Download or read book The New Covenants Book 1 The New Testament written by and published by Restoration Scriptures Foundation. This book was released on 2019-04-06 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of his most important works, Joseph Smith Jr. spent years making inspired clarifications to the Bible text; however, he was killed before it could be published. Here, for the first time, every known emendation that he wrote or taught has been assembled into the most complete version of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible. In October 1831, Joseph Smith said "except the church receive the fullness of the scriptures that they would yet fall." From that time until his death in 1844, Joseph Smith worked diligently to prepare an edition of the Bible that could be received by the church, and in the process greatly expand the religious understanding of Christians and Christianity of his day. Using a unique spiritual gift, he inquired of God and received thousands of inspired corrections and clarifications, including many pages of text that had been long since removed from Genesis and other parts of the Bible. However, he was murdered before completing the work, and with the scattering of his notes following his death, it was never published in its entirety. Known at the time as the "fullness of the scriptures" and subsequently the "Inspired Version" or the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), portions of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible were collected and published at various times, usually together with hundreds of alterations that were not the work of Joseph Smith. Because no single church, institution or collection had access to all of his journals, notebooks, papers and letters, his inspired work on the project was never gathered and published in a single edition, until now. Today, of the over 88 different English Bible translations available, this Restoration Edition of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible stands alone as the most complete compilation of Joseph's work on this project. The text was carefully compiled and reviewed using all of Joseph's available verbal and written statements. Early Christian reforms, and the availability of the Holy Bible changed the world. But reform and translation alone could not, and cannot, restore lost knowledge or recover unaltered sacred texts. For that, inspiration and revelation from heaven itself is necessary. Joseph Smith answered the call. He was unequaled in his day as a leading religious figure, and his name has been held for both good and evil by Christians worldwide. These scriptures are a new witness of Christ and a sign of His invitation to renew communication with mankind. Religious scholars, students of religion, Christians and seekers of truth alike should prayerfully consider the greatly expanded views of God, his covenants, and his dealings with the human race that are available in this Restoration Edition of the Bible. The six (6) total books comprising the Restoration Edition of the scriptures include: VOLUME 1: THE OLD COVENANTS Part 1: The Old Testament, Genesis - 1 Chronicles Part 2: The Old Testament, 2 Chronicles - Malachi VOLUME 2: THE NEW COVENANTS Book 1: The New Testament Book 2: The Book of Mormon VOLUME 3: TEACHINGS & COMMANDMENTS Book 1: Teachings & Commandments Book 2: A Glossary of Gospel Terms This is Book 1 of Volume 2: The New Covenants. When combined with Book 2, The Book of Mormon, these constitute a single volume entitled The New Covenants, which accurately reflect the covenants that were established by Jesus Christ at Jerusalem as recorded in the New Testament, as well as in the New World at Bountiful, in the Americas. Topics covered in this volume include religion, spirituality, education, worship, devotion, faith, prayer, theology, protestant fundamentalism, mormonism, ethics, reformation, Jesus Christ, sacred scripture, latter days or end times, Paul, the Apostles, gospel truth, Jewish roots, and more.

