See generally [§351] Rev 21:1: Resurrected Heaven and Earth Are the Celestial Kingdom; [§366] Rev 22:1-2: The Celestial River of Life and the Tree of Life. ↩︎

See Keener, IVPNT, 776; Henry, MHC, 2485; Seiss, ALBR, 507. ↩︎

See Adam Clarke, ACC, Vol. 6, 1063; Bullinger, BCBN [Rev 22:3]; Draper, RJA, 831; Orr, ISBE, Vol. 2, 767. ↩︎

See Sterling W. Sill, CR, April 1966, 20; Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 1, 85; Sill, PPP, 163-164; Milton R. Hunter, POGP, 191. ↩︎

See Gen 3:17-19; Abbott, AINT [Rev 22:3]; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 454; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 712. ↩︎

See Joseph Fielding Smith, MHOD, 463-464; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 301; Walvoord, BKCNT, 987-988; Wiersbe, BCNT, 1082. ↩︎

See Seiss, ALBR, 508; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 712; Joseph Fielding Smith, CHMR, Vol. 2, 5. ↩︎

See Rev 21:5; Seiss, ALBR, 508; Talmage, JC, 300; Doxey, LPDC, Vol. 4, 355; and generally [§354] Rev 21:5-7: Christ Promises Exaltation to the Righteous Saints. ↩︎

See Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 22:3-5]; Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 711; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 704-705; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 826. ↩︎

See Wesley, JWEN [Rev 22:3]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 22:3]; Knollys, HKCR [Rev 22:3]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 22:3]; Joseph Fielding McConkie, DCBM, Vol. 3, 80. ↩︎

See Jackson, SS, Vol. 3, 166; Otten, STDC, Vol. 1, 142; Nyman, SNDS, 182; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 2, 242; Daniel H. Ludlow, CSOT, 362; Whedon, WCB [Rev 22:3]. ↩︎

See Seiss, ALBR, 507; Rich, SML, Vol. 2, 52; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 63-64. ↩︎

See Constable, ENTC [Rev 22:3]; Poole, MPEA [Rev 22:3]; Alford, GTCEC [Rev 22:1-5]; Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 22:3]; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 301-302; Jamieson, JFB, Vol. 3, part 3, 728. ↩︎

See Exell, BI, Vol. 23, part 4, 712; Joseph Fielding Smith, TWP, 351; Bruce R. McConkie, MM, 704-705. ↩︎

See Seiss, ALBR, 508-509; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 22:3]; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 291; and generally [§356] Rev 21:9-11: The Holy [Old] Jerusalem, Bride and Wife of the Lamb. ↩︎

See Jeffrey R. Holland, CR, April 1999, “The Hands of the Fathers”, 16, 18; N. Eldon Tanner, CR, October 1978, “A Basis for Faith in the Living God”, 70-71; Hugh B. Brown, CR, April 1964, 83; Donald W. Parry, TAW, 14. ↩︎

See Hengstenberg, EHJR [Rev 22:3]; Walter Scott, WSCR [Rev 22:3]; and cf. Joseph Fielding McConkie, JSCS, 26. ↩︎

See Walvoord, BKCNT, 988; Maxwell, ATT, 66; Zerr, EMZ [Rev 22:3]; and cf. Top, TLB, 192; Oscar W. McConkie, AP, 118. ↩︎

See Wiersbe, BCNT, 1082; Henry D. Moyle, CR, April 1961, 100; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 22:3-4]; Burkitt, ENPO [Rev 22:3]. ↩︎

See 3 Ne 13:10; Seiss, ALBR, 509; Anthony W. Ivins, CR, April 1915, 115; Woodruff, DWW, 210; Watt, JD, Vol. 8, 249; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 3, 1138. ↩︎

See Rev 14:1; Seiss, ALBR, 510; Walvoord, BKCNT, 988; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 146-147; but see Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 2, 42-43; and generally [§233] Rev 14:1: The Lamb Stands on Mount Zion with 144,000; [§235] The 144,000 and Millennial Church of the Firstborn. ↩︎

See Ps 82:6; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 3, 221; Andrus, POGP, 60; Millet, SS, Vol. 6, 119; and generally [§234] The 144,000 Are Kings, Priests and Saviors on Mt. Zion; [§238] Rev 14:4-5: The 144,000 Are Redeemed as the First Fruits. ↩︎

