Dear friend
The Lord is constantly moving forward with His plans for this world; and probably others too. He is the agent of change in the universe. He controls the mechanisms of mobility, while we benefit from, and are part of, His kinetics. The forces which are at play are unstoppable, particularly by "unhallowed hands". Hopefully we are contributing positively, in a hallowed way, by assisting God to achieve His eternal purposes.
But have you ever considered what it would be like to get stuck? We have probably all, at some time, been stopped in a journey by a traffic jam, a broken down train, or other barrier that stops us moving towards where we want to go. It can be frustrating, even annoying. Can you imagine what it would be like if there were an immovable end to your progression, a final and fixed barrier to your personal process of moving forward? It is not a pleasant prospect.
The scriptures describe such a drastic end to the progress of an individual soul, as in these verses from the Book of Mormon, Helaman 12:25, 26.
25 And I would that all men might be saved. But we read that in the great and last day there are some who shall be cast out, yea, who shall be cast off from the presence of the Lord;
26 Yea, who shall be consigned to a state of endless misery, fulfilling the words which say: They that have done good shall have everlasting life; and they that have done evil shall have everlasting damnation. And thus it is. Amen.
Being cast out or cast off from God's presence is surely to be avoided at all costs. It would result in endless misery. The key word is "damnation". If we persist in choosing evil, come the Judgement, a "dam" is placed in our path. That dam is fixed, like a water dam. All and any progress is stopped, forever. That is damnation.
Hopefully we will never face a dam to our personal progress. I pray rather that we are judged to have "done good" and so obtain eternal life, which is eternal progression. Only through the Lord Jesus Christ is this possible.
Samuel.
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