(https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2723064-earth).
The Three Creation Epochs of the Earth |
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| Event | Moses | Abraham | Comments |
| A vision of the cosmos is seen | 1:1 - 1:42 | 3:1 - 3:19 | (a necessary prerequisite to the creation vision) |
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| Event | Moses | Abraham | Comments |
| The spirit globe is born | 2:1 - 2:5 | "First Day" | |
| The spirit sea and atmosphere are created | 2:6 - 2:9 | "Second Day" | |
| The spirit land appears; spirit plant life is created | 2:10 - 2:13 | "Third Day" | |
| A solar system is designated for the earth | 2:14 - 2:18 | "Fourth Day" | |
| The spirit animal lifeis created | 2:20 - 2:25 | "Fifth Day" | |
| Spirits of the human family are taken to the spirit earth | 2:26 - 2:30 | "Sixth Day" | |
| God declares the earth's creation "good" and rests | 2:31 - 3:3 | "Seventh Day" | |
| A family Council is held to choose a creator of the phisical earth; Satan is rejected | 3:21 - 3:28 | ||
| Another family Council; Satan presents his plan but is rejected | 4:1 - 4:2 | ||
| The war in heaven; Satan and his followers are cast out | 4:3 - 4:4 | (see Revelation 12:7-9 and Isaiah 14:12-16) | |
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| Event | Moses | Abraham | Comments |
| The earth's phisical globe is born | 4:1 - 4:5 | "First Time" | |
| The atmosphere is created | 4:6 - 4:8 | "Second Time" | |
| The land appears; it is prepared for modern plant life | 4:9 - 4:13 | "Third Time" | |
| The solar system is prepared to receive the earth | 4:14 - 4:19 | "Fourth Time" | |
| The ocean and atmosphere are prepared for modern animal life | 4:20 - 4:23 | "Fifth Time" | |
| The land is prepared to receive modern animal life | 4:24 - 4:25 | "Sixth Time" | |
| The preparation of the physical earth is complete | 3:1 - 3:5 | ||
| All preparatory life is removed | 3:5 | ||
| A Council is held to consider the events of the "seventh time" | 4:26 - 5:3 | This council meets in the celestial world, then on earth | |
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| Event | Moses | Abraham | Comments |
| The earth is sanctified in preparation for the arrival of modern life forms | 5:3 | The "Seventh" creative period begins (see D&C 77:12) | |
| Modern life is placed on the earth; immortal conditions prevail | 5:4 - 5:5 | The earth is beautified with modern plants and animals | |
| Adam appears, followed by Eve | 3:6 - 3:8 | 5:6 - 5:8 | |
| The Garden of Eden epoch | 3:9 - 3:25 | 5:9 - 5:21 | Food-producing plants appear; animals are named |
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| Event | Moses | Abraham | Comments |
| The Fall of Adam and Eve and the planet earth | 4:5 - 4:12 | ||
| Mortality begins | 4:13 | ||
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