Why was this earth selected for the performance of the Atonement?

Thomas R. Valletta

Elder Tad R. Callister wrote: “Following are three possibilities. The first possibility is that Christ may have come to this earth to counterbalance its great wickedness … .

“A second possible reason Christ came to our world may be that no other world was wicked enough to crucify their God… .

“There exists at least a third possibility as to why Christ came to this particular earth. Perhaps here he would find a comprehensive cross-­section of his children, from the best to the worst—representatives of whom would be witnesses of his Atonement” (Infinite Atonement, 90–93).

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