I have since my last post, spent many more hours reading and pondering the alleged sealed portion of the book of mormon translated by a brazilian man named mauricio berger. Now im certain that such a doctrine at least at one time existed and was taught officially. Fourth nephi through moroni, from zion to destruction. The book of mormon refers to other documents and plates as being sealed to. Furthermore, they will remain sealed, literally as. When completed, the translation comprised hundreds of manuscript pages and. When i was little, i was always told that the sealed portion of the plates would more than likely be translated during my lifetime.
With this preparation, let us turn to the largest part of the sealed book of mormon. I was having a conversation with a young lds missionary last night about the sealed portion of the bom that is said to be rerevealed to a prophet at a later date. Could it be that the unsealing of the book of mormon is the same event as this great millennial vision. Why would you have one book to get it started book of mormon, then one. Problems with christopher nemelkas the sealed portion february 10, 2017 heavymetalmormon uncategorized the book the sealed portion. Translating the book of mormon religious studies center. Sealed portion of the book of mormon in translation in. Elder joseph smith, seventy bob moore and 6 other men went to brazil and have seen, handled and witnessed that the gold plates that joseph smith jr.
Book of mormon plates and records the encyclopedia of. I had a woman comment on my blog years ago 2014 or 2015 that furthermore, the sealed portion of the book of mormon is being translated at this time. We are assured the time will come for the sealed portion to be translated, but that day is not yet here. It purports to have been written by moses himself to be hidden up to come forth during the end times, when true high priests would be needed to found the city of zion. His early work on the translation, with emma smith and martin harris serving as the main scribes, was lost in 1828. 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. The book, the sealed book of mormon, is a translation from 19 plates that are part of this 42 plate sealed portion. Lord had moroni seal up the plates and the means by which. There is going to be another great dispensation, that is, another great period of enlightenment, when he comes. I believe all things are being readied to come forth and prepare a people who are of one heart and one mind to receive the savior. There would be great difficulty in translating the sealed portion of the golden plates. The process of translating the book of mormon brs home page. Were all the unsealed records of the book of mormon.
Chapter 01 the sealed portion the last testament of jesus christ this book is available for free download at. What were the characteristics of the rings which held the. These pages, which had not been copied, were lost by smiths scribe, martin harris, during the summer of 1828 and are presumed to have been destroyed. Joseph smith and martin harris began by translating the plates of mormon, and when they had reached the. Have you read the sealed portion of the book of mormon yet. Smith later stated that god allowed him to resume translation, but directed that he begin translating another part of the plates in what is now called the book of. The young mans name was joseph smith and the unsealed third became known as the book of mormon another testament of jesus christ. A fellow by the name of joseph smith, who resides in the upper part of. Whitmer seems to indicate that the sealed portion of the book of mormon was. Problems with christopher nemelkas the sealed portion. A couple books that are part of the other 23 plates includes. The sealed portion of the book of mormon marvelous work.
According to latter day saint belief, the golden plates are the source from which joseph smith said he translated the book of mormon. Isaiah 29 and the book of mormon byu scholarsarchive. The sealed portion of the book of mormon this seemed like a big deal when i was a kid. Smith dictated the text of the book of mormon, claiming that it was a translation of the plates. Further, joseph was forbidden any attempts at translating the sealed portion. The sealed part of the record, the prophet was informed was not to be translated and published to the world, at that time, but if the people who should receive the unsealed portion were. This sealed portion contains the complete record of the vision of the brother of jared see ether 4. The present english book of mormon, however, is not simply a translation of all those gold plates.
Moroni, the last of the nephite prophets religious studies center. Prophecies of samuel the lamanite and part of the revelations of john. The sealed portionthe final testament of jesus christ. Sealed portion of the book of mormon mormon discussions. My question is, was this missionary misinformed, or has this doctrine been. The book of mormon and the sealed book of mormon agree that the plates of mormon have three parts to come forth in three different eras until now it has been understood by believers in the book of mormon that the plates of mormon from which it was translated were divided into two parts. The lost 116 pages were the original manuscript pages of what joseph smith, founder of the latter day saint movement, said was the translation of the book of lehi, the first portion of the golden plates revealed to him by an angel in 1827. 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. Welcome to the sealed not or it is not the sealed portion web site. What do we know about the method used to translate the book of mormon. Chapter 01 the sealed portion the last testament of. Discovering joseph smiths cave in miners hill, manchester, new.
The manner in which joseph received the plates has been a matter of controversy since he first made the. This cave may have originally been dug by joseph smith jr. In 2001, the lds church reported that all or part of the book of mormon was available in the native language of 99 percent of latterday saints and 87 percent of the worlds total population. The sealed portion of the gold plates valentin arts journal of book of mormon studies 111 2002.
The sealed portion of the book of mormon the final testament of jesus christ audio book foreward march 16, 2014 mwawtv book of mormon, christopher nemelka, deseret book, im a mormon, lds general conference 2014, marvelous work and a wonder, mormon channel, mwaw, mwawtv, the church of jesus christ of latterday saints, the sealed. Does the church have a position on the rumor that someone. Said another way, the book of mormon represents far less than half of what was recorded on the plates by moroni. John the beloved and the three nephites use him to present their message to the world. Scotties thread on the lost 116 pages got me thinking about the supposed sealed portion of the book of mormon. This marks the 3rd sealed portion ive read, and this is by far the worst. Were the plates sometimes not in the room while joseph was translating them. The official and authorized website of the sealed portion. It was from the remaining onethird of the gold plates that he translated the book of mormon. First of all, the plates themselves were taken back by moroni once joseph smith was finished translating the open portion.
