The Creation
D. & C. 93:29, 33-34
Man
was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or
the light of truth, was not created nor
made, neither indeed
can
be .... For man is spirit. The elements are eternal
It’s interesting how he calls us the light of truth. What is the light of truth??
he
elect are chosen even “before the foundation of the
world,”
how is this so? Does that mean that the rest are condemned
from the beginning?
Elder Nelson mentions, “the purpose of the plan is to bring
to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” So my question is- Is the
plan successful? If only a few will make it to the Celestial Kingdom, how
successful is the plan? Then if you think like a business person- how do we
boost the numbers? Service. Example. Love. If we as his children were all more focused
on these things among his children who do not know, I think we would see
miracles. But the plan is eternal life and immortality, not exaltation. So the
plan is successful.
Israel is an eternal people. She came into being as a
chosen
and separate congregation before the foundations of
the
earth were laid; she was a distinct and a peculiar people
in
preexistence, even as she is in this sphere. Her numbers
were known
before their mortal
birth, and the
very land
surface of
the earth was
"divided to the
nations [for] their
inheritance ...
according to the
number of the
children of
Israel."
(Deuteronomy 32:8.)
(
A
New Witness for the Articles of
Faith
[1985], p.5
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