In the Nauvoo temple endowment as organized by Brigham Young the Gods were identified as three in number, that is, Eloheem, Jehovah and Michael. ![]() Who or how many Gods were involved is not known for sure. Outline Relating to the LDS Temple Endowment and the Teachings of Brigham Young Creations Gods: On 8-9 March 1842 Joseph Smith worked on his Book of Abraham, "and they organized and formed, (that is, the Gods,) the heavens and the earth" (Times and Seasons 3 :720, words rearranged in Abraham 4:1). It is a clear doctrinal shift from what is taught today. In this post you will further understand why this is an important issue to understand from Mormonism’s past. In my post Mormon studies of all things Mormon, I came across an excellent explanation of this Mormon doctrinal conundrum from H. The Adam-God doctrine is that Adam *is none other than Heavenly Father*.Įdited 1 time(s). She's repeating standard temple stuff, in which Adam *as Michael* helps to create the earth. Your mom's explanation is not the Adam-God doctrine. It does not say so, in so many words, but I can see that they must be fallen, and for that reason the Lord withdraws his presence from them, and visits them in their hour, and time, and season, and then withdraws from them, leaving them to ponder in their hearts the commandments given them."ĮTA: "And when I told her about the Adam God doctrine she said, 'Yeah, Adam WAS a god and he created the Earth.' WHAT? I didn't know people still believed this." What has the Lord said to us, Latter-day Saints, concerning these planets? He says, all these are kingdoms, to which he has given laws… Why was it necessary, that there should be a withdrawal of the presence of the Lord in visiting the different worlds? I think it was necessary, so far as mortality is concerned, and indicates that the inhabitants of these different planets are fallen, as we are. "…Let us, for a moment, consider the planets of our solar system, namely, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – the great primary planets of our system are these made for nothing? No. Orson Pratt, 1878, Journal of Discourses, Vol. ![]() ![]() Orson Pratt said there are people everywhere.
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