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PHYSICAL DEATH |
SPIRITUAL DEATH |
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|---|---|---|
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DEFINITION |
Separation of Body from Spirit | Separation of us from Father in Heaven |
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CAUSE |
Adam and Eve's Transgression (bodies changed from immortal Terrestial to mortal Telestial) | Adam and Eve's Transgression (expelled from Garden of Eden) |
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WHEN EXPERIENCED |
Temporarily while in the Spirit World | Temporarily while on the Earth; Permanently for all those not going to the Celestial Kingdom |
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GROUNDWORK FOR SOLUTION |
Jesus's Divine/Human Parentage (inherited immortality from Father and mortality from Mother) | Jesus's Sinless Life |
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SOLUTION |
Using his own will and power to remove His Spirit from His Body and put Them back together again | Paying the penalty for all sins |
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EFFECT |
Blessings of Immortality (Salvation) | Blessings of Eternal Life (Exaltation) |
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OUR PRICE |
Unconditional Free Gift to all who kept their First Estate (Chose to follow Christ in the Pre-Mortal Existence) | Conditional Gift to those who keep their Second Estate (Repented of sins during Earthly Existence) |
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ORDINANCES |
1) The immersing part of Baptism; and 2) The bread part of the Sacrament |
1) The cleansing part of Baptism; and 2) The water part of the Sacrament |
Compiled by D. Calvin Andrus. Revised 25 January 1998. An exercise for
the student (or for a family home evening lesson) would be to find scriptural references that validate each cell
of the table. I will eventually post them here, when I get everything else done <grin>.
Return to: On The Atonement #02 (13 April 1996)
Return to: On Adam's Fall (25 January 1998)