What is the difference between salvation and exaltation in Mormonism?
One thing we need to keep clear is that Mormonism uses many of the same terms as Christianity, but with different meanings. (For more information on this, click here.) In brief, there are two “types” of salvation that Mormonism teaches. Universal salvation is resurrection at the end of the age, which is what Jesus Christ came to give all of humanity, regardless of their acceptance of the gospel. This is usually what Mormons mean when they use the term “salvation.” So in a nutshell, the sacrifice of Jesus bought all of humanity the right to have an afterlife. But the type and quality of the afterlife you have is up to you and your own efforts, both here on Earth and in the afterlife. Sometimes called “individual salvation,” or “eternal progression,” exaltation is the process by which a person may achieve godhood–if they are worthy and have gone through all the proper procedures. While some of the work of exaltation occurs after death, there are certain things that must have happened du
