https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Celestial_Kingdom&feed=atom&action=history Celestial Kingdom - Revision history 2024-03-28T11:23:36Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.29.1 https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Celestial_Kingdom&diff=23791&oldid=prev ENG: rdr 2009-09-04T06:59:53Z <p>rdr</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:59, 4 September 2009</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The '''Celestial Kingdom''' is the highest of three [[heaven]]s or heavenly kingdoms. It is thought to be the &quot;[[third heaven]]&quot; referred to by the [[Paul of Tarsus|Apostle Paul]] in the [[King James Version]] of [[Second Epistle to the Corinthians|2 Corinthians]] [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_cor/12/2</del>#<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2 12:2] and it is said by Latter-day Saints to correspond to the &quot;celestial bodies&quot; and &quot;glory of the sun&quot; mentioned in </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">First Epistle to the Corinthians|1 Corinthians]] [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_cor/15/40-41#40 15:40-41].</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">REDIRECT </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Celestial</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Terrestrial</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Telestial Kingdoms</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Inhabitants of the celestial kingdom==</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The celestial kingdom will be the residence of those who have been righteous</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">accepted the teachings of [[Jesus Christ]]</del>, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">made and lived up to all of the required [[Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)|ordinances</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and [[Covenant (Latter Day Saints)|covenants]] during their mortal lives.&lt;ref&gt;Joseph Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith (ed.) (1976). ''[[Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith]]'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) p. 309: &quot;All men who become heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ will have to receive the fulness of the ordinances of his kingdom; and those who will not receive all the ordinances will come short of the fulness of that glory&quot;; see also p. 362 where Smith said that without [[Temple (Latter Day Saints)|temple]] ordinances &quot;we cannot obtain celestial thrones.&quot;&lt;/ref&gt; It will also be the residence of those individuals that accepted and received the ordinances and covenants in the post-mortal [[spirit world]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/137/5-9#5 Doctrine and Covenants 137:5-9].&lt;/ref&gt; All children who die before the age of eight automatically inherit the celestial kingdom.&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/137/10#10 Doctrine and Covenants 137:10].&lt;/ref&gt; The celestial kingdom will also be the permanent residence of [[God the Father]] and [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/76/62#62 Doctrine and Covenants 76:62].&lt;/ref&gt;</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joseph Smith taught that &quot;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.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/130/11#11 Doctrine and Covenants 130:11].&lt;/ref&gt; This white stone will become a [[Urim and Thummim]] (or [[Seer stone (Latter Day Saints)|seer stone]]) to the recipient.&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/130/10#10 Doctrine and Covenants 130:10].&lt;/ref&gt;</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Degrees within the celestial kingdom==</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joseph Smith taught that the celestial kingdom itself is subdivided into three &quot;heavens or degrees&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/131/1#1 Doctrine and Covenants 131:1].&lt;/ref&gt; Only those individuals who are [[Sealing (Latter Day Saints)|sealed]] in [[celestial marriage]] to a spouse in a [[Temple (Latter Day Saints)|temple]] while alive (or after death by proxy) will be permitted to enter into the highest degree of celestial kingdom.&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/131/2-4#2 Doctrine and Covenants 131:2-4].&lt;/ref&gt; These individuals will eventually become &quot;[[Exaltation (Mormonism)|exalted]]&quot;&lt;ref&gt;Joseph Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith (ed.) (1976). ''[[Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith]]'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) p. 348: &quot;It will be a great while after you have [died] before you will have learned [all the principles of exaltation]. It is not all to be comprehended in this world; it will be a great work to learn our salvation and exaltation even beyond the grave.&quot;&lt;/ref&gt; and will be permitted to live &quot;the kind of life God lives&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;LDS Church, [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b3bc55cbf541229058520974e44916a0/?vgnextoid=32c41b08f338c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=7eab7befabc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&amp;hideNav=1&amp;contentLocale=0 “Chapter 47: Exaltation”], ''Gospel Principles'', 301.&lt;/ref&gt;</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Location of the celestial kingdom==</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joseph Smith taught that the earth will also receive a celestial glory.&lt;ref&gt;Joseph Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith (ed.) (1976). ''[[Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith]]'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) p. 181: &quot;This earth will be rolled back into the presence of God, and crowned with celestial glory.