Today, we're going to talk about Kolob.
Today we're gonna talk about Kolob.
And why is Kolob an interesting subject?
Because-- Well, I think the topic of Kolob has always been something that's super interesting.
But especially in the last few years, the Book of Mormon Musical came out and there's
a line in that show that says, "I believe that God lives on a planet called Kolob."
So we look insane, you know?
So what is Kolob?
And do Mormons actually believe that God lives there?
No, Kolob is not where Darth Vader's Death March is from.
No, Kolob is-- wait, I thought that was the Star Trek theme song?
Oh my gosh, go home.
I'm not doing this.
I can't.
That's when Frodo and Jimmy drop the rock into the-- stop-- the volcano.
Keep going.
So Mormons-- so the first thing we need to get straight is that we don't believe that
Kolob is-- people think that that's where we think God lives, that that's his home,
that that's heaven.
But it's not, it's, we believe it's a star-- Joseph Smith revealed that much to us through
revelation.
But that's kind of all we've got.
It's not like it's essential to Mormon doctrine.
It's not like the Book of Mormon, you know, which is the key of our religion.
It's just kind of a fact, you know?
It's not like when you die we believe you have to take like a citizenship test to Kolob.
Bring your passport.
What happened in Kolob in 1755?
We don't believe that.
You're from America?
Vetoed!
And it doesn't even-- literally, we haven't even talked about it in General Conference
since the 1960's and it's not something that's like essential to our beliefs at all.
And we haven't talked about it because the Kolobians are very upset because the earthlings
are coming and taking their jobs.
They're taking our jobs!
But seriously, but what is cool about Kolob, like, it does kinda give us-- we believe that
God has a physical form.
And that means if he has a physical form, he physically lives somewhere.
And so the idea of Kolob does kind of express that like God is living somewhere.
It makes sense that he lives near a star.
I'm sure there's at least one close to him.
This also means that we have, we kinda have a doctrine on space.
We have a theology about space which is the coolest thing-- which is literally the coolest.
That is very unique.
I mean, it just adds to the fact that God's creations are numberless, endless, and why
would his doctrine only relate to this earth?
Yeah.
Why would he not have, I don't know, information on the rest of his creations.
There is life on other planets.
The universe is constantly expanding.
We're not the only ones.
It's so cool.
It really is.
It's also a very gutsy thing for like a christian religion to be like, "Oh yeah, life on other
planets, God's in charge of those lives..."
You have no idea how many times people have told me that I believe in aliens.
And I just look at them like, YES!
And they stop and they're like, "Wait what?"
How do you believe in aliens, brother?
Do you believe in dinosaurs too?
Yes.
We've seen a few bones and fossils.
So I have this friend.
He told me via Facebook message, he was like, "What?"
Like I could feel him screaming at me.
I could feel his like angry breath from 700 miles away, right?
So disappointed!
And he was basically like, "You guys believe like in a planet called Kolob?"
And what was crazy to him and to a lot of people is that LDS theology has named things
like, 'You can't name stars of planets.
Unless it's Mercury or Venus or Mars."
That is A67.32.
That's normal.
Fool.
To me it's weird, like, we have planets named after, what is it-- not Roman gods or Greek
gods but we have planets named after Roman gods so then Kolob and Kokob and Kokaubeam
and Shinehah and they're going like, "No, that's weird."
But where do these names come from?
They come from the Book of Abraham.
Okay cool.
So essentially the Lord is telling Abraham about the universe and kinda telling him about
how like light works and how things revolve and things like that according to God's timing.
I don't understand what's going on that much.
I'm sure Abraham didn't either.
He was like, "Cool."
It's something you learn in Physics class, I'm just like, "The mitochondria is the powerhouse
of the Eli Whitney cotton gin.
A squared plus B squared equals-- no, C squared."
Yes.
But essentially there's nothing that strange about like having names for things in the
solar system.
Of course there could be names for things.
Yeah, if God created all, why couldn't he name it?
If he could name something an elephant, you know.... that's a stupid one.
He names things on earth, he named-- like, why can he not name other things?
No limiting God!
Something that a lot of people might think is weird that goes along with our belief in
Kolob is that God actually lives in an actual place and he has a physical location.
Because a lot of Christians are like, "Oh, well God is everywhere, God is everything."
But since we believe that God has a physical body just like we do and just like Christ
was after he was resurrected, yes they have a physical place where they're located.
In Genesis God is saying, Let us make man in our image or likeness.
So you have him talking about physicality and talking to other people.
So there are a number of people there at this creation.
And then even if you believe that Jesus and God are one, let's say you take that belief--
then you believe that Christ was resurrected, right?
So you can out with a body so where is he now?
He's gotta be somewhere.
Physicality does play a role in divinity.
He lives somewhere- yeah.
So it's like, is he just "Oh no, he went to the sky, now he just exists as like chills
and hugs and warm puppies.
No, like Jesus is a being.
And that's core to our beliefs, the fact that we can become like the Savior and like Heavenly
Father.
That's the reason we have a body.
The reason we're here is to become like them.
And it would seem to me a little, like why would he give us bodies if they weren't essential
to his plan.
Right?
Why would-- if bodies weren't essential, why would Christ be resurrected to his body?
Why would they make such a big deal out of it?
And it's why we believe that Heavenly Father also has a physical body.
And it's really cool when we tie into the fact that we believe that God controls the
universe.
There's a lot out there so I think these things kinda harmonize together like synergy.
What's with the synergy?
I do not understand.
Synergy.
Also-- and the idea that God is everywhere-- His influence is everywhere.
Absolutely.
The spirit.
You know, his spirit, his love, the light of the Savior we can feel it.
That is everywhere.
But as a physical being, I believe he's in one place.
Yep, me too.
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I loved Neopets!
Weren't neopets great?
What about Club Penguin?
I got banned all the time for saying bad words though.
I think I was the only one who actually had a childhood and played outside.
What's outside?