Episode notes
This podcast explains the loud voice in heaven that John heard in Revelation 12:10 at the end of the war in heaven. The voice declares "Now is come salvation." The loud voice may be the voice of a mighty angel, or the collective voices of premortal spirits who kept their first estate and rejoice because they were saved as Lucifer and his sons of perdition were cast out of heaven to this physical earth at the time of their defeat. After Lucifer and his sons of perdition were cast down and out of heaven at the end of the war in heaven, Kolob was spiritually cleansed and the premortal conditions after the war have their likeness in the millennial conditions on earth after Satan was defeated by Christ at the Second Coming. In both conditions, heavenly and millennially, there was righteousness, purity, peace, and the presence of the Father and the Son, Jesus Christ.
Salvation means different things depending on the context. Salvation is often synonymous with exaltation and eternal life. But in the context of the premortal existence, salvation came to those who kept their first estate. Such spirits are blessed to receive a physical body in this life and their faithfulness in premortality qualifies them for resurrection and immortality. The gift of immortality comes through the grace of Jesus Christ. He paid for this gift through his atonement. The gift of immortality is frequently referred to as general salvation. Full salvation means exaltation which is conditioned upon obedience to celestial law in this life, including temple ordinances. Full salvation means a person is added upon in this second estate with glory, power, and dominion forever and ever.