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Dove, Sign of the
A prearranged sign by which John the Baptist would recognize the Messiah (John 1:32–34). Joseph Smith taught that the sign of the dove was instituted before the creation of the world as a witness for the Holy Ghost; therefore, the devil cannot come in the sign of a dove.