Revelation 12 The Dragon, the Woman, and the Child The narrative that began in chapter 8 and ended in 11 won’t pick up again until Revelation 15 We have three breaks from Revelation 8 to 15 Chapter 12 serves a vital purpose: it gives the reader a deeper understanding ofContinue Reading

This is a great question. I think that this question is complicated for several reasons. President Joseph Fielding Smith said: “We have no scriptural justification . . . for the belief that we had the privilege of choosing our parents and our life companions in the spirit world. This beliefContinue Reading

War in Heaven This term arises out of Revelation 12:7 and refers to the conflict that took place in the premortal existence among the spirit children of God. The war was primarily over how and in what manner the plan of salvation would be administered to the forthcoming human familyContinue Reading

1. “In the pre-mortal world before we left the presence of Heavenly Father, He warned and cautioned us about new experiences we would have in mortality. We knew that we would have a physical body of flesh and bone. Never having been mortal before, we had no experience dealing withContinue Reading

Ultimately the veil of darkness, or forgetfulness, which deprives us of the recollection of our existence in the spirit world before this earth was made and of the acquaintances we had here, will be lifted. Then we will see as we are seen and know as we are known andContinue Reading

The Old Testament manual has some great helps with teaching Lesson 2: “Thou was chosen before thou wast born,” and I wanted to add the following quote by Elder McConkie to my notes on this lesson: Being subject to law, and having their agency, all the spirits of men, whileContinue Reading

Thou Wast Chosen Before Thou Wast Born This lesson clearly lays out that we existed before we came to this earth, that Abraham and other prophets were taught this (see Abraham 3:22-23, Jeremiah 1:5), that Jesus was foreordained to perform the Atonement and be the Savior for all mankind (AbrahamContinue Reading