In 1830, the prophet Joseph Smith received a revelation that showed us how great and expansive Heavenly Father’s creations are throughout this world and the universe. The revelation became Moses 1 in the PofGP it describes a vision the prophet Moses received. During this revelation, Joseph Smith witnessed what God had revealed to Moses in the vision.
World’s Without Number
“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” (Moses 1:33).
“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” (Moses 1:35). “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” (Moses 1:38).
“No end” to the works of God is very difficult for our finite mind to comprehend. Most of us cannot even comprehend yesterday’s Sunday School lesson, let alone the marvelous things the Lord has and continues to do. We must exercise a great amount of faith to understand the workings of our Father in Heaven.
In His Image
“So God created man in His own , in the image of God created he him; male and created he them.” Genesis 1:27
Beings of this world and earth came from the premortal world as spirits clothed in flesh. We are created physically as we were created spiritually by our Heavenly Parents.. Why should we ever think that creatures such as large headed and big eyed Aliens are from God? Can spirts of evil deceive us? Yes. Can Satan appear as an angel of light? Yes. Will God send messengers to His people on this earth, that are not from this Earth? No.
President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008): “Our bodies are sacred. They were created in the image of God. They are marvelous, the crowning creation of Deity. No camera has ever matched the wonder of the human eye. No pump was ever built that could run so long and carry such heavy duty as the human heart. The ear and the brain constitute a miracle. … These, with others of our parts and organs, represent the divine, omnipotent genius of God” (“Be Ye Clean,” Ensign, May 1996, 48).
President Thomas S. Monson: “God our Father has ears with which to hear our prayers. He has eyes with which to see our actions. He has a mouth with which to speak to us. He has a heart with which to feel compassion and love. He is real. He is living. We are his children made in his image. We look like him and he looks like us” (“I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” Tambuli, Apr. 1988, 6; Ensign, Apr. 1990, 6).
Perfection
I don’t believe the Lord expects us to fully understand all the many things right now, but I believe it is possible to as the scriptures say, “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” James 2:1-4
We can become “perfect” in one thing, or in one action, or in prayers, or in scripture reading, etc. I feel we can become as perfect as we have knowledge, to become perfect in many things. We shouldn’t feel overwhelmed as it is a day to day process. Just because we don’t understand the workings of God in relationship to other worlds, or in the idea of perfection, we should not just ignore them.
Travel to Worlds Beyond our Solar System
“In our temporal existence, we may not be able to travel to travel to worlds beyond our solar system system, but other beings in other phases of existence are not so limited,” Professor Kent Nielsen said, “The gospel has been taught in every dispensation by space travel. True, the visitors do not use rocket ships—they have more efficient means. When Moroni returned to heaven after one of his visits to Joseph Smith, Joseph ‘saw, as it were, a conduit open right up into heaven, and he ascended till he entirely disappeared.'” BYU Professor Kent Nielsen 1971 “People on Other Worlds https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/1971/04/people-on-other-worlds?lang=eng
Extraterrestrial Conversation
Many of us believe that earthly visitations and other forms of communications today are not the extraterrestrial encounters some might think about., President Spencer W. Kimball affirmed they do happen in his book Faith Proceeds the Miracle. “Is there extraterrestrial conversation? Certainly. Man may speak to God, and receive answers from him. Is there association of nonhuman beings? There is no question. Are planets out in space inhabited by intelligent creatures? Without doubt.”
Inspired Quotes
Quotes from Leaders pertaining to things not understood in the world that we can see and experience each day. Full quotes below the list.
1- “Angels who minister to this earth … belong or have belonged to it”
2- “The principle of time relates to God’s foreknowledge of all things”
3- [God] “He actually sees, rather than foresees, the future”
4- “Angels who visit this earth are not strangers to it”
5- “This earth was not designed merely as a home for mortals. … It has a greater destiny” 6- “The Savior will reside here when earth is celestialized”
7- “Translation is a power that belongs to the Melchizedek Priesthood”
8- “The translated residents of Enoch’s city are under the direction of Jesus”
9- “There has never been a moment from the beginning that there were not men on the earth holding the Holy Priesthood”
10- “God created man in His own
“The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that exalted, resurrected angels “do not reside on a planet like this earth; but they reside in the presence of God, on a globe [planet] like a sea of glass and fire, where all things for their glory are manifest, past, present, and future, and are continually before the Lord” (D&C 130:6–7). Speaking about how the principle of time relates to God’s foreknowledge of all things.
