The Atonement of Christ
Readings:
| Author | Title |
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| Elder Bruce R. McConkie | The Purifying Power of Gethsemane |
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Pres. Boyd K. Packer |
The Brilliant Morning of Forgiveness |
| Atonement, Agency, Accountability | |
| (Dictionary) |
Insights on the Meaning of "At-one-ment" |
| (Table) | The Making of a Celestial Kingdom |
Insights on the Meaning of "At-one-ment"
The suffix "-ment" means:
1. action, process, art,
or act of a specific kind (e.g. recruitment, statement, government)
2. concrete result of an
action or process (e.g. advancement, increment)
3. concrete means, or instrument,
or agent of an action or process (e.g. adornment, ornament)
4. state or condition
(e.g. fulfillment, involvement, amazement)
Atonement means:
1. action, process, art,
or act of making "one"
2. concrete result of the
action or process of making "one"
3. concrete means or instrument
of the process of making "one"
4. state or condition of
being "one"
| Creation | Fall | Atonement |
| World quickened by the presence and power of the Father. |
World loses the presence and power of the Father
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World quickened by the power of the Son and the presence of the Holy Ghost. |
| Man and woman created in the likeness and image of God, enjoying His powers of life with no imperfections and no death, but unable to progress or work righteousness. |
Man and woman expelled from the presence of God and excluded from accessing
His powers of life. Environment filled with imperfections, ambiguities,
and eternal death. |
Men and women enjoy a limited measure of God's powers of life through the ministry of the Holy Ghost. That allows progress and righteousness to take place. Death and imperfections are annulled by the resurrection. |
| Spirits in the pre-mortal world unable to come to earth to receive further training and advancement. | Spirits can be brought to the mortal environment and become living souls, but they can't advance because they are excluded from the presence of God. |
Spirits now can advance to the point of being admitted back into the
presence of the Father.
Marcus H. Martins, 1999
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