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References in the Scriptures.
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And again, we asaw the glory of the btelestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the cglory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament.
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These are they who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the atestimony of Jesus.
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These are they who adeny not the Holy Spirit.
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These are they who are thrust down to ahell.
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These are they who shall not be redeemed from the adevil until the blast resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the cLamb, shall have finished his work.
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These are they who receive not of his fulness in the eternal world, but of the Holy Spirit through the ministration of the terrestrial;
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And the terrestrial through the aministration of the celestial.
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And also the telestial receive it of the administering of angels who are appointed to minister for them, or who are appointed to be aministering spirits for them; for they shall be bheirs of salvation.
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And thus we saw, in the heavenly vision, the glory of the atelestial, which surpasses all understanding;
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And no man knows it except him to whom God has revealed it.
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And thus we saw the glory of the aterrestrial which excels in all things the glory of the telestial, even in glory, and in power, and in might, and in dominion.
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And thus we saw the aglory of the celestial, which bexcels in all things—where God, even the Father, reigns upon his cthrone forever and ever;
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Before whose throne all things bow in humble areverence, and give him glory forever and ever.
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They who dwell in his apresence are the church of the bFirstborn; and they see as they are seen, and cknow as they are known, having received of his fulness and of his dgrace;
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And he makes them aequal in power, and in might, and in dominion.
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And the glory of the celestial is one, even as the glory of the asun is one.
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And the glory of the terrestrial is one, even as the glory of the moon is one.
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And the glory of the telestial is one, even as the glory of the stars is one; for as one star differs from another star in glory, even so differs one from another in glory in the telestial world;
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For these are they who are of aPaul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas.
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These are they who say they are some of one and some of another—some of Christ and some of John, and some of Moses, and some of Elias, and some of aEsaias, and some of Isaiah, and some of Enoch;
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But areceived not the gospel, neither the testimony of Jesus, neither the prophets, neither the beverlasting covenant.
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Last of all, these all are they who will not be agathered with the saints, to be bcaught up unto the cchurch of the Firstborn, and received into the cloud.
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These are they who suffer the awrath of God on earth.
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These are they who suffer the avengeance of eternal fire.
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When he shall adeliver up the bkingdom, and present it unto the Father, spotless, saying: I have covercome and have dtrodden the ewine-press falone, even the wine-press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.
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Then shall he be acrowned with the crown of his glory, to sit on the bthrone of his power to reign forever and ever.
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But behold, and lo, we saw the glory and the inhabitants of the telestial world, that they were as ainnumerable as the stars in the firmament of heaven, or as the sand upon the seashore;
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And heard the voice of the Lord saying: These all shall bow the knee, and every tongue shall aconfess to him who sits upon the throne forever and ever;
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For they shall be judged according to their aworks, and every man shall receive according to his own bworks, his own cdominion, in the dmansions which are prepared;
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This is the end of the vision which we saw, which we were commanded to write while we were yet in the Spirit.
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