“ADAM–WHICH IS MANY”, Chapter 18 of Mysteries of Creation 


 

What a monumental work for those who become an Adam and an Eve!

The First Dispensation

The fall of Adam (Michael) and the redemption of Christ were meant to work together. Paul says:

The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. (I Cor. 15: 45, 47)

Adam’s fall was from heavenly to earthly, and Christ’s sacrifice was restoring from earthly to heavenly.

Not all sermons about Adam refer to the office or station, but sometimes refer to the person who filled that position. Consider the following from the Prophet Joseph Smith:

The Priesthood was first given to Adam; he obtained the first presidency, and held the keys of it from generation to generation. (TPJS, p. 157)

Adam holds the keys of the dispensation of the fullness of times; i.e., the dispensation of all the times have been and will be revealed through him …. (TPJS, p. 167)

This, then, is the nature of the Priesthood; every man holding the Presidency of his dispensation, and one man holding the presidency of them all, even Adam; . . . (TPJS, p. 169)

He (Adam) is the father of the human family, and presides over the spirits of all men. . . . (DHC 3:387)

He had dominion given him over every living creature. (TPJS, p. 157)