Download or read book The New Covenants Book 1 The New Testament written by and published by Restoration Scriptures Foundation. This book was released on 2019-04-06 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of his most important works, Joseph Smith Jr. spent years making inspired clarifications to the Bible text; however, he was killed before it could be published. Here, for the first time, every known emendation that he wrote or taught has been assembled into the most complete version of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible. In October 1831, Joseph Smith said "except the church receive the fullness of the scriptures that they would yet fall." From that time until his death in 1844, Joseph Smith worked diligently to prepare an edition of the Bible that could be received by the church, and in the process greatly expand the religious understanding of Christians and Christianity of his day. Using a unique spiritual gift, he inquired of God and received thousands of inspired corrections and clarifications, including many pages of text that had been long since removed from Genesis and other parts of the Bible. However, he was murdered before completing the work, and with the scattering of his notes following his death, it was never published in its entirety. Known at the time as the "fullness of the scriptures" and subsequently the "Inspired Version" or the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), portions of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible were collected and published at various times, usually together with hundreds of alterations that were not the work of Joseph Smith. Because no single church, institution or collection had access to all of his journals, notebooks, papers and letters, his inspired work on the project was never gathered and published in a single edition, until now. Today, of the over 88 different English Bible translations available, this Restoration Edition of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible stands alone as the most complete compilation of Joseph's work on this project. The text was carefully compiled and reviewed using all of Joseph's available verbal and written statements. Early Christian reforms, and the availability of the Holy Bible changed the world. But reform and translation alone could not, and cannot, restore lost knowledge or recover unaltered sacred texts. For that, inspiration and revelation from heaven itself is necessary. Joseph Smith answered the call. He was unequaled in his day as a leading religious figure, and his name has been held for both good and evil by Christians worldwide. These scriptures are a new witness of Christ and a sign of His invitation to renew communication with mankind. Religious scholars, students of religion, Christians and seekers of truth alike should prayerfully consider the greatly expanded views of God, his covenants, and his dealings with the human race that are available in this Restoration Edition of the Bible. The six (6) total books comprising the Restoration Edition of the scriptures include: VOLUME 1: THE OLD COVENANTS Part 1: The Old Testament, Genesis - 1 Chronicles Part 2: The Old Testament, 2 Chronicles - Malachi VOLUME 2: THE NEW COVENANTS Book 1: The New Testament Book 2: The Book of Mormon VOLUME 3: TEACHINGS & COMMANDMENTS Book 1: Teachings & Commandments Book 2: A Glossary of Gospel Terms This is Book 1 of Volume 2: The New Covenants. When combined with Book 2, The Book of Mormon, these constitute a single volume entitled The New Covenants, which accurately reflect the covenants that were established by Jesus Christ at Jerusalem as recorded in the New Testament, as well as in the New World at Bountiful, in the Americas. Topics covered in this volume include religion, spirituality, education, worship, devotion, faith, prayer, theology, protestant fundamentalism, mormonism, ethics, reformation, Jesus Christ, sacred scripture, latter days or end times, Paul, the Apostles, gospel truth, Jewish roots, and more.

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Download or read book The New Covenants The New Testament written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-06 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of his most important works, Joseph Smith Jr. spent years making inspired clarifications to the Bible text; however, he was killed before it could be published. Here, for the first time, every known emendation that he wrote or taught has been assembled into the most complete version of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible. In October 1831, Joseph Smith said "except the church receive the fullness of the scriptures that they would yet fall." From that time until his death in 1844, Joseph Smith worked diligently to prepare an edition of the Bible that could be received by the church, and in the process greatly expand the religious understanding of Christians and Christianity of his day. Using a unique spiritual gift, he inquired of God and received thousands of inspired corrections and clarifications, including many pages of text that had been long since removed from Genesis and other parts of the Bible. However, he was murdered before completing the work, and with the scattering of his notes following his death, it was never published in its entirety. Known at the time as the "fullness of the scriptures" and subsequently the "Inspired Version" or the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), portions of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible were collected and published at various times, usually together with hundreds of alterations that were not the work of Joseph Smith. Because no single church, institution or collection had access to all of his journals, notebooks, papers and letters, his inspired work on the project was never gathered and published in a single edition, until now. Today, of the over 88 different English Bible translations available, this Restoration Edition of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible stands alone as the most complete compilation of Joseph's work on this project. The text was carefully compiled and reviewed using all of Joseph's available verbal and written statements. Early Christian reforms, and the availability of the Holy Bible changed the world. But reform and translation alone could not, and cannot, restore lost knowledge or recover unaltered sacred texts. For that, inspiration and revelation from heaven itself is necessary. Joseph Smith answered the call. He was unequaled in his day as a leading religious figure, and his name has been held for both good and evil by Christians worldwide. These scriptures are a new witness of Christ and a sign of His invitation to renew communication with mankind. Religious scholars, students of religion, Christians and seekers of truth alike should prayerfully consider the greatly expanded views of God, his covenants, and his dealings with the human race that are available in this Restoration Edition of the Bible. The six (6) total books comprising the Restoration Edition of the scriptures include: VOLUME 1: THE OLD COVENANTS Part 1: The Old Testament, Genesis - 1 Chronicles Part 2: The Old Testament, 2 Chronicles - Malachi VOLUME 2: THE NEW COVENANTS Book 1: The New Testament Book 2: The Book of Mormon VOLUME 3: TEACHINGS & COMMANDMENTS Book 1: Teachings & Commandments Book 2: A Glossary of Gospel Terms This is Book 1 of Volume 2: The New Covenants. When combined with Book 2, The Book of Mormon, these constitute a single volume entitled The New Covenants, which accurately reflect the covenants that were established by Jesus Christ at Jerusalem as recorded in the New Testament, as well as in the New World at Bountiful, in the Americas. Topics covered in this volume include religion, spirituality, education, worship, devotion, faith, prayer, theology, protestant fundamentalism, mormonism, ethics, reformation, Jesus Christ, sacred scripture, latter days or end times, Paul, the Apostles, gospel truth, Jewish roots, and more.

