Seven of Everything

The New Testament has very little direct reference to understanding the organization of the Kingdom of God the way that it has since been revealed to Joseph Smith. But now that we know more about how the Kingdom of God is organized, we can look back and understand more clearly what was meant by Jesus. In Luke 15, it is instructive to note that it is one parable with three sections. This becomes clear when we look at verse 3 where it says, "he spake this parable [singular] unto them." There is also a very clear single theme of saving that which is lost throughout the whole parable. It is clear that this parable is talking about heaven because it has direct reference to heaven in three verses (7, 18, 21) and talks about "in the presence of the angels of God" which is understood to also be in heaven. (10) The first part represents the highest kingdom in God's kingdom (celestial kingdom) where many are compared to sheep and are righteous; and, the chosen who go astr

  Degrees of glory This is a modified version of the Wikipedia page of the same title taken on February 16th, 2024. This is the way I would modify the article to be more doctrinally accurate and correct. In the  theology and cosmology  of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in heaven there are three degrees of glory (alternatively, kingdoms of glory ) which are the ultimate, eternal dwelling places for nearly all who will have lived on earth after they are resurrected from the spirit world . A depiction of the Plan of Salvation , as illustrated by me. Members of the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement , The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) believe that the apostle Paul briefly described the degrees of glory in heaven in 1 Corinthians 15:40-42, and in 2 Corinthians 12:2. Joseph Smith received a vision with Sidney Rigdon in 1832 which enhances the understanding of heaven and recorded it in Doctrine and Cove