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Multiple Probations: A Lost Doctrine Remembered
With the exception of Christianity, the major religions of the world have a peculiar doctrine in common. Though it goes by many names, the belief in Multiple Mortal Probations is held by most of earth's inhabitants, so why isn't it taught among Christianity? Traces of the doctrine can be found in the Bible, and other precious remnants of it are preserved in biblical apocryphal texts. Was the concept of multiple lives once taught among biblical peoples, but lost through the doctrinal biases of the members of the Second Council of Constantinople? If so, could this be the single potentially most unifying doctrine among all the world religions? Authors of this book explore these and other related questions providing an array of historical sources in this unique narrative.
115 pages, Paperback
Published January 15, 2020
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June 19, 2024
This book sets for the idea of multiple probation more strongly than Teachings of the Doctrine of Eternal Lives, but it still was far too stretched. There wasn't enough foundation laid for their arguments.
For example, we are supposed to accept that the interpretation of "robe" means body. The ascension of Isaiah and robe interpretation was crucial to their argument but not well founded.
Further, one of their strongest arguments was that John the Baptist was the Elias on the Mount of Transifguration. Because Elias is Elijah in the scriptures, they make that link and argue that JtB had taken multiple probations and was Elijah in the past (further linking him to the Elias in JSF's vision). While this sounds good, it fails to account that JS referred to many past prophets as Elias, including John the Revelator, who lived at the same time of JtB. (Others JS referred to as Elias would be Jesus and Noah).
I like the theological argument, and this is the best attempt I've read to date on the topic. There are, however, too many leaps of faith and stretches to reach their conclusion that we will experience multiple mortal probations.
For example, we are supposed to accept that the interpretation of "robe" means body. The ascension of Isaiah and robe interpretation was crucial to their argument but not well founded.
Further, one of their strongest arguments was that John the Baptist was the Elias on the Mount of Transifguration. Because Elias is Elijah in the scriptures, they make that link and argue that JtB had taken multiple probations and was Elijah in the past (further linking him to the Elias in JSF's vision). While this sounds good, it fails to account that JS referred to many past prophets as Elias, including John the Revelator, who lived at the same time of JtB. (Others JS referred to as Elias would be Jesus and Noah).
I like the theological argument, and this is the best attempt I've read to date on the topic. There are, however, too many leaps of faith and stretches to reach their conclusion that we will experience multiple mortal probations.
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