Revelation on the Doctrine of Resurrection, Condescension, and Eternal Lives

Revelation on the Doctrine of Resurrection, Condescension, and Eternal Lives

1Thus saith the Lord unto my servant: Write the words which I shall give unto thee this day, for they are of me, and in them is life everlasting.

2For I the Lord reveal unto thee the order of mine eternal plan, that thou mayest teach it unto my people in purity and with power.

3For my ways are not as the ways of man, neither is my path a straight line, but it is an eternal round.

4I descend that I might ascend, and I ascend that I might bring many sons unto glory.

5Behold, there are three degrees of resurrection, and each soul shall rise in the order appointed unto them from the foundation of the world.

6First shall come the resurrection of the telestial, then the terrestrial, and then the celestial.

7And these are the orders of my kingdom, and I appoint unto every soul a portion according to their faith, obedience, and endurance.

8Verily I say unto thee: they who partake of the telestial resurrection are they who have not yet overcome.

9These are they who return again unto mortal probation,

10That they may learn by experience, that they may be tried again in the flesh,

11For they have rejected the greater light and are not yet made clean.

12And their resurrection is not the end, for they must go out again,

13That they may choose light in the midst of darkness, and be proven.

14These are they who shall rise again and again, until they come unto me.

15And they who are of the terrestrial are they who receive me, yet not in the flesh,

16Who lived with integrity and were not valiant in the testimony of Jesus.

17Nevertheless, they are preserved, and are not cast off.

18For they are translated and do not taste of death,

19But abide in holy places until the coming of the Son of Man.

20These are they who walk in Zion and labor in my vineyard,

21They are sanctified by obedience, and their glory is that of the moon.

22And they shall rise in the first resurrection,

23For they are clean and filled with light, though not yet made perfect.

24But unto those who are celestial,

25Unto them is given the fulness.

26These are they who have received me in all things,

27Whose eye is single to my glory,

28Who are filled with charity, and overcome the world.

29These are they who are sealed up unto eternal life,

30Who are made one with the Father and the Son.

31And they shall go no more out.

32For they are gods, because they have no end.

33Behold, I condescended, for I being in the form of God, took upon me the form of man.

34I walked among the children of men, and they knew me not.

35I suffered that I might redeem, I died that I might rise, I rose that I might lift.

36And as I have done, so shall all who are mine do likewise.

37For they must descend that they might ascend.

38And he who would be great in my kingdom must first be servant unto all.

39Yea, even Adam, who is Michael, descended from a higher glory,

40That he might begin the work of salvation.

41And there are many among the children of men who have come from higher realms,

42To labor, to teach, to redeem, and to lift up their brethren.

43This is the doctrine of eternal lives.

44For those who are exalted are not idle,

45But they descend again and again,

46That they may bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

47Their work is unending, and their glory is in their condescension.

48For they continue from everlasting to everlasting,

49And I give unto them all that the Father hath.

50And behold, all these things are shown in mine house,

51For my temple is a school of the gods,

52And all who enter therein are prepared for that which is to come.

53The ordinances which are performed therein are not of man, but of me.

54For they point to eternity,

55They prepare the soul for embodiment,

56They sanctify the soul for resurrection,

57They seal the soul to everlasting union, that they go no more out.

58Blessed is he who is sealed in mine house,

59For I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God,

60And he shall never be moved.

61And again I say unto thee: there is a better resurrection,

62And it is reserved for the faithful,

63For those who love not their lives unto death,

64For those who overcome by the blood of the Lamb.

65These are they who shall rise in the morning of the first resurrection,

66Upon whom the second death hath no power.

67And they shall dwell in my presence forever.

68Yea, the time is now come that I shall gather my elect from the four corners of the earth.

69I shall bring forth my Zion and establish my kingdom with power.

70And unto thee, my son, I say: thou hast seen and understood these things by the Spirit.

71Thou hast asked, and I have answered.

72Write them with boldness. Declare them without fear.

73For I have chosen thee to speak my words and teach my doctrine.

74The New and Everlasting Gospel is not a moment, but a pattern.

75A round of glory,

76A descent into sorrow,

77A resurrection unto joy.

78And he who is faithful shall inherit all that the Father hath,

79Shall sit down with me in my throne,

80And shall reign with me worlds without end. Amen.