How does the Mormon Church view Joseph Smith in general, is he believed to be a man or divine? He's interesting in that he is a very documented historical figure that isn't shrouded in mystery since in the grand scheme of things, he was pretty recent. How does the Mormon church reconcile some of the things he did such as changing his stance on polygamy, and his practice of polygamy in general since 1 Timothy says that a church elder should be the husband of one wife. Plus I believe towards the end of his life he was arrested for polygamy amongst other things, which the Bible says in Romans 13 that Christians are not supposed to resist governing authorities. So even if polygamy isn't wrong, wasn't it anti-biblical for him to break those laws in the US in the first place?

I hope I'm not being offensive in asking these things, because I'm not trying to be, I'm just genuinely curious to hear about it from a Mormon perspective.