Saturday, November 8, 2014

Did They Really Say That?!?

STATUS OF ADAM IN PRE-EXISTENCE.  The first man placed upon the earth was a perfect being, a son of God.  He was Michael, the Archangel, who had reached great distinction and power before he ever came to this earth; and who helped to frame this earth while he was yet a spirit, just as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was a spirit before he was born in Bethlehem.

Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation 1:90 (italics in the original)


Who does the Bible say was the first man on earth?  Adam.
How can Michael the Archangel be a man, since humans and angels are different creations?
How could anyone pre-exist in the spiritual state when 1 Cor. 15:44-46 says the “natural” comes before the spiritual?

Who do you trust - the author of the Word of God or Joseph Fielding Smith?

No comments: