with many doors surrounding us
and we need to make a choice.
This is our agency;
these doors are our options.
God is the Father of Our Spirits:
Let us make man in our own image
after our likeness.
-Genesis 1:26
In order for this whole Plan of Salvation to start, there had to be a beginning, a creation. And so, it was done. In order to receive a human body, there had to be a beginning. The beginning of this story is quite well known. In 2Nephi 2:12 it says, “Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing of naught; wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation. Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God and his eternal purposes, and also the power, and the mercy, and the justice of God.” I personally love verse 13 too, because of its argument. “And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there is no sin. If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say there is no righteousness. And if there be no righteousness there be no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor happiness there be no punishment nor misery. And if these things are not there is no God. And if there is no God we are not, neither the earth; for there could have been no creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away.” It really is as simple as that. If there were no God, there would be no earth, no life, nothing. With this creation, however, came into existence two very well known beings: Adam and Eve. In Alma, chapter 18, verse 36 there is a record of Ammon speaking of the creation: “Now when Ammon had said these words, he began at the creation of the world, and also the creation of Adam, and told him all the things concerning the fall of man…”
In the scriptures, it is noted that Jesus Christ was basically delegated to create the world on behalf of our Heavenly Father. This is found in 3Nephi 9:15- “Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God. I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are. I was with the Father from the beginning. I am in the Father and the Father in me; and in me hath the Father glorified his name.” But, what is the Father and the Son without the Great Spirit? In Alma 22:11 it is said, “Yea, I believe that the Great Spirit created all things.” Heavenly Father had his work cut out for him creating the Plan of Salvation and its momentum henceforth, therefore, it was a group effort of sorts to bring to pass the creation of the world and mankind.
And there we have it-- a basic overview of the Pre-mortal aspect of the Plan of Salvation.
Any questions?
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