Category: Three Degrees of Glory
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Are Mormonism’s Three Heavenly Kingdoms Biblical?
Mormonism and Christianity teach vastly different things about the afterlife. Are there really three different degrees of glory?
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The Book of Mormon and Three Degrees of Glory
By Bill McKeever Note: The following was originally printed in the September/October 2020 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. A criticism that I share with many Christians is the lack of unique Mormon doctrine in the Book of Mormon. If Nephites really existed, why is it we do not see them believing…
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Doesn’t the Apostle Paul Say There Were Three Degrees of Glory?
The following is from chapter 30 in Answering Mormons’ Questions (Kregel, 2013). To get additional help in answering LDS questions, we recommend purchasing the book. Click here to see more. The three heavens described in Doctrine and Covenants section 76 are called the celestial, terrestrial, and telestial kingdoms. First Corinthians 15:40–41 is used to support…
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Crash Course Mormonism: Kingdoms of Glory
After a person dies and the millennium is complete, judgment will take place and all humans will be assigned to one of three kingdoms of glory for eternity. Those kingdoms are the celestial, the terrestrial, and the telestial kingdoms. Telestial kingdom The lowest kingdom is compared in D&C 76 to the glory is that of the lesser,…
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Kingdoms of Glory (Defined)
Kingdoms of Glory. The three possible eternal destinations of humankind known as the celestial, terrestrial and telestial kingdoms. A common verse used to support this unique LDS teaching is 2 Corinthians 12:2. Return to dictionary here.
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2 Corinthians 12:2: Are there three Kingdoms of Glory?
Mormons use this verse to explain their three kingdoms of heaven, which they call the celestial, terrestrial, and telestial kingdoms. According to this view, everyone who dies will eventually make it to one of these three kingdoms. However, Paul was merely explaining how he ascended (probably in a visionary state) into the presence of the…
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John 14:2: Are there 3 Kingdoms of Glory?
According to Mormonism, there are three kingdoms of heaven called the celestial, terrestrial, and telestial kingdoms. This verse, used with 1 Cor 15:40, is often referenced to support this teaching. However, such an interpretation is incorrect for several reasons. First, Jesus was comparing heaven to a house with many “dwelling places,” an example that Jesus’s…
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Terrestrial Kingdom (Defined)
Terrestrial Kingdom. The middle kingdom of glory to which honorable non-Mormons are assigned after death. The residents of this kingdom will be visited by Jesus Christ but will be separated from God the Father throughout eternity. Explained twelfth President Spencer W. Kimball: “Lukewarm Saints get terrestrial glory. The terrestrial kingdom will not be enjoyed by the…
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Telestial Kingdom (Defined)
Telestial Kingdom. The lowest kingdom of glory to which “liars, sorcerers, adulterers and whoremongers” are assigned for eternity after death. The residents of this kingdom will be visited by the Holy Ghost, but not by the Father or the Son. According to a church manual, “Also in the spirit prison are those who rejected the…
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Celestial Kingdom (Defined)
Celestial kingdom. The highest kingdom of glory in the LDS concept of heaven, available only to Mormons who exhibited complete obedience to LDS laws and ordinances during their entire lifetimes. This is the only kingdom of glory where one may enjoy the presence of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Within the Celestial kingdom there are…