Download or read book The New Covenants written by Chris Hamill Et Al and published by Chris Hamill. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the Restoration Edition of the scriptures includes the most accurately produced version of the Book of Mormon in print and most complete version of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible, otherwise called the Joseph Smith Translation. Errors and omissions in earlier versions have been carefully corrected. This volume accomplishes Joseph Smith's original intention to have the New Testament and Book of Mormon printed together in a single volume.

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Download or read book The NEW COVENANT Paleo Signature Edition written by Mark Corneillie and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When the enemy comes in like a flood (of false translations), the Spirit of YHWH will lift up a standard against him." - Isayah 59:19bDiscover for yourself the "STANDARD" the most accurate English translation on the planet today! No other version contains the original paleo Hebrew signatured name of the Savior the Son of YHWH - Yahsha h'Meshiakh - the anointed and appointed Redeemer of Israel and all mankind who voluntarily make covenant with the Creator of the universe! The Seal of Salvation is stamped on the front cover of this incredible work! Just as the prophets foretold, all things would be restored in the latter days in order to prepare the Bride for her resurrection from the dead. The Son of YHWH knows His name and will not allow anyone to alter, change, add to, substitute, manipulate, obfuscate the "name above all names"! (Ps.89:34; Deut.12:32; Rev.3:8) 2,000 years ago, when the Apostle Yahchanan was imprisoned on the Isle of Patmos, he received the Book of Revelation in the Hebrew tongue from his master and savior. The Savior told him that a last days group of true believers would "not deny His name", as the entire deceived world would, see Rev.3:8. This is the translation for the remnant In which the Savior had indeed prophesied about! The numerous mistranslations of the King James Version are also corrected, including the corrections which remove the traditional communion forgeries (see book offer above COMMUNION - The Bloodfest of Babylon), and much, much more, including the removal of Levels 1-3 of literal KJV-blasphemy. A list of forbidden paganized words is found in our free tract entitled, "The Blasphemy of Babylon" (see below)! You will not be disappointed in this Torah-based version, truly the theme of the Savior's miracle-filled ministry!