God, “Sees, rather than Foresees”
Elder Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles explained:
“God does not live in the dimension of time as do we. Moreover, since ‘all things are present with’ God [Moses 1:6], his is not simply a predicting based solely upon the past. In ways which are not clear to us, he actually sees, rather than foresees, the future—because all things are, at once, present, before him! …
“… He is the living God who is, at once, in the dimensions of the past and present and future, while we labor constrained by the limitations of time itself” (“A More Determined Discipleship,” Ensign, Feb. 1979, 72–73).” Source
“Angels who Minister to this Earth … Belong or have Belonged to it”
The Prophet Joseph Smith explained that “angels who minister to this earth” are those who have lived or who will live on it (D&C 130:5). President Joseph F. Smith (1838–1918) further taught that angels who visit this earth are not strangers to it or to those to whom they minister: “When messengers are sent to minister to the inhabitants of this earth, they are not strangers, but from the ranks of our kindred, friends, and fellow-beings and fellow-servants. The ancient prophets who died were those who came to visit their fellow creatures upon the earth. … In like manner our fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters and friends who have passed away from this earth, having been faithful, and worthy to enjoy these rights and privileges, may have a mission given them to visit their relatives and friends upon the earth again, bringing from the divine Presence messages of love, of warning, or reproof and instruction, to those whom they had learned to love in the flesh” (Gospel Doctrine, 5th ed. [1939], 435–36). https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual-2017/chapter-50-doctrine-and-covenants-129-30?lang=eng
Earth not just a Home for Mortals
Elder Mark E. Peterson (1900–1984) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles testified:
“This earth was not designed merely as a home for mortals. … It has a greater destiny than that. This earth will not remain in its present condition. It is to become immortal. It will pass through a refining process by which it will become a celestial globe and be like a Urim and Thummim in the skies. (See D&C 130:9.) That will require further acts of divine creation. …
The Savior will reside here when earth is celestialized, and His Father will visit it from time to time. It then will be the eternal home of those who achieve celestial glory in the kingdom of God.
Such is the final destiny of the earth. Such was the purpose God had in mind in creating it, for He planned it so in the beginning” (“Creator and Savior,” Ensign, May 1983, 63–64).
For more information regarding the celestialized earth, see the commentary for Doctrine and Covenants 77:1 and Doctrine and Covenants 88:17–20, 25–26″ https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual-2017/chapter-50-doctrine-and-covenants-129-30?lang=eng
“Enoch’s Zion… to Perform a Mission to These Various Planets”
The Prophet Joseph Smith explained that translation is a power that belongs to the Melchizedek Priesthood, a dimension of the holy order of God.[16] President John Taylor added that “the translated residents of Enoch’s city are under the direction of Jesus, who is the Creator of worlds; and that he, holding the keys of the government of other worlds, could, in his administrations to them, select the translated people of Enoch’s Zion, if he thought proper, to perform a mission to these various planets, and as death had not passed upon them, they could be prepared by him and made use of through the medium of the holy priesthood to act as ambassadors, teachers, or messengers to those worlds over which Jesus holds the authority.” John Taylor, The Gospel Kingdom, comp. G. Homer Durham (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1964), 103; see also Smith, Teachings, 170–71.
Authorized Servants are Always on the Earth
“The Lord, of necessity, has kept authorized servants on the earth bearing the priesthood from the days of Adam to the present time; in fact, there has never been a moment from the beginning that there were not men on the earth holding the Holy Priesthood. Even in the days of apostasy, . . . our Father in heaven held control and had duly authorized servants on the earth to direct his work and to check, to some extent at least, the ravages and corruption of the evil powers. These servants were not permitted to organize the Church nor to officiate in the ordinances of the gospel, but they did check the advances of evil as far as the Lord deemed it necessary.”
Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, 5 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1957–66), 2:45.
Men in their Ambition have ever Sought for Power, to Rule and to Exercise a Controlling Influence over their Fellow Men;
“Almost All“ as the Lord said, has a very high likelihood that as many as 99% of us, once we gain a little power over our fellow men, we become proud and overbearing. Priesthood is not the “power of men” but the “power of God”, to exercise righteously the blessings the Lord has bestowed on us.
“We have learned by sad experience that it is the and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little , as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise dominion. Hence many are called, but are chosen. D&C 121:39-40
No Priestcrafts
“He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion. 2 Nephi 26:29
For he put down all the priests that had been consecrated by his father, and consecrated new ones in their stead, such as were lifted up in the pride of their hearts. Mosiah 11:5
And he was learned, that he had a perfect knowledge of the language of the people; wherefore, he could use much flattery, and much power of speech, according to the power of the devil. Jacob 7:4
“And then shall that be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his : Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all and and lying wonders” 2 Thessalonians 2:8-9
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN HELD CONTROL
“THE LORD, OF NECESSITY, HAS KEPT AUTHORIZED SERVANTS ON THE EARTH BEARING THE PRIESTHOOD FROM THE DAYS OF ADAM TO THE PRESENT TIME; IN FACT, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MOMENT FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THERE WERE NOT MEN ON THE EARTH HOLDING THE HOLY PRIESTHOOD. EVEN IN THE DAYS OF APOSTASY, . . . OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN HELD CONTROL AND HAD DULY AUTHORIZED SERVANTS ON THE EARTH TO DIRECT HIS WORK AND TO CHECK, TO SOME EXTENT AT LEAST, THE RAVAGES AND CORRUPTION OF THE EVIL POWERS. THESE SERVANTS WERE NOT PERMITTED TO ORGANIZE THE CHURCH NOR TO OFFICIATE IN THE ORDINANCES OF THE GOSPEL, BUT THEY DID CHECK THE ADVANCES OF EVIL AS FAR AS THE LORD DEEMED IT NECESSARY” Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, 5 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1957–66), 2:45