Endless Galaxies, The Never Ending Love of God
The scriptures speak to us in terms that seem ancient and unscientific. In reality, though they introduce us to the knowledge of beings that reign in the eternal and infinite heavens. They would be fully acquainted with every aspect of science. Is not our science just a subset of God's science?
Powerful, modern telescopes demonstrate how endless the galaxies are and yet traditional Christian scholars produced a theology that concluded that God was a one planet creator insofar as human salvation is concerned. Why did they place such a limit on God? We are no longer limited to the views that the naked eye can behold on a clear night as vast and marvellous as they are, but one that is almost incomprehensible, almost as it were a lens into eternity.
Powerful, modern telescopes demonstrate how endless the galaxies are and yet traditional Christian scholars produced a theology that concluded that God was a one planet creator insofar as human salvation is concerned. Why did they place such a limit on God? We are no longer limited to the views that the naked eye can behold on a clear night as vast and marvellous as they are, but one that is almost incomprehensible, almost as it were a lens into eternity.
Religious philosophies and theologies have been heavily influenced by the opinions and limited viewpoints of scholars and philosophers. They profess not any communication from God but limit him to their viewpoints of what they think the scriptures say. The Bible for them is the limit of God's word and they have appointed themselves without authority or revelation to be the spokesman, not for God but for the Bible.
These individuals and their collective influence have given an image of a divine being that operates and creates on a random basis. To them, deity is experimenting with such precepts as free will, pre-determination or pre-destination on pawn like creations brought into existence out of nothing. They say that this earth is it so far as saving souls is concerned and other creations in the heavens are simply a random offshoot of some singular event.
God has called modern day prophets to give us eternal understanding about who we are and why creation is not limited to a single phase of a single earth. We no longer need to live in doubt and darkness trying to understand the limitations of the opinions of scholars who have long debated what the scriptures say and mean. Professional religionists and seminaries have perpetuated the incomprehensible single planet deity of the 4th century AD. They developed their narratives around these strange doctrines that dominate mainstream Christian theology.
These individuals and their collective influence have given an image of a divine being that operates and creates on a random basis. To them, deity is experimenting with such precepts as free will, pre-determination or pre-destination on pawn like creations brought into existence out of nothing. They say that this earth is it so far as saving souls is concerned and other creations in the heavens are simply a random offshoot of some singular event.
God has called modern day prophets to give us eternal understanding about who we are and why creation is not limited to a single phase of a single earth. We no longer need to live in doubt and darkness trying to understand the limitations of the opinions of scholars who have long debated what the scriptures say and mean. Professional religionists and seminaries have perpetuated the incomprehensible single planet deity of the 4th century AD. They developed their narratives around these strange doctrines that dominate mainstream Christian theology.
To what end does all of this take us? What is this heavenly goal that orthodox religionists so actively preach about? If heaven is a state of bliss, what causes such bliss? Will we be actively engaged in some prospect of eternal creation patterned after the family as Mormons teach, or turned into genderless creatures forever on a euphoric high that deity somehow imputes into those that make it to heaven? The scriptures speak of becoming kings and queens. Kings and queens over what? Limited kingdoms of random pawn like robots created out of nothing, or creators and nurturers of eternal souls?
Why is it that according to orthodox theologians this essence of perfect intelligence referred to as the Trinity and all its notions of all power cannot create a perfect society of people? Why would it, this god, make us unlike it is? The Bible does say we are created in the image of God. Why would it create at all if it already existed in a state of perpetual bliss and order?
The religious scholars refer to deity as a male. That is what the scriptures say, but that isn't what orthodox scholars believe. Their doctrinal positions contradict their statements. Their doctrinal essays and theological statements conclude that the trinity of creedal origin is, in fact, a genderless being due to its incorporeal nature. The term they use is that deity "transcends" gender. They do this because they do not understand the true nature of God.
The religious scholars refer to deity as a male. That is what the scriptures say, but that isn't what orthodox scholars believe. Their doctrinal positions contradict their statements. Their doctrinal essays and theological statements conclude that the trinity of creedal origin is, in fact, a genderless being due to its incorporeal nature. The term they use is that deity "transcends" gender. They do this because they do not understand the true nature of God.
Why did God ordain marriage? Religious scholars say because the Bible says so. The conclusion of these professors of religion is to believe and teach that God is a single, celibate, genderless, incorporeal essence of intelligence. To be in its image would be to also exist as a genderless, incorporeal essence yet the obvious fact is this is not the case.
Why would such a being establish such a thing as marriage between two genders? It would seem that their logic is flawed. Was creating male and female some new idea decided upon in the Garden of Eden? Did God change as the modern and ancient professors of religion seem to profess? How is it that a perfect incorporeal being would come to create chaos in mankind out of perfection that it supposedly possessed?
Why would such a being establish such a thing as marriage between two genders? It would seem that their logic is flawed. Was creating male and female some new idea decided upon in the Garden of Eden? Did God change as the modern and ancient professors of religion seem to profess? How is it that a perfect incorporeal being would come to create chaos in mankind out of perfection that it supposedly possessed?
Mainstream Christian apologists have yet to come up with a rational explanation as to why Jesus, a part of the genderless trinity was a man and born of a woman. Even though resurrected as a man he later becomes part of the trinity again, reverting to some part of the incorporeal essence as it is described.
The revelations to God's modern prophets have dispelled the false notions that God is an essence or that he is genderless. God, the Father is a man and is the father of the human race. To become a father also includes the existence of a mother. Motherhood and fatherhood are not separable so far as creation is concerned. Marriage is his eternal order, not a temporary invention for humans on earth.
