Where in the Bible does it refer to three levels of heaven?

Mormonism teaches that there are three levels of heaven. They are the Celestial, the Terrestrial, and the Telestial Kingdoms. The LDS church teaches that all good and obedient Mormons will go to the highest heaven, the Celestial Kingdom. The marginal Mormon and the Christians will generally go to the Terrestrial and the bad people will go the Telestial Kingdom. Their reference is 1 Corinthians 15:40-41. It says "There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 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."

First, the word Telestial does not exist in the Bible nor does it appear in the Book of Mormon or the dictionary. Joseph Smith made a serious error when he said these were the three degrees of glory or three heavens. He did not know the Greek language or he wouldn't have said it. The word glory in the Greek language means what appears to our naked eye and is not a place or places. The word translates into four different words; brilliance, brightness, splendor and beauty. Isn't the sun brighter than the moon and isn't the moon more brilliant than the stars and doesn't one star differ from another in brightness or splendor? Although Mormons do not talk about it, there is another place called the dark spirit world or the world of outer darkness. This is where people who used to be Mormon and leave the LDS church will go. Especially if they speak out against Mormonism. However, when we read the Bible, we find there are only two places, Heaven and Hell! And a place prepared for the Christian is a mansion in our Father's house in Heaven (John 14:1-4). Those who do not accept and follow the Jesus of the Bible are condemned (John 3:16-18).

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