What is the plan of the Gods pertaining to the mortals that live on this earth?
The Family of the Gods
Of the answers that this world seeks, the most precious is that of how did the universe come to be?
Go out at night and look into the skies, and what you will see is that of stars.
Each star is as our sun, be it smaller or larger in size.
How many stars do you see? According to the star watchers of our planet, there are millions and millions of galaxies and that they guess there are millions upon millions of stars in each one of these.
The question that is to be answered is what is the moving force that brought forth all of these lights in the Heavens.
The State of Existence
One false theory that men have floundered with is that they think the universe in its physical condition commenced from a large mass of gathered matter. That all things that have mass are a by-product of the expansion of this mass, being pushed outward.
Thus the "big bang theory".
This is as wrong as wrong could be.
Instead, the universe has existed in its original condition, being in single particles, and has remained, for the most part, in a dormant state. The development of all of the existences that are, have come through the process of a coupling progression.
This in a nutshell means that the particles are required to bond to itself other particles. That through this process all types of life or creations have come to be.
With an understanding that in order to advance in their progression, that matter must be bonded with other particles, and that depending on the type of particles gathered, and how depends on the entity that is organized.
How then, did dormant matter bond together, to enable a consciousness to come to be?
I reveal that the process of friction provided the time for particles to bond together, and that through eons of time an entity obtained sufficient proportions to go from one level of capacity to another.
That thus, through trial and error, the first creation of existence advanced to be able to learn how to bring forth other entities.
The name for this first creation is that of the Self Begotten One.
There is a principle to mention, that all of the intelligences that exist, are of matter that is eternal in nature as the Self Begotten One.
Development Process
That the difference is that we are the result of accelerated progression through a program that was developed by the Self Begotten One.
That the Self Begotten One is the parentage of all things that have life in our area of space.
That the Self Begotten One has organized a development process wherein every variable that would advance entities that have been predetermined can be progressed.
That in the development of the program of bringing forth life, that the establishment of a governing program which regulates the development of entities, to be cooperative to the designs of the Self Begotten One.
That the entity known as mankind sits at the top of this entity list, and that they are predestined for the advancement to guide and direct the programs of development and progression of the Self Begotten One.
That it is the potential of mankind to be able to evolve into a being in which the greatest advancement of intelligence is set within us. That when we comply in all things to the programs of the Self Begotten One, that we are able to obtain a place in the position as a creator.
The Children of the Self Begotten One
The next activity is that all beings are developed to bring forth other entities after their own kind, and that the children of the Gods are given the potential to do so.
Wherefore, the Gods (advanced entities in the form of mankind) bring forth children of their kind, for the purpose of progressing them to be as they are.
Evenso, the world that mankind dwells on, pertaining to this earth, is a step in the evolution of our beings to become as the Gods are.
Levels of Progression
What level of progression is this mortal world?
To answer this, it should be understood that we are not the first level, because we have dwelt elsewhere, and have chosen to come to this world.
"Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones;
"And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born." (Abraham 3:22,23)
Nor is this the last point of advancement, for the much greater amount of this world's inhabitants are not able to advance to complete the conditions of exaltation.
As well, it would be foolish to comprehend that obtaining the rights to the 3rd level of the Celestial Kingdom, meant that we were fully capable to create galaxies, along with the entities and programs as organized by the Self Begotten one and the first creations and children.
"And they shall be servants of the Most High; but where God and Christ dwell they cannot come, worlds without end." (D&C 76:112)
This earth is to be recognized as a part of the program in which a certain activity of determination as to an entity's potential.
"And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them;" (Abraham 3:25)
Therefore, as a child of God faces the struggle of mortality, they are supervised as to ascertain the level of progression they advance to, and to what level they are to progress to.
In this determination process of how much one has progressed in their attributes to becoming as the gods, there are in essence six levels of calculation from this level.
The Celestial Kingdom
The highest attainable level on this world is that of the third level of the Celestial Kingdom, wherein the couples become Gods and Goddesses, who possess the rights and powers to have children as those that we are descendants of.
The first and second levels are situated to progressive levels of being Gods, but are limited at least to that of not being able to have children.
The Terrestrial Kingdom
The next level of determination is referred to as that of a Terrestrial order. These are those that obtain not the rights to the Celestial Kingdom, and are under the direction of those of the higher level of progression.
"And the terrestrial through the ministration of the celestial." (D&C 76:87)
Those of the Celestial assist those of the Terrestrial bodies to advance in their state of being, wherein eventually they can progress to the Celestial.
