See also Premortal Life

God’s premortal ordination of his valiant spirit children to fulfill certain missions during their mortal lives.

God set the bounds of the people, Deut. 32: 8. Before I formed thee in the belly I ordained thee a prophet, Jer. 1: 5. God determined the times before appointed, Acts 17: 26. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate, Rom. 8: 28-30. He has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, Eph. 1: 3-4. Jesus Christ was foreordained to be the Redeemer, 1 Pet. 1: 19-20 (Rev. 13: 8). They were called and prepared from the foundation of the world, Alma 13: 1-9. I observed the noble and great ones who were chosen in the beginning, D&C 138: 55-56. My Beloved Son was chosen from the beginning, Moses 4: 2. Abraham was chosen before he was born, Abr. 3: 23.