THE PLAN OF SALVATION



THE PLAN OF SALVATION

Compiled By Patti Miner

My Father Fred H. Gagon had a concept of a painting that he had commissioned by 3 different artists. Attached is one of those paintings that can be downloaded from the “Books Section” of my website You can copy the download onto a CD and that that to any copy center and have them blow it up to any size you desire.

It is representative of the Plan of Salvation which we believe was presented at the Grand Councils of Heaven before the creation of the Earth upon which we live.

Note that the numbers on the painting correspond with the numbers herein with some explanation.

1- The Realm of Deity

➢ See Scriptures: Moses Chapter 4, Abraham 3:22-28, Matthew 3:16-17, Acts 7:55-56, D&C 76:50-70

2- The Godhead – There are three members of the Godhead.

➢ First Article of Faith “We believe in God the Eternal Father and in His Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost.”

➢ Acts 7:55 “But he being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God.”

➢ Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p 370 “I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and that the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage and a Spirit; and these three constitute three distinct personages and three Gods.”

➢ D&C 130:22 “The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost oculd not dwell in us.”

➢ Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

➢ Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p 372 “If we pursue the Hebrew text of the Bible, it reads, “The head one of the Gods said, Let us make man in our own image.”//Of the Hebrew language compels us to render all the words ending in ‘heim’ in the plural, why not render the first Eloheim plural?”

➢ See Scriptures: John 20:17, Matthew 28:19, John 17:3, Moroni 10:4-5, Hebrew 1:1-3, D&C 76:22-24, 1 Corinthian 12:3, John 5:7, D&C 20:27-28, 3 Nephi 28:11, Hebrew 10:15, Romans 8:16-17, Moses 6:8-9

3- Pre-Mortal life where God, the Father of our Spirits presented the Plan of Salvation.

We all existed as intelligences before this Earth Life

➢ D&C 93:29 “Man was also in the beginning with God, Intelligence, or the light of truth was not created or made, neither can be.”

➢ Also see Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p 352

We are Heavenly Father’s Spirit Children and the First Spirit born to our Heavenly Parents was Jesus Christ:

➢ D&C 76:24 “..By Him the worlds were created and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God.”

➢ Romans 8:16 “The spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.”

➢ D&C 93:21-23 (Jesus speaking) “..I was in the beginning with the Father, and am the Firstborn.

22. And all those who are partakers of the glory of the same, and are the church of the Firstborn.

23. Ye were also in the beginning with the Father; that which is Spirit, even the Spirit of Truth.”

➢ See Scriptures: Hebrew 12:9, job 38:4-7, Moses 3:4-7, 1 Corinthians 15:44, D&C 76:24, Moses 1:37-38

We could not progress any further in Heaven, so our Heavenly Father called a Grand Council and presented the Plan of Salvation where He told us about this Earth, His work and glory, and how opposition and our free agency was needed to progress.

➢ Abraham 3:24 “..We will take of these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell;…And we will prove them herewith to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them.”

➢ Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p 349 “In the beginning, the head of the Gods called a council of the Gods; and they came together and concocted a plan to create the world and the people in it.”

➢ Moses 1:37-39 “And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying: The heavens, they cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto me, for they are mine. And as one earth shall pass away, and the heaven thereof even so shall another come; and there is no end to my works, neither to my words. For behold, this is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”

➢ 2 Nephi 2:11 “For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my first-born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness, nor misery, neither good nor bad.”

➢ Helaman 14:30 “..For behold, ye are free; ye are permitted to act for yourselves; for behold, God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath made you free.”

➢ See Scriptures: D&C 29:43, Alma 42:4, Alma 12:24, 25, 30

We were Foreordained to certain missions on Earth

➢ Jeremiah 1:5 “..Before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”

➢ Abraham3:22-23 “Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones…And he said, These I will make my rulers…Abraham, thou art one of them,, thou wast chosen before thou was born.”

➢ Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p 365 “Every man who has a calling to minister to the inhabitants of the world was ordained to that very purpose in the Grand Council of heaven before this world was.”

➢ See Scriptures D&C 29:31-38, D&C 132:11-26, Alma 13:1-3, John 18:37, Discourse of Brigham Young p 26, 50-51

4- The War in Heaven where Michael, the Archangel cast out Lucifer and one-third of the Hosts of Heaven

After the Plan was presented Lucifer rebelled against the Plan

➢ Revelation 12:7-9 “And there was a war in Heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels. And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

➢ Isaiah 14:12-13 “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground…For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heave, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God.”

