Quotes Compiled by Robert Hyatt
1999

From the following statements it is evident that Jesus Christ is the Savior or Redeemer for All of the inhabited worlds of His Creation under the Direction of the Father. By Divine Birthright Jesus Christ inherited this sacred duty to be the savior for all of Heavenly Fathers Spiritual posterity past, present, and into the eternities.

The infinite Atonement is intended to bring life and redemption to all the children of the Eternal Father, including those of other worlds who "are saved by the very same Savior of ours" (T&S 4:82-85).

Journal of Discourses, Vol.18, p.290, Orson Pratt, November 12, 1876

Even our great Redeemer whose death and sufferings we are this afternoon celebrating, was born up in yonder world before he was born of the Virgin Mary. Have you not read, in the New Testament, that Jesus Christ was the first-born of every creature? From this reading it would seem that he was the oldest of the whole human family, that is, so far as his birth in the spirit world is concerned. How long ago since that birth took place is not revealed; it might have been unnumbered millions of years for aught we know. But we do know that he was born and was the oldest of the family of spirits. Have you not also read in the New Testament that he is called our elder brother? Does this refer to the birth of the body of flesh and bones? By no means, for there were hundreds of millions who were born upon our earth before the body of flesh and bones was born whom we call Jesus. How is it, then, that he is our elder brother? We must go back to the previous birth, before the foundation of this earth; we have to go back to past ages, to the period when he was begotten of the Father among the great family of spirits. He became, by his birthright, the great Creator. God, through him, created not only this little world, this speck of creation, but by him the worlds were made and created. How many we know not, for it has not been revealed. Suffice it to say, a great many worlds were created by him. Why by him? Because he had the birth right, he being the oldest of his father's family, and this birthright entitles him, not only to create worlds, but to become the Redeemer of those worlds, not only [p.273] the Redeemer of the inhabitants of this our earth, but of all the others whom he created by the will and power of his Father.

However, Elder Bruce R. McConkie stated that there is but one savior for this and all other possible worlds: "When the prophets speak of an infinite atonement, they mean just that. Its effects cover all men, the earth itself and all forms of life thereon, and reach out into the endless expanses of eternity.…the atonement of Christ, being literally and truly infinite, applies to an infinite number of earths" (Mormon Doctrine 64-65).

I pray God the Eternal Father that when we have all, finished our probation here, we may be presented to the Lord without spot or blemish, as pure and honorable representatives of the church and kingdom of God on the earth, and then inherit a celestial glory in the kingdom of our God, and enjoy everlasting felicity with the pure and just in the realms of eternal day, through the merits and atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, in worlds without end.

Joseph Smith joined the few who had seen God. The God of all these worlds and the Son of God, the Redeemer…

Just as there is ultimately but one God in principle, so is there but one Spirit, one priesthood, and one Savior. Lucifer, "a liar from the beginning" (D&C 93:25), sought to become a redeemer even though he lacked the "grace and truth" so essential to the labors of a redeemer (Moses 1:6, 32; 6:52). His rebellion aside, he had to be rejected. Whether one or many, there can be but one Savior, in principle, for all worlds.

There is yet much to be revealed in this world of the things of God, and even more in the eternity to come. But what we do know—what we see eye to eye—is worth worlds. Salvation is a miracle. And it is wrought by and through the Firstborn and Only Begotten Son of God, the lowly Galilean, Jesus of Nazareth. He is the Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer, and Sanctifier of men and worlds. If that is all we presently know of him, it is all we need to know.

This great Redeemer is stronger than Death, more powerful than that direful monster who has come into the world, and laid siege to all the inhabitants thereof; He will banish it out of this creation. How will He do it? If the penalty of the original sin be the eternal separation of body and spirit, how can justice have all its demands, and mercy be shown to the transgressor? There is a way, and how? It is by the introduction of His Only Begotten Son, the Son of His own bosom, the first-born of every creature, holding the birthright over every creation He has made, and holding the keys of salvation over millions of worlds like this; he has a right to come forth and suffer the penalty of death for the fallen sons and daughters of man.

….when the kingdom of God shall have dominion and power under the whole heaven; and when the voice of the triumphant Redeemer, shall not only ring round this globe to the righteous, but shall sound throughout the vast empire of God, to the just of worlds, -

This is the merciful plan of our Father in heaven, which, through the sacrifice of our Savior, reaches forth to embrace all who repent and receive the gospel, both here and in the world(s) of spirits.

