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To: Aliska
Thank you for a interesting view on your studies of the Bible and other scriptures.

I think the pattern like Jesus and Lucifer, Cain and Able, or Moese the Pharaoh, Jacob and Esau etc.

The Book of Mormon scriptures says

2 Nephi 2

11 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my first-born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility

I believe Jesus had a creator role.

1 John 1
Christ is the Word of God—He created all things and was made flesh

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (Jesus is the only one begotten by the Father in the Flesh, the rest of us came into the earth by a mortal father.)

When we see this in prespective the role that our Savior plays and the opposition Lucifer/Satan and his agenda which can befound throuh out the scriptures with this knowledge it gives us a deeper insight as to what in going on in the world.

66 posted on 12/12/2007 7:00:42 PM PST by restornu (Harry Reid's is going to get Daschled! Your on your own Harry!)
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To: restornu

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I Have a Question

How can Jesus and Lucifer be spirit brothers when their characters and purposes are so utterly opposed?

Jess L. Christensen, Institute of Religion director at Utah State University, Logan, Utah:

“On first hearing, the doctrine that Lucifer and our Lord, Jesus Christ, are brothers may seem surprising to some — especially to those unacquainted with latter-day revelations. But both the scriptures and the prophets affirm that Jesus Christ and Lucifer are indeed offspring of our Heavenly Father and, therefore, spirit brothers. Jesus Christ was with the Father from the beginning. Lucifer, too, was an angel ‘who was in authority in the presence of God,’ a ‘son of the morning.’ (See Isa. 14:12; D&C 76:25–27.) Both Jesus and Lucifer were strong leaders with great knowledge and influence. But as the Firstborn of the Father, Jesus was Lucifer’s older brother. (See Col. 1:15; D&C 93:21.) ...That brothers would make dramatically different choices is not unusual. ...We can only imagine the sorrow of our Heavenly Father as he watched a loved son (Lucifer) incite and lead a rebellion and lose his opportunity for exaltation. But we can also imagine the Father’s love and rejoicing as he welcomed back the beloved son (Jesus) who had valiantly and perfectly fought the battles of life and brought about the great Atonement through his suffering and death.”


74 posted on 12/12/2007 8:03:09 PM PST by AFA-Michigan
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