➢ Moses 4:4 “Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down.”

➢ See Scriptures: D&C 76:24-29, 2 Nephi 2:17-18, D&C 29:36-38, 2 Nephi 9:8-9, Abraham 3:27-28, 3 Nephi 27:13-20

5- The Creation of This World

Jesus Christ under the direction of Heavenly Father created this world. Heavenly Father created many other worlds.

➢ Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth.”

➢ Moses 1:32 “Worlds without number have I created…and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten.

35 But the only account of this earth and the inhabitants thereof, give I unto you…”

➢ Abraham 4:1 “And then the Lord said: Let us go down. And they went down at the beginning, and they, that is the Gods, organized and formed the heavens and the earth.

➢ See Scriptures Moses 2:1

6- The World was created in 6 of the Lords Days. The Garden of Eden and the Creation of the Man Adam and his wife Eve

The world was created in 6 of the Lords days which day is 1000 years to us.

➢ Abraham 3:4 “And the Lord said, that one revolution was a day unto the Lord, after his manner of reckoning, it being one thousand years according to the time appointed unto that whereon thou standest.”

➢ First Day – Moses 3:3-5 “…And I God, said: Let there be light; and there was light…and I God called the light Day and the darkness Night.”

➢ Second Day – Moses 3:6-8 “..And I God, made the firmament and divided the waters…And I God called the firmament Heaven.”

➢ Third Day – Moses 3:9-13 “And I God, said: Let there be dry land…And I, God, called the dry land Earth…and Let the Earth bring forth grass…herbs…and fruit…and be fruitful and multiply.”

➢ Fourth Day- Moses 3:14-19 “And I, God, said: Let there be lights in the…heaven…to divide the day from the night…and to be for seasons, and for days and for years…the sun to rule over the day…and the moon to rule over the night.”

➢ Fifth Day – Moses 3: 20-25 “And I, God, said: Let the waters bring forth…the moving creatures that hath life, and fowls which may fly above the earth…and every living creature…cattle, and creeping things and beasts of the Earth…and be fruitful and multiply…”

➢ Sixth Day – Moses 3: 26-31 “And I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten, which was with me from the beginning: Let us make man in our image…Male and Female created I them…And I, God, blessed them and said unto them: Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it and have dominion over…every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”

➢ Seventh Day – Moses 3:1-4 “ And on the seventh day I, God, ended my work,…and rested…from all my work,…And I God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it…”

➢ See Scriptures Genesis Chapter 1 and Abraham Chapter 4

In the Garden of Eden, Adam was Michael the Archangel that fought in the War in Heaven

➢ D&C 27:11 “And also with Michael, or Adam the father of all, the prince of all, the ancient of days.”

God commanded Adam and Eve to have children and to be in charge of all living things on the Earth. God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the forbidden fruit. Satan tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit.

➢ Moses 2:28 “Be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over…every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”

➢ Genesis 2:15 “And the Gods took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. 16- And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17- But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

➢ Moses 4:6, “And Satan…sought also to beguile Eve, for he knew not the mind of God, wherefore he sought to destroy the world.

10 And the serpent said unto the woman: Ye shall not surely die;

11 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.”

➢ See Scriptures Genesis 2:6-25, Moses 3:6-25, Abraham chapter 5

7- Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit and were driven out of the Garden of Eden. The Fall was important to the Eternal Plan of Salvation. Man was subject to Kolob’s time before his transgression.

➢ 2 Nephi 2:19 “And after Adam and Eve had partaken of the forbidden fruit, they were driven out of the garden of Eden, to till the earth.”

➢ Alma 42:5, “For behold, if Adam had put forth his hand immediately and partaken of the tree of life he would have lived forever, according to the word of God would have been void, and the great plan of salvation would have been frustrated…7, And now, ye see by this that our first parents were cut off both temporally and spiritually from the presence of the Lord; and thus we see they became subjects to follow after their own will.”

