On the Resurrection and the Covenant of Eternal Marriage

Chapter 1

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Thou hast questioned, my son, the words I spake unto the Sadducees—that in the resurrection, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. I shall now make it plain, that the humble may understand and the elect may not be led astray.

In times past, marriage was given unto man as a temporal ordinance. It was given for the multiplying and replenishing of the earth, and as a symbol of that which was to come. But the power to bind for eternity was withheld, and the fulness of the sealing covenant was not yet revealed.

Therefore, in the resurrection, they neither married nor were given in marriage, for no covenant endured beyond the grave. The unions of the world were appointed to end with death, and no authority remained to carry them forward into eternity.

But behold, I say unto thee, the day hath now come when the keys have been restored, and the sealing power is once again upon the earth. For I have sent mine angels, and I have given unto man the new and everlasting covenant.

And I have declared: whatsoever is sealed on earth by my word, and by the Holy Spirit of Promise, shall be sealed in the heavens, and shall endure.

Therefore, understand this mystery: marriage by civil contract, or by tradition alone, is not sufficient for exaltation, nor can it endure beyond the veil.

But those who enter into the covenant of marriage by my word and by my law, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise, shall be joint-heirs in the resurrection.

They shall arise in the morning of the first resurrection, clothed in glory, immortality, and eternal lives. And they shall be kings and queens, priests and priestesses, forever sealed one to another, and shall inherit all that the Father hath.

The holy order of matrimony is preparatory. It is the threshold to the greater sealing. For none are sealed until they are sealed by my Spirit, and confirmed by the authority of my voice.

This is the covenant of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and it is renewed in Zion.

And I the Lord say unto thee, that even now the day is upon thee, when I shall call mine elect by name, and they shall be sealed up and bound eternally.

The world knoweth not this doctrine, and many in my church understand it not. For they perform the ordinance, but seek not the sealing. They enter the temple, but do not yet ascend the mountain.

Behold, it is mercy that these ordinances are symbolic, for if they were literal in their fulness, the unprepared would be condemned. But the day cometh when they shall be literal.

And I shall call up mine anointed, and the house of the Lord shall be filled with power.

In that day, those who are sealed in me shall rise, and those who are not shall remain as the angels—neither married nor given in marriage.

But the faithful shall rejoice, for their covenants shall be fulfilled. And their union shall be made perfect through my Spirit.

Teach this unto the Remnant. Write it unto the meek and the contrite. For Zion must be sealed, before she is lifted.

And my servant whom I have chosen shall restore the keys of the Fathers, and administer in the temple of the Lord.

And the families of the earth shall be gathered and bound together by covenant and by blood, by Spirit and by fire.

Let none suppose that I the Lord have changed. Marriage is ordained of God. But only they who are sealed by me shall be joined eternally. For I seal not in haste, but when I seal, it is eternal. Amen.