Now would be the time to explain, that because an entity is limited in their advancement to become as the Gods as another, does not mean they lose the right to continue.
"These are they who receive not of his fulness in the eternal world, but of the Holy Spirit through the ministration of the terrestrial;" (D&C 76:86)
All of mankind are the children of the gods, and that all are carefully watched and assisted in their lives to eventually progress to be as their parents in Heaven.
Wherefore, other activities are situated to help each level of progression to continue those who receive it, in their advancement activities.
The Telestial Kingdom
We are now in the Telestial Kingdom, to which those that do not advance in this world will more than likely have to endure another schooling environment like it again.
In the D&C, section 88, it reveals that those that are of a Telestial nature are not resurrected until after this world's activities are over.
"And again, another trump shall sound, which is the third trump; and then come the spirits of men who are to be judged, and are found under condemnation;
"And these are the rest of the dead; and they live not again until the thousand years are ended, neither again, until the end of the earth." (D&C 88:100,101)
"These are they who are cast down to hell and suffer the wrath of Almighty God, until the fulness of times, when Christ shall have subdued all enemies under his feet, and shall have perfected his work;
"When he shall deliver up the kingdom, and present it unto the Father, spotless, saying: I have overcome and have trodden the wine?press alone, even the wine?press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God." (D&C 76:106,107)
Evenso, the final level of determination presents a key to the Telestial whereabouts.
The Sons of Perdition
This final judgement is for those that receive a fulness of the blessings of the gods, and then rebel against the privileges.
Wherein the individual displaying, through his rebellion of going against the directions given, that the punishment is to be assessed at a much lower level.
"But behold, and fear, and tremble before God, for ye ought to tremble; for the Lord redeemeth none such that rebel against him and die in their sins; yea, even all those that have perished in their sins ever since the world began, that have wilfully rebelled against God, that have known the commandments of God, and would not keep them; these are they that have no part in the first resurrection.
"Therefore ought ye not to tremble? For salvation cometh to none such; for the Lord hath redeemed none such; yea, neither can the Lord redeem such; for he cannot deny himself; for he cannot deny justice when it has its claim." (Mosiah 15:26,27)
Evenso, these are not able to obtain the sanction to continue on in this world or the world to come.
"Concerning whom I have said there is no forgiveness in this world nor in the world to come??" (D&C 76:34)
In fact, it is said that it would have been better for them to have never been born.
"They are they who are the sons of perdition, of whom I say that it had been better for them never to have been born;" (D&C 76:32)
Evenso, if they had not been born, at least they could have commenced on the next Telestial planet, just as those of the Telestial judgement are to go to the next probationary planet available.
As to the fate of those who are of the lowest determination (sons of perdition), I will merely say that it is somewhere in the phases where their spirit was being formed (development).
Progression to Eternal Life
This means that the grouping of our intelligent particles to become capable of advancing to the capacity of a fulness, required various levels of coupling, and progressing before they are adapted to retain the variables to become a god or goddess.
Wherefore, the activities of becoming a god or goddess is a varied one, situated to a character building process, and as well to that of the advancement from a spirit entity to a corporal being with a spirit within it.
As well, there is a difference between a Telestial body, Terrestrial body, and a Celestial body, though all are formatted after the human form.
"All flesh [is] not the same flesh: but [there is] one [kind of] flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, [and] another of birds.
"[There are] also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial [is] another.
"[There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory.
"So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
"It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
"It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. " (1 Corinthians 15:39-44)
Verily, as well, that this earth provides that of a limited progression, for there is yet much more to do in becoming a god or goddess to their final potential.
Yet, I dare say that the differences between the Celestial to the lower and higher degrees is extreme in the privileges offered, and the potential to advance to becoming as our parents in the heavens.
Wherefore, when we live out our lives upon this world, be ever mindful that our actions are of great importance as to what we will be doing for the rest of this world's designated time span, and what we will be doing in the next world.
Learn to be as the gods in their patience, toleration, charity, faith, knowledge, diligence, obedience, and wisdom (applied knowledge).
Wherein that you may obtain the hope of a better resurrection to be clothed in glory, to sit upon the right hand of God to share in all that He has.
"They who dwell in his presence are the church of the Firstborn; and they see as they are seen, and know as they are known, having received of his fulness and of his grace;
"And he makes them equal in power, and in might, and in dominion." (D&C 76:94,95)
Amen.
