9 And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.
10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written." (2 Nephi 29:8-10)
When I read this chapter, I think of how you can get sort of stuck believing one way or one thing, and I can kind of understand when people say "We already have the Bible, the Word of God. What more is there?" However, I think it's shortsighted to think that all people in the earth needed exactly the same direction at the same time, when anciently, nations were so separate from each other. Should they have the same doctrine? Absolutely. But does that mean that the people in the Americas learn the same way as those in the middle ease? No. They wouldn't be able to understand the same metaphors or parables. Then, if you apply the same logic to today, if people think we don't need different direction from God today than we did even 50 years ago, I say you are mistaken. With the advent of the computer, and the internet, and vastly different culture and lifestyle than has ever existed in the history of earth, we need guidance and direction from God that is specifically tailored for us. This comes in the form of modern-day revelation, and that is why we have a living prophet on the earth.
I know God lives and loves us, and He wants us to have all the tools that we can get to be better prepared to exercise our agency in our lives, to make the right choices.
So if God wants to give us more revelation and direction, I say, "bring it on".