Joseph sought divine guidance on how to proceed with the rest of the translation and learned by revelation how to complete the book of mormon translation. When moroni was finishing the book of mormon record, he was commanded to seal up some of the plates, and joseph smith was later commanded not to translate them. According to mormon mythology, the sealed portion of which, mormon scripture authorities say, very little is knownwould only be released when the faithful were ready for it. He told me that no such doctrine exists nor has it ever. If one does not accept the book of mormon for what it claims to be, then it is likely that one will not accept the sealed portion for what it is. Here you will find information pertaining to the veracity of the socalled sealed portion of the book of mormon. Smith published the translation in 1830 as the book of mormon.
As for the 24 gold plates, they were not included in the book of mormon plates found and translated by joseph smith. The only eyewitnesses to the process said smith translated the plates, not by looking at them, but by looking at a seer stone in the bottom of his hat. Book of mormon record, he was commanded to seal up some of the plates, and joseph smith was later commanded not to translate them. Book of mormon sealed portion brazil posts facebook. What happened to the urim and thummim after the book of. The sealed portion would come forth in the final days when we were ready to have it. What is the sealed portion of the book of mormon, and will we ever know whats in it.
The very idea that a new york farm boy with limited education might translate an ancient document is so unimaginable that it could only have occurred through, as joseph himself declared, the gift and power of. It was intended to give us a view that native indians are just as important and just as s. Christopher also claims to have translated the sealed portion of the gold plates referenced in the book of mormon, which mormons members of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints have long awaited. The sealed portion of the book of mormon is the sealed part of the gold plates from which also came, a sacred text of the latter day saint movement. In the first week of september 2015, greg pavone and i unearthed miners hill cave in manchester new york.
The final testament of jesus christ written by christopher nemelka in 2004 purports to be the sealed portion of the gold plates alluded to in the book of mormon. The lds church has canonized part of this 1838 account as part of its scripture, the pearl of great price. Printers manuscript of the book of mormon the joseph smith papers. The sealed portion the final testament of jesus christ. The sealed portion the final testament of jesus christ is the sealed part of the gold plates from which the book of mormon was translated and published in 1830. Joseph smith, himself, gave christopher the gold plates so that he could translate the sealed portion of the book of mormon. The lord has given all that people in the world have the spiritual capacity to receive at this time. Archived sealed portion of the book of mormon in translation in 2015. What is more fascinating, however, is that the majority of the plates were sealed. The lds version of the book of mormon has been translated into 83 languages and selections have been translated into an additional 25 languages. The young mans name was joseph smith and the unsealed third became known as the book of mormonanother testament of jesus christ. After joseph smith dictated the book of mormon text, oliver cowdery. When joseph smith had completed the translation of the book of mormon, the angel moroni appeared to him and took the plates into his possession, along with the urim and thummim. After all, we know that the sealed portion of the book of mormon will not come forth in a day of wickedness millennium.
What is the sealed portion of the book of mormon, and. Book of mormontranslationdescription of the plates. Read chris nemelkas response to this story sealed the transcription or translation of writings by the brother of jared and ordered the future translator of the book of mormon not to unseal them ether 5. Joseph smith translated an ancient text by the gift and power of god to produce the book of mormon.
The sealed portion of the gold plates as many of you may already be aware, there is a security guard in utah who claims to have received revelation that he was supposed to translate the sealed portion of the gold plates and also retranslate the book of lehi of lost 116 pages fame. Christopher nemelka has published the sealed portion of the book or mormon and has also translated the 116 pages of missing manuscript. The plates of mormon, which, except for the sealed portion, were subsequently translated by joseph smith, are known today as the gold plates. Doing some surfing online, i came across this guy in salt lake, christopher marc nemelka, who claims to be the reincarnated hyrum smith. Respecting the urim and thummim, it was also used in the translation of records, and was thus employed by the prophet joseph in translating the book of mormon. The sealed portion of the book of mormon an abridgment of the vision and words of the brother of jared written and sealed up by moroni, the son of mormon therefore, these things shall remain sealed and hidden from the eyes of all men except it be unto those to whom the lord shall reveal them. I admit that i still do so with some measure of skepticism, in part because there are way too many overt things that continue to bother me.
Sealed portion of the book of mormon in translation in 2015. Joseph smith was called of god to translate the golden plates, resulting in the book of mormon. Twothirds of the plates were sealed with bands and were not allowed to be translated with the other third. April 06, 1829 to june 16, 1829 translation of the book of mormon at this point we move to a daily analysis of the translation of the book of mormon.
The manner in which joseph received the plates has been a matter of controversy since he first made the unprecedented claim that he was visited by god. The unsealed portion of the gold plates the book of mormon was published in march 1830 by joseph smith jr. The bulk of the sealed book of mormon is called the sealed book of moses. Those sealed plates constitute the sealed portion of the book of mormon, which joseph smith did not translate. In the crowded field of book of mormon fan fiction, this piece is relegated well to the back of the pack. The book of mormon is the principle religious text of the mormon church. What is the sealed portion of the book of mormon, and will we ever.
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