~ G L O R I F I E D B E I N G S ~
Glorified Being of Eternal Infinite Body and Soul
and Sons of Perdition
prepared and presented by Don R. Hender
(Progression, The Design of Eternity — Section VI)
At the end of the Millennium and after the desposition of Lucifer and his angels into the sides of the pit forever, there comes
the final judgment. As a result of that final judgment, the assignments to the glorified everlasting kigndoms of God go into
effect and the bodies and glories of men are bestowed accordingly. Though those brought forth in the resurrection of the
Millennium brought man forth as an immorral everlasting eternal being, the final glories post the final and last judgement were
yet to come. We are told that upon the resurrection there will be some sort of 'pre-judgment' according to the type of body one
is resurrected to. That is every person, body and soul, that are resurrected in the Millennium will be of a Terrestial or
Celestial nature. And those who remain as a Telestial nature will remain in the Spirit Prison of the Spirit would from up to
1,000 years until thier final judgment and their then assigned glory into the Telesial Glory, which glory is said to be as the
numbers of the stars of heaven. Whether that means the vavrious levels of assigned glory according to each person's works or
just an allusion to the number of those who well be assigned to the Telestial Kingdom is of question.
And beyond the level or lower than the level of the Telestial glory are those who because of their denial and rejestion of the
testimony of the Holy Ghost have sinned against the truth, are those who, though they are resurrected uniting their spirit to
an immortal temporal body, it will be a body without any gloried. They are said to be the sons of perditions, to be assigned
with the demons spirits of Lucifer to rule over them as they are greater than them having a body where all those angels of
Lucifer and Lucifer as well do not have such a resurrected temporal body and remain only as a Spirit Body and a lower rudimentary
level of intelligence far below any kingdom of glory and even below and subject to those resurrected without any kingdom of
glory.
Bodies Celestial
Of the various final destinations of man in the eternities it would seem that we currently know most concerning the Celestial
Kingdom of God. This would seem proper as it is that Kingdom of the highest glory with God that we all ought to have as our
aspirations to obtains and to live there in the presence of God. And while there is three major degrees of Glory, Celestial,
Terrestrial and Telestial; even the Celestial is said to have three levels within it as well.
"IN the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees;
"And in order to obtain the highest, a man must enter into this order of the priesthood [meaning the new and deverlasting covenant
of marriage];
"And if he does not, he cannot obtain it.
"He may enter into the other, but that is the end of his kingdom; he cannot have an increase." ~ D&C Section 131:1-4
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Some have seemed to twist what is exactly said here to make it seem that the Celestial Glory has three separate 'worlds' within
it. That is not true. There is one Celestial World and they are ocuppied together by all those who obtain this kingdom and glory.
What is different is the roles, designs and purposes played. Those who are not participants in Celestial Marriage are still
able to enter the Celestial Kingdom with those that are participants in celestial marriage. They just are not marriage, which
is the state of God. And do not have those blessings and posterity as God does have.
Concering the Celestial Realm and those who obstaind a Celestial Body and a Celestial Body, there are three levels of Celestial
Glory. To obtain the 'top' or first level of the Celestial Kingdom, on has to have had a Celestial Marriage and become as the
Gods of Procreation as joined Husband and Wife, Gods and Goddesses, Kings and Queens, Priest and Priestesses for ever. Beyond
that not much is said concerning just who is and what their final condition is other than that they are of a Celestial Order and
Glory as well. Concerning this final resurrection and Celestial Glory assigned the Doctrine and Covenants states:
"And the spirit and the body are the soul of man.
"And the resurrection from the dead is the redemption of the soul.
"And the redemption of the soul is through him that quickeneth all things, in whose bosom it is decreed that the poor and the
meek of the earth shall inherit it.
"Therefore, it must needs be sanctified from all unrighteousness, that it may be prepared for the celestial glory;
"For after it hath filled the measure of its creation, it shall be crowned with glory, even with the presence of God the Father;
"That bodies who are of the celestial kingdom may possess it forever and ever; for, for this intent was it made and created, and
for this intent are they sanctified.
