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	Celestial, Terrestrial, and Telestial Kingdoms - MormonWiki - Mormonism - the LDS Church, Beliefs & Religion
		These kingdoms are where all men and women, with the exception of Sons of Perdition, who will go to Outer Darkness, will go after they are judged of God and resurrected (their spirits reunited with their then immortal bodies).
		The Celestial Kingdom is the highest and most glorious of the degrees of glory and is symbolically represented by the sun.
		The Terrestrial kingdom is symbolically represented as the moon.
	www.mormonwiki.com /Celestial,_Terrestrial,_and_Telestial_Kingdoms (854 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Terrestrial Kingdom
		The Terrestrial Kingdom is the middle of three "degrees of glory," in which the highest or Celestial Kingdom is compared to the sun, the middle or Terrestrial Kingdom is compared to the moon,
		The angels in the Lord's celestial kingdom, from their more interior reception of the Divine of the Lord, far excel in wisdom and glory the angels that are in His spiritual kingdom; for they are in love to the Lord, and consequently are nearer and more closely conjoined to Him.
		The Celestial Kingdom is the residence of God the Father and Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost dwells there.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Terrestrial-Kingdom (734 words)

	The Celestial Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Celestial Kingdom was seen in vision by John the Revelator, Paul, and the Prophet Joseph Smith (Rev. 4:6; 2 Cor.
		Celestial glory comes to those "who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name and were baptized after the manner of his burial, and who overcome by faith, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true" (D&C 76:51-53).
		Within the celestial glory are three levels, and to obtain the highest requires a temple marriage or sealing.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/mormon/celest.html (192 words)

	Heaven and Hell, Chap. 4
		As the angels that constitute the celestial kingdom receive the Divine of the Lord more interiorly they are called interior and also higher angels; and for the same reason the heavens that they constitute are called interior and higher heavens [4.3].
		The love in which those are, who are in the celestial kingdom is called celestial love, and the love in which those are who are in the spiritual kingdom is called spiritual love.
		The angels in the Lord's celestial kingdom, from their more interior reception of the Divine of the Lord, far excel in wisdom and glory the angels that are in His spiritual kingdom; for they are in love to the Lord, and consequently are nearer and more closely conjoined to Him [4.6].
	swedenborg.newearth.org /hh/hh04.html (1311 words)

	Celestial Kingdom
		The Celestial Kingdom was seen in vision by John the Revelator, Paul, and the Prophet Joseph Smith (Rev. 4:6; 2 Cor.
		Celestial glory comes to those "who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name and were baptized after the manner of his burial,…and who overcome by faith, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true" (DandC 76:51-53).
		Within the celestial glory are three levels, and to obtain the highest requires a temple marriage or sealing.
	www.lightplanet.com /mormons/basic/afterlife/celestial_eom.htm (204 words)

	Mormon Temple Family
		Celestial marriage for the deceased will assist the converted spirits who move into paradise and after the resurrection will be able to advance to exaltation in the celestial kingdom.
		The core of this work for entrance into the celestial kingdom is the temple ceremonies for themselves and for the dead which must be performed in order to achieve exaltation.
		The gathering of the family on earth is the Mormon foretaste of the gathering of the celestial existence in the exaltation.
	www.inplainsite.org /html/mormon_temple_family.html (5774 words)

	Celestial images, religious art, and cosmic wallpaper
		"Like crop circles, celestial art is an invitation to transform from limited concepts of ourselves, into more expansive, harmonic, cosmic identities.
		Visionary digital art intended to help transform us inwardly into the cosmic, unbound, and divine beings which we truly are.
		Celestial art is intended to help transform us inwardly into the cosmic, unbound, and divine beings which we truly are.
	www.celestial-art.net (220 words)

	Afterlife - MormonWiki.org
		The issues involved are very complicated, ranging from the salvation and evangelizing of the dead to the question of 'what is necessary to attain the celestial kingdom'.
		The Celestial Kingdom (whose glory is compared to the brightness of the sun in the sky, as its inhabitants have all truth and light) is where the righteous will live with God and with their families.
		Accountable individuals must be baptized and repent to gain entrance to the Celestial Kingdom; Latter-day Saints profess that all children who die before the age of accountability automatically inherit a celestial glory.
	mormonwiki.org /Afterlife (477 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Mormonism, the Celestial Kingdom is the highest of what are believed to be three heavens or heavenly kingdoms, or degrees of glory.
		According to this doctrine, only those who attain the Celestial Kingdom will be united with their families in the eternities.
		It will be the residence of those who have been righteous, accepted the Gospel (Mormonism) and its ordinances and covenants, and lived their lives in harmony with their covenants or received the ordinances and covenants with all their hearts in the spirit world.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Celestial_Kingdom (764 words)

