TrendZion

Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.

1. 1853·Orson Pratt·Apostle
   numerous in Heaven, each God will send those under his jurisdiction to take bodies of flesh and bones on the same world to which he sends his own sons and daughters. As each God is “ The God of the spirits of all flesh,” per- taining to the world which he forms ; and as he holds supreme dominion over them in Heaven, when he sends them into a temporal or terrestrial world, he commits this dominion into the hands of his sons and daughters, which inhabit the same.
   The Seer — apostle_bookcopy citation
2. 1853·Orson Pratt·Apostle
   ciples of justice and mercy, and adapted to the capacities of your children ; for this is the way that our heavenly Father governs His children, giving to some a Celestial; to others a Terrestrial; and to others still a Telestial law, with penalties and promises annexed, accord- ing to the conditions, circumstances, and capacities of the individuals to be governed. Seek for wisdom and pat- tern after the heavenly order of govern- ment.
   The Seer — apostle_bookcopy citation
3. 1881·Joseph F. Smith·Apostle
   But as touching the terrestrial kingdom, as the stars differ from each other in lustre, so those who enter into the telestial kingdom differ in glory.
   Law of Celestial Marriage—The Resurrection and Judgment—Extent of the Mission of the Saviour — jodcopy citation
4. 1899·James E. Talmage·Apostle
   LECTURE XXII, ARTICLE 11. Religious Liberty and Toleration. What is worship ?-Freedom in worship an inalienable right.— Religious intoler- ance sinful.— Toleration does not imply acceptance.— Man's accountabil- ity.—Results-of his acts.— Degrees of glory provided.-The Celestial glory.— The Terrestrial.— The Telestial.— Gradation within the Kingdoms.— The Sons
   The Articles of Faith — apostle_bookcopy citation
5. 1914·Orson F. Whitney·Apostle
   The Saved and Glorified.--But the saved are rewarded according to their works. The glorified differ like the sun, moon, and stars, typifying, respectively, celestial, terrestrial, and telestial conditions. They who cannot abide any of these conditions, "are not meet for a kingdom of glory," and the utterly disobedient, who will to abide in sin, are fated to "remain filthy still" (D&C 88:22-35).
   Gospel Themes — apostle_bookcopy citation
6. 1919·Joseph F. Smith·Prophet
   Then we shall stand before the bar of God to be judged. So says the Bible, so says the Book of Mormon, and so say the revelations which have come direct to us through the Prophet Joseph Smith. And then those who have not been subject and obedient to the celestial law will not be quickened by the celestial glory. And those who have not been subject and obedient to the terrestrial law will not be quickened by the terrestrial glory. And those who have not been subject and obedient to the telestial law, will not be quickened by a telestial glory; but they will have a kingdom without glory.
   Gospel Doctrine — apostle_bookcopy citation