The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries Ancient and ModernTalmage, James E. (James Edward)
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The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries Ancient and Modern
Talmage, James E. (James Edward)
Latter Day Saint temples; Temples
"These are they who are of the terrestrial, whose glory differs
from that of the Church of the First-born who have received the
fulness of the Father, even as that of the moon differs from the
sun in the firmament. Behold, these are they who died without law,
and also they who are the spirits of men kept in prison, whom the
Son visited, and preached the Gospel unto them, that they might be
judged according to {98} men in the flesh, who received not the
testimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards received it. These
are they who are honorable men of the earth, who were blinded by
the craftiness of men. These are they who receive of his glory,
but not of his fulness. These are they who receive of the presence
of the Son, but not of the fulness of the Father; wherefore they
are bodies terrestrial, and not bodies celestial, and differ in
glory as the moon differs from the sun. These are they who are not
valiant in the testimony of Jesus; wherefore they obtain not the
crown over the kingdom of our God."[16]
_The Telestial Glory:_--The revelation continues:
"And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that
of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of
the glory of the moon in the firmament. These are they who received
not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus. These are
they who deny not the Holy Spirit. These are they who are thrust
down to hell. These are they who shall not be redeemed from the
devil, until the last resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the
Lamb shall have finished his work."[17]
We learn further that the inhabitants of this kingdom are to be graded
among themselves, comprising as they do the unenlightened among the
varied opposing sects and divisions of men, and sinners of many types,
whose offenses are not those of utter perdition:
"For as one star differs from another star in glory, even so
differs one from another in glory in the telestial world; for these
are they who are of Paul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas. These are
they who say they are some of one and some of another--some of
Christ and some of John, and {99} some of Moses, and some of Elias,
and some of Esaias, and some of Isaiah, and some of Enoch; but
received not the gospel, neither the testimony of Jesus, neither
the prophets, neither the everlasting covenant."[18]
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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