When God laid the foundations of the earth, all the sons of God shouted for joy,
Job 38: 4-7. The spirit shall return unto God who gave it,
Eccl. 12: 7. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee,
Jer. 1: 4-5. We are all his offspring,
Acts 17: 28. God chose us before the foundation of the world,
Eph. 1: 3-4. We are to be in subjection to the Father of spirits,
Heb. 12: 9. The angels which kept not their first estate, he hath reserved in everlasting chains,
Jude 1: 6 (
Abr. 3: 26). The Devil and his angels were cast out,
Rev. 12: 9. They were called and prepared from the foundation of the world,
Alma 13: 3. Christ looked upon the expanse of eternity and hosts of heaven before the world was made,
D&C 38: 1. Man was also in the beginning with God,
D&C 93: 29 (
Hel. 14: 17;
D&C 49: 17). Noble spirits were chosen in the beginning to be rulers in the Church,
D&C 138: 53-55. Many received their first lessons in the world of spirits,
D&C 138: 56. All things were created spiritually before they were on earth,
Moses 3: 5. I made the world, and men before they were in the flesh,
Moses 6: 51. Abraham saw the intelligences that were organized before the world was,
Abr. 3: 21-24.