The Sealed Portion - The Final Testament Of Jesus Christ by Christopher Na
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- Pub. Date: April 2005
- 668pp
- Sales Rank: 375,570
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2005
- Publisher: Worldwide United Publishing
- Format: Paperback, 668pp
- Sales Rank: 375,570
- ISBN-13: 9780978526467
- ISBN: 0978526465
Synopsis
The Sealed Portion-Another Testament of Jesus Christ is the second part of the Book of Mormon, which millions of people throughout the world accept as the word of God along with the Bible. Joseph Smith, Jr. (1830), the founder of the Mormon faith, claimed to have received gold plates from an angel of God named Moroni. When he received the plates, Smith relates that 2/3 of them were sealed. The angel Moroni commanded him not to break the seals, but to translate only the portion of the plates that was unsealed. It was prophesied that the sealed portion of the plates would one day be given to the people of the world. Using two stones called the Urim and Thummim, Joseph Smith translated the unsealed portion. Before returning the plates to the angel Moroni, Joseph showed them to several others. These men gave their personal testimony as witnesses to the existence of the plates and to the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.
Claiming to have received the same instructions to translate the sealed portion of the gold plates, an obscure man, once an active member of the LDS faith, who goes only by the name of Christopher, has published the remaining sealed portion. Though others have made similar claims before him, none has ever testified that he received the Urim and Thummim that was prepared by God to translate the plates, and none has made claim that he has received the exact same gold plates that were in Joseph Smith's possession-except for Christopher. This book is a result of that translation.
The Sealed Portion-The Final Testament of Jesus Christ, written by Moroni, relates the vision seen by the Brother of Jared. Within the pages, the entire history of mankind iscovered. It begins with the kingdom where the spirits of the children of men were first created, and continues through until the end of the millennium, when the earth will be restored to a state similar to the garden of Eden, and the planets will be prepared as the degrees of glory in the kingdom of God. The most accurate and precise account ever given of the life of Christ is contained within the pages, including his early years with his family, his youth, baptism, marriages, mission, and death.
Moroni explains the atonement, the LDS temple endowment, and some of the hidden symbolism of the book of Revelation. He recounts the prophets Ubaid, Zarathustra, Antioch, Socrates, Sythipian, Mohammad, and Joseph Smith, Jr., among others. The histories of the Egyptians, Hittites, Babylonians, Romans, and Americans are also covered. Also given is the in-depth and beautiful description of Jesus' intercessory prayer among the Nephites and the Lamanites on the American continent.
Along with the translation of the sealed portion, the first part of the gold plates that was translated by Joseph Smith, Jr. and subsequently lost by his scribe, Martin Harris, is also included in this extraordinary work. This part is known as the Book of Lehi (the lost 116-page manuscript). The full text of Joseph Smith's reported First Vision, in which he claims to have been visited by God the Father and Jesus Christ, is also included in the book. The reader is lead from blindness into the light as he or she discovers the truths written within these pages.
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December 15, 2008:
Don't be tempted to skip around in this book or you'll miss the magnificence of the sequencing alone! Particularly when one learns this was written--actually "translated"--by a relatively uneducated young man in approximately 3 months, from the same gold plates Joseph Smith used to extract the Book of Mormon millions have come to accept as the "word of God".
In case you think The Sealed Portion (TSP) validates the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka Mormons) as the "only true church" started under Brigham Young several years after J.Smith was killed, you would be mistaken in your assumption.
Where the line becomes skewed is how to parse or separate Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon from the LDS/Mormon Church, much the way the world was finally forced to separate The Bible from the Catholic Church.
TSP is valued less for its literary merit (though not absent) than for its unusual contents, giving legitimacy to its reported source--ancient prophets and revelators.
One of these ancients had what might be considered today an OBE--Out of Body Experience. This is his account as he viewed, in panoramic vision, the history of the earth from its inception--giving the most plausible explanation to date for the purpose and eventual extinction of the dinosaurs--to disclosing the code to determine the year the Messiah returns, to offering a fuller understanding of what the "good news of the gospel" of Jesus Christ actually is--which according to this tome every single religion is violating.
Faithful church-going members who think their extraneous busy work, monetary offerings and strict obedience to man-invented doctrines (i.e how many earrings are permitted in each ear or multiple wives) is buying their way into heaven, will be bitterly disappointed to discover their efforts have no redeeming value or merit.
Concerned by the many former sheep leaving the church once they read and are set free by the tenets of TSP, LDS leaders are scrambling to excommunicate members for apostasy (their new found beliefs). Exiled members, once on the coveted "in-crowd" lists, are now being snubbed and ridiculed by friends and family (you can read their stories at TSP website--thesealedportion.com).
The author claims his most important and overarching mission is to "feed the hungry, clothe the naked & liberate the captive". His unique plan to effectuate this goal can be found at www.wwunited.org.
This book won't give you "The Secret" to financial security, but it will give you the formula for obtaining lasting joy and happiness in a world gone awry.
Julie L. Taggart
I Also Recommend: 666, the Mark of America - Seat of the Beast, Sacred, Not Secret.
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