This question is about statements by Latter-Day Saints that seem to indicate that a majority of humankind will be "saved".
For example, this page on resurrection says (emphasis added):
> Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, **all people** will be resurrected
> and saved from physical death
And this passage in Doctrine & Covenants 76:43-44 says (emphasis added):
> **43** Who glorifies the Father, and **saves all the works of his hands, except those sons of perdition** who deny the Son after the
> Father has revealed him.**44** Wherefore, he saves all except
> them—they shall go away into everlasting punishment, which is endless
> punishment, which is eternal punishment, to reign with the devil and
> his angels in eternity, where their worm dieth not, and the fire is
> not quenched, which is their torment—
Similarly the answer to this question says (emphasis added):
> Finally, the eternal sense of the word hell is reserved for those who
> reject God, refuse the gospel, and deny the Holy Ghost. **It's
> understood that these will be relatively few in number**, but the sons
> of perdition, having departed in a sense the family of God, will not
> receive any glory.
Because of these statements I wanted to ask about Jesus' words in Matthew 7:13-14 (KJV):
> **13** ¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which
> go in thereat: **14** Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the
> way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
How do Mormons interpret these words of Jesus in light of their view that most of humankind will be saved?
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Jun 30, 2017, 07:50 PM
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