Stone holm Posted November 25, 2013 Posted November 25, 2013 I'm not at all perplexed by this. When the divine spirit known as Christ took upon Himself an earthly body, a veil of forgetfulness was placed over his mind that obscured an awareness within Himself of His pre-mortal life and Godhood. In this "earthy" condition, His glorious pre-earth life was slowly unfolded to His consciousness, just like it is for the rest of us. I believe when the full story of His life on earth is revealed, we'll learn his experience was much more like ours than many of us are prepared to believe.Off to work. I'll elaborate further when I have time. I tend to agree with teddyware on this, this post triggered quite a discussion between myself and my wife over whether Christ was Celestialized prior to the resurrection and whether you can have a god who isn't yet exalted, etc. Its a very interesting conundrum.
Storm Rider Posted November 25, 2013 Posted November 25, 2013 Hi All,Here's a question I saw posted on another site:This strikes me as a good theological question. In the mid-19th century LDS leaders often, if not generally, spoke of the premortal Christ as if he were not yet fully divine. In the early 20th century, church leaders generally spoke of Christ as the God of the Old Testament (which was not a common LDS teaching through most of the 19th century.) More recently the premortal Christ is spoken of as fully divine, as simply "God." This emphasis is framed in part as a response to evangelical Christian objections to Latter-day Saints describing the premortal Jesus as our Elder Brother.But if, as the question above asks, the premortal Christ was fully divine--was God, then what of the plan under which embodiment is prerequisite to becoming divine? I don't see how these two fit together. And I even wonder if they can.Anyone else puzzled about this? Thoughts?Don Hello Don, I did not read the other responses, but I have never thought of Jesus as anything than a member of the Godhead and therefore divine. He may have needed a body, but the lack of a body did not prevent him from creating all that is at the direction of the Father. Does divinity demand a body? I think the obvious answer is no; the Holy Spirit is divine as was the Son prior to his obtaining a body. However, the Father desires that his children inherit all that he has and thus the need for a body. Does the presence of a body equate to godhood? No, all will receive a body and still not obtain the Celestial Kingdom.
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