Chistopher Nemelka
Christopher Nemelka claims that he has been called by God to translate the Sealed Portion as well as the Lost 116 Pages of the Book of Mormon. Nemelka states that, in 1987, while in the Salt Lake City Temple, Joseph Smith appeared to Nemelka, called him as a prophet, and informed him that he is Hyrum Smith reincarnate. Nemelka claims he was delivered the Golden Plates and the Urim and Thumim in order for him to make the translations. Among the doctrines that Nemelka teaches is that the Bible is the word of Man (and not God) that the first vision took place with advanced humans from outer space and that humans are in fact Gods.
One of Nemelka’s followers interrupted an LDS devotional attempting to deliver the Lost 116 Pages of the Book of Mormon to President Hinckley in 2005. Ida Smith (a descendant of Hyrum) donated her burial plot in the Salt Lake Cemetery to Nemelka. On the plot he has installed a tombstone with his website clearly prominent.
Learn More:
- ChristopherNemelka.com – Christopher Nemelka’s main website
- TheSealedPortion.com – Christopher Nemelka’s book website
- Mormon Research Ministry – Christopher Nemelka – The Reincarnate Hyrum Smith?
- KSL.com – LDS Devotional Briefly Interupted by Texas Woman
- CityWeekly.net – Sealed Fate- A Burning in Ida Smith’s Bosom Leads her to Christopher Nemelka’s New Spiritual Order
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