Through the observance of laws, blessings and rewards are expected, and by the violation of laws, suffering, deprivation, and even punishment will result. Basic LDS attitudes toward law and jurisprudence are shaped primarily by revelations contained in the Doctrine and Covenants, and by explanations given by the Presidents of the Church. Law emanates from God through Christ. In connection with both spiritual law and natural law, no space or relationship occurs in which law is nonexistent. There are as many laws as there are kingdoms, which reflect greater or lesser light and truth.
Some laws are higher, and some are lower.
The kingdom of God operates in accordance with higher laws befitting God's exalted station, while the earth and all mortality and other kingdoms belong to lower spheres and therefore operate under different laws. Lower laws are subsumed in higher laws. Similarly, when the Law of Moses was fulfilled by Jesus Christ, it was subsumed in him. Existence is a process of progressively learning to obey higher law. In the divine or spiritual sphere, law is not the product of a philosophical or theoretical search for what is right or good.