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I have been fiddling around with what movie-making software I have and put together the following video called “A Heavenly Journey.” The “journey” starts off in the presence of God and we then travel through the immensity of space to reach the Earth, the place where God determined that our mortal experience would take place. [...]
Posted in Heavenly Ascents, LDS Interest, Temple, YouTube Videos Also tagged Asherah, heavenly journey, solomon's temple, Temple, Temple of Solomon, youtube Comments closed
Answers to Questions Regarding Heavenly Ascent in Early Jewish and Early Christian Literature
This post comprises some very interesting questions posed to me by a new reader of this blog, Steve Bastasch, regarding the development of the “heavenly ascent” theme in early Christian thought and writings and their Jewish background. My answer to these questions follows. ————————————————————————— Steve: I’m new to your Heavenly Ascents blog – it looks [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Heavenly Ascents Also tagged Alan Segal, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Early Christianity, Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism, Early Judaism, Enoch, Heavenly Ascents, Hebrew Bible, James Davila, Jesus, Jim Davila, kavod, Martha Himmelfarb, mysteries, New Testament, Qumran, Rabbinic Judaism, Second Temple Judaism Comments closed
New Temple Video Series: Part 1 — Sacred Space
As part of my effort to create some helpful videos discussing topics of interest here on Heavenly Ascents, I’ve teamed up with David Tayman from Visions of the Kingdom to present a series of videos illustrating the nature, function, doctrines, and ritual of the ancient Temple, in a manner that will be especially of interest [...]
Posted in LDS Interest, Temple, YouTube Videos Also tagged Christian, Mormon, ritual, Sacred Space, Temple, Temple of Jerusalem, Temple of Solomon Comments closed
The Pope Cites Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
VIA JIM DAVILA’S PALEOJUDAICA: PSEUDEPIGRAPHA WATCH: The Pope cites a couple of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha in his Easter Vigil homily. First, from the Life of Adam and Eve: Dear Brothers and Sisters, An ancient Jewish legend from the apocryphal book “The life of Adam and Eve” recounts that, in his final illness, Adam sent his son Seth [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Doctrinal Issues, Heavenly Ascents, Pseudepigrapha/Apocrypha Also tagged 2 Enoch, Baptism, Life of Adam and Eve, Pope Benedict, Pseudepigrapha Comments closed
Daniel Peterson: “The Temple as a Place of Ascent to God”
I just read on MormonConferences.org that Professor Daniel Peterson will be giving a presentation entitled “The Temple as a Place of Ascent to God” on Sunday, July 12. The location will be 4517 W. Mille Lacs Drive, South Jordan, Utah 84095 (the Daybreak Stake Center near the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple) . For those of [...]
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Orson Hyde, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Hierarchy of the Gods
Lately, I have been looking into a very interesting topic in the Dead Sea Scrolls which concerns the idea that there are several levels of heaven and that each level has an appointed chief or guardian who rules over it. This is actually a fairly common theme in Jewish and Christian apocalyptic and mystical literature [...]
Posted in Favorite Posts, Heavenly Ascents, Priesthood, Religious Scholars, Scripture, Temple Also tagged Dead Sea Scrolls, Deification, Enoch, exaltation, Heaven, Heavenly Temple, hierarchy of gods, James Davila, Joseph Smith, liturgical works, Melchizedek, Millenial Star, Orson Hyde, Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice Comments closed
Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: My Expound Symposium Paper