2022.08.24 Wednesday9:16; emphasis added). What is Outer Darkness? In contrast, Book of Mormon references to the second death are embedded in sermons that teach it in context with other essential elements of the plan of salvation. Doctrine and Covenants / Pearl of Great Price, Mormon Objections to Christian Evangelism, Teachings of the Presidents of the Church. But wait! Christ brings to pass the resurrection of all menThe righteous dead go to paradise and the wicked to outer darkness to await the day of their resurrectionAll things will be restored to their proper and perfect frame in the Resurrection. Everyone but the Sons of Perdition and the devil and his devils, will overcome spiritual death through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Following this introduction will be a discussion of the usage of these termsfirst in the New Testament, then in the Book of Mormon. Meanwhile, sixth President Joseph F. Smith, also taught that a full knowledge of the truth is necessary, adding that not even Judas Iscariotthe betrayer of Jesuswill be destined for Outer Darkness: It is probable that only personages who have acquired similar full knowledge, who willfully and deliberately deny the truth, when they know it to be the truth, can commit the unpardonable sin and become sons of perdition. Mormon theology ultimately portrays Outer Darkness as heaven, and Satan as the God of that realm. Learn how your comment data is processed. Ray L. Huntington and Terry B. And remember you can be excommunicated for asking church leaders to give solid answers so trust the apologists who say to only trust the prophets on matters like this. They will not have access to the Holy Ghost or Heavenly Father or Jesus. Here is one more thing to think about: I work full time with a Christian ministry aimed at converting Mormons. 9:16), unquenchable fire (Mosiah 2:38), and hell fire (3 Ne. The Book of Mormon text confirms the truth of New Testament teachings on hell, second death, lake of fire and brimstone, and outer darkness. The kingdom that is not a kingdom of glory is called outer darkness. Outer Darkness. In this realm, as the name implies, there will be no light, and consequently no heat. They must have had a fullness of knowledge; a testimony which cannot be destroyed. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Gregory A. Boyd, Paul R. Eddy Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology pp285 2009 "For example, how can hell be a place of outer darkness (Matt. A church manual reports, To become a son of perdition one must sin against the Holy Ghost, but before that is possible, one must receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual Religion 324 and 325, 2001, p. 161). Conclusion There are three references that connect the judgment with a lake of fire and brimstone, and two references to a lake of fire. However, the use of the word fire in connection with judgment and the torment of the wicked is widespread throughout the Gospels. The second death is a second separation from God, not because of Adams transgression (the first death) but because of ones own failure to repent of personal sin. Their theology was turned upside down! Can someone get out of this state of Perdition once they are in it? In addition, Alma defined the second death as dying as to things pertaining unto righteousness. These individuals are chained down to an everlasting destruction and are subject to the will of Satan. John the Revelator heard Christ proclaim that he possessed the keys of hell and of death (Rev. It honors and glorifies Satan. 8:1112). But the children of the kingdom [i.e., covenant breakers] shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matt. Twelfth President Spencer W. Kimball wrote. The Sons of Perdition are those who have lived as mortal men and women on the earth, have had the heavens opened to them and received a certain knowledge that Jesus is the Christ, and then have rejected the Savior, "having denied the Only Begotten Son of the Father, having crucified him unto themselves and put him to an open shame" (Doctrine and Covenants 76:34-35; see also Doctrine and Covenants 76:3133, 3637). 1:18). He cried: O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall of bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death. This desperate cry for forgiveness through Christ brought deliverance from the pains of hell Alma had experienced because of his sins (Alma 36:1620). The terms spiritual death or second death, lake of fire and brimstone, and outer darkness are all synonymous with hell, and all are descriptive of both the temporary and the permanent hell. Jesus of Mormonism but the Jesus of the Bible. Doctrine and Covenants / Pearl of Great Price, Mormon Objections to Christian Evangelism, Teachings of the Presidents of the Church, Why Practically NobodyIncluding You, Former MormonWill Ever End up In Outer Darkness, Divine Love in the Fathers Plan (Dallin H. Oaks, April 2022). Whats interesting is that there are many former Mormons who still believe Jesus Christ was the Son of God and have a testimony of the Spirit of the Lord. However, their faith no longer is in the Jesus of Mormonism but the Jesus of the Bible. Source: https://www.fairmormon.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/What_is_Mormon_Doctrine.pdf. After the millennium, after the last great battle between the forces of God and the forces of Satan, Satan and his followers will be cast into Outer Darkness. 