. If Quetzalcoatl was known 2000 years before Jesus Christ, how could Quetzalcoatl be Jesus Christ? If the Mesoamerican traditions about Quetzalcoatl are based in the actual appearances of Jesus Christ in the New World, then there are three distinct periods of time when Jesus Christ as the Descending God or Quetzalcoatl interacts with man as recorded in the Book of Mormon.

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It would be gratifying if the Olmecs turn out to be the Jaredites. It would be confirming if the Mulekites are the Zapotecs, or some of their mixed seed, or if the original Quetzalcoatl turns out to be based in the actual visits of Christ to the Americas. However, what matters is the witness of the Book of Mormon. There is a God. Jesus is His Divine Son. Man will resurrect and there is life after death. This was the message the early Mesoamericans received.

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