Heaven

This Term has several meanings in the scriptures: It is, first of all, the place where God lives and the future home of the saints (Gen. 28:12; Ps.11:4; Matt.6:9).

It also means the expanse around the earth, as the heavens (Gen. 1:1, 17; Ex. 24:10).

It is usually thought of as being “up”= ;, or above the earth (cf. Alma 18:30-32).

In the sense of being God’s home and the ultimate place for the faithful, it is clearly distinguished from paradise, which is the temporary abode of the faithful spirits of persons who have lived and died on this earth. Jesus visited paradise after his death on the cross, but on the third day thereafter, he informed Mary that he had not yet been to the Father (see Luke 23:39-44; Jo= hn 20: 17).

Heaven, in the broad sense, is everything that is not Hell. Or some might say that Hell is everything that is not Heaven.

The World at large means this when they say Heaven. They think of Heaven or Hell. Doesn't seem to be a third choice.

Also, All three degrees of Glory, are, in the Bro= ad Sense, Heaven. The World at large knows nothing about these 3 degrees.

Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave,&= nbsp; Clean, Reverent, Good Citizen, Good person, Good Parent, Good Spouse, Good Neighbor, Do what you say and say what you do …………………………̷= 0;

3. Baptism by immersion for the remission of your sins, by someone having the Authority, from Jesus Christ, to do so.

If you live worthy of these things, The above will get you into the Lowest Degree of the Celestial Kingdom.

To gain the 2^nd Degree of the Celestial Kingdom, do all of the above AND you must go through the Temple and receive your Endowments.

To gain the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom you must, do all of the above AND live the “New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage”.

To Me, and I think to Latter Day Saints in General, this “Highest Degree of the Celestial Kingdom” is “Heaven”.

Anything less is NOT Heaven, it is falling short, it is NOT what the Church is all about. If being an Angel is all you want then you don’t need this church. There are a lot of fine churches that are teaching you to= be an Angel.

Only this church is teaching and preaching and leading you to Godhood – “The highest Degree of the Celestial Kingdom". Only there can you have Eternal Life. Only there can you have Eternal Increase. Only there can you have your dear beloved Spouse and all the wonderful Childre= n that you pro-create, forever more.

All others will be sole and separate beings. All other will be servants, doing the will and bidding of those that have achieved the Highest Degree of Celestial Glory.

This is Eternal Life. This is Exaltation, This is to have the unlimited Joy and Happiness of Creating Worlds and Universes and People and helping them to have all the wonderful Joy and Happiness that you have.

This is Happiness and Joy beyond your wildest dreams, for you and yours, forever more.

If there were some way for each of us to see and/or feel, for even just a moment, the Happiness and Joy that Our Heavenly Parents NOW enjoy and is waiting for Us, we would do ANYTHING to achieve it:

This Plain and Precious Truth was taken out of the Bible. Not until we got the Book of Mormon, which gave us back our Bible, did we, the children of God, know about this.

Remember, Jesus Christ was trying to tell the peo= ple about all of this but they rejected him and they KILLED him. They then proceeded to kill his Apostles and the faithful Member’s of his church until there was none of them left. The Knowledge and Power of God was taken from the Earth. We then had the “Dark Ages”. Finally, in the 1800’s, the time had come for the light and power to be restored so that now we know about the Highest Degree of the Celestial Kingdom and that we, you and me, can be and should be, all that God is.

To Wendell, Heaven and Exaltation are the same thing, the highest Degree of the Celestial Kingdom.

To Wendell, Heaven and Eternal Live are the same thing, the highest Degree of the Celestial Kingdom.

To Wendell, Heaven and Happiness are the same thing, the highest Degree of the Celestial Kingdom.

To have them&nbs= p; -- ya gotta want them<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> -- want them so bad that you will "Choose the Right" "Follow the Prophet" "Learn, Live, Like the Commandments of God"

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