No in-betweeners?
While our beliefs entail a much broader spectrum of salvation (three kingdoms of glory with perhaps many levels of glory within them) as compared to the heaven and hell belief of most Christians, I still find it interesting that there is still such a significant chasm between the kingdoms of glory, at least as the imagery implies: sun vs moon vs stars. Their difference in glory is vast. This would seem to imply that no one is going to just barely miss one kingdom. If you are only worthy of a les
The comparison of the Celestial, Terrestrial, and Telestial kingdoms to the sun, the moon, and the stars respectively is obviously figurative. This being the case, I think we need to be careful in trying to make too much of the symbolism.
Within the church we focus almost exclusively on the Celestial kingdom and specifically the highest degree of the Celestial kingdom, as this is the ultimate prize. Yet I would be shocked if even 10 percent of the current active membership is keeping th