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The Sequential Creation and Redemption of Celestial Earths
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John Cassinat
November 20, 2025
The Sequential Creation and Redemption of Celestial Earths
Sequential Creation During the War in Heaven
When the premortal war in heaven began in Revelation 12:7, Christ began creating physical worlds that could abide celestial law and could therefore be the habitation of mortal humans during their second estate.
Joseph Fielding Smith explained the purpose of celestial earths in relation to their mortal human inhabitants, saying:
“At the end of the world the earth will die; it will be dissolved, pass away, and then it will be renewed, or raised with a resurrection. It will receive its resurrection to become a celestial body, so that they of the celestial order may possess it forever and ever.”
(Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, Vol. 1, 87–88)
Christ created countless celestial earths.
Bruce R. McConkie gives us a sense of just how many, saying:
“Where Christ himself was concerned, this small planet was but one speck of dust in a storm swirling over the Sahara. There is not one earth, but many; not one planet inhabited by our Father's children, but an infinite number.”
(Bruce R. McConkie, The Premortal Messiah, 55)
Christ created celestial earths consecutively (not concurrently) during the war in heaven.
“The Lord creates worlds in a systematic manner…. Our Father has said that he has created worlds ‘without number,’ and this for his own purpose, and ‘as one earth shall pass away, and the heavens thereof, even so shall another come.’ [Moses 1:38]”
(Joseph Fielding Smith, Man: His Origin and Destiny, 28, 32)
The Sequential Creation and Redemption of Celestial Earths
The Parable of the Lord of the Fields
The Parable of the Lord of the Fields (D&C 88:51-61) explains in symbolic terms the sequential nature of celestial creation.
Robert Matthews said: “This parable is one of the plainest assertions in the scriptures that there are inhabitants on other worlds and that Jesus Christ is their Savior and Lord.” (Robert Matthews, Sermons and Writings of Robert Matthews, 419)
A 12-Hour Day, 12 Worlds, and a Sequential Pattern
The symbolic setting for the parable is one day of 12 hours.
In each hour of the day, the Lord visits each of 12 worlds.
His visit on the first world in the first hour represents Jehovah’s creation and redemptive works on the first celestial world he created when the war in heaven began. Jehovah similarly ministered on countless celestial earths in sequential order. His final premortal ministry occurred on this earth—the last earth of His physical creation. Then He was born here as the mortal Messiah.
After Christ’s death on this earth, He ministered a second time on each of the “twelve” worlds in reverse order—the first became last, and the last became first. This second stage began when Christ ministered to disembodied spirits in the postmortal spirit world on this earth and then resurrected exaltation-worthy people here. He then visited every other celestial earth in reverse order to resurrect exaltation-worthy people on all other celestial earths from last to first.
The third visits occur in reverse order again, when Christ completes the resurrection of all celestial people, including those not qualified for exaltation. The resurrection of unexalted people began on the first world of the physical creation and will end on this earth, the last earth of the physical creation, in this generation. The last person resurrected to the celestial kingdom for this entire universe will be resurrected on this earth at the end of the millennium.
Why This Parable Matters
This parable adds significant insights into the Order of Creation and the resurrection of celestial-worthy people on countless inhabited worlds.
For more on the sequential creation of celestial earths during the war in heaven and Christ’s redemptive works on these worlds, check out my podcasts from:
🎧 November 16, 2025 – Listen here
🎧 November 18, 2025 – Listen here
(Also available wherever you get your podcasts)
John Cassinat
Unveiling Jesus Christ
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