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Thank you for such a thoughtful question. I can see why there may
be some confusion on this point.
Actually the scriptures make it very clear that Jesus was a god, the
creator of this earth before his mortal mission (His atoning sacrifice
and organizing His true church). He then returned to sit on the right
hand of the Father.
Here are some passages that refer to his role as the creator:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with
God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing
made that was made." (John 1:1-3)
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth.
(John 1:14)
"GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners
spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these
last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all
things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness
of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things
by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down
on the right hand of the Majesty on high;"
(Hebrews
1:1-3)
And in Paul's epistile to the Collossians speaking
of Christ he wrote, "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven,
and that are in earth."
(Colossians 1:16)
To me, it follows that if Christ created this earth, he did so before
he obtained a mortal body and was resurrected. Knowing that Christ
was an active part of the Godhead before he was born of Mary, makes it
easy for me to understand that the Holy Ghost would not have to have a
body to also be part of the Godhead
We believe that the Holy Ghost has a specific role to communicate by
the spirit to the souls of men who diligently seek spiritual guidance and
that his being a spirit, for some reason accommodates that role.
Our Doctrine and Covenants states, "The Father
has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's; the Son also; but the
Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit.
Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us.
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 130:22)
I personally am grateful for the Spirit of Truth, the Comforter the
Holy Ghost which I have felt as a guide in my life.
Thanks again for the question.
Sincerely,
Donny Osmond
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