Richard7
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I'm a General Contractor and don't pretend to be a scriptorian... and my knowledge of all the different words designations is obviously limited.I am surprised you didn't know. That said, you're welcome.
Why would you be surprised?
Well this is the Mormon Forum and we are limited by the rules as to how we communicate our issues with Christians... we are asked not to debate Christian Doctrine, that should go to the correct Forum for discussion.Can we suss out what you mean using Mormon resources below and the difference between what Christianity claims being saved is and what Mormonism teaches:
Salvation from Physical Death. All people eventually die. But through the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, all people will be resurrected—saved from physical death. Paul testified, “As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22). In this sense, everyone is saved, regardless of choices made during this life. This is a free gift from the Savior to all human beings.
Salvation from Sin. To be cleansed from sin through the Savior’s Atonement, an individual must exercise faith in Jesus Christ, repent, be baptized, and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (see Acts 2:37–38). Those who have been baptized and have received the Holy Ghost through the proper priesthood authority have been conditionally saved from sin. In this sense, salvation is conditional, depending on an individual’s continuing in faithfulness, or enduring to the end in keeping the commandments of God (see 2 Peter 2:20–22).
These iterations indicate we have a chasm between what the Bible teaches and what Mormonism teaches on what salvation is. Agreed?
Totally agree...
The key being "celestial kingdom" which I'm sure you alluded to when you refenced Smiths changing the words from Matthew (many mansions).
Yep, or as I stated it would be nice to have all the original manuscripts... I understand that Greek was used in preference of Hebrew, but not all the original are Greek...
Do you have the original "reformed egyptian" for the BoM? With all due respect your argument is rather feckless. There are thousands and thousands of original manuscripts for the Bible Richard in Hebrew and Koine Greek. There are zero original manuscripts for the BoM.
That would be a great topic in a different OP
The word has never been finalized, you can check for your self by just googling the word, much discussion and differences are available for your own research.I was addressing Smith's change of many mansions to kingdoms; perhaps you can expound on what you are trying to clarify.