🔄 Eternal Rounds: One Life, Many Lives, and Meeting Him Face to Face
🔄 Eternal Rounds: One Life, Many Lives, and Meeting Him Face to Face
👀 Some of you may have heard whispers about “multiple mortal probations” — or what the world calls reincarnation.
For years, I brushed that off as Eastern mysticism. But then I started digging… not just in dusty books, but in my own walk with the Lord. And guess what? The pattern shows up everywhere — in scripture, in early Christian fathers, in Joseph Smith’s circle, in the Nemenhah, and even in modern witnesses like Anonymous who wrote How to Have Your Second Comforter.
And it’s all pointing to the same thing: God is merciful. He gives His children repeated opportunities to learn, grow, and finally walk in His presence.
🏛 Origen, Pratt & Early Christians
John Pratt (2019) gathered quotes from the Ante-Nicene Fathers. Origen of Alexandria taught:
“The soul has neither beginning nor end. They come into this world strengthened by victories or weakened by defeats of their previous lives.”
Others like Jerome admitted it was taught secretly “only to the elect.”
Pratt shows that even LDS leaders hinted at it — Heber C. Kimball spoke of “other probations,” William W. Phelps declared some of God’s children “live twice in the flesh,” and Orson F. Whitney recorded Eliza R. Snow saying Joseph Smith himself believed in it.
Not official doctrine, of course. But it was there — in the margins, whispered behind pulpits, and remembered in journals.
🌄 The Nemenhah Voice
The Nemenhah Records speak even clearer.
They use the word probation over and over. They teach that men and women return again until they learn the Way. They testify of noble ones — Ayahtsuhway (the Peacemaker), mothers, chiefs — who condescend to return, not because they failed, but because they love.
📜 “There are no angels who minister to this earth but those who do belong or have belonged to it.” (D&C 130:5)
That lines right up with what the Nemenhah say: angels and seers return from among us, to walk with the remnant and guide Zion’s rise.
✨ Anonymous & the Second Comforter
Now here’s where it all comes home.
Anonymous, in How to Have Your Second Comforter, doesn’t talk about “multiple probations” much. He talks about this life. About repentance, baptism of fire, receiving the Holy Ghost, and finally — meeting Jesus Christ face to face.
He testifies it happened to him. The veil parted. He walked with the Savior.
That’s not about another lifetime. That’s about this one.
🌱 My Walk (Day One Journal)
And I can’t read Pratt, or the Nemenhah, or Anonymous without remembering what the Lord has shown me.
I’ve written in my Day One journal about hearing His voice whisper: “Be believing.”
I’ve seen Him with my wife, standing together in light.
I’ve learned — sometimes the hard way — that if I don’t conquer my temper, pride, or fear here, God in mercy will give me another chance… until I finally learn.
That’s what these witnesses all confirm: God will not give up on us.
🧭 So What Does It All Mean?
Pratt shows the history — yes, reincarnation was part of Christianity and early Mormonism.
The Nemenhah show the prophecy — noble ones return, the remnant rises, Zion is built.
Anonymous shows the present reality — you can see the Savior now.
My journal shows the personal witness — He is walking with us already.
🕊️ The Invitation
Don’t get lost in arguments about whether Joseph Smith comes back, or how many probations a soul must have. The heart of it is simple:
➡️ You can meet Him in this life.
➡️ And if you fall short, He will lift you again.
➡️ And if you are made whole, you may return to help others.
That is the mercy of Christ.
📜 “For his course is one eternal round.” (Alma 37:12)
And yep — looks like the life hereafter is one eternal round too. ⛳️ Maybe I really will be golfing forever.
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