Marriage is ordained after the likeness and image of the Gods, male and female. Our heavenly parents are an exalted man and woman. They are Gods as individuals and together form the God of creation of human spirits. It is after their likeness and image, male and female. that we are created. God, the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost form the eternal Godhead that we are familiar with. They are separate beings united in a holy and eternal purpose.
The scholars of orthodox Bible traditions have determined and declared that the vast creations of the heavens are simply collateral to the creation of the earth. A seemingly nonsensical conclusion that the universe exists so that the earth can. The prophet Joseph Smith taught that creation is endless as is God's power to engender souls. We are the natural offspring of a perfect exalted being. We have in our spiritual DNA those elements of eternal power that our eternal parents do. As such we have capabilities we cannot imagine, yet if we walk by faith in the light of the gospel we gain incrementally and begin to see what those capacities are. For this to happen a mortal probation is necessary. That is why we are here on earth.
Marriage is ordained after the likeness and image of the Gods, male and female. Our heavenly parents are an exalted man and woman. They are Gods as individuals and together form the God of creation of human spirits. It is after their likeness and image, male and female. that we are created. God, the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost form the eternal Godhead that we are familiar with. They are separate beings united in a holy and eternal purpose.
The scholars of orthodox Bible traditions have determined and declared that the vast creations of the heavens are simply collateral to the creation of the earth. A seemingly nonsensical conclusion that the universe exists so that the earth can. The prophet Joseph Smith taught that creation is endless as is God's power to engender souls. We are the natural offspring of a perfect exalted being. We have in our spiritual DNA those elements of eternal power that our eternal parents do. As such we have capabilities we cannot imagine, yet if we walk by faith in the light of the gospel we gain incrementally and begin to see what those capacities are. For this to happen a mortal probation is necessary. That is why we are here on earth.
When the time came to form an earth to accomplish this purpose, the Godhead, consisting of The Father, Jesus who is and was Jehovah as a pre-mortal God, and the Holy Ghost acted according to eternal laws formed them means to save and exalt those spirits that would be obedient. Womanhood and manhood are eternal stations of existence on which creation of life is founded.
If God existed in a state of non-opposition he would not be anything. Mainstream theologians have imputed the virtue of love to his essence as a divine trait that he just somehow has. Where then did hate come from if at one point God was the only intelligence in existence?
Orthodox theologians invented the concept of free will to explain why man can hate and do evil and why there is pain and suffering. For them, free will explains why there is a devil. They teach that God essentially made some pawn like creatures or robot creations out of dirt which was also created out of nothing and then gave them free will so they would not be robots but free-thinking individuals. With this gift of free will came evil and suffering.
A faulty part of their logic is that they teach that God continues to make these creatures, or actually has other people make their bodies through sexual expression. He then imputes a spirit to the body and a free will at the same time. This is happening thousands of times a day. Apparently, according to modern Bible scholars, God did not rest after the six days of creation.
If the pattern for developing love is a relationship and if creation is based on a love, then where does it come from? Would it not come from the feelings developed for an eternal companion as they lived and struggled side by side in some endeavor? This is the pattern and order set in the earth by God.
As couples are sealed under eternal priesthood covenants the opportunity exists for those that desire such relationships to be eternal. It requires opposition and testing to develop such a relationship. It would seem most reasonable that for one to be given the power of eternal increase then a great measure of attention must be rendered to the principles and laws by which it is given.
As couples are sealed under eternal priesthood covenants the opportunity exists for those that desire such relationships to be eternal. It requires opposition and testing to develop such a relationship. It would seem most reasonable that for one to be given the power of eternal increase then a great measure of attention must be rendered to the principles and laws by which it is given.
Our individual intelligence is eternal. This is an everlasting spark of light, truth or energy that we do not have much information about it at this time. In this individual intelligence exists the will of mankind as well as their eternal gender. As the will or intelligence is brought under God's powers of creation a spirit is formed consisting of eternal matter and intelligence. This is one part of our soul. As we gain a physical body we then form what we refer to as a soul.
Living in the presence of God in a pre-mortal time we were taught and instructed in some precepts of eternal opposition, the prospects of good and evil. Satan rebelled at that time and was cast out without an opportunity to be born of earthly parents. He is incorporeal as to the flesh but not the spirit. Having rejected the offering of salvation and exaltation, he and those that followed him became opposition to God, his prophets, the saints or followers of God and the prophets and humankind.
The existence of evil and suffering are because every one of us has a will that is independent of God, not given to us by him. Learning to submit our will to God's will is our test and opportunity. he has given us all things pertaining to eternal happiness. The only thing we have to give is our will.
God's love provided a Savior that could redeem us from the fallen state necessary to undergo the growth required to understand the knowledge of good and evil. Only with such knowledge and then choosing good can God's children be exalted. The process is called repentance. It comes when one is humble and aware of their fallen state. Then comes baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide us under this umbrella of grace. Our spiritual nature is changed and we become like our heavenly parents as we obey their precepts.
The redemption and exaltation that God desires to give his children is for them to be like he is. To love as he does. To live as he does with a fullness of joy. That fullness comes from providing an opportunity to his children. We have experienced it to some degree when we have children and nurture them or render service to others in need.
God's attributes of perfection are such because eternal laws and principles define what they are. Without such God would just be a simple declaration of whatever he might deem his will or whim. If his will is not defined in some way by principle and eternal laws, it is simply a whim and no one with any intelligent thought would deem God to be a whimsical being. He is the creator of earth and the galaxies and this he will do eternally and we with him if we so choose to follow.
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