They taught us the gospel of the Son. The Son would come to earth later on and give Himself as a sacrifice for all the sins of Father's children. Until then, the messengers taught us that we need to sacrifice the firstborn of our flocks as a symbol of the Atonement (when the Son would die to atone for sin). We don't have any flocks yet but we did see sheep and cow and their bellies are starting to bulge with child too. We are too select the firstborn and it just be all white (no colored spots or patches) and no broken bones. White signifies purity and holiness like the Son. They said the Son would be born of one of our future daughters many years from now. She would be called Mary and her Son would be named Jesus Emmanuel. Jesus means Savior and Emmanuel means God with us. He would also be called Christ which means the Anointed. They taught us that before we were born, Jesus was Anointed to be our Savior. We asked about other worlds like Lucifer had mentioned in the garden. At that point Lucifer appeared and wanted to join in the conversation but Peter said he was not welcomed and told him to leave. Lucifer said by what authority? Peter raised his right arm and said "In the name of our Savior Jesus Christ". With that, Lucifer left in a hurry. It's good to know that Father and His Son Jesus have authority to cast Lucifer out. James told us that when Jesus was chosen before we were born (they called it "pre-existence"), Lucifer had also been there. He told us that Father presented a plan where we would be able to choose between right and wrong and because we wouldn't be perfect, sometimes we'd choose to go against Father's commandments. Just like Eve and I did when we disobeyed Father in the garden and ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Because of our sins, we wouldn't be able to return to Father unless a Savior would also go down and perfectly obey all of Father's commandments so that He could take upon Himself all our sins. Because He wouldn't sin, He also would not have to die. Because His mother would be our descendant, He would have an imperfect body and could sacrifice himself by dying. Of course Father is immortal and so the Son would be able to take up His body again after dying and death could not conquer Him. Someday we would also all be resurrected and become immortal because as in Adam we all would die but in Christ we would all be made alive again. That gave us great hope! They said Lucifer had also presented an alternative plan to Father's and his plan would be that we all would return but he would force us all to return and Father would have to give Lucifer His glory. I'd prefer to choose, personally. Eve, Peter, James and John agreed emphatically too. Father chose Jesus as our Savior and Lucifer rebelled against that, along with many of Father's children who took his side. Lucifer and his followers were cast out of Father's presence, down to the earth. The war that started there is still going on and we would have to choose correctly (obey Father) or Lucifer would be able to make us his, by our own choice and his force. I hope I will always choose Father and that our children will do the same. Yet I also understand that even though I am Eve's and she is mine, we both have to choose. Forcing one to do anything would be akin to Lucifer's plan. Our children would be taught the truth and have a grace period (where Jesus' grace would cover them if they died young) and by the age of eight years, they would be responsible for their own sins. They also taught us about baptism, which is done by immersion, being a symbol of being buried by going under the water and living again. Peter told me to go to the river, a deep part where I could go completely under, and then said "Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost". I immersed myself completely in the water. When I came up, I felt renewed and very clean. They said that Father would later send the Holy Ghost to comfort us and help us. They told me to baptize Eve but instead of Peter saying the words, I would say them, then immerse Eve and help her up. When she came up out of the water, she prophesized much about our children and their children and gave many thanks to Father for having opened our eyes and taught us the Gospel. I felt that what she said was true too. It was a very happy and blessed day!
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