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As a youth, I attended a ward of a cousin. In Sunday School we talked about the Plan of Salvation and the Three Degrees of Glory. In the class, the teacher talked about the three divisions of the Celestial Kingdom and requirements to enter each one. For the lowest part, the minimum requirement is to be baptized. For the highest part, one needs to be sealed in the temple. For the middle, one has to be endowed. It is the last one (the middle) that I cannot find any documentation for, either scriptural or from General Authorities. I have never heard this spoken of since, probably since there is very little spoken of the middle part of the CK. Was my instructor just speculating? Or does anybody have any scripture or GA source that states we must at least be endowed to inherit the middle part of the CK?

This is from Brigham Young. Found in Journal of Discourses Vol 13, page 277: And this Word of Wisdom prohibits the use of hot drinks and tobacco. I have heard it argued that tea and coffee are not mentioned therein; that is very true; but what were the people in the habit of taking as hot drinks when that revelation was given? Tea and coffee. We were not in the habit of drinking water very hot, but tea and coffee—the beverages in common use. And the Lord said hot drinks are not good for the body nor the belly, liquor is not good for the body nor the belly, but for the washing of the body, &c. Tobacco is not good, save for sick cattle, and for bruises and sores, its cleansing properties being then very useful.