[First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes] A meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles was held this morning in the temple as usual.
An informal talk was had upon the subject of the sealing of couples in Arizona and Mexico outside of the temple. President [Joseph F.] Smith remarked that if we allow the idea to prevail that these marriages outside the temple are just as good as those performed in the temple, it would not be very long before our young people of these far-away places would be loath to come to the temple at all, in consequence of the great expense attending the journey, and this would be a blow to the sanctity of temple ordinances. The President then said he would not be averse to Apostles marrying unmarried people, where it may be inconvenient for them to come to a temple; but, he said, it must be distinctly understood that all such marriages are for time only, performed under the laws of the land and known among us as legal marriages, and the contracting parties should so understand it. They should be told that all such marriages have nothing whatever to do with sealing for eternity, and that they must therefore look forward to the time when they must come to the temple and be properly sealed, and have their children sealed to them.
[Source: First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
Here is an example of fallen apostle Brigham Young being caught in a LIE:
ReplyDeleteLuke 20 (see also Matt.22:30; Mark 12:25):
[34] And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
[35] But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
[36] Neither can they die any more: for they are EQUAL UNTO THE ANGELS; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Brigham Young said in JOD 2:31 (Apr.6,1853):
"Your endowment is to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord which are necessary for you, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father, PASSING THE ANGELS who stand as sentinels, being enabled to give them the key words, the signs, and the tokens pertaining to the holy priesthood and gain your eternal exaltation."
Thus we see that Brigham was a liar like the devil, while Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life.
key words = the 3 secret words & 1 secret 36-word phrase used in LDS false temples.
signs = the 4 secret arm & hand positions used in LDS false temples.
tokens = the 4 secret hand grips used in LDS false temples.
signs and tokens are copied by Joseph Smith from Masonic Lodge ceremonies.
One cannot be equal to and [sur]passing someone else at the same time.
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