Seven of Everything

In October 1990, Elder Nelson, an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, made a statement clarifying a portion of D&C 76 in the same way I have in previous posts. In his talk Choices he said, "The Lord revealed more to the Prophet Joseph Smith, who wrote of the telestial glory, where those will ultimately abide “who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus” while in this life. ( D&C 76:82 ) The Prophet taught of the terrestrial glory as the abode for the “honorable … of the earth, who were blinded by the craftiness of men,” who rejected the gospel while on the earth. ( D&C 76:75 )" He stated that D&C 76:82 was referring to the state of people "while in this life." He knows that those who will ultimately enter the kingdom of God, even the telestial kingdom of God, must receive the gospel of Christ, and the testimony of Jesus before the judgement day. This we know because of what the scriptures teach about those who are ultimat...

Definition "The heavens is a place where God dwells." ( Alma 18:30 ) Heaven is the place where God is King and therefore, is called His kingdom. The kingdom of God has two locations, in heaven and on earth. In heaven it is called the kingdom of heaven and on earth it is called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The kingdom of God on earth currently has limitations while the kingdom of God in heaven does not but is all encompassing. Jesus calls it the kingdom of My Father or My Father's house which is a name also given to the temple. In support of this definition, Wilford Woodruff said, "By the united efforts, alone, of the Saints of God, in this last dispensation, the building up of Zion will be effected, and the kingdom of God on earth, be prepared for a union with the kingdom of God in heaven; and thus shall the chain which has bound together in one the hosts of heaven, extend and grasp in its circumference all who have been obedient to the mandat...