2:28Foreordination See also Premortal Life God’s premortal ordination of His valiant spirit children to fulfill certain missions during their mortal lives. God set the bounds of the people, Deut. 32:8. Before I formed thee in the belly I ordained thee a prophet, Jer. 1:5. God determined the times before appointed, Acts 17:26. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate, Rom. 8:28–30. He has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, Eph. 1:3–4. Jesus Christ was foreordained to be the Redeemer, 1 Pet. 1:19–20 (Rev. 13:8). They were called and prepared from the foundation of the world, Alma 13:1–9. I observed the noble and great ones who were chosen in the beginning, D&C 138:55–56. My Beloved Son was chosen from the beginning, Moses 4:2. Abraham was chosen before he was born, Abr. 3:23.