The Almighty gave Moses "only an account of this earth, and the inhabitants thereof" (Moses 1:35). As there is but one specific God for us, so is there but one specific Savior for us—Jesus of Nazareth. How many other worlds are encompassed by his infinite sacrifice is yet to be revealed. Also unknown is the extent of his labors as the Creator, the Father's "word of my power" (Moses 1:32, 35).

In the Book of Moses we read that Jesus Christ is the creator of many worlds, each with their own Adam. We also understand from these scriptures that there is no end to the process of spirits inhabiting planets created by Jesus Christ for the Father. This process is eternal.

29 And he beheld many lands; and each land was called earth, and there were inhabitants on the face thereof. And by the word of my power, have I created them, which is mine Only Begotten Son, who is full of grace and truth. And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten. And the first man of all men have I called Adam, which is many. But only an account of this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, give I unto you. For behold, there are many worlds that have passed away by the word of my power. And there are many that now stand, and innumerable are they unto man; but all things are numbered unto me, for they are mine and I know them. And it came to pass that Moses spake unto the Lord, saying: Be merciful unto thy servant, O God, and tell me concerning this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, and also the heavens, and then thy servant will be content. And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying: The heavens, they are many, and they cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto me, for they are mine. And as one earth shall pass away, and the heavens thereof even so shall another come; and there is no end to my works, neither to my words.

As the Prophet says concerning our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, "of the increase of his government…there shall be no end."21 It shall go on increasing with every cycle of eternity as long as time endures. There shall be no end to the increase of His Kingdom. His glory consisted of this; and the glory of God consists in the number of His posterity; and as generation succeeds generation, until the earth is filled and glorified, other worlds will be rolled into existence upon which the posterity of God, our Heavenly Father, shall increase throughout the endless ages of eternity….

But 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.

Since Moses' vision of God's creation is centered primarily on this earth, the meaning of verse 34 is that Adam is the first man of all the men of our race who were created for this earth and not necessarily the first man that God had created for any of His worlds. The word of the Lord to Enoch confirms this view, as we shall see in the following quotation. In speaking of the wickedness that should prevail throughout the world at the time of Noah, the Lord told Enoch that "all the creations which I have made … and among all the workmanship of mine hands there has not been so great wickedness as among thy brethren;"16 thus, according to His own statement, the Lord had peopled other worlds before He placed Adam and Eve on this earth.

He was a member of the Godhead—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. He participated in the Great Council of Heaven which decided that they should build a world, a world to which we might come as mortal beings and work out our salvation. I cannot but think that the same purpose had been present untold numbers of times for our Savior then to work out his world-creative work as he did for us. "Worlds without number have I created," through "mine Only Begotten Son."

Our earth is one of many such creations of the Lord. From the Lord's parable in this revelation, we learn that the Lord will visit the various earths and the inhabitants thereof. (See D&C 88:51-61) As pertaining to the Lord's visit to this earth prior to its resurrection, Elder Joseph Fielding Smith said: During the millennium, the Savior will spend one thousand years here which is one day according to the Lord. In Doctrine and Covenants, Section 88 it is written that the Savior will do the same thing in other worlds, visiting each in its turn. (AGQ, Vol. 3, p. 212)

"I have become all in all that I might [establish?] the economy of the Father. . . . I have become an angel among angels." In both cases the Savior fulfills the Father's "economy" in other worlds even as he had in this one.

This statement in Scripture shows that Jesus has many creations with inhabited beings and explains that among those creations the most wicked can be found on this Earth. Could Jesus Christ create these inhabited worlds and not have stewardship over them?

Wherefore, I can stretch forth mine hands and hold all the creations which I have made; and mine eye can pierce them also, and among all the workmanship of mine hands there has not been so great wickedness as among thy brethren.

There is but one begotten Son of God, both in body and spirit, and by this birthright He took Position as Savior and Redeemer of all the spirit Children born to the Father.

He, in the nearness of his relationship to the Father, seems to occupy a position that no other person occupies. He is spoken of as his well beloved Son, as the only begotten of the Father—does not this mean the only begotten after the flesh? If he was the firstborn and obedient to the laws of his Father, did he not inherit the position by right to be the representative of God, the Savior and Redeemer of the world? And was it not his peculiar right and privilege as the firstborn, the legitimate heir of God, the Eternal Father, to step forth, accomplish, and carry out the designs of his Heavenly Father pertaining to the redemption, salvation, and exaltation of man? And being himself without sin (which no other mortal was), he took the position of Savior and Redeemer, which by right belonged to him as the firstborn. And does it not seem that in having a body specially prepared, and being the offspring of God, both in body and spirit, he stood preeminently in the position of the Son of God, or in the place of God, and was God, and was thus the fit and only personage capable of making an infinite atonement?—MA, 135-137,