➢ D&C 29:40 “Wherefore, it came to pass that the devil tempted Adam, and he partook of the forbidden fruit and transgressed the commandment, wherein he became subject to the will of the devil, because he yielded unto temptation.” 41, Wherefore, I, the Lord God, caused that he should be cast out from the Garden of Eden, from my presence, because of his transgression, wherein he became spiritually dead, which is the first death…”

The fall was important to the eternal Plan of Salvation

➢ Moses 5:10 “And in that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying: Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh shall I see God…11. “And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.”

➢ 2 Nephi 2:15 “And to bring about his eternal purposes in the end of man, after he had created our first parents… all things which are created, it must needs be that there is opposition; even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet and the other being bitter….16. Wherefore the Lord God gave unto man that he should act for himself. Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it should be that he was enticed by one or the other.”

➢ Alma 42:7 “And now, ye see by this that our first parents were cut off both temporally and spiritually from the presence of the Lord; and thus we see they became subjects to follow after their own will.”

Man was subject to Kolob’s time before his transgression.

➢ Abraham 5:13 “But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the time that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Now I, Abraham, saw that it was after the Lord’s time, which was after the time of Kolob; for as yet the Gods had not appointed unto Adam his reckoning.”

➢ Journal of Discourses 17:143 “When the earth ws framed and brought into existence and man was placed upon it, it was near the throne of our Father in Heaven…but when man fell, the earth fell into space, and took up its abode in this planetary system…This is the glory the earth came from, and when it is glorified it will return again unto the presence of the Father, and it will dwell there, and these intelligent beings that I am looking at, if they live worthy of it, will dwell upon this earth.”

➢ See Scriptures Genesis chapter 3 and Moses chapter 4

8- The Dispensations of Time

The Dispensation of Adam as the first man on the earth (pictured)

➢ Genesis 5:1 “This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.”

The Dispensation of Noah and his family who were the only survivors of the Great Flood (pictured)

➢ Genesis 6:8 “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9- These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”

➢ Moses 8:27 “And thus Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord; for Noah was a just man, and perfect in his generation; and he walked with God….30- And god said unto Noah: the end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is filled with violence, and behold I will destroy all flesh from off the earth.”

➢ Genesis 7:23 “And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth; and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the Ark.”

➢ See Scriptures D&C 107:52, Moses 7:34, 42-43, Moses 8:8-30, Genesis chapter 6 through 10, 1 Peter 3:20, Hebrews 11:7

Dispensation of Moses (pictured)- Moses was one of the greatest prophets of the Old Testament

➢ Exodus 3:15 “And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers..hath sent me unto you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”

Reign of the Judges to the Time of Christ (pictured without a prophet)

➢ Bible Dictionary p 719 “This name (Reign of the Judges) was given to a period of history between Joshua and Saul, extending over some 200 years, marked by disorder, idolatry, and foreign oppression. The judge was more than a civil officer. He was generally a military leader as well…Faith in God was always the secret of success; but as a rule the judge was more of a fighter than a preacher.”

➢ Judges 2:16 “Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 18- And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge.”

The Earthly ministry of Christ (pictured) Many prophesied of Christ before he was born.

➢ Acts 10:43 “To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.”

➢ Mosiah 3:5 “For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases. 6-And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men. 7-And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people. 8- And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of Heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his Mother shall be called Mary.”

➢ See Scriptures Moses 6:51-52. Moses 7:55-56, Moses 8:23-24, Isaiah 53:3-7, 1 Nephi 11:18, 21

Christ was the only Begotten Son on Earth of Father in Heaven.

➢ Luke 1:34 to Mary the Mother of Jesus“The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”

Christ had the power to rise after death.

➢ John 10:17 “Therefore, doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18- No man taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”

There needed to be an Atonement

➢ 1 Cor 15:21 “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22- For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”

➢ Alma 34:9 “…for according to the great plan of the Eternal God there must be an atonement made, or else all mankind must unavoidable perish; yea, all are hardened; yea, all are fallen and are lost, and must perish except it be through the atonement

➢ D&C 76:41 “That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness. 42- That through him all might be saved whom the Father had put into his power and made by him.”

➢ D&C 19:16 “For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent.”

The Great Apostasy (pictured as darkness) There was a time on the Earth when there was no light or knowledge of the Lord

➢ Isaiah 60:2-3 “For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee. 3- And the gentiles shall come to the light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.”