The Family of the Gods
Of the answers that this world seeks, the most precious is that of how did the universe come to be?
Go out at night and look into the skies, and what you will see is that of stars.
Each star is as our sun, be it smaller or larger in size.
How many stars do you see? According to the star watchers of our planet, there are millions and millions of galaxies and that they guess there are millions upon millions of stars in each one of these.
The question that is to be answered is what is the moving force that brought forth all of these lights in the Heavens.
The State of Existence
One false theory that men have floundered with is that they think the universe in its physical condition commenced from a large mass of gathered matter. That all things that have mass are a by-product of the expansion of this mass, being pushed outward.
Thus the "big bang theory".
This is as wrong as wrong could be.
Instead, the universe has existed in its original condition, being in single particles, and has remained, for the most part, in a dormant state. The development of all of the existences that are, have come through the process of a coupling progression.
This in a nutshell means that the particles are required to bond to itself other particles. That through this process all types of life or creations have come to be.
With an understanding that in order to advance in their progression, that matter must be bonded with other particles, and that depending on the type of particles gathered, and how depends on the entity that is organized.
How then, did dormant matter bond together, to enable a consciousness to come to be?
I reveal that the process of friction provided the time for particles to bond together, and that through eons of time an entity obtained sufficient proportions to go from one level of capacity to another.
That thus, through trial and error, the first creation of existence advanced to be able to learn how to bring forth other entities.
The name for this first creation is that of the Self Begotten One.
There is a principle to mention, that all of the intelligences that exist, are of matter that is eternal in nature as the Self Begotten One.
Development Process
That the difference is that we are the result of accelerated progression through a program that was developed by the Self Begotten One.
That the Self Begotten One is the parentage of all things that have life in our area of space.
That the Self Begotten One has organized a development process wherein every variable that would advance entities that have been predetermined can be progressed.
That in the development of the program of bringing forth life, that the establishment of a governing program which regulates the development of entities, to be cooperative to the designs of the Self Begotten One.
That the entity known as mankind sits at the top of this entity list, and that they are predestined for the advancement to guide and direct the programs of development and progression of the Self Begotten One.
That it is the potential of mankind to be able to evolve into a being in which the greatest advancement of intelligence is set within us. That when we comply in all things to the programs of the Self Begotten One, that we are able to obtain a place in the position as a creator.
The Children of the Self Begotten One
The next activity is that all beings are developed to bring forth other entities after their own kind, and that the children of the Gods are given the potential to do so.
Wherefore, the Gods (advanced entities in the form of mankind) bring forth children of their kind, for the purpose of progressing them to be as they are.
Evenso, the world that mankind dwells on, pertaining to this earth, is a step in the evolution of our beings to become as the Gods are.
Levels of Progression
What level of progression is this mortal world?
To answer this, it should be understood that we are not the first level, because we have dwelt elsewhere, and have chosen to come to this world.
"Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones;
"And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said: These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me: Abraham, thou art one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born." (Abraham 3:22,23)
Nor is this the last point of advancement, for the much greater amount of this world's inhabitants are not able to advance to complete the conditions of exaltation.
As well, it would be foolish to comprehend that obtaining the rights to the 3rd level of the Celestial Kingdom, meant that we were fully capable to create galaxies, along with the entities and programs as organized by the Self Begotten one and the first creations and children.
"And they shall be servants of the Most High; but where God and Christ dwell they cannot come, worlds without end." (D&C 76:112)
This earth is to be recognized as a part of the program in which a certain activity of determination as to an entity's potential.
"And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them;" (Abraham 3:25)
Therefore, as a child of God faces the struggle of mortality, they are supervised as to ascertain the level of progression they advance to, and to what level they are to progress to.
In this determination process of how much one has progressed in their attributes to becoming as the gods, there are in essence six levels of calculation from this level.
The Celestial Kingdom
The highest attainable level on this world is that of the third level of the Celestial Kingdom, wherein the couples become Gods and Goddesses, who possess the rights and powers to have children as those that we are descendants of.
The first and second levels are situated to progressive levels of being Gods, but are limited at least to that of not being able to have children.
The Terrestrial Kingdom
The next level of determination is referred to as that of a Terrestrial order. These are those that obtain not the rights to the Celestial Kingdom, and are under the direction of those of the higher level of progression.
"And the terrestrial through the ministration of the celestial." (D&C 76:87)
Those of the Celestial assist those of the Terrestrial bodies to advance in their state of being, wherein eventually they can progress to the Celestial.
