Today, we're going back to the very beginning to cosmic explosions and brilliant flashes

of light and creation that is primordial at the very core of our existence. We have four accounts

of it in Genesis, Moses, Abraham, and in the temple. Those who attend the temple have their

mind drawn back to creation continually, and we might wonder, as Latter-day Saints, why we are shown

the creation so often. We'll talk about why it matters so much today. Hello, we're Scott and

Maureen Proctor, and this is Meridian Magazine's Come Follow Me podcast. Where today, we study the

creation in Genesis 1 and 2, Moses 2 and 3, and Abraham 4 and 5. You can find all of our podcasts

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We learn in Moses 1 why we are continually drawn back to the mighty magnificence of the creation.

Moses is shown personally God's work in this sweeping expanse, his moving upon stars,

and creating clusters of galaxies. While this grandeur and precision of labor, the Lord says

for behold, this is my work and my glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

His work is creation, but it is merely the backdrop for his sons and daughters to be transformed

and finally exalted. Creation is the prelude to his great work which is us, which is you.

Caught here in mortality in the thick of thin things, it is almost incomprehensible that a God

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