Are there multiple levels to Heaven, for different levels of reward? 1 Corinthians 15:39-41 (KJV)
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

Many people talk about Heaven and Hell as singular nouns; however, it doesn't seem to make sense that everyone will receive the same reward.
Some people are more righteous than others. Some people live good, honorable lives and help others, but they don't give as much to the kingdom of God as someone else might.
This verse seems to suggest that there are different levels of glory (sun, moon, stars).
Are we to understand that there are separate levels of glory? If not, what are we to understand by this passage?
This answer is the doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the "Mormon" Church).



There are more than two places people ultimately end up after judgement.  There are three Degrees of Glory (and there is Outer Darkness, see next section).  The three degrees of glory (in descending order of glory) are the Celestial kingdom (compared to the sun), the Terrestrial kingdom (compared to the moon), and the Telestial kingdom (compared to the stars).

Life in each of the Terrestrial and Telestial kingdoms is better than this life, but neither is as good as life in the Celestial kingdom.  In the Celestial kingdom, people can live with God and their family (meaning the people in their family in this life).



Most people on earth will end up in one of these degrees of glory.  Even most people guilty of some terrible and despicable things and not repented of them will.

Ending up in Outer Darkness takes something that most people on earth are not capable of: rebelling against God after knowing (not only having faith) of the truth of the gospel.  The vast majority of people, including me, do not.  If you have any wonders about if you do, you don't.

Satan will end up in outer darkness for his wilful rebellion against God with such a knowledge.

LDS Scriptural Ref:


D&amp;C 76:50-70 - Description of "Kingdoms of Glory"
D&amp;C 132:26-27 - 'blasphemy against the Holy Ghost'