Without Disclosing My True Identity
Joseph Smith, Jr. never discussed the “many other things”^25 or the “instructions” he
was given by Moroni,^26 the Three Nephites, John the Beloved, and Christ himself.^27 If he
had, the people would have risen up and killed him sooner...just like they did in the end!^28
NOTES
(^1) JSH 1:29–49.
(^2) JSH 1:30–3.
(^3) See ch. 7, n. 4.
(^4) See BOM, 2 Nephi 27:7–11; Ether 4:4–7, 13–16; 5:1.
(^5) JSH 1:35.
(^6) Also referred to as The Sealed Portion or TSP.
(^7) BOM, Moroni 10:4.
(^8) “How Was The Sealed Portion Translated?” Marvelous Work and a Wonder®, 2011, A
Marvelous Work and a Wonder Purpose Trust, 23 Jul. 2011
http://www.marvelousworkandawonder.org/tsp/download/HowWasTheSealedPortionTrans
lated.pdf.
(^9) The LDS Church maintains an extensive genealogical organization with the largest public
collection of genealogical records in the world. This includes the Family History Library in
downtown Salt Lake City, Utah and thousands of smaller facilities in over 80 countries. See generally
“Discover Your Family History,” FamilySearch, 2011, IRI, 28 Feb. 2012
http://www.FamilySearch.org. A principal purpose for doing genealogy work in the Church is to
encourage living descendants to go through LDS temples and perform vicarious ordinances by proxy
for their deceased ancestors.
(^10) James 1:5.
(^11) James 1:27.
(^12) “Three-fold Mission of the Church,” Mormonwiki, 27 Aug. 2010, Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc., 14 Dec. 2010 http://www.mormonwiki.com/Three-fold_mission_of_the_Church.
(^13) See James 1:27; Since the introduction of The Sealed Portion of the Book of Mormon (in 2004)
and the other books associated with the Marvelous Work and a Wonder®, Christopher has
continually challenged the LDS Church’s “Three-fold Mission Statement,” which does not, to this
day, include caring for the poor and the needy. Responding to the subject in December of 2009, which
had become a hot topic among bloggers, the LDS Church announced that “[caring] for the poor and
needy would receive increased emphasis in the next edition of the Church Handbook of Instructions,
due to be released in 2010. ...In the upcoming handbook, caring for the poor and the needy will be
stated as one of the church’s purposes, along with its well-recognized, three-fold mission statement.”
(Scott Taylor, “LDS to boost emphasis on helping the needy; Salt Lake Temple not closing,” Deseret
News, 11 Dec. 2009, Deseret Media Companies, 19 Jul. 2011
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705350795/LDS-to-boost-emphasis-on-helping-the-needy-
Salt-Lake-Temple-not-closing.html.)
It was not until November of 2010 that the content of the new two-volume handbook was
announced. In its announcement, the Church made it clear that it was not changing its three-fold
mission. Instead, the Church stated, “The new handbooks clarify confusion regarding what the First
Presidency referred to in 1981 as the three-fold mission of the Church–proclaiming, perfecting, and
redeeming. Handbook 2, section 2.2, reaffirms the First Presidency’s intent in 1981 that these three