22:13-14, D-R.). Nephis commentary to his brothers concerning his fathers dream of the tree of life adds interesting insight into the possible meaning of the great gulf Jesus referred to: And I said unto them that it was an awful gulf, which separated the wicked from the tree of life, and also from the saints of God. This is in contrast to the VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, who will receive a kingdom of glory after the Final Judgment, and enter into one of three degrees of glory after the resurrection: celestial, terrestrial, or telestial kingdoms. Those who have never received the light are not to become Sons of Perdition. This isnt something like going out and breaking their rule of no drinking. 22:13) if it is also a place of perpetual fire (Matt. Jesus declared that this exalted city would be brought down to hell (Matt. to become a son of perdition? Severe punishment for eternity, reserved for Satan and his demons as well as the sons of perdition, those humans who once embraced Mormonism and left to fight against the faith, even though they knew Mormonism was true. ", Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outer_darkness&oldid=1136269337, This page was last edited on 29 January 2023, at 15:14. So there you go, the souls who end up in Outer Darkness are clearly apostates, or not. Thank you! 185 Heber J. The wicked, or in this particular context, the sons of perdition who are filthy still after judgment and resurrection, are assigned to everlasting punishment (see 2 Ne. 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. In this context, outer darkness is the spirit prison, or that part of the spirit world that the wicked inhabit prior to their resurrection. For those who once were baptized and confirmed into Mormonism, what is your status? Just one sin. That Satan rebelled against Christ and God the Father and was cast out with all of Satans followers and will not receive a body. . This website is not owned by or affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes called the Mormon or LDS Church). You'll need to do a few things to get the most out of your ex-Mormon candle. 9:710, 19, 26). Youll never regret it. This is the final destination of Satan himself. The manual Gospel Principles sheds additional light: There is no forgiveness for them, for they denied the Holy Spirit after having received it. In my last post, I claimed that I might be a candidate for outer darkness. The Book of Mormon presents several significant insights concerning the lake of fire and brimstone of which John spoke. 9:4. Italics in original). Tenth President Joseph Fielding Smitha general authority who spoke more about this issue than any other leaderstated. These are they who do two very specific things. You not only need to have been a Mormon, but you have to have full knowledge that this is the restored church of God and still fought against it. Who of the following is NOT eligible for Outer Darkness. Matt. Again, the doctrine of the second death is woven together with other essential parts of the plan of salvation, offering the reader the big picture concerning Gods judgments. Clear as mud. Bad as they may suffer, and awful as their punishment may be, they are not among that group which is to suffer the eternal death and banishment from all influence concerning the power of God (Conference Reports, October 1958, 21). In the Bible, the phrases lake of fire and lake of fire and brimstone, describing the fate of the wicked, are unique to the book of Revelation. Other sources used in composing this topic: http://en.fairmormon.org/Plan_of_salvation/Sons_of_Perdition/Can_women_be_%22Sons_of_Perdition%22, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_darkness#Usage_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement, http://en.fairmormon.org/Plan_of_salvation/Sons_of_Perdition/Eventual_fate, http://emp.byui.edu/satterfieldb/quotes/Sons%20of%20Perdition.htm. The opposition gospel twists the title of Adversary into a positive thing. They believe that they are mortal men capable of mistakes just like the rest of us. 9:1012, 1516). First, LDS Church scripture uses the term outer darkness to refer to a condition in the spirit world. Any person who inherits one of the . Over the 30 years in Christian ministry, I have met many former Mormons who once believed in Mormonism, but none has ever confessed that they still believe Mormonism to be true. Required fields are marked *. Therefore, they have drunk out of the cup of the wrath of God, which justice could no more deny unto them than it could deny that Adam should fall because of his partaking of the forbidden fruit; therefore, mercy could have claim on them no more forever. The filthy would be more miserable to dwell with God than to dwell in hell, Morm. They did what they did with their eyes open, and were in rebellion against God. Smith described these spirits who were the first to display rebellious ways: Lucifer became perdition by rebellion. 5:30). A Vision, Times and Seasons 4 (1 Feb 1843) 6:82-5. 2. 6:28), hell fire (3 Ne. The Book of Mormon teaches that only through the Atonement of Christ can one escape the damnation of hell. Jacob testified that without the infinite atonement all mankind would be forever subject to the awful monster, death and hell, and thus would become like the devil and his angels (2 Ne. Mormonism. Women or not. 14:1819). Delving into the interesting bits about any religion to stem from Joseph Smith Jr. Joseph F. Smith,The Second Death,inBrian H. Stuy (editor). [4] Augustine, The City of God, trans. The term second death refers to spiritual death or separation from God. Yea, Alma wrote, I did remember all my sins and iniquities, for which I was tormented with the pains of hell (Alma 36:13). Even if a person had once been a Latter-day Saint, Kimball said it still was practically impossible for a human to become a son of perdition: The sin against the Holy Ghost requires such knowledge that it is manifestly impossible for the rank and file to commit such a