Lucifer (Satan) and those who chose to follow him were cast out of heaven and denied the opportunity to have physical bodies. Revelation 12:7–9 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found [...]
“I Lay Down My Life, That I Might Take It Again” John 10:17–18 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I [...]
“I Was Answered That I Must Join None of Them, for They Were All Wrong” Joseph Smith—History 1:18–19 18 My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so [...]
Through the Atonement, We Will All Be Resurrected Doctrine and Covenants 93:33–34 33 For man is spirit. The elements are eternal, and spirit and element, inseparably connected, receive a fulness of joy; 34 And when separated, man cannot receive a fulness of joy. Elder Paul V. Johnson said: “The Resurrection is brought to pass by [...]
“I Saw Two Personages” Joseph Smith—History 1:14–17 14 So, in accordance with this, my determination to ask of God, I retired to the woods to make the attempt. It was on the morning of a beautiful, clear day, early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty. It was the first time in my [...]