Re: Eternal Questions and Answers.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:33 am
In answer to your question, it is only the Telestial Kingdom referred to, not the Celestial.
msnobody wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:06 amI'm curious. In light of what you've posted above, how would the LDS church interpret Hebrews 6:4-6?Elizabeth wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 4:46 amThe Spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called Paradise.
Spirits are classified according to the purity of their lives and their obedience to the will of the Lord while on earth.
The righteous and the wicked are separated (see 1 Nephi 15:28–30), but all may still progress if they learn and accept Gospel principles and live in accordance with them.
The Apostle Peter referred to the postmortal spirit world as a prison, which it is for some (see 1 Peter 3:18–20).
In the spirit prison are also the Spirits of those who have not yet received the Gospel of Jesus Christ. These Spirits still have agency, and may be enticed by both good and evil. If they accept the Gospel and the ordinances performed for them in the Temples, they may be able to leave the spirit prison and dwell in Paradise.
The Spirits in Paradise can teach the Spirits in prison (see D&C 138).
Also in the spirit prison are those who rejected the Gospel after it was preached to them either on earth or in the spirit prison.
These Spirits suffer in a condition known as hell. They have removed themselves from the mercy of Jesus Christ, who said:
“Behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent; but if they would not repent they must suffer even as I; which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit” (D&C 19:16–18).
After suffering for their sins, they may be allowed, through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, to inherit the lowest degree of glory, which is the Telestial Kingdom.
"For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."