Degrees Of Glory

In the early days of the Church, 182 years ago today, when Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon saw the vision of the degrees of glory of which heaven is made up, many of the church members found it very difficult to accept. 

The prevailing Protestant doctrine of just a heaven and a hell, of which most members had been taught prior to conversion, was a comfortable justification, not one easily given up by some people.

Brigham Young later remembered that when he first heard of this vision, “it was so directly contrary and opposite to my former education, I said, wait a little, I did not reject it, but I could not understand it.” Others, even fell away from the Church because of it.

However, many members rejoiced that our Father in Heaven would be so kind as to reward each as to their own devotion.  It truly was, as was related in Joseph's manuscript, that Nothing could be more pleasing to the Saint, upon the order of the kingdom of the Lord, than the light which burst upon the world, through the foregoing vision.

The sad thing is that all too often this doctrine has been cast aside these days. Today, the false doctrine of 'everything beneath the highest glory of the Celestial Glory is hell' prevails. This revival of the old false doctrine reveals the wickedness of modern mormons. How they love to justify themselves, to do all manner of wickedness, get baptized, shed a few tears, feign repentance, and in vain desperately lay claim on a Celestial abode. All the while telling their victims that they will live together throughout eternity. Such vanity, such pride!

God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. All those who commit sin are heirs of hell, and only by repenting and following the Lord can they escape from hell and, by the Grace of God, find a place in heaven.

So, do not be discouraged! No matter how much the wicked repeat the false doctrine, it will not come to pass. Your sufferings and righteousness will not go unseen. The Lord loves those who are obedient to His commands, and will tend to them with everlasting mercy as only He can, they are they who will be exalted.

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