Plan of Salvation

Exchanging our Curse for Eternal Life

The Gems under “The Great Exchange” display the miraculous transformation of a worthless grain of sand into what is truly a “Pearl of Great Price”.  They also show that this transformation is based on the Role and Mission of the Christ.  That Christ’s Atonement paid the price demanded by Justice for every person’s sin and now Mercy can reign and bestow undeserved gifts on Heavenly Father’s children.

In the following Drawers of Gems we will examine closely the inherent beauty of some of these blessings.  In each case a blessing is portrayed as the exchange of something we do not want with something we do not deserve.  The color of the Gems on display in these Drawers symbolizes each particular blessing.

In this Drawer the Gems are colored blue, the color of the sky, the color of heaven.  This symbolizes Eternal Life as in when Stephen looked up to see his Father and his Savior just before he was stoned to death.

Acts 7:55: But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,