Life After Death

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that everyone will live on after life here on this earth. We believe that before this earth was created God put together a plan that would help us become like Him and return to live with Him again. We call this The Plan of Salvation. We believe that every person who has been or will be born on this earth will be resurrected. This means their spirit will be reunited with their perfected body. We believe that everyone will live forever.

In my opinion, one of the most beautiful doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints if that of eternal families. We believe that if a husband and wife are married in the temple under what is called the sealing power, that they will be husband and wife forever. This sealing power is talked about by Christ in Matthew 16:19 when He says, "And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (italics added). This binding is done through the sealing power. If a wife loses her husband on this earth she can know that through the sealing power she will not only see her husband again, but they will still be husband and wife--that marriage will never end.

Families are not meant for this life only. Families are meant to be forever. And they can be. With the sealing power families can be together forever.