he gave some apostles, prophets... evangelists... pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 'til we all come in the unity of the faith...
Note the similarities with Moroni 7:22-24,29-32:
...God knowing all things, being from everlasting to everlasting, behold, he sent angels to minister unto the children of men, to make manifest concerning the coming of Christ; ... And God also declared unto prophets, by his own mouth, that Christ should come. And behold, there were divers ways that he did manifest things unto the children of men, ...
And because he hath done this, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased? Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men... , showing themselves unto them of strong faith and a firm mind in every form of godliness... declaring the word of Christ unto the chosen vessels of the Lord, that they may bear testimony of him. And by so doing, the Lord God prepareth the way that the residue of men may have faith in Christ, ...
These chosen vessels (apostles, etc.) are prepared by the Lord to minister unto us so that we may have faith. We can see that God uses various methods, but that the intent is the same: to engender faith in Christ.
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