What existed before God created the heaven and the earth?
Gene, from Chicago, Illinois Dear Gene, Because of our vast foundation of ignorance we have a bit of difficulty in answering your interesting question. In the first place, encased in this temporary but all-pervasive concept of time, we have no effective way of explaining such temporal concepts as time in the environment of eternity. As an example, Joseph Smith had a similar problem when saw his father and mother and his brother Alvin in a vision in the celestial kingdom— The heavens were opened upon us, and I beheld the celestial kingdom of God, and the glory thereof, whether in the body or out I cannot tell. I saw the transcendent beauty of the gate through which the heirs of that kingdom will enter, which was like unto circling flames of fire; Also the blazing throne of God, whereon was seated the Father and the Son. I saw the beautiful streets of that kingdom, which had the appearance of being paved with gold. I saw Father Adam and Abraham; and my father and my mother; my brother Al
