Item #6a. I will give up on this life and try again in the next life. Please know that I am sincere in my question and am not trying to be argumentative or contrary. Others feel if it were Thank you Eric. That being said I am personally bound by the admonition given in countless times and ways throughout scripture and most clearly in the Doctrine and Covenants 63: 64. It's my guess that JS believed that heirs of the Celestial Kingdom would not only serve as Christs, but first they would serve as Holy Ghosts. To me it not only set me free trying to tug and pull and push my husband in the gospel but it set him free as well. It's kind of like how in our times people will say stuff like, "What if the Holy Ghost is Heavenly Mother?" Thank you for taking the time to read this and comment! Either in this life or the life to come, they will return. Hyrum L. Andrus - Mormonism, The Mormon Church, Beliefs, & Religion Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The fact there is no scripture or officially declared doctrine stating multiple mortal probations is false is absolutely an evidence in the doctrine's favor. over the airways and fiber lines of our media sources. I thought it was supposed to be turtles all the way down? I can see that in the spiritual world it goes way beyond any earthly graduate school I can imagine. When you climb a ladder, you must begin at the bottom and go on until you learn the last principle; it will be a great while before you have learned the last. For example, our book on multiple probations was an attempt to show that there is substantial support for multiple probations in the scriptures and in the words of authorities. Maybe Shirly Mclaine was right. Peace, enlightenment, and hope are wonderful gifts. That's the gist of it. John 9:2 This thesis explains a bunch of odd data points and suggests a straightforward explanation for the origin of Adam-God. These ware resurrected Bodies, Violated the Celestial laws. presence which left him fallen to the ground, he was able to declare to I have followed the council of James, that if there are any among us who lack wisdom, that we should ask of God who gives to all men liberally (James 1:5). And now I know that the lower I choose to descend, the more opportunity I will have to ascend higher. You know Eric its interesting to me how much i have loved James Allen for so many years and how you were also inspired by him. known to me. Besides the Laub's record of JS' comment on the Holy Ghost in his summary of the Sermon on the Grove, there is an additional JS comment recorded by Franklin D. Richards in August, 1843, not that long before the King Follett Sermon. grudge against anyone who does not believe, or who does not want to know more This clarification is very helpful. Dorthea, with what youve written, Im embarrassed to say I hadnt considered your insights on baptism in the context as a symbol for MP, but I feel you are wise to have picked up on it. I no longer depended on him to get us there. It is not all to be comprehended in this world; it is a great thing to learn salvation beyond the grave. Multiple Mortal Probations The final theology on reincarnation on this plane we will look at in this article will be the Brighamite idea of multiple mortal probations (MMP).