He Is Risen

[Calm]

God has set up our lives until judgment to prepare.  We need to use it and not expect blessings of eternal life if we don’t. 

Impure spirits can not dwell in the presence of God. Even those in the Telestial will be purified. 

Edited June 8, 2020 by Calm

[theplains]

22 hours ago, Calm said:

God has set up our lives until judgment to prepare.

How do you understand this passage?

Alma 40:11-14 - "Now, concerning the state of the soul between death and the 
resurrection—Behold, it has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of 
all men, as soon as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all 
men, whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life. And 
then shall it come to pass, that 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, and sorrow. And then 
shall it come to pass, that the spirits of the wicked, yea, who are evil—for behold, 
they have no part nor portion of the Spirit of the Lord; for behold, they chose evil 
works rather than good; therefore the spirit of the devil did enter into them, and 
take possession of their house—and these shall be cast out into outer darkness; there 
shall be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth, and this because of their own 
iniquity, being led captive by the will of the devil. 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."

[rodheadlee]

Doctrine and Covenants 76 explains all this. The Terrestrial Kingdom receives of the presence of the Son but not the fullness of the Father.

The Telestial Kingdom receives of the Holy Spirit through the ministrations of the Terrestrial but not  the Son. The Terrestrial recieves ministrations through the Celestial beings. 

Spiritual Death is to be cast out with no presence of any of these beings. Cut off from the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, and God the Father. 

You can start at verse 69.

Edited June 13, 2020 by rodheadlee