Unveiling Jesus Christ

Unveiling Jesus Christ

di John Cassinat

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[§78] Elijah Restores the “Sealing Power” in the Sixth Seal

This podcast explains the sealing power and the role of Elijah as one who held the keys of the sealing power anciently. As the last prophet to hold the sealing power anciently, Elijah was translated so that he could then appear to Jesus Christ and to Peter, James and John on the mount of Transfiguration and bestow upon them the keys of the sealing power, which are the keys of the kingdom. Elijah also appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple on April 3, 1836 to restore the sealing power in this last dispensation. This podcast distinguishes the persons of Elias, who restored the keys of the Abrahamic Covenant and Elijah, who restored the sealing power. By this power, whatever the lawful administers of God bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatsoever the loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. This podcast also discusses how the spirit of Elijah accompanies the bestowal of the keys of the sealing power and causes the hearts of the children to turn to their fathers as they do family history and perform vicarious ordinances in the temple for their ancestors.

Rev 7 [§76] The Calling and Election of the Dead

This podcast explains what it means for a person to have his or her calling and election made sure at the time of their death or otherwise qualify for exaltation and eternal life sometime after their death. Every person who receives the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:2-4 must have their calling and election made sure either in this life or hereafter. To qualify for this blessing at death or thereafter, people must prove themselves worthy as described in this podcast. Once their calling and election is made sure, they receive an unqualified and unconditional promise of eternal life and exaltation. People that do not have the opportunity to hear and accept the gospel in this life can accept it in the postmortal spirit world. If they then receive the sealing ordinance vicariously and enter celestial paradise, their calling and election is said to be made sure at that time. They become numbered among the spirits of just men made perfect as they ender paradise to await their resurrection.

Rev 7 [§75] The Calling and Election of Those Living

This podcast explains what it means for a person to have his or her calling and election made sure in this life. This is also called the “more sure word of prophecy,” the “second comforter,” and being sealed by the “Holy Spirit of Promise.” Every person who receives the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:2-4 must have their calling and election made sure either in this life or hereafter. To qualify for this blessing, people must prove themselves worthy as described in this podcast. Once their calling and election is made sure, they receive an unqualified and unconditional promise of eternal life and exaltation that can only be broken if a person then commits adultery or murder and fails to repent. The seal and promise will also be revoked if a person commits the unpardonable sin and becomes a son of perdition.

Rev 7 [§74] The Calling and Election of Saints Made Sure

This podcast explains what it means to have your calling and election made sure as one of two parts of the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:1-8. Those that possess the seal are guaranteed eternal life, exaltation, and godhood. To have your calling and election made sure means that you receive the more sure word of prophecy or the Second Comforter. The seal comes as the Holy Ghost, acting in his function as the Holy Spirit of Promise places a ratifying seal that guarantees eternal life. Those that possess the seal of the living God have a guarantee of spiritual protection as the power and influence of Satan grows stronger as we approach the end of the sixth seal and the Second Coming during the seventh seal.

Rev 7 [§73] The Ancient History of the Sealing Ordinance

This podcast describes the history of the sealing ordinance going all the way back to Adam and the era of the Patriarchs. Moving forward in time, the podcast explains the sealing ordinance after the flood, during the Mosaic Dispensation, during the time of Christ, the modern era and after the Second Coming. In addition to the history of the ordinance, this podcast explains the purpose of the sealing ordinance and its relationship to the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:1-8. The sealing ordinance has been and must be performed in a temple, beginning with the eternal marriage of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. This podcast also explains the requirement for all people to be sealed (married) in the temple as a condition for entry into the highest degree of glory in the celestial kingdom called exaltation and eternal life. Christ himself undoubtedly complied with this sacred ordinance and was married during his mortal life to fulfill all righteousness.

Rev 7:2-3 [§72] The Two Parts of the “Seal of the Living God”

This podcast explains the seal of the living God identified by John in Revelation 7:2-3. This includes a description of how seals were used anciently. The seal is a symbol of ownership, and those that have the seal belong to God. The seal is not an actual mark on the body, but it is something that must literally occur in the lives of worthy people who then belong to God. The seal includes the sealing ordinance that can be received in the temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The second part of the seal is to have one’s calling and election made sure, which is a guarantee of eternal life and exaltation. Those that have the seal and this guarantee are spiritually protected against Satan and will one day live as God lives and to be like him.

Rev 7:2-3 [§71] The Two Parts of the “Seal of the Living God”

This podcast explains the sealing ordinance performed in latter-day saint temples today, which includes the promises associated with the Abrahamic Covenant, which is also called “the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage.” A distinction is drawn between this covenant of celestial or eternal marriage and the new and everlasting covenant that is another name for the gospel of Jesus Christ. This podcast also discusses what is required for people to enter the highest degree of celestial kingdom, which includes exaltation, eternal life, and the continuation of seeds. Exaltation is limited to husbands and wives who enter the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood, which is the fulness of the priesthood. Children are also sealed up to exaltation when they are born in the covenant or adopted through the sealing ordinance that binds them to their parents. The distinction is explained between people in the celestial kingdom who are exalted to become as God is, and others in the celestial kingdom that are ministering angels in the celestial kingdom. People cannot be exalted without receiving the sealing ordinance. There are no exceptions, even though the ordinances of baptism, confirmation and others are not required for those who are unaccountable in this life due to their age and mental and/or physical disabilities that limit their agency.

Rev 7:2 [§70] An Angel from the East [Elias] Has the Seal of God

This podcast explains the identity of the angel from the east that John saw in Revelation 7:2. The name of this angel is Elias. Elias is both a name and a title. In the context of Revelation 7:2, Elias is a composite angel who represents the multiple angels involved in, and having authority over, the sealing of the 144,000 servants during the sixth seal as mentioned by John in Revelation 7:4-8.

Rev 7:1 [§69] The Four Destroying Angels of the Sixth Seal

This podcast explains the symbolism of the four angels in Revelation 7:1 as destroying angels who have the power to hold at bay the four winds of destruction until the 144,000 servants of God are sealed in their forehead as described in Revelation 7:4-8. These are also restoration angels with the power to save those that accept and live the gospel and the corresponding power to destroy those that do not accept the gospel to their own condemnation. These destroying angels are at work in the world today, but they will not allow the fury of the four winds to blow destructively over the earth until the work of sealing has been accomplished during this, the sixth seal.

Rev 7 [§68] Preaching the Gospel in All Nations

This podcast discusses the commitment of priesthood keys on the earth as a necessary part of the restoration of the gospel. From the commitment of the keys to men on the earth, the gospel has been rolling forth to the ends of the earth, which then facilitates the sealings that must occur during the sixth seal as envisioned by John in Revelation 7. This podcast discusses the distinction of the restoration of the priesthood in 1829 from the commitment of priesthood keys, including the final keys that were committed when Christ appeared at the Kirtland Temple in the company of Moses, Elias and Elijah.

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