	Celestial Kingdom - Definition, explanation
		Celestial Kingdom has historically referred to a division of heaven and was coined by the controversial Swedish theologian Emanuel Swedenborg in his 1758 book entitled Heaven and Hell.
		According to Smith and Rigdon, the afterworld consists of three "degrees of glory", called the Celestial Kingdom, the Terrestrial Kingdom (terrestrial meaning "earthly"), and the Telestial Kingdom (the word telestial is a neologism not used in other contexts; see its own article for some possible derivations).
		Persons who reach maturity will only be judged by God to be worthy of the Celestial Kingdom if they have performed all required ordinances (baptism, endowment, and sealing), repented of their sins, and remained faithful to the end of their life.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/ce/celestial_kingdom.php (667 words)

	Celestial Marriage & Eternal Exaltation \| Mormonism Research Ministry
		One of the requirements to reach this goal is what Mormons call "celestial marriage." Today celestial marriage is simply defined as a marriage in a Mormon temple designed to last not just until death but throughout all eternity.
		McConkie wrote, "Celestial marriage is the gate to exaltation, and exaltation consists in the continuation of the family unit in eternity.
		Celestial marriage is an absolute necessity to reach this desired goal.
	www.mrm.org /topics/marriage-family/celestial-marriage-eternal-exaltation (832 words)

	Questioning Mormonism: LDS Glossary
		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.
		Within the Celestial kingdom there are three levels, the highest reserved for those who were married in the temple and subsequently obtain Godhood.
		Kingdom of God: The LDS Church designates three definitions for "Kingdom of God": 1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on earth; 2) The ecclesiastical and political kingdom which will be ruled and governed by the LDS Church during the millennium; 3) The Celestial kingdom in the eternal worlds.
	www.answeringlds.org /panGlossary.html (3583 words)

	Degrees of Glory
		The telestial kingdom will be a kingdom of glory for those who chose during their mortal probation to be dishonest, lie, steal, cheat, murder, and all other abominations.
		The terrestrial kingdom is reserved for those who lived a good life, but were not valiant in their testimony of Jesus.
		Those that are sealed and then live lives that are worthy of the celestial kingdom will inherit exaltation and will enjoy life with their family eternally.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/mormonism/68363 (450 words)

	Definition of Celestial Kingdom
		In Mormonism, the Celestial Kingdom is the highest of what are believed to be three heavens or heavenly kingdoms.
		The first use of the term celestial kingdom to refer to a division of heaven was by Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg in his 1758 book entitled Heaven and Hell.
		The celestial kingdom, according to Swedenborg, was "the Lord's priestly kingdom", inhabited by "higher angels", described as follows:
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Celestial_Kingdom (458 words)

	ED (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To be a forever family, all family members must be worthy of the highest degree of the celestial kingdom.
		The D & C explains that those who go to the two lower categories of the Celestial Kingdom "are not gods, but are angels of God forever and ever," ministering servants who "remain separately and singly, without exaltation, in their saved condition, to all eternity" (D&C 132:16-17).
		So in this sense, children who have lost their place in the highest degree of the Celestial kingdom will not be with their parents forever even though they were born in the covenant.
	www.mormonhaven.com /ed.htm (588 words)

	Tithing by Coercion \| Mormonism Research Ministry
		If one hopes to obtain the celestial kingdom in the next life, he must practice what is known as "celestial law." In the words of third LDS President John Taylor, "We are told that if we cannot abide the law of the celestial kingdom we cannot inherit a celestial glory" (Journal of Discourses, Vol.26, p.133).
		Another important aspect of celestial law is participation in the temple endowment ceremony.
		If he cannot go to the temple, he cannot go to the celestial kingdom; hence he receives damnation in the next life.
	www.mrm.org /topics/miscellaneous/tithing-coercion (480 words)

	Celestial Glory (Site not responding. Last check: )
		15:40-42, "There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial; but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
		And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever.
		And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
	www.theremnantchurch.com /lifeafterdeath/celestial.html (185 words)

	Mormon Terminology
		The celestial is also divided, the highest level being "exaltation," or becoming a God.
		The general practice has been for a new president, who is also an apostle, to appoint counselors from the Quorum of the Twelve; then the openings left by the president and his counselors are filled, resulting in a total of fifteen.
		Celestial - for Mormons who have kept ALL of the laws and ordinances of their church.
	www.leaderu.com /offices/michaeldavis/docs/mormonism/definitions.html (1785 words)