sin (Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 123) (Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual Religion 324 and 325, p. 161). The LDS version of the King James Bible and the Book of Mormon help us to understand that the word black is actually a Hebrew idiom, meaning gloomy, dejected, or spiritual darkness, and has nothing to do with skin tone. Also God says no one knows in scripture, so stop asking; but He also said in scripture that He upbraideth not those who have questions and if you ask it shall be opened unto you. Each differing in Glory but all great places to go. [2] For a discussion of the New Testament words that translate hell, see The Oxford Companion to the Bible, ed. Some Christians have believed the lake of fire John spoke of to be a literal lake. According to the Doctrine and Covenants, this will be a place that even in outer darkness, where there is weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth (Doctrine and Covenants 101:91; also see 133:73). . It is the closest Mormon analogy to the concept of hell in most other Christian traditions. (-Joseph Smith in the King Follett Discourse), There is my definition I used in my previous post. How impossible would it be for a former Mormon (with full knowledge, even!) . [1] The pains of hell can also be experienced in mortality (Jacob 3:11). [2]. But unofficial prophets speaking at BYU or in their own books say no, except Brigham in the Journal of Discourses which is unofficial. While some apparently have taught that these spirits could be restored to a kingdom of glory, 12th President Spencer W. Kimball said this wasnt true: In the days of the restoration there apparently were those who taught that the devil and his angels and the sons of perdition should sometime be restored. Cain is a Son of Perdition. Yea, and it bringeth to pass the condition of repentance, that whosoever repenteth the same is not hewn down and cast into the fire; but whosoever repenteth not is hewn down and cast into the fire; and there cometh upon them again a spiritual death, yea, a second death, for they are cut off again as to things pertaining to righteousness. First of all, to become a son of perdition, you need to have been baptized into the church, then turned from the religion in order to fight against it, all the while knowing it is true. Okay so clearly we have billions of souls who qualify as perdition and go to outer darkness according to one prophet in his personal books and not officially speaking as a prophet. He called the Pharisees and scribes vipers and questioned, How can ye escape the damnation of hell? (Matt. Outer darkness is a eternal place of torment reserved for those who are "sons of perdition." According to LDS scripture, this will be a place that "where there is weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth" (Doctrine and Covenants 101:91; also see 133:73). That there will also be daughters of Perdition there is no doubt in the minds of the brethren. They are the celestial kingdom, the terrestrial kingdom, the telestial kingdom, and outer darkness. Johns references to the second death testify of its existence but do not offer any explanatory information that instructs those readers who do not already understand the doctrine. Mormon Wiki, for example has a pretty specific definition of who doesnt go there but lacks any citations: Sons of Perdition as those few souls who have been born on this earth who have been made partakers of Gods power, yet suffered themselves through the power of the devil to be overcome, and to deny the truth and defy God by denying the Holy Spirit after having received it, denying the Only Begotten Son and put him to an open shame. They openly and knowingly fight against God and Christ, having sided with Satan even though they had once tasted of full gospel knowledge by the power of the Holy Ghost.There are those who fear that they have committed the unpardonable sin, because they have not been faithful members of the Church. https://www.fairmormon.org/answers/Plan_of_salvation/Sons_of_Perdition/Can_women_be_%22Sons_of_Perdition%22. Banishment from the presence of God. Those who have never received the light are not to become Sons of Perdition (Conference Reports, October 1958, p. 21). This is the choice of an individual to reject God. A) Most humans B) Satan C) His angels D) Sons of Perdition. I was taught that to be condemned to outer darkness you would have to deny Christ to his very face and that could occur . Think along the lines of a religious leader serving God but the opposite. For example, Alma the Younger was delivered from the intensity of his hellish pain when he cried to the Lord for mercy. Additional doctrinal truth concerning the great gulf can be found in the Doctrine and Covenants (see D&C 138:1837). Through his Atonement, Resurrection, and ministry in the spirit world, Christ provided a bridge by which repentant souls could cross the gulf from hell to spiritual freedom. Big Love's episode "Outer Darkness" Summary: It is not our intention to discuss details of the portrayal of the temple ceremony here. [3] Larry E. Dahl, The Concept of Hell, in Doctrines of the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992), 4243. 20:6). According to tenth President Joseph Fielding Smith. In harmony with this doctrinal truth that death and hell will deliver up the spirits and bodies of their captives, King David received the promise that his soul would not be left in hell (see Ps. You have to be pretty bad to go to the Teresita's kingdom, and horrendous to go to outer darkness. 801-422-6975. Rev. No Mormon since the 1890 change has had the authority to marry any man to more than one woman. New Testament [ edit] Christians have debated for centuries the nature of the hell fire of which Jesus spoke (Matt. lift[ed] up his eyes and saw Abraham and Lazarus across an impassable gulf (Luke 16:23). 