Premortal Life, Afterlife & Eschatology
Covers the LDS understanding of where we came from, why we're here, and where we're going — premortal existence, degrees of glory, the spirit world, the Second Coming, and responses to rapture theology.
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Analyzes Daniel's prophecy of the stone cut without hands (Daniel 2) and other Danielic prophecies as evidence of the Restoration. Shows how these prophecies fit the LDS timeline better than any other fulfillment.
Biblical analysis of the LDS doctrine of three degrees of glory (Celestial, Terrestrial, Telestial). Covers 1 Corinthians 15, 2 Corinthians 12, and early Christian statements about multiple heavenly kingdoms.
Covers the biblical and early Christian evidence for a premortal life. Includes Jeremiah 1:5, Job 38, and early Church Father statements supporting the concept that spirits exist before mortal birth.
Compares the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory with the LDS concept of Spirit Prison. Shows significant overlap in the idea of post-mortal progression, and why LDS temple work for the dead is the more complete expression of this principle.
Shows that the 'rapture' as taught in evangelical dispensationalism is a 19th-century invention without biblical foundation. Covers the historical development of rapture theology and the biblical picture of the Second Coming.
Overview of LDS eschatology — the Second Coming, the Millennium, resurrection, and final judgment. Compares LDS teaching with popular evangelical dispensationalism.