➢ John 3:19 “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”

➢ Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p 90 “Darkness prevails at this time as it did at the time of Jesus Christ was about to be crucified. The powers of darkness strove to obscure the glorious Son of Righteousness, that began to dawn upon the world, and was soon to burst in great blessings upon the head of the faithful; and let me tell you brethren, that great blessings await us at this time, and will soon be poured out upon us, if we are faithful in all things, for we are even entitled to greater spiritual blessings than they were, because they had Christ in person with them, to instruct them in the great plan of salvation. His personal presence we have not, therefore we have need of greater faith…”

➢ Amos 8:11 “Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word of the Lord. 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.”

➢ See Scriptures 2 Thessalonians 2:3 and D&C 112:23

The Dispensation of the Fullness of Times, Joseph Smith (pictured as light returning to the earth) The Priesthood will be restored to the earth as in the days of Christ. The Gospel will be taught to all the earth.

➢ D&C 132:45 The Lord talking to Joseph Smith “For I have conferred upon you the keys and power of the priesthood wherein I restore all things.”

➢ D&C 27:5-13 ‘..I will drink of the fruit of the vine with you on the earth, and with Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the Book of Mormon, containing the fullness of my everlasting gospel, to whom I have committed the keys of the record of the stick of Ephriam;…And also Elijah, unto whom I have committed the keys of the power of turning the hearts of the father to the children…and also Peter, James and John, whom I have sent unto you, by whom I have ordained you and confirmed you to be apostles and especial witnesses of my name and bear the keys of your ministry and of the same things which I have revealed unto them…unto whom I have committed the keys of my kingdom, and a dispensation of the gospel for the last times; and for the fullness of times in the which I will gather together in one all things, both which are in heaven, and which are on the earth.”

➢ D&C 2…Malachi 4:5-6 “Behold, I will reveal unto you the priesthood, by the hand of Elijah the Prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.”

➢ Ezekiel 37:15 “The stick of Juda (the Bible) and the stick of Joseph (the Book of Mormon) to be joined together, and the reestablishment of the Lord’s covenant.”

➢ Pearl of Great Price Moses 1:41 “ Moses was told by the Lord that: In a day when the Children of Men shall esteem my words as naught and talk away many of them from the book which thou shalt write (the Bible), I will raise up another (Book of Mormon) like unto thee; and they shall be had again among children of men.”

➢ D&C 42:12 “The Bible and Book of Mormon contain the fullness of my everlasting Gospel”

➢ Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations: and then shall the end come.”

9- Paradise or the Realm where Righteous Spirits go between Death and the Resurrection. The spirit world is close to us on earth.

➢ Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p 326 “The spirits of the just are exalted to a greater and more glorious work; hence they are blessed in their departure to the world of spirits. Enveloped in flaming fire, they are not far from us, and know and understand our thoughts, feelings, and motions, and are often pained therewith.”

➢ Discourses of Brigham Young p 376 “Where is the Spirit World?...It is not beyond the sun, but is on this earth that was organized for the people that have lived and that do and will live upon it. No other people can have it, and we can have no other kingdom until we are prepared to inhabit this eternally.”

➢ Alma 40:12 “The spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care, sorrow.”

➢ Moroni 10:34 “And now I bid you farewell. I soon go to rest in the paradise of God, until my spirit and body shall reunite, and I am brought forth triumphant through the air to meet you before the pleasing bar of the great Jehovah, the Eternal Judge of both quick and dead. Amen.”

10- There is a place for spirits who need to repent called Spirit Prison or the Realm where Wicked Spirits go between Death and the Resurrection -10a-Christ begins the Preaching of the Gospel to the Spirit Prison

➢ Alma 40:14 “Now this is the state of the souls of the wicked, yea, in darkness, and a state of awful, fearful looking for the fiery indignation of the wrath of God upon them; thus they remain in this state, as well as the righteous in paradise, until the time of their resurrection.”

➢ Moses 7:38 “…and behold, I will shut them up; a prison have I prepared for them. 39- And that which I have chosen hath pled before my face. Wherefore, He suffereth for their sins; inasmuch as they will repent int eh day that my Chosen shall return unto me, and until that day they shall be in torment.”

➢ See also Scriptures 2 Nephi 9:8-16, D&C 76:81-85, Acts 2:25-27, 1 Nephi 15:28-30, Mormon Doctrine pp 762

Christ organized missionaries from Paradise to visit the spirits from Spirit Prison and teach the gospel of Jesus Christ

➢ 1 Peter 3:18 “For Christ also hath once suffered for sings, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 19- By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison.”

