Unveiling Jesus Christ

Unveiling Jesus Christ

di John Cassinat

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[§89] The 144,000 Become Saviors on Mount Zion

This podcast explains the role of the 144,000 Servants as saviors on Mount Zion, as seen in John's vision recorded in Revelation 7. As saviors on Mount Zion, the 144,000 Servants have a duty to bring as many as will come to the church of the Firstborn as they work on both sides of the veil of death.

[§88] The 144,000 Prepare to Rule as Kings and Priests

This podcast explains in detail the identity and meaning (both symbolic and actual) of the 144,000 Servants identified in John's vision in Revelation 7:4-8. Much of this podcast explains Joseph Smith's inspired explanation of them found in Doctrine & Covenants 77:11, as high priests in the patriarchal order of the priesthood, who are ordained or authorized to bring as many people as will come to the status of exaltation in the Church of the Firstborn. They are kings and priests together with their wives as queens and priestesses who will stand with Christ on mount Zion at the time of the Second Coming and then rule and reign with him over the political and ecclesiastical kingdoms of the house of Israel during the millennium and beyond.

[§87] Limited Sealings of the 144,000 Began in the Fifth Seal

This podcast explains the sealing of the 144,000 servants as described by John in Revelation 7, and how that process began with members of the ancient Church of Jesus Christ in the meridian of time, which corresponds in time with the fifth seal from John apocalyptic vision. Although the sealing of the 144,000 servants is to be accomplished in the sixth seal, the work began in the fifth seal until the onset of the Great Apostasy ended the work in that era, and left most of the sealings to occur during the sixth seal in which we now live.

[§86] Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel

This podcast describes and explains the meaning of the 144,000 Servants identified by John in Revelation 7:4-8. The 144,000 number is a symbolic number derived from the priesthood number of 12 that is squared to arrive at 144 which represents the fulness of the priesthood. The figure of 144 is then multiplied by 1000 as a symbol of superlative greatness. This number is derived from the number 10 cubed. Ten is a symbolic number that represents the whole of a part or part of a whole. When taken together, the symbolic numbers used to arrive at the figure of 144,000 represents all exaltation-worthy Israelites, both those who are part of that chosen bloodline as well as those who are adopted into the house of Israel through the articles of adoption, which are the ordinances of the gospel. The 144,000 Servants are saviors on Mount Zion on both sides of the veil whose duty it is to bring as many others who will come to the Church of the Firstborn to then stand with Christ on Mount Zion at the Second Coming and then rule and reign with Christ during the millennium.

[§85] Wasting of the Earth Without the Sealing Power

This podcast describes in detail the prophecy in Malachi 4:5-6, where he predicted that the earth would be utterly wasted if Elijah the prophet failed to appear before the great and dreadful day of the Lord. This prophecy was fulfilled, not during Elijah's visit on the mount of transfiguration in the meridian of time, but on April 3, 1836, when Elijah appeared at the Kirtland Temple to bestow the sealing power on Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. Since that time, the exalting ordinances of the gospel have been performed in increasing numbers as a preparation for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The keys of the sealing power on both sides of the veil that all things may be gathered together in one with Christ in heaven and on earth.

[§84] Bridging the “Great Gulf” Between Prison and Paradise

This podcast focuses on the postmortal ministry of Jesus Christ in the spirit world between his death and resurrection. The disembodied spirit of Christ entered celestial paradise and declared liberty to the captives in anticipation of their forthcoming resurrection. He also bridged the great gulf between paradise and prison as he called ministers to serve as a great missionary force in spirit prison. The gospel was thus taken for the first time into prison that the captive spirits could receive the gospel to be judged according to men in the flesh (i.e., according to the same standards), but live according to God in the spirit. That is, by their conversion to the gospel and the receipt of vicarious ordinances, the disembodied spirits in prison can cross the great gulf bridged by the ministry of Christ and overcome spiritual death.

[§83] The Status of Spirits in Spirit Prison [Hell]

This podcast explains the status of disembodied spirits in prison (hell) in the postmortal spirit world and the conditions in prison. The spirits include heirs of the celestial kingdom who have not yet received the gospel and/or they are waiting the performance of their vicarious ordinances by someone still living on the earth. If these conditions and others are satisfied, celestial-worthy spirits can cross the gulf between prison and paradise that was bridged by the Savior during his postmortal ministry in paradise. Spirits in prison also include persons of the terrestrial and telestial kingdoms, as well as sons of perdition. The conditions in prison vary depending on the spiritual condition of the spirits who enter. Because of the diversity of spirits that exist, there are also diverse amounts of spiritual light present in prison. The gospel is taught in prison, and disembodied spirits retain their agency to accept the gospel, including the vicarious ordinances that can be performed on their behalf.

[§82] The Status of Spirits in Paradise

This podcast explains the conditions in celestial paradise for the disembodied spirits of the dead who qualified in this life to enter paradise at the time of their death. Baptism is the gateway ordinance into the celestial kingdom and to enter paradise between death and resurrection. There are three classes of spirits in celestial paradise, just as there are three classes within the celestial kingdom. This podcast endeavors to explain (or give possible explanations) to distinguish on degree of glory from another, including the difference of being born in the covenant or being sealed to a parent by the ordinance of adoption. The spirits of the dead can also qualify to enter paradise after they receive the gospel in spirit prison and have the vicarious ordinances of baptism and confirmation performed for them by a mortal person. The resurrection of the dead will begin with the disembodied spirits in paradise worthy of exaltation. The spirits that do not qualify for exaltation will be resurrected after the exaltation-worthy persons.

[§80] The Laws of Earthly Ordinances and Resurrection

This podcast explains the doctrine or law of earthly ordinances, which requires that all gospel ordinances--beginning with baptism and ending with the sealing ordinance—must be received by people before they can enter the celestial kingdom. The only exception would be for small children before the age of eight and unaccountable persons who are not able to exercise their agency for any reason. Even these people, however, must be sealed as an earthly ordinance to be exalted. This podcast also explains the connection between the law of earthly ordinances and the resurrection, including the Order of Resurrection. Combined, these laws require that all people of the celestial kingdom receive their required ordinances before they are resurrected, which is when their status will be fixed as a form of final judgment. This podcast explains how these principles, laws, and doctrines make temple work an urgent priority in these last days of the sixth seal so that all exaltation-worthy people can receive their ordinances while living--or vicariously if dead--to be prepared to stand with Christ in the flesh on mount Zion at the Second Coming as described by John in Revelation 14:1.

[§79] The Urgency of Temple Work in the Sixth Seal

This podcast describes the importance and urgency of temple work during these last days that come at the end of the sixth seal described by John in Revelation 7. Temple work includes the need to engage in family history and genealogy. Latter-day prophets describe temple work as the most important work we can perform in preparation for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. We are told that our ancestors cannot be perfected without us, nor can we be perfected without them. This podcast also explains the meaning of the prophecy by Malachi that Elijah must come before the great and dreadful day of the Lord to restore the sealing power or the earth would be utterly wasted at Christ’s second coming. This podcast also gives a brief history of temple work in this dispensation that began with baptisms for the dead in the Mississippi river. As we perform this work we become saviors on mount Zion.

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