21:8; cf. Thus the Book of Mormon does seem to contain a reference to the degrees of glory and outer darkness. In the rest of the article, were going to have to assume that Mormonism is true (of course, I dont think it is!) 8 - 14 are for safety. . (Conference Reports, October 1958, p. 21. In this context, outer darkness is the spirit prison, or that part of the spirit world that the wicked inhabit prior to their resurrection. True, some former Mormons have expressed doubts and wondered if the church might possibly be true, which is a completely natural response after having left the one true church. If they decided they made a mistake because they still believed the church were true, they would be more apt to rejoin it rather than stay excommunicated and fight against it. 14:34), awful hell (1 Ne. They will not have a kingdom of glory. Is Jesus the Only Redeemer? 5:22), as were those who failed to cast away their sins (JSM 5:34; cf. For many are called, but few are chosen." Jesus proclaimed to Peter that the gates of hell would not prevail against the rock upon which He would build the Church (Matt. He had a sure witness of the Lord and willfully chose to follow Satan instead. Outer Darkness is the permanent location of Satan and his followers and the Sons of Perdition, who are not redeemed by the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The phrase first occurs in Jesus' comment concerning the faith of the Centurion of Capernaum: And I say to thee that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven: But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. In this parable, a king arranged a wedding for his son, but the normal guests did not come; therefore, the king sent his servants to gather guests from off the street. has got to say that the sun does not shine while he sees it; he has got to deny Jesus Christ when the heavens have been opened unto him, and to deny the plan of salvation with his eyes open to the truth of it (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 358). and they were judged every man according to their works (Rev. Consistently, hell is associated with fire. If this is the case, the worst fate any former Latter-day Saint can anticipate is the telestial kingdom. 2:4). However, not once have I ever suspected such a person to be a closet believer in Mormonism. So we can clearly state no women are Sons of Perdition in outer darkness. This extreme punishment will not be given to any but the sons of perdition. In revealing Satans tactics, Nephi wrote: And behold, others he flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is noneand thus he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them with his awful chains, from whence there is no deliverance. So the prophet, meeting with apostles is clear on this, there are women. The Prophet Joseph Smith would not countenance the teaching of this doctrine, and sanctioned the decision of the bishop that any who taught it should be barred from communion (The Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 125). Discourse delivered October 8, 1861, pp. The Book of Mormon does not teach the doctrinal truth that hell will end for the majority of those who suffer in the spirit prison prior to being resurrected and entering the telestial kingdom; however, this truth is clearly taught in the Doctrine and Covenants (see D&C 76:3638, 106). Making the LDS Church Slightly Better: A Members Wish List. Therefore repent ye, repent ye, lest by knowing these things and not doing them ye shall suffer yourselves to come under condemnation, and ye are brought down unto this second death (Hel. Serve Satan. Alma the Younger contributed even more insight on the second death when he gave the wicked people of Ammonihah a detailed description of the fate of those who harden their hearts against the word of God: Then if our hearts have been hardened, yea, if we have hardened our hearts against the word, insomuch that it has not been found in us, then will our state be awful, for then we shall be condemned. T F It is practically impossible for those who were human to ever be sent to Outer Darkness. Smith told a general conference audience: I think I am safe in saying that no man can become a Son of Perdition until he has known the light. Even the regular Wikipedia seems confused: Sons of Perdition are: The pre-mortal spirit followers of Satan. But to pass it off as a belief of an entire Church, organization and people is wrong. They have said things much stranger and I am sure you know of them. The Book of Mormon provides another testament of the reality of a designated place called hell, where the wicked are consigned. Jesus marvelled at the faith of a centurion he met in Capernaum and proclaimed that many would come from the east and west, and [would] sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. Brigham Young University Outer Darkness - Social Hall - Mormon Dialogue & Discussion Board. Jacob taught that the lake of fire is not a literal fire but a figurative representation of torment: And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end (2 Ne. . Joseph restated that anyone who apostatized from the church was a son of perdition in a poem for W.W. Phelps, Sons of Perdition as those who are ever lost, and can never return to the presence of God, the poem declared that such is the torment apostates receive. (Joseph Smith, The Answer to W.W. Phelps, Esq.
2012 Ford Explorer Ac Relay Location,
What Happened To Ruby As A Result Of The Test?,
Annastacia Palaszczuk Cameron Munster,
Airbnb Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional,
Articles O
