The First Vision Teaches Us about the True Nature of God the Father and Jesus Christ Joseph Smith—History 1:17 17 . . . When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by [...]
The Fall Was a Necessary Event in God’s Plan of Happiness 2 Nephi 2:22–24 22 And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen, but he would have remained in the garden of Eden. And all things which were created must have remained in the same state in which they were [...]
“Follow Me, and Do the Things Which Ye Have Seen Me Do” 2 Nephi 31:12 12 And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye [...]
Truths Revealed by the First Vision Joseph Smith—History 1:16–17 16 But, exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction—not to an imaginary [...]
The consequences for eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil were (1) physical death (mortality: the capacity for the spirit to separate from the mortal body); and (2) spiritual death (separation from God’s presence). Genesis 2:16–17 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the [...]