According to the LDS Doctrine of Exaltation, where did the Father live as a man?
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My 7th generation Mormon understanding: There was a previous earth similar to this one. That earth is now is celestialized (as described in Revelation 21) and we do not know where it is, or where it was when it was like our earth. That may yet be revealed. The plan of salvation was the same on that earth as it is on this earth, and it also had a Savior and men like Abraham that became joint heirs. Thus, the ONE Infinite GOD is a beginning-less family LINEAGE of Celestial beings like Jesus and Abraham in perfect unity as one. Those that gain oneness with Jesus from this earth will continue the works of creation on future earths. There is no beginning to this, and there will be no end.
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There is no official Church doctrine, nor dogma, identifying where or how our Heavenly Father lived during His mortal existence
Of the mortal existence of the Almighty, we have as the one and only doctrine the fact that He had His own mortal existence. That's it. This was first taught publically by Joseph Smith in the King Follett sermon, but it became well-known by 5th president of the Church Lorenzo Snow's now famous couplet:
As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be.
Though neither the couplet nor its associated doctrine have ever been formally ratified by the Church, it has been preached by a number of prophets (including Joseph Fielding Smith declaring it a doctrine while serving as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1971).
A more detailed discussion about the history of this doctrine may be found on the LDS Church's website, in an article written by Gerald N. Lund and originally published in the Church's principal magazine, the Ensign, in 1982.
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God the Father, Elohim, dwelt as a man prior to the existence of the observable universe.
It was by His power that the known cosmos were formed and organized. He did not live as a man on Earth, or on any planet which exists within the known universe, because it was by his power that the known universe was created, the first creation being Kolob, the star nearest to the place where God the Father dwells:
- Kolob, signifying the first creation, nearest to the celestial, or the residence of God. First in government, the last pertaining to the measurement of time. The measurement according to celestial time, which celestial time signifies one day to a cubit. One day in Kolob is equal to a thousand years according to the measurement of this earth, which is called by the Egyptians Jah-oh-eh (see Facsimile 2).
Most of what we know about the greater universe comes from Chapter 3 of the Book of Abraham. We have not received any other source of information which gives us any more clues as to the mysteries of our eternal celestial heritage (see The Book of Abraham: A Most Remarkable Book).
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