My Family Tree Has Been Traced Back to Adam and Eve

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Re: My Family Tree Has Been Traced Back to Adam and Eve

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bcspace wrote:
One wonders how BC will articulate just exactly where the strong implication of death before the fall can be seen in his other reference....


One wonders why Bazooka won't read the doctrine:

D&C 77:6–7. Why Was the Book Sealed That John Saw?

“‘The book which John saw’ represented the real history of the world—what the eye of God has seen, what the recording angel has written; and the seven thousand years, corresponding to the seven seals of the Apocalyptic volume, are as seven great days during which Mother Earth will fulfill her mortal mission, laboring six days and resting upon the seventh, her period of sanctification. These seven days do not include the period of our planet’s creation and preparation as a dwelling place for man. They are limited to Earth’s ‘temporal existence,’ that is, to Time, considered as distinct from Eternity.” (Whitney, Saturday Night Thoughts, p. 11.)

https://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/section-69-80/section-77-questions-and-answers-on-the-book-of-revelation?lang=eng


This goes with 2 Nephi 2:22 above in showing a distinct state prior to the Garden about which little is known, much less it being defined as a state of no death.


This is doctrine too, right?
God prepared this earth as a home for His children. Adam and Eve were chosen to be the first people to live on the earth (see Moses 1:34; 4:26). Their part in our Father’s plan was to bring mortality into the world. They were to be the first parents. (See D&C 107:54–56.)

https://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-princ ... e?lang=eng
That said, with the Book of Mormon, we are not dealing with a civilization with no written record. What we are dealing with is a written record with no civilization. (Runtu, Feb 2015)
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Re: My Family Tree Has Been Traced Back to Adam and Eve

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bcspace wrote:
One wonders how BC will articulate just exactly where the strong implication of death before the fall can be seen in his other reference....


One wonders why Bazooka won't read the doctrine:

D&C 77:6–7. Why Was the Book Sealed That John Saw?

“‘The book which John saw’ represented the real history of the world—what the eye of God has seen, what the recording angel has written; and the seven thousand years, corresponding to the seven seals of the Apocalyptic volume, are as seven great days during which Mother Earth will fulfill her mortal mission, laboring six days and resting upon the seventh, her period of sanctification. These seven days do not include the period of our planet’s creation and preparation as a dwelling place for man. They are limited to Earth’s ‘temporal existence,’ that is, to Time, considered as distinct from Eternity.” (Whitney, Saturday Night Thoughts, p. 11.)

https://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/section-69-80/section-77-questions-and-answers-on-the-book-of-revelation?lang=eng


This goes with 2 Nephi 2:22 above in showing a distinct state prior to the Garden about which little is known, much less it being defined as a state of no death.


The same doctrine explains that the earths temporal existence has a finite time period of 7,000 years starting at the point Adam fell. Do you believe that doctrine too? If yes, when does the 7,000 year timer run out and the earths temporal existence ceases?
That said, with the Book of Mormon, we are not dealing with a civilization with no written record. What we are dealing with is a written record with no civilization. (Runtu, Feb 2015)
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