The next few posts are of a different nature. While I have usually done a summary or a fictionalized rendition of the scriptural chapters, this is more of an original story take on what is known as the Plan of Salvation. This is a predicted three part series, but as many planned trilogies go, it often turns into four or more, and it will cover the three main stages of the Plan of Salvation, or in other words, it answers the three questions that everyone seems to ask in their lives, namely "Where did I come from?" "Why am I here?" and "Where am I going?" As you read, put yourself in the story, and ponder on what it would have felt like and on how you would have felt. This story takes from several points of inspiration, Moses 4, Abraham 3, Revelations 12, Genesis, and I Lived in Heaven.
I hope you enjoy it.
I Lived in Heaven a Long Time Ago
You are a child of God. You are but a spirit. Your Heavenly Father has watched over you and taught you and cherished and loved you. Your heavenly home is a beautiful place, and you are surrounded by your loving brothers and sisters. You feel their love, and they feel yours. You and your siblings adore your dear Father, and you have such a desire to become like Him, just as a little toddling child puts on Daddy's oversized dress shoes and Mommy's flamboyant straw sunhat. You have learned, and you have grown, and now, there is not much more to do with just your spirit being. Your father isn't just a spirit. You want to be like Him. He has what is called a body. You want a body. All of His children want bodies.
You and all your family are in a large council. You are sitting between your very best friends, and you wonder what this is about. You are sure that this will be exciting. It is. All of your siblings are chatting among themselves. There's a roar of chatter from your family around you. Your father enters, and there is a reverent quiet throughout the spirits. You feel yourself get even more excited. Your father starts to talk, and He tells of a plan that will provide a way for His children to become like him, to obtain a body, to learn how to use it, to succeed with it.
At that, cheers start, and then they spread, and there are great yells and shouts of joy from your siblings, and you join, and you cheer as loud as you can for joy.
He elaborates in great detail. There are questions, and he answers and discusses them. He talks about how there must be someone to die for all of our siblings, and overcome sin and death. Someone asks about what death is. You don't understand. You have always been with your Heavenly Father. What sort of thing is death? Why does it need to be overcome? What is sin? Why does sin make you unclean? You ask those questions, and a few around you answer them.
Father calls for a volunteer to be an example and a sacrifice for all who choose to follow the plan.
Your brother, Jehovah, steps forward and answers, "Here am I. Send me." You know he is a good choice. He is strong and obedient, and you love your brother very much.
Another steps forward, and you recognize this brother as well. He announces, "Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give me thine honor."
You recognize this brother as Satan. He has achieved much, and his ideas sound pleasing. Wouldn't it be wonderful that not any of your family would be lost? You look to Father, and His face is drawn out in concern.
Jehovah again speaks up, "Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever."
You realize what Satan was asking for. In exchange for bringing every soul back to Father, he wanted all of God's glory and honor, to be greater and above and to be praised for not even losing one being.
"I will send the first," Father announces.
Satan steps back in alarm, and you recognize his anger at not being given what he wants. Afterwards, he begins to go throughout all of his siblings, and he talks with them, explaining his position, telling others why they should not follow Father's plan. He comes to you.
"You will surely not return to Father," he tells you. "You won't see any of us again. There will only be pain and suffering because of this plan. I should be the savior. I won't lose anyone. Father only wants to keep His glory to Himself. He doesn't really care about us."
"I don't know everything," you say in return. "But I do know Father loves me, and He loves all of us, and I know Jehovah loves us, as well. I will obey Father and go through His plan. Get thee hence."
He leaves, but his attempts escalate, and he succeeds in gaining followers, a third of your brethren and sisters. It goes from simple words to full battles. Michael, another brother, the archangel, leads
the fight against Satan. In the end, Satan is cast out of Heaven, with all of his followers. There were many tears shed. You are so heartbroken. You know you have chosen wisely though, and you are excited to follow God's plan.
You are there as the plan is set into motion, and the creation of your new home, Earth, is begun.
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