Doctrine and Covenants 29: 36

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 29

36 And it came to pass that Adam, being tempted of the ^adevil—for, behold, the ^bdevil was before Adam, for he ^crebelled against me, saying, Give me thine ^dhonor, which is my ^epower; and also a ^fthird part of the ^ghosts of heaven turned he away from me because of their ^hagency;

Footnotes

36a	TG Devil.
b	D&C 76: 25 (25-26). 25 And this we saw also, and bear record, that an ^aangel of God who was in authority in the presence of God, who ^brebelled against the Only Begotten ^cSon whom the Father ^dloved and who was in the bosom of the Father, was thrust down from the presence of God and the Son, Moses 4: 1 (1-4). 1 And I, the ^aLord God, spake unto Moses, saying: That ^bSatan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the ^cbeginning, and he came before me, saying—Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will ^dredeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely ^eI will do it; wherefore ^fgive me thine honor.
c	TG Council in Heaven. TG Rashness.
d	TG Honor.
e	Isa. 14: 14. 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the ^amost High. D&C 76: 28 (25-29). 28 And while we were yet in the Spirit, the Lord commanded us that we should write the vision; for we beheld Satan, that old ^aserpent, even the ^bdevil, who rebelled against God, and sought to take the kingdom of our ^cGod and his Christ—
f	Luke 8: 30. 30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, ^aLegion: because many devils were entered into him. Rev. 12: 4 (3-4). 4 And his tail drew the ^athird part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Moses 4: 6. 6 And ^aSatan put it into the heart of the serpent, (for he had drawn away ^bmany after him,) and he sought also to ^cbeguile Eve, for he ^dknew not the ^emind of God, wherefore he sought to destroy the world.
g	Gen. 2: 1. 1 Thus the heavens and the ^aearth were finished, and all the ^bhost of them. D&C 38: 1. 1 Thus saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, the Great ^aI Am, Alpha and Omega, the ^bbeginning and the end, the ^csame which looked upon the ^dwide expanse of eternity, and all the seraphic ^ehosts of heaven, ^fbefore the world was ^gmade; D&C 45: 1. 1 Hearken, O ye people of my ^achurch, to whom the ^bkingdom has been given; hearken ye and give ear to him who laid the foundation of the earth, who ^cmade the heavens and all the ^dhosts thereof, and by whom all things were made which ^elive, and move, and have a being. Moses 3: 1. 1 Thus the ^aheaven and the earth were finished, and all the ^bhost of them. Abr. 5: 1. 1 And thus we will finish the heavens and the earth, and all the ^ahosts of them. TG Man, Antemortal Existence of.
h	TG Agency. TG Initiative.