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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