	Addiction to Pornography Ruins Celestial Marriage
		She will be exposing her children to those lowered morals and values, also highly reducing their chances of gaining exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom.
		I say it will be the lowest kingdom because Satan uses a person's appetite for pornography to drag him/her into acts that he would not have otherwise been induced into.
		It is up to the wife then to separate herself from the partner that will eventually drag her down so she will not be able to obtain the celestial kingdom, separately.
	www.three-peaks.net /annette/Pornography.htm (1305 words)

	The Spirit Heavens and Kingdom of God.
		This is the Kingdom of God that the Bible speaks of, and indeed, as set out there, it requires rebirth by spirit to enter this Kingdom.
		As souls progress in the Celestial Spheres their soul perceptions are enhanced until they are able to perceive God, through their soul perceptions.
		John describes the difference between the spirits of the Celestial and the spirit spheres and their happiness.
	www.new-birth.net /heaven.htm (943 words)

	Ching Tzin Tao (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the Kingdom of Yang Sun iron weapons are reserved for the samurai class, while in the Kingdom of Yin Qin it is a question only of money.
		The Northern is occupied by the Kingdom of Yang Sun, the Central by the Celestial Kingdom and the Southern by the Kingdom of Yin Qin.
		The Celestial Court resides here, and is made up of these elements: The Celestial Emperor, the Emperor's concubines, the Emperor's teachers and advisors, the Celestial Alchemists, the Celestail Physicians, the Celestial Ministers, a gaggle of various Immortals and Heroes, the Celestial Guards and.
	members.tripod.com /~BadDwarf/ching_tzin_tao.htm (880 words)

	LDS Living has Books, Software, Music and Missionary Gifts
		Several students have propounded the thought that to merit the celestial kingdom education and living the gospel principles should be required and not in absence of temptation to sin.
		One of the students expressed the view that we would have been more fortunate had we all died prior to the age of accountability and thus be assured of a place in the celestial kingdom.
		That kingdom has different degrees in it, and to obtain the highest there are many blessings and commandments which have to be kept.
	www.ldsliving.com /answer05_17_05.asp (764 words)

	Doctrine and Covenants 137
		The occasion was the administration of the ordinances of the endowment as far as they had then been revealed.
		1–6, The Prophet sees his brother Alvin in the celestial kingdom; 7–9, The doctrine of salvation for the dead is revealed; 10, All children are saved in the celestial kingdom.
		celestial kingdom of God, and the glory thereof, whether in the
	scriptures.lds.org /en/dc/137 (247 words)

	Gospel Principles
		We will be sent to one of four places: the celestial kingdom (the highest degree of glory), the terrestrial kingdom (the second degree), the telestial kingdom (the lowest degree), or outer darkness (the kingdom of the devil--not a degree of glory).
		We learn from this revelation that even members of the Church will inherit different kingdoms because they will not be equally faithful and valiant in their obedience to Christ.
		The gospel is the law of the celestial kingdom.
	www.lds.org /library/display/0,4945,11-1-13-58,00.html (1499 words)

	The Kingdom of the Perfect Natural Man - the Spiritual Heavens
		This truth was taught by prophets and teachers prior to the time of my coming to earth and teaching the Way to the Celestial Kingdom, and the same truth applies to the spirits that shall make up and establish the Kingdom in the spirit world.
		Then I say, the Kingdom of Heaven on earth is not the Divine Kingdom, and it does not have that which is necessarily Divine in it (except the love of God for His creatures to bless and make them happy).
		The Kingdom in the spirit world has already been established, for there are many spirits who have the purification of the natural love in that degree that makes them the perfect men, as were the first parents.
	www.truths.com /ch8-1.htm (7388 words)

	Orson Hyde's Diagram of the Kingdom of God
		Such as have not received the fulness of the priesthood, (for the fulness of the priesthood includes the authority of both king and priest) and have not been anointed and ordained in the temple of the Most High, may obtain salvation in the celestial kingdom, but not a celestial crown.
		Many are called to enjoy a celestial glory, yet few are chosen to wear a celestial crown, or rather, to be rulers in the celestial kingdom.
		But to our branch of the kingdom there is but one God, to whom we all owe the most perfect submission and loyalty; yet our God is just as subject to still higher intelligences, as we should be to him.
	www.aliveonline.com /grasshopper/hyde_diagram.html (620 words)

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