There is no forgiveness for Lucifer or those who followed him in the war in heaven. When Lucifer fell from heaven his name was changed to Satan and Perdition. Those who followed Lucifer in the war in heaven became sons of Perdition. In this life, if a man or woman gains a personal knowledge of God to the point of knowing that God is real and truly exists beyond faith and belief, and then turns against God, then this is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost and is the unforgivable sin. It is neither forgiven in this world nor in the world to come. They then become sons or daughters of Perdition.
Matthew 12:31-32
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Hebrews 6:4-6
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Doctrine and Covenants 76:30-48
30 And we saw a vision of the sufferings of those with whom he made war and overcame, for thus came the voice of the Lord unto us:
31 Thus saith the Lord concerning all those who know my power, and have been made partakers thereof, and suffered themselves through the power of the devil to be overcome, and to deny the truth and defy my power—
32 They are they who are the sons of perdition, of whom I say that it had been better for them never to have been born;
33 For they are vessels of wrath, doomed to suffer the wrath of God, with the devil and his angels in eternity;
34 Concerning whom I have said there is no forgiveness in this world nor in the world to come—
35 Having denied the Holy Spirit after having received it, and having denied the Only Begotten Son of the Father, having crucified him unto themselves and put him to an open shame.
36 These are they who shall go away into the lake of fire and brimstone, with the devil and his angels—
37 And the only ones on whom the second death shall have any power;
38 Yea, verily, the only ones who shall not be redeemed in the due time of the Lord, after the sufferings of his wrath.
39 For all the rest shall be brought forth by the resurrection of the dead, through the triumph and the glory of the Lamb, who was slain, who was in the bosom of the Father before the worlds were made.
40 And this is the gospel, the glad tidings, which the voice out of the heavens bore record unto us—
41 That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness;
42 That through him all might be saved whom the Father had put into his power and made by him;
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—
45 And the end thereof, neither the place thereof, nor their torment, no man knows;
46 Neither was it revealed, neither is, neither will be revealed unto man, except to them who are made partakers thereof;
47 Nevertheless, I, the Lord, show it by vision unto many, but straightway shut it up again;
48 Wherefore, the end, the width, the height, the depth, and the misery thereof, they understand not, neither any man except those who are ordained unto this condemnation.
Sons of Perdition
The followers of Satan who will suffer with him in eternity. Sons of perdition include (1) those who followed Satan and were cast out of heaven for rebellion during premortality and (2) those who were permitted to be born to this world with physical bodies but then served Satan and turned utterly against God. Those in this second group will be resurrected from the dead but will not be redeemed from the second (spiritual) death and cannot dwell in a kingdom of glory (
D&C 88:32, 35).
- None of them is lost but the son of perdition, John 17:12.
- It is impossible to renew them again unto repentance, Heb. 6:4–6 (Heb. 10:26–29).
- Mercy hath no claim on that man and his final doom is never-ending torment, Mosiah 2:36–39.
- He is as though there was no redemption made, Mosiah 16:5.
- Those who deny Christ’s miracles to get gain shall become like the son of perdition, 3 Ne. 29:7.
- They will receive no forgiveness in this world or the next, D&C 76:30–34 (D&C 84:41; 132:27).
- They are the only ones who will not be redeemed from the second death, D&C 76:34–48.
- Sons of perdition deny the Holy Spirit after receiving it, D&C 76:35.
- Sons of perdition deny the Son after the Father has revealed him, D&C 76:43.
- Cain shall be called Perdition, Moses 5:22–26.
