April 2005 Ensign - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Rejected the gospel, the testimony of
Jesus, the prophets, and the everlasting
covenant (see vv. 82, 101).
• Were liars, sorcerers, adulterers, and
whoremongers (see v. 103).
• Loved “and [made] a lie” (v. 103).
Among other blessings and limitations,
those who inherit the telestial kingdom
will:
• Suffer the wrath of God on earth
(see v. 104) and not be redeemed from
the devil until the last resurrection, which
will take place after the Millennium
(see v. 85). 3
• Be denied the Savior’s fulness (see v. 86).
• Be able to receive the Holy Ghost
through the ministration of beings
in higher glories (see vv. 86–88).
• Never be able to come where God and
Christ dwell (see v. 112).
I am grateful that the Lord revealed these
eternal truths through the Prophet Joseph
Smith. Such truths help us have a greater
understanding of the plan of salvation and
a stronger testimony of Jesus Christ. We are
blessed to know what our eternal destiny
will be if we will keep the commandments
and endure to the end. ■
NOTES
1. History of the Church, 6:365.
2. See Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation,
comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. (1954–56), 2:296.
3. Doctrines of Salvation, 2:297.
The three
kingdoms have
been compared
to the glory of the sun,
the moon, and the
stars. To merit
exaltation, we must
receive the ordinances
of temple marriage,
baptism by immersion,
and confirmation by
the laying on of hands.
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