Question: I know that we must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ to gain entry in to the Celestial and Terestrial Kingdom, but I thought that everyone would rejects the gospel (i.e., No relationship with Christ) goes to the Telestial Kingdom, which is also a part of Heaven. Can you clarify this for me?
Response: Some of Heavenly Father’s children who have come to the earth have died without a knowledge of the gospel. The gospel was never preached to them in way in which they could actually hear and understand the message and have the opportunity to accept it or reject it. When they leave this life and go to the spirit world, they then have the opportunity to be taught the gospel so that they can either accept it or reject it before judgment (please see 1 Pet. 3:18-19 and 1 Pet. 4:6).
Those who inherit the Telestial kingdom will be those who have rejected the gospel of Jesus Christ and additionally lived lives of sin and rejected the commandments to do as Christ taught. I hope this is helpful to you.
(Bev's note: For more information on the LDS view of Heaven, please read here http://scriptures.lds.org/bdd/dgrsfglr)
