re mormon temples from dhammers pacific david hammerslag how do you mormons reconcile the idea of eternal marriage with christ s statement that in the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage luke chapt footnotes in some bibles reference this verse to the book of tobit tobit is in the septuagint goodspeed published it in a book called the apocrypha most any bookstore will have this at any rate the jews of christ s day had this book it is a story mostly centered around the son of tobit who was named tobias there was a young lady sarah who had entered the bridal chamber with seven brothers in succession the brothers all died in the chamber before consumating the marriage tobias was entitled to have sarah for his wife because tobias was her only relative and she was destined for tobias from the beginning tobias took her to wife and was able to consumate the marriage the seven husbands would not have her as a partner in heaven that does not eliminate tobias her eighth husband tobit is a fun and interesting story to read it s kind of a mythical romance it s a little shorter than esther the lds also have scriptures that parallel and amplify luke most notably doctrines and covenants therefore if a man marry him a wife in the world and he marry her not by me nor by my word and he covenant with her so long as he is in the world and she with him their covenant and marriage are not of force when they are dead and when they are out of the world therefore they are not bound by any law when they are out of the world therefore when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are appointed angels in heaven which angels are ministering servants to minister for those who are worthy of a far more and an exceeding and an eternal weight of glory cordially charles dike
