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Latter-day revelations speak of hell in at least two ways. First, it is another name for spirit prison, a temporary place in the postmortal world for those who died without a knowledge of the truth or those who were disobedient in mortality. Second, it is the permanent location of Satan and his followers and the sons of perdition, who are not redeemed by the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
Spirit prison is a temporary state in which spirits will be taught the gospel and have the opportunity to repent and accept ordinances of salvation that are performed for them in temples (see Doctrine and Covenants 138:30–35). Those who accept the gospel may dwell in paradise until the Resurrection. After they are resurrected and judged, they will receive the degree of glory of which they are worthy. Those who choose not to repent but who are not sons of perdition will remain in spirit prison until the end of the Millennium, when they will be freed from hell and punishment and be resurrected to a telestial glory (see Doctrine and Covenants 76:81–85)
Hell
Telestial Glory is not hell. The strange thing about it it is that those wicked people that the Bible says will go to hell are there. There is no evidence in LDS scripture that those people did not resist the Holy Ghost. That is an anomaly.
In the LDS godhead there is a heirarchy:
President Joseph Fielding Smith said: “I believe firmly that Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten Son of God in the flesh. He taught this doctrine to his disciples. He did not teach them that he was the Son of the Holy Ghost, but the Son of the Father. Truly, all things are done by the power of the Holy Ghost. It was through this power that Jesus was brought into this world, but not as the Son of the Holy Ghost, but the Son of God. Jesus is greater than the Holy Spirit, which is subject unto him, but his Father is greater than he! He has said it. Christ was begotten of God. He was not born without the aid of Man, and that Man was God!” (Doctrines of Salvation, 1:18).
Book of Mormon Student Manual, 1989, Alma 7:10, p.74
The kingdoms of glory are not equal. The lowest god in the godhead visits those in the lowest kingdom of glory.
The assignments to kingdoms are permanent. There is no progression from one to another.
Outer darkness is a permnanent hell, but not a place of fire and brimstone. It is an awareness of the blessings you could have had had you obeyed all the laws and ordinances.
Don't try to make sense of the Telestial Kingdom being called a place of glory. That statement contradicts the Bible and can't be explained by Mormonsim.
"The inhabitants of the telestial kingdom will include those who were murderers, liars, sorcerers, adulterers, and whoremongers—in general, the wicked people of the earth (see D&C 76:103; Revelation 22:15). These inhabitants of the telestial kingdom will have become clean through their suffering so that they can abide telestial glory.
Spirit prison is a temporary state in which spirits will be taught the gospel and have the opportunity to repent and accept ordinances of salvation that are performed for them in temples (see Doctrine and Covenants 138:30–35). Those who accept the gospel may dwell in paradise until the Resurrection. After they are resurrected and judged, they will receive the degree of glory of which they are worthy. Those who choose not to repent but who are not sons of perdition will remain in spirit prison until the end of the Millennium, when they will be freed from hell and punishment and be resurrected to a telestial glory (see Doctrine and Covenants 76:81–85)
Hell
Telestial Glory is not hell. The strange thing about it it is that those wicked people that the Bible says will go to hell are there. There is no evidence in LDS scripture that those people did not resist the Holy Ghost. That is an anomaly.
In the LDS godhead there is a heirarchy:
President Joseph Fielding Smith said: “I believe firmly that Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten Son of God in the flesh. He taught this doctrine to his disciples. He did not teach them that he was the Son of the Holy Ghost, but the Son of the Father. Truly, all things are done by the power of the Holy Ghost. It was through this power that Jesus was brought into this world, but not as the Son of the Holy Ghost, but the Son of God. Jesus is greater than the Holy Spirit, which is subject unto him, but his Father is greater than he! He has said it. Christ was begotten of God. He was not born without the aid of Man, and that Man was God!” (Doctrines of Salvation, 1:18).
Book of Mormon Student Manual, 1989, Alma 7:10, p.74
The kingdoms of glory are not equal. The lowest god in the godhead visits those in the lowest kingdom of glory.
This part is about the Telestial Kingdom. Even after spending a long time in the Spirit Prison, they don't believe the Gospel. They're not sent into the Outer Darkness. Telestial Kingdom has its glory that surpasses all understanding; so why is it called hell? In what sense did they not deny the Holy Spirit? Is there a possibility of movement from one Kingdom to another? Please correct me.
The assignments to kingdoms are permanent. There is no progression from one to another.
Outer darkness is a permnanent hell, but not a place of fire and brimstone. It is an awareness of the blessings you could have had had you obeyed all the laws and ordinances.
Don't try to make sense of the Telestial Kingdom being called a place of glory. That statement contradicts the Bible and can't be explained by Mormonsim.
"The inhabitants of the telestial kingdom will include those who were murderers, liars, sorcerers, adulterers, and whoremongers—in general, the wicked people of the earth (see D&C 76:103; Revelation 22:15). These inhabitants of the telestial kingdom will have become clean through their suffering so that they can abide telestial glory.
- The inhabitants of the telestial kingdom will suffer the wrath of God and be cast into hell until the end of the Millennium (see D&C 76:84, 104–6; 2 Nephi 28:15).
- Those in the telestial kingdom will receive the Holy Ghost through the ministration of those in the terrestrial kingdom (see D&C 76:86, 88).
- Telestial glory surpasses all human understanding (see D&C 76:89)
- Those obedient to telestial laws will be resurrected with telestial bodies in the Second, or Last, Resurrection (see D&C 76:85; 88:31; Mosiah 15:26).
- Chapter 33: Kingdoms of Glory and Perdition