"And they who are not sanctified through the law which I have given unto you, even the law of Christ, must inherit another
kingdom, even that of a terrestrial kingdom, or that of a telestial kingdom.
"For he who is not able to abide the law of a celestial kingdom cannot abide a ccelestial glory." ~
D&C Section 88:15-22 ~
One fact of the resurrection is that after such period of 'death' as the separation of the mortal temporal body and the separation
from it of the Spirit Body with its Intelligence, that disembodied spirit will in the resurrection be restored to its proper
perferectly framed body of flesh and bones, never to be separated again. And thus that resurrected 'spirit' and 'body' do become
the 'Soul of Man' of what man consists of forever. And though the 'soul' of man at the time of his first spirit birth when the
Spirit Body of shape and form was first united with the eternal spirit of Intelligence, becomeing a living soul of Spirit Body and
Intelligence — even though that everlasting union of Spirit Body and Intelliegence was then and thence the spoken of 'soul'
of man, that was not the ultimate attainment of man as a living soul. Thus in the resurrection the living 'soul' of man then
becomes the forever united temporal body of flesh and bones coupled with the Spirit Body with its Intelligence. The first being
the living soul of man as Spirit Body and Intelligence, the last being the living soul of lman as Immortal Temporaly Body of flesh
and bone coupled with the first living soul of Spirit Body and Intelligence combined. The 'first' living soul not being as great
as the final living soul of man, as that final living Soul of man has obtained the final state of the soul of man with what is to
be the glorified Temporal Eternal Body forever combined with its Spirit Body and ever eternal Spirit of Intelligence. Both
conditions being that of the living soul of man, the one being first and the last being forever and ever the final state of the
living soul of man.
And though the resurrection may come at the beginning of the Millennial duration, that is in the morning of the First Resurrection,
the process until the final glorified state of the etenal resurrected body is not fully and completely finished until it does,
after the final judgment at the end of the Millennium, enter into its eternal Gloried Kingdom. For those of the Celestial Glory,
the earth after being not so 'Celestialized' until after the end of the Millennium and the final judgment, will inherit this
Gloried earth, it being accepted into the presence of God forever, and this Celestial World will be theirs forever and ever. Until
that finalized matter of Celestial Beings inheriting their Celestial World the complete process of he Celestialization of man
will not be finished. It beig a process of time and final fulfillment, one last 'giant step' of Celestial Beings inheriting
forever their final Glorified Celestial World. And though to mortal man that process of 1,000 years many seem to be counted as
a long length of time, to God and times of God, it is but as the passage of one day, a day of God being as a 1,000 years in
the limited timing of man. Yet in terms of eternity it is but a day or one relatively 'short' period of 'time.'
Now though stated as to the Celetial Glory, these times and seasons by also in likewise be adapted to the events of
those you are of a Terrestrial Glory and those who are of a Telestial Glory, with allow differences understood to be
in effect also as will here have be states as to the other Kingdoms of Glory and as to final desposition to that who
are most rebellious and wicked still.
Bodies Terrestrial
Now those who will inherit a Terrestrial Glory, as they may be honorable men and will like, their Celestial destianed counterparts
of Celestial Glory, both will be resurrected into the Millennial age and both will live on earth during the Millennium for that
period over which Lucifer will be bound and not allowed to tempt or beguile man. The earth being said to be in a Terrestial state
during the Millenium, but in terms of the earth and the final Terrestrial Glory, that is not the final Glory of the earth nor
that Terrestial Kingdom of which those of the Terrestrial Kingdom will inherit forever. That Terrestial Kingdom and Glory with
be that of another place that the Celestial Earth.
Now this may well be that of some question between those of the Terrestrial and that of the Celestial during the Millennium.
That is with the one possibly considering 'they have arrived' as inheriting the earth though yet the final judgment to come.
But finalization will have not arrived until after the end of the Millennial period and thr final assignment to Kingdoms of
Glory have arrived. It may be, while the fuller valiant in the Lord are teaching the Celestial order to men in the Millenniuam
those of the Terrestrial order, though they will and do accept Christ, they will 'relatively reject' the higher more valiant
order of the Celestial, determining in themselves that they are not having to so commit themselves to it in order to be
save in Jesus. Which will be true as far as it goes, but will not be the fullness of the Celestial Kingdom and Glory of God.
