Nazareth

Just wondering.

1) Where are they now, as far as their dwelling. Are they in the Spirit World? Here on Earth? With God? It confuses me because they are resurrected beings, but I have no idea where they reside until the Second Coming. 2) Also, WHY do you think they were resurrected? (The purpose). Thanks for everything :)

How do I release this feeling of guilt? Is confession necessary? I am tired of that needing or urge to confess to my bishop for every sin I commit (most of the time I do), and it is agitating. I have tried to go through the repentance process, feeling like I am forgiven, and then I have a massive dark feeling protrude at a later time. Is it a lack of faith in Christ that I am not forgiven? This applies to having my prayers answered as well. I never know when my prayers are answered. These bewildering thoughts of the existence of God have been on my mind. I have been a member my whole life: trying to do what I can. When do I know that I am truly forgiven? And if I am truly forgiven, does Satan have the power to override, if that is the right word, God's forgiveness of that sin, or to bring a remembrance of past grievances on that particular deed of sin? Christ has the power of forgiveness, while Satan has the power of guilt; how can I fight through this battle of the mind to understand the present status of my misconduct? I just want to do what the Lord asks of me.

How would you suggest I gain such confidence? By the way, thanks for commenting :)

Over two years ago I attended BYU-Idaho where I first saw the most attractive person. I still remember looking back behind my desk to see her and as I turned around I thought to myself, "Oh. My. Gosh.". Over that semester we had a couple dates and I told her that I cared for her. Later that next year I left on my mission, but after only three months I was sent home due to a medical condition that was out of my control (and still have none to this day). After trying to collect myself from the drama, I decided to attend a different institution in Utah. I felt as if BYU-I would mock me for being an early-released missionary. After winter, spring and summer rolled away I decided to head up to the University of Utah for the Fall. During this time I had an occasional chat with her. After much consideration through prayer I decided to go back up to BYU-I this Winter. She influenced me to come back up here. The Problem: I feel that she is out of my reach. I am not to say I am a bad looking guy, in fact I usually get compliments on my appearance. She is offtrack this semester and will return next semester. I have feelings of anxiety that I cannot live up to her standards. Keeping the commandments and abiding by the laws of the gospel are not a problem. Grades are not an issue (3.85 gpa) but I still feel that I could never live up to her intellectual capacity. When I text her about a problem she always asks, "What's wrong" and "How can i help?". I know that she is such a wonderful woman, but at the same time very mystifying. I get so anxious and nervous when I communicate with her - intimidation most likely. I feel that if I say the wrong thing or mess up on my grammar she may throw down the hammer on me, but at the same time she has that feeling of warmth and compassion. Confusion has got me down. I cannot wait to meet her, but I don't because of my tendencies to have that "blank white stare" where you cannot think of anything to say. It reminds of the song "Witchcraft" sung by Frank Sinatra. It is as if she is the only one that puts this spell on me, leaving me speechless. I have no problem speaking with other attractive females, but with her it is a different scenario. What advice should be given on this relationship between the two of us?

This is not a topic of doctrine Vort. Excuse me if i'm wrong, but I did in fact say it was "speculation". If our Heavenly Father sees it fit that we are to be placed in that Kingdom with no way of progression to other Kingdoms, then I am perfectly fine with His decision. I am merely trying to hear the thoughts of others who want to contribute to this question. One - I am NOT preaching. Two - The previous post was being paraphrased from a talk that I read. Three - Did I EVER mention that these posts were to be doctrine? The reason for this post was to gain insight on my questions. This forum has been extremely rude, trying to find the faults in anything I say. This was to be a conversation by which we could collectively help each other in the process of finding out what God has in store for us after this life. If in fact you are correct then I applaud you for your contribution.

Obedience is a commandment. It is very important to follow it. We definitely need to worry about our duties to God. Those that eat, drink, and be merry cause themselves to slow their progression here on earth, which will then cause them to progress at a lower level to Godhood, which could take a millennium, two millenniums, or however long it is needed to learn that principle or step towards Godhood. They are prolonging their course towards further progression (I even think there was a recent talk about this particular subject as well). This brings to mind our agency before this earth life. We all progressed at different times, which ultimately decided how and where we were to be placed in different lifestyles and diverse cultures, to learn the principles we were not able to beforehand.

This post is more speculation on the future than what needs to be done right now. It is also a view on other's opinions of what they think. Obedience can be met at any time, or throughout time. I understand what 2 Nephi 28:7 says, thank you for that...It just doesn't make sense to have an eternal progression when the progress will eventually stop because it can only limit you to a certain amount of knowledge, otherwise you would learn what the higher kingdoms are learning.

Even though this is our time of probation, some will still have to repent after this life. I cannot remember the quote, but a general authority said that it would be harder after this life to repent, but repentance is still there. I know for a fact that we will have agency after we are placed into kingdoms, but does the principle of repentance apply after the Judgement? I would hope so. Although once those who are placed in the celestial kingdom would never want to use their agency to do evil because of their hearts qualifying them to be in that kingdom. So...if it is 10x 100x or 1000x harder to repent after this life, is it still then possible to progress from kingdom to kingdom? To me it seems right, but those that didn't obey would have a slower progression than those that did.

Of course not! He judges fairly, but I am talking about the situation after judgement.

Is the Final Judgement really just a way of classifying which kingdom we go to and stay there forever? Is it possible to progress from kingdom to kingdom after the Judgement Day? To me, it seems "unfair" to keep someone in a place for eternity unable to progress to the next glory - limited eternal progression (if that makes any sense).