The Heavens Were Opened Joseph Smith’s First Vision
The Heavens Were Opened: Joseph Smith’s First Vision by Jay A. Parry is published by Stonewell Press and was released on February 25, 2020. This 166-page book presents a detailed exploration of the significant event in 1820 when a fourteen-year-old Joseph Smith experienced a profound vision in upstate New York, where he encountered God the Father and Jesus Christ. The narrative focuses on the implications of this vision, including the forgiveness of his sins and his appointment to a vital work on earth.
Readers will find a collection of accounts shared by Joseph Smith throughout his life, along with a new, single-narrative harmony of these accounts, published for the first time. The book also includes testimonies from those who knew Smith personally, as well as teachings from prophets and apostles. This edition serves as a valuable resource for understanding the First Vision within the context of Latter-day Saint history and Christianity.
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In the spring of 1820, a fourteen-year-old boy in upstate New York witnessed one of the most transcendent visions in all recorded history. The boy was named Joseph Smith, and in response to an earnest prayer, he saw a glorious manifestation of God the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ.
In that encounter, Joseph was told that his sins were forgiven–and that the Lord had appointed him to do a vital work on the earth.
That vision was followed by others, and it therefore came to be called the First Vision.
This book brings together several accounts of the vision that Joseph personally shared during his lifetime. It also features a new, single-narrative harmony of those accounts, published here for the first time.
Other sections of the book present accounts of the vision given by those who personally knew Joseph Smith, followed by teachings and testimonies of others, including prophets and apostles.
The Heavens Were Opened: Joseph Smith’s First Vision will be a valued addition to any Latter-day Saint library and an essential resource for the study of the First Vision of the founding prophet of this dispensation, Joseph Smith.
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