Angels
When a messenger comes saying he has a message from God …. Finish it
offer him your hand and request him to shake hands with you.
How is the place where God resides is?
The place where God resides is a great Urim and Thummim.
How many degrees/Heavens are there in the Celestial Kingdom?
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What date was D&C 132 recorded?
July 12, 1843
We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
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They’re 2 kinds of beings in heaven, name them :
Angels (resurrected personages)
Spirits (Just man made perfect)
What will the sanctified and inmortal/glorified earth be like?! (be specific)
This earth, in its sanctified and immortal state, will be made like unto crystal and will be a Urim and Thummim to the inhabitants who dwell thereon, whereby all things pertaining to an inferior kingdom, or all kingdoms of a lower order, will be manifest to those who dwell on it; and this earth will be Christ’s.
What do you need to do to obtain the highest rank in the celestial kingdom?
Marriage / Sealing
For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant… Why does God say that polygamy is a new and eternal covenant if they were already practicing it before?
Because it is revealing it each time to a different dispensation
We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
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If he be the spirit of a just man made perfect … Finish it
Ask him to shake hands with you, but he will not move, because it is contrary to the order of heaven for a just man to deceive;
Why are those who go to the Celestial kingdom given a white stone?
And a white stone is given to each of those who come into the celestial kingdom, whereon is a new name written, which no man knoweth save he that receiveth it. The new name is the key word.
What do you need to do to obtain the lowest rank in the celestial kingdom?
To be Endowed
What are the responsibilities of knowing any covenant with God?
To keep them until the End …(it was instituted for the fulness of my glory; and he that receiveth a fulness thereof must and shall abide the law, or he shall be damned, saith the Lord God.)
We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
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If it be the devil as an angel of light,… Finish it
When you ask him to shake hands he will offer you his hand, and you will not feelanything; you may therefore detect him
Until what age did the Lord tell Joseph Smith that if he lived he would see the coming of Jesus Christ?
15 Joseph, my son, if thou livest until thou art eighty-five years old, thou shalt see the face of the Son of Man; (85)
What do you need to do to obtain the middle rank in the celestial kingdom?
Doctrine of the Church we don’t know…
You guys wanna know?
What will those who are not exalted do?
Therefore, when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are given in marriage; but are appointed angels in heaven, which angels are ministering servants, to minister for those who are worthy of a far more, and an exceeding, and an eternal weight of glory.
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We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
Why did Joseph Smith decide to teach how to discern God's angels from the Devil now?
Because afterwards he introduced the doctrine of Endowment in the Temple ( Especially the Veil)
A man may receive the Holy Ghost, and it may descend upon him and not tarry with him. Why?!
The Gift of the Holy Ghost
Why can't we see spirits or spiritual things?
There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but it is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes;
We cannot see it; but when our bodies are purified we shall see that it is all matter.
Why was necessary for Joseph to start plural marriage?!
because he is the prophet of the restoration
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We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.