Can wayward children reach exaltation if the parents are righteous?
Answer Gramps… There’s a quote floating around by Orson F. Whitney quoting Joseph Smith about how wayward children will eventually “feel the tentacles of Divine Providence reaching outafter them and drawing them back.” I believe I’ve even seen it on...
Spirit Prison during the Millenium
Dear Gramps, We are taught that at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ that everyone living a Telestial law or lower will be burned and go to the Spirit Prison. At the same time, the righteous saints in Paradise will be resurrected. My question for you is: With such a...
What does it mean to reject the gospel?
Question Gramps, Last week in Relief Society our lesson was on the Last Judgement. We learned that those who reject the Gospel in this life,but accept it in the next, will be assigned to the Terrestrial Kingdom. So what does it mean to “reject” the...
If we become like God with the same powers, what will God’s purpose be?
Question Dear Gramps, I have been reading a lot about exaltation. My question is this: if we become like God and have the same powers as Him, then what will God’s purpose be? I read that once we exalt to the highest level, we will have spirit children,...
Can post mortal spirits visit pre-mortal spirits?
Question Gramps, I could not find the answer, so I hope I am not asking it again. In Sunday School a sister said her mom, who had passed away, knew and talked to her grandchild, this woman’s daughter, in the pre-existence. I thought that would be...
Heaven or Hell?
Is there such thing as heaven or hell? Are they just a state of being? Why are we divided into three degrees of heaven? And if the wicked go to the telestial kingdom, who goes to the spritual prison? I do not see why God would put the non-believers into prison and get...
Polygamy in the next life
I read your answer – but when I read D&C 132:64, it sure seems like it is saying we (women) have to accept plural wives if our husband wants it. Is that what it is saying? I don’t want to practice polygamy here or in the next life – it is just...
What will be our responsibilities in the afterlife?
Question Gramps, I’ve wondered for some time if there is anything written about what individuals duties or responsibilities would be in the afterlife if they only attained a terrestrial or telestial glory. I’ve heard the term “ministering...