See Wiersbe, BCNT, 1082; Constable, ENTC [Rev 22:3]; Bruce R. McConkie, NWAF, 650; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 72; Brewster, DCE, 82-83; and generally [§49] Rev 5:8-10: Saints Worthy of Exaltation Praise the Lamb. ↩︎

See Rev 7:14-15; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 96-97; Oscar W. McConkie, ANGL, 38-39; Talmage, VM, 68; and generally [§93] Rev 7:13-14: One of the 24 Elders Explains the Great Multitude; [§94] Rev 7:15-17: The Blessed State of the Great Multitude. ↩︎

Moses 1:39; see also Donald W. Parry, TAW, 54; Millet, SS, Vol. 1, 524; Andrus, POGP, 107-108; Matthews, ABAB, 112; Bruce R. McConkie, NWAF, 264. ↩︎

See Rev 21:6; 2 Ne 29:9; Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign , May 2004, “Preparation for the Second Coming”, 10; Largey, BMRC, 452; and generally [§94] Rev 7:15-17: The Blessed State of the Great Multitude. ↩︎

See Watt, JD, Vol. 6, 275; Rudger Clawson, CR, October 1913, 53-54; Stuy, CD, Vol. 4, 98; and generally [§185] Spirit Creations Are Multi-generational. ↩︎

See Victor L. Ludlow, P&P, 165; Andrus, POGP, 355-356; Joseph Fielding Smith, DS, Vol. 2, 48. ↩︎

See Widtsoe, ER, 201; Daniel H. Ludlow, LDPS, 9-10. ↩︎

See James E. Faust, CR, October 2000, “The Enemy Within”, 62; Russell M. Nelson, Ensign , November 1987, “Key of the Priesthood”, 86; Brigham Young, TPC, 72; Stuy, CD, Vol. 1, 233; Henry, MHC, 2485. ↩︎

See 1 Ne 10:19; D&C 35:1; Joseph Fielding Smith, PM, 497; Watt, JD, Vol. 15, 320; Dahl, LFHP, 209; Joseph Fielding McConkie, RR, 262. ↩︎

See Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 454; Constable, ENTC [Rev 22:4]; Bruce R. McConkie, SWBM, 9-10; Joseph Fielding Smith, CR, October 1971, “Let the Spirit of Oneness Prevail”, 179; Matthews, SWRM, 433-434, 445. ↩︎

See Henry, MHC, 2485; Barnes, BN, Vol. 14, 454; Seiss, ALBR, 510; Schaff, SPC [Rev 22:4]; Draper, RJA, 832; and generally [§33] Rev 3:11-13: Pillars in the Heavenly Temple of God; [§71] Rev 7:2-3: The Two Parts of the “Seal of the Living God”; [§229] Rev 13:16: The Wicked Receive the Mark of the Beast; [§233] Rev 14:1: The Lamb Stands on Mount Zion with 144,000. ↩︎

See Taylor, GK, 29; Hyrum M. Smith, DCC, 86; Seiss, ALBR, 510. ↩︎

See Joseph Benson, JBC [Rev 22:3-5]; Constable, ENTC [Rev 22:4]; Pett, PPCB [Rev 22:3-4]; Wesley, JWEN [Rev 22:4]; Abbott, AINT [Rev 22:4]. ↩︎

See 1 Jn 3:2; Seiss, ALBR, 510; Ellicott, ECER [Rev 22:3-4]; Taylor, GK, 29. ↩︎

See Rev 3:12; Bruce R. McConkie, DNTC, Vol. 3, 458; Bruce R. McConkie, TMM, Vol. 3, 221; Jay A. Parry, UBR, 49; and generally [§33] Rev 3:11-13: Pillars in the Heavenly Temple of God; [§37] Rev 3:21-22: Those That Overcome Will Be as God Is. ↩︎

See Watt, JD, Vol. 26, 25; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 322; Daniel H. Ludlow, EM, Vol. 2, 554; Dyer, WAI, 314-315. ↩︎

See 1 Cor 8:5-6; Bruce R. McConkie, PM, 13; H. Donl Peterson, PGRG, 116; Bruce R. McConkie, MD, 353. ↩︎