[Teachldsseminary] D&C 76 - Kingdom Hopping

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I have a glue in for 76:112 - The source is Joseph Fielding Smith,  Doctrines 
of Salvation, Vol. 2, pp. 31-32.  This book was written in 1955  so he was 
not the Prophet at that time.  The source for the statement is  the Church News, 
April 22, 1939.  So this is offered in the "for what its  worth" department.  
 
"It has been asked if it is possible for one who inherits the Telestial  
glory to advance in time to the Celestial glory?  The answer to this  question is, 
No!  The scriptures are clear to this point.  Speaking of  those who go to 
the Telestial kingdom, the revelation says: 'And they shall be  servants of the 
Most High; but where God and Christ dwell they cannot come,  worlds without 
end.'
    "The Celestial, Terrestrial and Telestial glories,  I have heard compared 
to the wheels on a train.  The second and the third  may, and will reach the 
place where the first was, but the first will have moved  on and will still be 
just the same distance in advance of them.  ...This  means they become gods, 
have exaltation, gain the fullness of the Father, and  receive a continuation 
of the 'seeds forever'.   ...This illustration  is not true!  The wheels do 
not run on the same track, and do not go in the  same direction.  The 
Terrestrial and Telestial are limited in their powers  of advancement, worlds without 
end."
 
Karen Johnson
EMS Seeley Lake Montana - where it was MINUS 38 degrees when I went to  
Seminary this morning.