[§81] The Status of Spirits Awaiting the Resurrection

This podcast explains the nature, condition, and status of disembodied spirits in the postmortal spirit world. A distinction is made between unembodied spirits in the premortal spirit world, embodied spirits in mortality, disembodied spirits that exist between death and resurrection, and reembodied spirits—better known as resurrected people. The postmortal spirit world consists of two great divisions called paradise and prison, but there are gradations of light in paradise and gradations of darkness, wickedness, and evil in prison. DIsembodied spirits in paradise are the spirits of the just who will ultimately qualify for the celestial kingdom, while those in prison are of the terrestrial and telestial kingdoms of glory. Prison is also home to the disembodied spirit sons of perdition who experience outer darkness while in prison temporarily and then ultimately throughout all eternity because they cannot be redeemed.