We do know that their selection of their Terrestrial glory will be a matter and function of their own free agency and choice.
Just as Lucifer and his angels did freely select to rebel against God and God's selected Redeeming Lord, Jehovah as Jesus
Christ, so by that same free agency choice will those of the Terrestrial World and Glory, choose it rather than being fully
and wholely committed to the Celestial Laws. In short, it will be their own free agency choice not to live and comply to and
with the celestial law. They will not have properly responded to the promptings of the Holy Spirit and will have brought
themselves to the Terrestrial order.
Bodies Telestial
Those of the telestial glory will have rebelled and lived and remained in that state of not having lived by the more
righteous laws of the terrestrial or celestial laws. They will not be resurrected until at the end of the Millennium
in preparation for their final judgment into the Telestial Kingdom(s) of the glories of the stars and the so distinguich
glories as one star differs from the other stars in their glory (1 Corinthians15:41-42).
Those of the telestial glory will have remained after their death in the confines of the 'spirit prison.' Just what type of
confines can only be imagined. Though the most likely are not those of prison bars, neither are they awarded the same
associations with those who are of Paradise of the realms and associations with celestial and terrestrial bound spirits.
We have learned that it is a matter of ordinance performance that does confine these from such advancements in their destined
glories. Many have reacted to being 'freed' once their temple ordinances of proxy have been completed. And that they are
anxiously waiting for the time when those ordiances are completed for them. And thus we are schooled that the temples will be
running 24-7 so to speak during the Millennium until all those ordiances are performed for the dead. One would think and
considered that thus as these are completed and the souls of those who accept them are so freed and released, that if they
do qualify for an advanced kingdom of Glory they too will be thus resurrected and all through the Millennium as well.
One notion is that thus the First Resurrection as preached, will extended throughout the Millennium until all this work has
been done that those who died without the opportunities of such in life, many be judged even as those who have had that
previlege afforded them. That is even judged as the living are judged and not of a lesser judgment only becuase of the lack
of opportinity so lost because of condition and circumstance. One good brother whom I trust on a spiritual level related he
had a dream where in the resurrection of the death did proceed as though as the waves of the ocean coming forth from the
ocean. And so as on through the Millennium they would come when and as their ordiances, accepted by them in the intends of
their hearts are so completed for them. That is the importance of Temple Work and the results that it brings to the souls
of those who have died and are but waiting in the spirit world 'prisons' until such are done and completed for them.
Thus though a soul should not be resurrected on the very first day and moment of the openning of the Millennium, none ought
to be counted as lost until all the work is done and completed throughout the Millenium either! Logically those souls will
continue to come forth as it is in waves as called forth by the Lord and as the capacities of the work being done for them
is completed both in their acceptance and qualifying for it and it also being completed for them. Certainly my father is
busy teaching those spirits in prison, as we understand that he is, for some good reason of importance, else why is it all
being done, both the teaching of them and the temple work being done for them?
Bodies Without Glory
The sin against the Holy Ghost is the unforgiveable sin. And thouogh such will be resurrected, none of them will be resurrect
to any kingdom of Glory. Such has be considers as the judgement of Cain and of Judas. Judas knew that Jesus was the Christ by
the witness of the Holy Ghost in the very presence of the Lord Jesus Christ who is the same as Jehovah. So did Cain speak with
God himself before and after he murdered his brother Abel to get gain. He knew the truth of the Lord God Jehovah in personal
witness and the confirming witness of the Holy Spirit and yet he rebelled against God. Such Lucifer himself did, he actually
being present with them in heaven. So are the fates of those who are the sons of perdition. They have no kingdom of glory
given to them. And though such as Cain and Judah will be resurrected, their body nor they will receive any kindom of glory and
only be left to rule over Lucifer and his angels, that having the advancement of having a body of flesh and bone while those
of Lucifer and his demon angels do not and never will have such.
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