Kolob was the first premortal spirit world created by God the father in this generation. During the physical creation, Kolob became the inward spirit world of this earth. This podcast explains and gives various reasons why Kolob is the spirit world within this earth. This view is not a universally recognized doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The scriptural details concerning Kolob can be found in The Pearl of Great Price, including Abraham chapters 2-3 and the Joseph Smith explanations of the hieroglyphic images in Facsimile 2. These sources support the conclusion that Kolob is the spirit world within this earth. For example, members of the Church generally accept that this resurrected earth will become a celestial kingdom for worthy people of this earth and that Kolob will be the earth they inherit as the ...