Dallin H. Oaks

For example: “He who is not able to abide the law of a celestial kingdom cannot abide a celestial glory. “And he who cannot abide the law of a terrestrial kingdom cannot abide a terrestrial glory. “And he who cannot abide the law of a telestial kingdom cannot abide a telestial glory” (D&C 88:22–24). In other words, the kingdom of glory to which the Final Judgment assigns us is not determined by love but by the law that God has invoked in His plan to qualify us for eternal life, “the greatest of all the gifts of God” (D&C 14:7).

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > November 2009

Dallin H. Oaks

For example: “He who is not able to abide the law of a celestial kingdom cannot abide a celestial glory. “And he who cannot abide the law of a terrestrial kingdom cannot abide a terrestrial glory. “And he who cannot abide the law of a telestial kingdom cannot abide a telestial glory” (D&C 88:22–24). In other words, the kingdom of glory to which the Final Judgment assigns us is not determined by love but by the law that God has invoked in His plan to qualify us for eternal life, “the greatest of all the gifts of God” (D&C 14:7).

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 2009

W. Jeffrey Marsh

It is interesting, however, to note the change in the first beatitude, because that is how the mortal Messiah began His magnificent sermon to proclaim the higher law: “Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit, who come unto me; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Inspired Version, Matt. 5:5; compare KJV, Matt. 5:3).

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 1999

Spencer W. Kimball

A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage. “It is to our advantage to take good care of the blessings God bestows upon us; if we pursue the opposite course, we cut off the power and glory God designs we should inherit.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 1976

Marion G. Romney

You will recall Abraham’s saying that in the spirit world the Lord promised that “they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; … and they who keep their second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever.” We know that we kept our first estate because we are here in mortality, and by receiving our bodies we have been added upon. We further know that the gospel teaches us how we must keep this, our second estate, in order that in the next life, the third estate, we may “have glory added upon [our] heads for ever and ever.” Only those of us who are members of the Church know of these great eternal truths relating to who we are.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > September 1984

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The Savior did not care for the honors of men; Satan offered Him all the kingdoms and glory of the world, and Jesus rejected the offer immediately and completely.3 Throughout His life, the Savior must have often felt tired and pressed upon, with scarcely a moment to Himself; yet He always made time for the sick, the sorrowful, and the overlooked. When we stand close together and lift where we stand, when we care more for the glory of the kingdom of God than for our own prestige or pleasure, we can accomplish so much more.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > November 2008

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The Savior did not care for the honors of men; Satan offered Him all the kingdoms and glory of the world, and Jesus rejected the offer immediately and completely.3 Throughout His life, the Savior must have often felt tired and pressed upon, with scarcely a moment to Himself; yet He always made time for the sick, the sorrowful, and the overlooked. When we stand close together and lift where we stand, when we care more for the glory of the kingdom of God than for our own prestige or pleasure, we can accomplish so much more.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 2008

Dallin H. Oaks

An unschooled boy, seeking knowledge from the ultimate source, saw two personages of indescribable brightness and glory and heard one of them say, while pointing to the other, “This is My Beloved Son.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 1995

Quentin L. Cook

Quentin L. Cook Liahona May 2009 This mortal life can constitute a difficult journey, but the destination is truly glorious. Christ expressed this to His disciples: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > May 2009

Quentin L. Cook

Quentin L. Cook Ensign May 2009 This mortal life can constitute a difficult journey, but the destination is truly glorious. Christ expressed this to His disciples: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 2009

D. Todd Christofferson

By this ordinance, we become part of the covenant people of the Lord and heirs of the celestial kingdom of God. If we are faithful to the covenants made there, we become inheritors not only of the celestial kingdom but of exaltation, the highest glory within the heavenly kingdom, and we obtain all the divine possibilities God can give (see D&C 132:20).

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > May 2009

D. Todd Christofferson

By this ordinance, we become part of the covenant people of the Lord and heirs of the celestial kingdom of God. If we are faithful to the covenants made there, we become inheritors not only of the celestial kingdom but of exaltation, the highest glory within the heavenly kingdom, and we obtain all the divine possibilities God can give (see D&C 132:20).

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 2009

It means to be resurrected and go to any of the kingdoms of glory. These refer to inheritances in these respective kingdoms of glory.

Gospel Library > Magazines > New Era > April 1971

Robert J. Woodford

Later he ascended into heaven, where he reigns in power and authority. 21 He has received a fulness of all that the Father has: a fulness of glory, of power, of truth, and of joy. 22 Perhaps the greatest message in the Doctrine and Covenants about Jesus Christ and his mission, so far as we are concerned, is that he is still involved in the affairs of mankind.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 1997

M. Russell Ballard

M. Russell Ballard Ensign June 1998 In preparing to speak to you today, my thoughts went back to several years ago when I tried my hand for the first time at writing a book. For years I had felt the need for a book about the Church that would explain

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > June 1998

The Lord’s promise is that all who do repent will receive a kingdom of glory, according to his judgment of their works. Even those who merit no kingdom of glory will be resurrected, for Christ’s atonement broke the bands of death for all mankind.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > April 1986

Bruce R. McConkie

It is marvelous, almost beyond belief, that mere mortals can begin to comprehend him who is eternal, can know of a surety of things past, present, and future, and can have the assurance of an eternal inheritance with immortal beings who dwell in everlasting glory. See D&C 128:20–21.) Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon, on February 16, 1832, at Hiram, Ohio, saw in vision the kingdoms of glory in the eternal world and received such an outpouring of grace and truth as has seldom come to mortal men.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 1978

L. Tom Perry

President Wilford Woodruff once taught us: “The God of heaven, who created this earth and placed his children upon it, gave unto them a law whereby they might be exalted and saved in a kingdom of glory. For there is a law given unto all kingdoms, and all things are governed by law throughout the whole universe.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 1990

Dallin H. Oaks

For Latter-day Saints, being “saved” can also mean being saved or delivered from the second death (meaning the final spiritual death) by assurance of a kingdom of glory in the world to come (see 1 Cor. 15:40–42). The prophet Brigham Young taught that doctrine when he declared that “every person who does not sin away the day of grace, and become an angel to the Devil, will be brought forth to inherit a kingdom of glory” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young [1997], 288).

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 1998

Neal A. Maxwell

No wonder we will not complain at the final judgment, especially since even the telestial kingdom’s glory “surpasses all understanding” (D&C 76:89). However, in contrast to God’s merciful plan for our joy and glory, Satan “[desires] that all men might be miserable like unto himself” (2 Ne. 2:27).

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 1996