So where are we? Somewhere around here, I guess. I'm not sure. So where are we going to go? I guess we'll go up. [MUSIC PLAYING] Would it make a difference to have something missing from a map?

Can you understand how critical it would be if something were missing from the word of God?

The Book of Mormon tells us that after the prophets and apostles of the Bible had written the words of God, evil and unbelieving men would remove many plain and precious truths from their writings.

The result was great confusion and misunderstanding concerning the word of God. The Bible says that we must all be baptized.

Shortly after Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, the Lord commanded him to translate the Bible and restore many of the truths that had been removed. Sidney Rigdon served as scribe for much of the translation. It has become known as the Joseph Smith Translation.

Let's look at some of the doctrines and insights that Joseph Smith restored to the Bible.

In the first verse of Genesis, we read that "God created the heaven and the earth."

In the Joseph Smith Translation of this verse, we gained three additional insights into the Creation. We learned that Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten, created the heaven and the earth.

We learned that God revealed the Creation of the earth to Moses and that God commanded Moses to write the word spoken to him.

There are passages in the Bible where large sections of scripture were removed. The Joseph Smith Translation expands and enlarges our understanding of many wonderful doctrines of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The premortal life, the Creation of this earth, the Fall of Adam and Eve. Most importantly, through the Joseph Smith Translation, we gain greater understanding of the very center of the Old and New Testament-- Jesus Christ, the Creator, the Savior, and the Redeemer of the world.

These precious truths, unavailable for nearly 2,000 years, are now placed at your fingertips. Search them and learn.