A Race Redeemed: Did God Come to Earth on a Secret Mission?

by Juan Novo

Jesus Christ, the Son of God the Father, came down from Heaven 2000 years ago and became a Man with a Mission: to restore the broken relationship between the human race and God due to the sin of disobedience committed by the first humans God created, Adam and Eve. Jesus completed this Mission through His Sacrificial Death on a Cross. The restoration of that precious relationship resulted in the formation of a new religion, a “Universal” religion that came to be known as the Catholic religion; a religion through which all people can worship the One and only True God and come to live with Him in Heaven after death in total happiness forever. No other religion on Earth offers that; no other religion of Earth CAN offer that unique invitation. The coming of Jesus as the Messiah was predicted by many Old Testament prophets. Why, then, did the Jewish authorities fail to recognize Jesus as the promised Messiah when He finally came? Was critical information intentionally hidden from them? The answers to these two intriguing questions, based on the obscure Messianic Secret–and so much more–are revealed here in this fascinating and easy to read book.

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“A Race Redeemed is a compelling, faith-filled journey through salvation history, blending science, Scripture, and Catholic teaching to reveal the profound truth of God’s plan for humanity.” – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, co-author with Ronda Chervin of Catholic Realism: A Framework for the Refutation of Atheism and the Evangelization of Atheists

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Juan Novo was born in Habana Cuba seven years before the communist Castro regime took totalitarian control of this burgeoning island paradise and turned it into an isolated, run down specter of her former glory. He came to the U.S.A. unaccompanied when he was nine years old through “Operation Pedro Pan,” a clandestine operation that succeeded in rescuing over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minor children from communist indoctrination and control by the communist Castro regime. The operation, which ended with the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, was run and directed by Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh of the Catholic Welfare Bureau in Miami, Florida.

By the time he was nineteen, Juan had become a professional musician and was making a living as a percussionist playing music in the San Francisco area under contract to Warner Brothers Studios in a band called “Fat City.” In 1976, he graduated from Spokane Falls Community College with degrees in both music theory and musical instrument repair and restorations and has been active as a practicing professional technician in this field for the past 50 years.

Mr. Novo founded the Research and Development Committee for the National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians (NAPBIRT) in 1983, and it was here where he was “bit” for the first time by the “investigative writing bug.” Juan ended up publishing a work entitled “The Grenadilla Story,” an in-depth investigative study of African Blackwood, an African hardwood that has been used to make woodwind musical instruments for over a century. The report revealed the precious wood was at the edge of extinction which led to successful replanting programs years later. Mr. Novo has written technical repair and restoration articles published in the Association’s trade journal, “TechniCom.” His work with musical instruments has been featured in several TV specials, and articles about him and his work have appeared in both foreign and domestic newspapers, magazines, and periodicals. Although Juan switched careers and entered the musical instrument repair field full time in 1976, he continued to play percussion as a hobby and has performed in concerts with Jazz legends such as the late Dizzy Gillespie and Ira Sullivan.

Since 1983, Mr. Novo has been making professional model Grenadilla wood mouthpieces for the metal concert flute which are played by both amateur and professional flutists worldwide. Between 1981 and 1984, Mr. Novo was awarded two U.S. patents on musical instrument designs. One of these, patent # 4,685,373, is for the transparent FANTASIA flute he invented in 1984: a professional grade transparent flute that is illuminated with colored lights during performance. The first such instrument, built in 1985, was commissioned by the late Julius Baker, principal flautist for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. This instrument was later purchased by the late New York Latin-Jazz flutist Dave Valentin and is featured in one of his albums entitled, “Light Struck.” The FANTASIA flute made U.S. Patent history, for it was the first illuminated musical wind instrument to be awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent Office. As a result, a new division had to be created for it and it remains to this day the only such instrument in its class.

In the late 80s, Juan served for a time as editor of the “Sunshine Jazz Messenger,” the newsletter for Miami’s Sunshine Jazz Organization, and in 1990, his Grenadilla flute mouthpiece, played by Dave Valentin, was featured in the soundtrack of the film “Havana” starring Robert Redford. His books, “A Race Redeemed,” and “Who Do You Say I Am?” are Mr. Novo’s latest and most important investigative works. Juan is a practicing Catholic, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and an avid student of Catholic theology and philosophy. He now works part time for a company that is devoted to music education for children.

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