W05 Insight Sharing: Online Discussion

How has understanding the Creation and the Fall helped you better understand and rely on the Atonement of Jesus Christ?

I know that as we come to understand the creation and the fall of Adam, we can develop a great desire to fulfill the purpose of our creation. I remember a talk that Sister Julie Beck gave back in March 2011.  I love how she laid out why the Creation, the Fall and the Atonement are important and why we need to understand all aspects in order to fulfill the plan of salvation. Here is a quote from the talk. 

“In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have a theology of the family that is based on the Creation, the Fall, and the Atonement. The Creation of the earth provided a place where families could live. God created a man and a woman who were the two essential halves of a family. It was part of Heavenly Father’s plan that Adam and Eve be sealed and form an eternal family.

“The Fall provided a way for the family to grow. Adam and Eve were family leaders who chose to have a mortal experience. The Fall made it possible for them to have sons and daughters.

“The Atonement allows for the family to be sealed together eternally. It allows for families to have eternal growth and perfection. The plan of happiness, also called the plan of salvation, was a plan created for families. The rising generation need to understand that the main pillars of our theology are centered in the family” (Julie B. Beck, “Teaching the Doctrine of the Family,” Ensign,
Mar. 2011, 12).