➢ Joseph Smith History p 209 “The Church is organized in the spirit world, with each prophet standing at the head of his own generation.”

➢ D&C 138: 30 (speaking of Christ) “But behold, from among the righteous, he organized his forces and appointed messengers, clothed with power and authority, and commissioned them to go forth and carry the light of the gospel to them that were in darkness, even to all the spirits of men; and thus was the gospel preached to the dead.”

➢ Also see Scriptures Isaiah 24:22, Isaiah 42:6-7, D&C 138:27-34

11- The Second Coming of Christ and the Resurrection of the Just. There will be signs of the Second Coming of Jesus, but only Father in Heaven knows when it will happen

➢ D&C 45:39 “And it shall come to pass that he that feareth me shall be looking for the great day of the Lord to come, even for the signs of the coming of the Son of Man.”

➢ Matthew 24:3 “ ..Tell us when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 6- And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass but the end is not yet. 7-…there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 30-And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 36- But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only…”

➢ Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nation; and then shall the end come.”

➢ Also See Scriptures: Job 19:25-27, Revelations 20:1-6, D&C 88:86-110, Joseph Smith Matthew 1:13-33, Acts 1:9-11, 1 Corinthians 15:22-28, Matthew 16:1-4, D&C 88:111-115

➢ For Prophecies of the Last Days see Scriptures: D&C 29:9-11, 34:7-8.11-12, D&C 45:44-54, 49:6-7, D&C 133:46-53

➢ For Signs to Precede His Coming see Scriptures: D&C 45:26-27,31,33,40-42,66-71, D&C 133:8-9.36-39,57-58, D&C 65: 2-6

12- The Millennial Reign of Christ where Satan is bound.

Conditions When Christ Comes Again

➢ D&C 101: 25-26 “And also that of element shall melt with fervent heat; and all things shall become new, that my knowledge and glory may dwell upon all the earth. 26-And in that day the enmity of man, and the enmity of beasts, yea the enmity of all flesh, shall cease form before my face.”

➢ Matthew 25:31-32 “When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32- and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.”

Christ will reign personally upon the earth form 1000 years

➢ D&C 29:11 “I will reveal myself from heaven with power and great glory…and dwell in righteousness with men on earth a thousand years, and the wicked shall not stand.”

➢ Discourses of Brigham Young, p 116 “In the Millennium, when the Kingdom of God is established on the earth in power, glory and perfection, and the reign of wickedness that has so long prevailed is subdued, the Saints of God will have the privilege of building their temples, and of entering into them, becoming, as it were, pillars in the temples of God, and they will officiate for the dead…And we will have revelations to know our forefathers clear back to Father Adam and Mother Eve, and we will enter into the temples of God and officiate for them. Then man will be sealed to man until the chain is made perfect back to Adam, so that there will be a perfect chain of Priesthood from Adam to the winding-up scene.”

➢ Moses 7:65 “And it came to pass that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the space of a thousand years.”

➢ See Also Scriptures: D&C 45:58-59, D&C 101: 23-34

The Ten Tribes will be gathered when Christ reigns on Earth

➢ 10th Article of Faith “We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten tribes; that Zion (The New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.”

There will be peace among animals and people alike.

➢ Isaiah 11:6-9 “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid;;…and a little child shall lead them. 7-…and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8-and the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp. 9-They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the water cover the sea.”

➢ Isaiah 2:4 “And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”

➢ Also see Scriptures 2 Nephi 30:10-18

People will eat food and build houses in the Millennium.

➢ Isaiah 65:21 “And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.”

There will be no death but the righteous will be changed.

➢ D&C 43:32 “And he that liveth in righteousness shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and the earth shall pass away so as by fire.”

➢ D&C 63:51 “Wherefore, children shall grow up until they become old; old men shall die; but they shall not sleep in the dust, but they shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye.”

➢ Also see Scriptures Isaiah chapter 65

We will continue to have children.

➢ D&C 45:58 “ And the earth shall be given unto them for an inheritance; and they shall multiply and wax strong, and their children shall grow up without sin unto salvation.”