&quot;&lt;/ref&gt; Some Latter-day Saints believe that the earth will be the celestial kingdom, or at least a celestial world within the celestial kingdom for humans who lived on the earth and qualified for the celestial kingdom.&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/88/14-26#14 Doctrine and Covenants 88:14-26]&lt;/ref&gt;</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> </table> ENG https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Celestial_Kingdom&diff=23787&oldid=prev ENG: This wiki doesn't have the article about the Kingdoms yet? Hmm... 2009-09-04T06:55:57Z <p>This wiki doesn&#039;t have the article about the Kingdoms yet? Hmm...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Celestial Kingdom''' is the highest of three [[heaven]]s or heavenly kingdoms. It is thought to be the &quot;[[third heaven]]&quot; referred to by the [[Paul of Tarsus|Apostle Paul]] in the [[King James Version]] of [[Second Epistle to the Corinthians|2 Corinthians]] [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_cor/12/2#2 12:2] and it is said by Latter-day Saints to correspond to the &quot;celestial bodies&quot; and &quot;glory of the sun&quot; mentioned in [[First Epistle to the Corinthians|1 Corinthians]] [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_cor/15/40-41#40 15:40-41].<br /> <br /> ==Inhabitants of the celestial kingdom==<br /> The celestial kingdom will be the residence of those who have been righteous, accepted the teachings of [[Jesus Christ]], and made and lived up to all of the required [[Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)|ordinances]] and [[Covenant (Latter Day Saints)|covenants]] during their mortal lives.&lt;ref&gt;Joseph Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith (ed.) (1976). ''[[Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith]]'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) p. 309: &quot;All men who become heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ will have to receive the fulness of the ordinances of his kingdom; and those who will not receive all the ordinances will come short of the fulness of that glory&quot;; see also p. 362 where Smith said that without [[Temple (Latter Day Saints)|temple]] ordinances &quot;we cannot obtain celestial thrones.&quot;&lt;/ref&gt; It will also be the residence of those individuals that accepted and received the ordinances and covenants in the post-mortal [[spirit world]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/137/5-9#5 Doctrine and Covenants 137:5-9].&lt;/ref&gt; All children who die before the age of eight automatically inherit the celestial kingdom.&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/137/10#10 Doctrine and Covenants 137:10].&lt;/ref&gt; The celestial kingdom will also be the permanent residence of [[God the Father]] and [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/76/62#62 Doctrine and Covenants 76:62].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Joseph Smith taught that &quot;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.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/130/11#11 Doctrine and Covenants 130:11].&lt;/ref&gt; This white stone will become a [[Urim and Thummim]] (or [[Seer stone (Latter Day Saints)|seer stone]]) to the recipient.&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/130/10#10 Doctrine and Covenants 130:10].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Degrees within the celestial kingdom==<br /> Joseph Smith taught that the celestial kingdom itself is subdivided into three &quot;heavens or degrees&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/131/1#1 Doctrine and Covenants 131:1].&lt;/ref&gt; Only those individuals who are [[Sealing (Latter Day Saints)|sealed]] in [[celestial marriage]] to a spouse in a [[Temple (Latter Day Saints)|temple]] while alive (or after death by proxy) will be permitted to enter into the highest degree of celestial kingdom.&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/131/2-4#2 Doctrine and Covenants 131:2-4].&lt;/ref&gt; These individuals will eventually become &quot;[[Exaltation (Mormonism)|exalted]]&quot;&lt;ref&gt;Joseph Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith (ed.) (1976). ''[[Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith]]'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) p. 348: &quot;It will be a great while after you have [died] before you will have learned [all the principles of exaltation]. It is not all to be comprehended in this world; it will be a great work to learn our salvation and exaltation even beyond the grave.&quot;&lt;/ref&gt; and will be permitted to live &quot;the kind of life God lives&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;LDS Church, [http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b3bc55cbf541229058520974e44916a0/?vgnextoid=32c41b08f338c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=7eab7befabc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&amp;hideNav=1&amp;contentLocale=0 “Chapter 47: Exaltation”], ''Gospel Principles'', 301.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Location of the celestial kingdom==<br /> Joseph Smith taught that the earth will also receive a celestial glory.&lt;ref&gt;Joseph Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith (ed.) (1976). ''[[Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith]]'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) p. 181: &quot;This earth will be rolled back into the presence of God, and crowned with celestial glory.&quot;&lt;/ref&gt; Some Latter-day Saints believe that the earth will be the celestial kingdom, or at least a celestial world within the celestial kingdom for humans who lived on the earth and qualified for the celestial kingdom.&lt;ref&gt;[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/88/14-26#14 Doctrine and Covenants 88:14-26]&lt;/ref&gt;</div> ENG