[§187] Spirit Worlds Are Created According to the Order of Creation

This podcast explains the meaning and background of Kolob, which is identified in Abraham 3 and Facsimile 2 in The Pearl of Great Price. Kolob was the first spirit world created by God the father during the spirit creation. It possessed more intelligence (light or truth) than all other spirit worlds created by God. After God created Kolob as the first spirit world in this generation, it became the spirit world within this earth, which Jesus Christ created last among all the physical worlds of his creation. Kolob is, in many respects, in the similitude of Jesus Christ. Figure 1 in facsimile number 2 is an Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that depicts Kolob. Through the spirit of Revelation, Joseph Smith explained that this image signifies Kolob, which was the first spirit creation nearest to the throne and celestial residence of God. It is a great governing star, first in government and last pertaining to the measurement of time. According to God’s reckoning of time, one day on Kolob is equal to a thousand earth years. Kolob and this earth shared the same reckoning of celestial time until the fall of Adam. After the resurrection of this earth, both will again be governed by celestial time and this earth with Kolob as its inward spirit will again be filled with glory as the great governing star of the universe.