The Three Dimensions on Earth

 

                    NASA image from Wikipedia Commons, in public domain.

THERE appear to be three dimensions on our Earth.

  1.We live in the mortal, tangible dimension, separated from the other two.

  2.The Spirit World, where ALL persons instantly go when they die, is also located on Earth, but is in a separate pocket, a dimension, where spirits can reside and await the resurrection. Occasionally and not often, some righteous spirit world residents may be permitted by God to briefly visit, or interact with mortals on Earth.

  3.The “prison” dimension is where the one-third of the host of Heaven who rebelled against God are kept. They can apparently see what happens on Earth, with mortals. However, they can whisper in the minds of mortals on Earth, tempting them, as demons of Satan. And, if a person sins and allows a demonic spirit to take over their body (“possession”), they can do so at least temporarily, until cast out by the priesthood, or that person dies. It may also be possible that these demons can partially possess an evil person, adding a second voice to their mind, to prompt/instruct such persons to do even more evil.

Also, according to Alma 34:34:

"Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent, that I will return to my God. Nay, ye cannot say this; for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world."

 Thus, evil spirits, as in the One-Third cast out, may still have some power over unrepentant spirits in the Spirit World too.

 NOTE: This article and all of the NighUntoKolob blog are NOT an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are the author's conclusions and opinions only.