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Dear
Gramps, Thank you for your informative answers. I really enjoy reading them.
My questions are to settle a difference between my mother and I. It is my
understanding that our Heavenly Father had many spirit children in the pre-existence,
enough to fill worlds without number, and we held a Grand Counsel where we
all voted to follow Jesus Christ and He would be our Savior. Then Christ
descended below all things and came to atone for our sins on this world
because it was the most wicked. My mother suggested that “Mine Only
Begotten Son” is a title that was given to Jehovah who was the Savior for
these “Worlds without number” in which we live and a title given to
other Saviors over previous “Worlds without number” which were created
by our Father in Heaven. So my question is, of all the “Worlds without
number” that our Father in Heaven has created, were there ever others that
were referred to as “Only Begotten Son” or was Jesus Christ the only
“Only Begotten Son” to all the “Worlds without number” mentioned in
the scriptures. Which brings me to my next question, is, does or will our
Heavenly Father have more spirit children which will then need a Savior for
them or is he just our Heavenly Father? Thanks for taking the time to read
and answer all of this. It will really clear up some differences. Sincerely,
HH in Provo |
Dear
HH,
I
agree with you. There is not one word in the scriptures that suggests that the
Savior had other counterparts. The phrase “Only Begotten Son” means just
what it says. There is no need to wrest the scriptures and try to conjure up
other Saviors when there is no evidence of such and no need for such.
Concerning
your second question, eternity is different from the temporal mortality in which
we now live. In eternity there is no ending. The Father’s posterity will never
cease, and the great atoning sacrifice of the Savior, infinite in its extent, is
more than sufficient to pay the price of sin for all the Father’s children who
have ever lived in mortality or who will ever live in mortality.
Gramps