13- Near the End of the Millennial Reign of Christ and the Resurrection of the Unjust where Satan is loosed for a season

➢ D&C 101:28 “And in that day Satan shall not have power to tempt man.”

➢ D&C 88:110 “..And Satan shall be bound, that old serpent, who is called the Devil, and shall not be loosed for the space of a thousand years. 111-And then he shall be loosed for a little season, that he may gather together his armies. 112-And Michael, the seventh angel, even the archangel, shall gather together his armies, even the hosts of heaven. 113-And the devil shall gather his armies; even the hosts of hell, and shall come up to battle against Michael and his armies. 114-And then cometh the battle of the great God; and the devil and his armies shall be cast away into their own place, that they shall not have power over the saints any more at all..”

➢ Revelation 20:7-15 “And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. 8-And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9-And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 10-And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

➢ Also see Scriptures , D&C 43:30-33, Isaiah 65:17-25, D&C 101:22-23, 2 Nephi 30:10-18

14- The Final Judgment where the “Book of Life” is opened.

➢ Revelation 20: 11-And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. 12-And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God and the books were open and another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 14-And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15-And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

We will all be brought to a memory of the good and evil we do and we will be judged for it.

➢ Mormon 3:18 “…And for this cause I write unto you, that ye may know that ye must all stand before the judgement seat of Christ, yea, every soul who belongs to the whole human family of Adam; and ye must stand to be judged of your works, whether they be good or eveil; 22-And I would that I could persuade all the ends of the earth to repent and prepare to stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”

➢ 2 Nephi 9:14 “…Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all our guilt, and our uncleanness and our nakedness; and the righteousness shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their righteousness, being clothed with purity..’

➢ Romans 14:10-14 “For it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess to God. 12-So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13-Let us not therefore judge one another any more.”

➢ Also see Scriptures 2 Nephi chapter 9, Matthew 12:36-37, Matthew 25:31-46, 2 Corinthians 5:10

15- There are three degrees of glory. The first is the Celestial Degree of Glory

➢ 1 Corinthians 15;:40-42 “There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41-There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.”

➢ D&C 76:50-55, 58, 70 “These are they who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name and were baptized. 52-That by keeping the commandments they might be washed and cleansed from all their sins… 53-And who overcome by faith, and are sealed by the Holy Sprit of Promise. 54-They are they who are the church of the Firstborn. 55-They are they into whose hands the Father has given all things. 58-Wherefore, as it is written, they are gods, even the sons of God. 70-These are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of the sun, even the glory of God.”

16- Terrestrial Degree of Glory

➢ D&C 76:71-77 “And again, we saw the terrestrial world, and behold and lo, these are they who are of the church of the Firstborn.. 74-Who received no the testimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards received it. 75-These are they who are honorable men of the earth, who were blinded by the craftiness of men. 76-These are they who receive of his glory, but not his fullness. 77-These are they who receive the presence of the Son, but not the fullness of the Father.”

17- Telestial Degree of Glory

➢ D&C 76:81 “And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament. 82-These are they who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus. 83-These are they who deny not the Holy Spirit. 84-These are they who shall not be redeemed from the devil until the last resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the Lamb, shall have finished his work.”

➢ Also see Scriptures D&C 88:17-35, D&C 131:1-4, John chapter 14, Gospel Principles p 286)

18- There is another category called Perdition, the Realm of Satan, No degree of Glory

➢ D&C 76:25-40 “Thus sayeth the Lord concerning all those who know my power, and have been made partakers thereof, and suffered themselves through the power of the devil to be overcome, and to deny the truth and defy my power. 32-They are they who are the sons of perdition, of whom I say that it had been better for them never to have been born; 33-For they are vessels of wrath, doomed to suffer the wrath of God, with the devil and his angels in eternity; 34-Concerning whom I have said there is no forgiveness in this world nor in the world to come. 35-Having denied the Holy Spirit after having received it, and having denied the Only Begotten Son of the Father, having crucified him unto themselves and put him to an open shame. 36-These are they who shall go away into the lake of fire and brimstone, with the devil and his angels. 37-And the only ones who shall not be redeemed in the due time of the Lord, after the sufferings of his wrath.”

➢ Also see Scriptures Matthew 22:13, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p 357-358

Thus we see that this great plan of God was to Bring to Pass the Immortality and Eternal Life of Man. (Moses 1:39)

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download