Download or read book The New Covenant written by James Shipman and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, I have had a prevailing desire to write a book on a complete study of the doctrine of Jesus Christ and state our Lord's doctrine in the most chronological, most practical, and simplest terms. On numerous occasions, I have endeavored to pencil such a manuscript from the New Testament record but have never been able to complete the work in a reasonably acceptable manner. I had come to believe that such a work is impractical, if not impossible, in light of the conclusion of the great Apostle John's gospel. Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples which are not written in the New Testament record, but those that are written are so that we may believe that he is the Christ and his testimony is true. Also, there are so many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose even the world could not contain the books that would be written (Paraphrased, John 20:30 and 21:24-25, NKJV). We can never know all that Jesus came to teach and to do, but we can know what he has left us of his Doctrine in the New Testament record. And this is what we wish to express in a complete study of his teachings. For six years--through an educational endeavor with Liberty University and Dr. Harold Wilmington's Distant Learning Program on Bible, Dr. George Fall's master's program at Summit Theological Seminary on theology, and finally Master's International School of Divinity's doctoral program of practical theology--I have decided it is time to write my own documentation, profile, and dissertation on the doctrine of Jesus Christ. The approach that I have chosen to accomplish such an endeavor is to document and profile every verse of the Scripture in the New Testament record and commensurate Jesus's personal teachings with those of the apostles and other New Testament writers. According to Jesus's commandment to the apostles and other New Testament writers, they were to teach what he commanded or gave instruction to teach through the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:20 and John16:12-15). With regard to Christ's commandments and instructions, a teaching of an apostle or another New Testament writer is a teaching of Jesus Christ. It is now my firm convictions that if I follow a profile of every verse of the Scripture in the New Testament record with this conviction, I will be able to write a complete dissertation on the doctrine of Jesus Christ. I will present the dissertation in two parts of which part one will be the printed profile of the New Testament record and part two will be a summation of Christ's doctrine gleaned from a commensuration of Christ's teachings with those of the apostles and other New Testament writers.

Download or read book The Old Covenants written by Chris Hamill Et Al and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the Restoration Edition of the scriptures includes the most complete version of Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Old Testament, otherwise called the Joseph Smith Translation. Errors and omissions in earlier versions have been carefully corrected.

Download or read book The Books of the New Testament written by Leighton Pullan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW TESTAMENT [Sidenote: Its Name.] After the gift of the Holy Spirit Himself, we may justly reckon the New Testament as the most precious gift which our Lord Jesus Christ has given since His Ascension to those who believe on His Name. The word "testament," which is in Latin testamentum, corresponds with our word "covenant," and the phrase "New Testament" signifies the record of that new covenant in which God bound man to Himself by the death of His Son. The truth that this was a new covenant, distinct from the covenant which God made with Abraham, was taught by our Lord when He instituted the memorial of His death and said, "This cup is the new covenant in My Blood." We do not know precisely at what date the Christians began to call this record "the New Testament," but we do know that they used this name before A.D. 200. [Sidenote: Its Language.] In the time of our Lord the popular language of Palestine was Aramaic, a language which was akin to Hebrew and borrowed some words from Hebrew. Hebrew was known by learned people, but the language which the Son of God learned from His blessed mother and His foster father was Aramaic, and He spoke the Galilean dialect of that language. From a few words preserved in the Gospels, it is plain that the gospel was first preached in that tongue. In the 7th century after Christ, the Mohammedan conquerors, who spoke Arabic, began to supplant {2} Aramaic by Arabic, and this is now the ordinary language of Palestine. As many people who spoke Aramaic were at one time heathen, both the Jews and the Christians adopted the habit of calling their language Syriac rather than Aramaic. The great centre of Christian Syriac literature was Edessa, and in the eastern part of the Roman Empire Syriac was the most important and most elegant language next to Greek. It is still used in the Church services of many Oriental Christians, and it is spoken in ordinary conversation in parts of North Mesopotamia and Kurdistan. Further west it is only spoken in a few villages of Anti-Libanus. In the course of this book it will be necessary to refer occasionally to the Aramaic language. It is highly probable that some of the earliest Christian writings were in Aramaic, but all the books of the New Testament which we now possess are in Greek. The Greek language was known by many people in Palestine, and it was splendidly fitted to be the medium of God's revelation. It was widely known among the civilized nations of the time, and it is so rich and expressive that religious ideas are better conveyed in Greek than in almost any other tongue. Whereas it was essential that the gospel should be preached first in Aramaic, it was equally essential that it should be written in Greek, for the benefit of people who did not live in Palestine or who lived there as strangers. [Sidenote: The Canon.] The New Testament Scriptures consist of twenty-seven different books, written by nine different authors. Each book has some special characteristics corresponding with the mind of the writer and the circumstances under which it was written....

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