Fourteen (1819)(^72) Exodus 19:20; compare Ether 3:1 (see n. 69 above).
(^73) BOM, Ether 4:15.
(^74) See HR, 11:49. “All of our human essences that were foundationalized in our creators’ galaxy
and solar system were brought to this new world and placed in either dark or light bodies during this
first period of mortality, except for one. The [O]ne who was foundationalized as the [O]verseer of this
solar system stayed behind and did what he was created and taught to do: observe and oversee
everything that happened in our solar system.”
(^75) BOM, Ether 3:13–15.
(^76) Read of Joseph’s experience in chapter 15 of this book, and of Christopher’s experience in
TSP, “Appendix 1, How I received the Gold Plates of Mormon,” 582–8.