Episode notes
This podcast explains the sealing ordinance performed in latter-day saint temples today, which includes the promises associated with the Abrahamic Covenant, which is also called “the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage.” A distinction is drawn between this covenant of celestial or eternal marriage and the new and everlasting covenant that is another name for the gospel of Jesus Christ. This podcast also discusses what is required for people to enter the highest degree of celestial kingdom, which includes exaltation, eternal life, and the continuation of seeds. Exaltation is limited to husbands and wives who enter the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood, which is the fulness of the priesthood. Children are also sealed up to exaltation when they are born in the covenant or adopted through the sealing ordinance that binds them to their parents. The distinction is explained between people in the celestial kingdom who are exalted to become as God is, and others in the celestial kingdom that are ministering angels in the celestial kingdom. People cannot be exalted without receiving the sealing ordinance. There are no exceptions, even though the ordinances of baptism, confirmation and others are not required for those who are unaccountable in this life due to their age and mental and/or physical disabilities that limit their agency.