re mormon temples dhammers pacific david hammerslag writes this paragraph brought to mind a question how do you mormons reconcile the idea of eternal marriage with christ s statement that in the ressurection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage luke chapt here is the short answer because only certain marriages are recorded in heaven now for the long answer in doctrine and covenants section the chapter discussing eternal marriage and yes plural marriage the distinction between sealings under the priesthood and other marriages is revealed when the children of this world marry or are given in marriage when they receive the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage luke jesus was simply teaching that marriages until death do you part are not in force after death however the doctrine and covenants continues describing eternal marriage d c and again verily i say unto you if a man marry a wife by my word which is my law and by the new and everlasting covenant and it is sealed unto them by the holy spirit of promise by him who is anointed this power and the keys of this priesthood shortened for brevity ai and shall be of full force when they are out of the world and they shall pass by the angels and the gods which are set there to their exhaltation and glory in all things as hath been sealed upon their heads which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever the lord told peter whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven matt do you doubt that peter was given the power to perform sealings peter thought so because he taught that husbands and wives were heirs together of the grace of life peter in order to obtain the highest degree of celestial glory a man must enter into this order of the priesthood d c when a man and wife are sealed they truly become one flesh because their eternal increase destinies are enjoined completely our father has an eternal companion and maybe more because of the plural marriage conditions of the law who participated in our creation and is equally concerned with our progress here there is no scriptural basis for this doctrine if fact the only mention of our mother is in one verse of a hymn written early in the history of the church o my father i had learned to call thee father through thy spirit from on high but until the key of knowledge was restored i knew not why in the heav ns are parents single no the thought makes reason stare truth is reason truth eternal tells me i ve a mother there why don t we hear more about our mother because our father presides under priesthood authority which is not a calling for her because we don t all necessarily have the same mother it would be confusing for worship because our father wishes to withhold her name and titles because of how some people degrade sacred things a idler
