How to Teach Children about the Plan of Salvation with illustrations

I found it very helpful for adults and children alike to better understand how we progress in the Plan of Salvation by seeing it visually.  You may find it useful too. This makes a great Primary Lesson. 

Click here to download a PDF of the images: Plan of Salvation with Pictures

I’m sure you will develop your own way of using the illustrations, but I thought I would give you the steps I used:

Pre-mortal Existence

·         Pre-mortal world 

·         Spirit man

Earth

·         Add Earth

·         Add man with body on top of the spirit figure (the body fits exactly over the spirit to cover it)

·         Add VEIL between pre-mortal existence and the earth to show we forget the pre-mortal existence

·         Add reason highlights of why we come to Earth: Obtain Physical Body, Develop Faith, and Keep Commandments

Spirit World

·         Add grave stone to show death and put man with body under the Earth to show our bodies stay in the earth while our spirits go to the Spirit World

·         Add Spirit World

·         Move spirit figure to Spirit World

Resurrection

·         Add resurrection arch

·         Move body from Earth and spirit from Spirit world to body on top of spirit, under the resurrection arch, and explain that the body and spirit become inseparably connected

Final Judgment

·         Add Final Judgment and move both body and spirit there

·         Add Celestial, Terrestrial, and Telestial Kingdom worlds