Now would be the time to explain, that because an entity is limited in their advancement to become as the Gods as another, does not mean they lose the right to continue.
"These are they who receive not of his fulness in the eternal world, but of the Holy Spirit through the ministration of the terrestrial;" (D&C 76:86)
All of mankind are the children of the gods, and that all are carefully watched and assisted in their lives to eventually progress to be as their parents in Heaven.
Wherefore, other activities are situated to help each level of progression to continue those who receive it, in their advancement activities.
The Telestial Kingdom
We are now in the Telestial Kingdom, to which those that do not advance in this world will more than likely have to endure another schooling environment like it again.
In the D&C, section 88, it reveals that those that are of a Telestial nature are not resurrected until after this world's activities are over.
"And again, another trump shall sound, which is the third trump; and then come the spirits of men who are to be judged, and are found under condemnation;
"And these are the rest of the dead; and they live not again until the thousand years are ended, neither again, until the end of the earth." (D&C 88:100,101)
"These are they who are cast down to hell and suffer the wrath of Almighty God, until the fulness of times, when Christ shall have subdued all enemies under his feet, and shall have perfected his work;
"When he shall deliver up the kingdom, and present it unto the Father, spotless, saying: I have overcome and have trodden the wine?press alone, even the wine?press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God." (D&C 76:106,107)
Evenso, the final level of determination presents a key to the Telestial whereabouts.
The Sons of Perdition
This final judgement is for those that receive a fulness of the blessings of the gods, and then rebel against the privileges.
Wherein the individual displaying, through his rebellion of going against the directions given, that the punishment is to be assessed at a much lower level.
"But behold, and fear, and tremble before God, for ye ought to tremble; for the Lord redeemeth none such that rebel against him and die in their sins; yea, even all those that have perished in their sins ever since the world began, that have wilfully rebelled against God, that have known the commandments of God, and would not keep them; these are they that have no part in the first resurrection.
"Therefore ought ye not to tremble? For salvation cometh to none such; for the Lord hath redeemed none such; yea, neither can the Lord redeem such; for he cannot deny himself; for he cannot deny justice when it has its claim." (Mosiah 15:26,27)
Evenso, these are not able to obtain the sanction to continue on in this world or the world to come.
"Concerning whom I have said there is no forgiveness in this world nor in the world to come??" (D&C 76:34)
In fact, it is said that it would have been better for them to have never been born.
"They are they who are the sons of perdition, of whom I say that it had been better for them never to have been born;" (D&C 76:32)
Evenso, if they had not been born, at least they could have commenced on the next Telestial planet, just as those of the Telestial judgement are to go to the next probationary planet available.
As to the fate of those who are of the lowest determination (sons of perdition), I will merely say that it is somewhere in the phases where their spirit was being formed (development).
Progression to Eternal Life
This means that the grouping of our intelligent particles to become capable of advancing to the capacity of a fulness, required various levels of coupling, and progressing before they are adapted to retain the variables to become a god or goddess.
Wherefore, the activities of becoming a god or goddess is a varied one, situated to a character building process, and as well to that of the advancement from a spirit entity to a corporal being with a spirit within it.
As well, there is a difference between a Telestial body, Terrestrial body, and a Celestial body, though all are formatted after the human form.
"All flesh [is] not the same flesh: but [there is] one [kind of] flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, [and] another of birds.
"[There are] also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial [is] another.
"[There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory.
"So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
"It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
"It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. " (1 Corinthians 15:39-44)
Verily, as well, that this earth provides that of a limited progression, for there is yet much more to do in becoming a god or goddess to their final potential.
Yet, I dare say that the differences between the Celestial to the lower and higher degrees is extreme in the privileges offered, and the potential to advance to becoming as our parents in the heavens.
Wherefore, when we live out our lives upon this world, be ever mindful that our actions are of great importance as to what we will be doing for the rest of this world's designated time span, and what we will be doing in the next world.
Learn to be as the gods in their patience, toleration, charity, faith, knowledge, diligence, obedience, and wisdom (applied knowledge).
Wherein that you may obtain the hope of a better resurrection to be clothed in glory, to sit upon the right hand of God to share in all that He has.
"They who dwell in his presence are the church of the Firstborn; and they see as they are seen, and know as they are known, having received of his fulness and of his grace;
"And he makes them equal in power, and in might, and in dominion." (D&C 76:94,95)
Amen.