Family History Temple Work for the Savior

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On 9/19/2024 at 11:04 PM, nuclearfuels said:

Some sources suggest the Savior was married [1] with some suggesting He was polygamous,[1] with the reception being held at Cana where He turned water into wine.[2]

1. If He was married, is it likely He would have been married in Solomon’s Temple?
2. If He and His fiancée would have been allowed into the Temple by the Jews, wouldn’t His marriage ordinance have been completed via the Levitical priesthood not the Melchizedek priesthood and not with the key of the sealing power?

We know the Savior was baptized (we know where, when and by whom).

We have theories if not doctrine suggesting the Mount of Transfiguration being a place where the Savior received some if not all of the Temple ordinances.[3]

I’m not sure He would have been married at that location though I understand why that wouldn’t have been written about.

3. Therefore, should we not serve as proxy for a sealing ordinance in a current Temple by someone who holds the Melchizedek priesthood and the key of the sealing power, for the Savior’s possible wife? And children?

4. If the sources cited are insufficient, could we not serve as proxy in the Temple “not for the weeds”[4] but to show devotion – even if the ordinance is not needed? Being a savior on Mount Zion [see Obadiah 1:21] for THE Savior, as it were. It’s not as though we believe every person for whom we do proxy ordinances immediately accepts of that work. We know some will reject the work - which to me suggests we do at least occasionally attend the Temple "not for the weeds."

Note: Friends of mine have told me this suggestion is both heretical (which I don't mind) and blasphemous (which I'd like to avoid, if that is actually what this is).

 

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1.       [1] The Journal of Discourses (not considered doctrine of the Church) (a collection of sermons): Volume 4, page 259, mentions Jesus being married;

2.       The Apocryphon of John (a Gnostic text): This text mentions Jesus' relationship with Mary Magdalene and implies a possible intimate connection;

3.       The Pistis Sophia (a Gnostic text): This text also mentions Jesus' close relationship with Mary Magdalene.

4.       The Gospel of Jesus' Wife (a fragmentary papyrus): This 2012 discovery sparked debate about Jesus' possible marriage, but its authenticity is disputed.

5.       "Jesus and the Lost Goddess" by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy: This book explores the idea of Jesus and Mary Magdalene as a divine couple.

6.       "The Jesus Mysteries" by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy: Another book by the same authors, examining the possibility of Jesus being married.

7.       "The Sacred Marriage" by Jeffrey F. Toney: This book explores the concept of sacred marriage in ancient cultures and its possible connection to Jesus.

8.       The Gospel of Philip (a Gnostic text): This text mentions Jesus' relationship with Mary Magdalene, describing her as his "companion" and "partner".

9.       The Gospel of Mary (a Gnostic text): This text also mentions Jesus' close relationship with Mary Magdalene, implying a possible intimate connection.

10.    The Holy Blood, Holy Grail (a book by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln): This book proposes a theory that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a child together and that their descendants became the Merovingian dynasty of France

11.  The Journal of Discourses: Volume 11, page 269, mentions Jesus having multiple wives

12. "Jesus and the Lost Goddess" by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy: This book explores the idea of Jesus and Mary Magdalene as a divine couple and suggests polygamy.

 

 

1.       [2] The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ by Levi Dowling (1908): This book claims Jesus' marriage to Mary Magdalene and suggests that the wedding at Cana was His own.

2.       The Gospel of Philip (a Gnostic text): This text mentions Jesus' relationship with Mary Magdalene and implies a possible intimate connection, but does not explicitly state that the wedding at Cana was His own.

3.       The Gospel of Mary (a Gnostic text): Similar to The Gospel of Philip, this text mentions Jesus' close relationship with Mary Magdalene but does not explicitly state that the wedding at Cana was His own.

4.       "Jesus and the Lost Goddess" by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy (2001): This book explores the idea of Jesus and Mary Magdalene as a divine couple and suggests that the wedding at Cana might have been their own.

5.       "The Jesus Mysteries" by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy (1999): Another book by the same authors, examining the possibility of Jesus being married and the wedding at Cana being His own.

 

1.       [3] Doctrine and Covenants 138:11-13: This section describes a vision of the afterlife, where Jesus appears and teaches about the "ordinances of the house of the Lord." Some interpret this as a reference to the Endowment ordinance.

2.       The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 535: The former President suggests that Jesus may have received "all the ordinances of the temple" during His transfiguration.

3.       The Life and Teachings of Jesus and His Apostles, p. 434: This manual states that Jesus "received the fulness of the Father" during the transfiguration, which some interpret as including Temple ordinances like the Endowment.

4.       The Guide to the Scriptures, "Transfiguration": This online resource mentions that Jesus "received the fulness of the Father" and that this experience "may have included Temple ordinances."

 

[4] See Elder Henry B. Eyring, “Waiting upon the Lord,” Brigham Young University 1990–91 Devotional and Fireside Speeches, 22. https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/henry-b-eyring/waiting-upon-lord/  

Exaltation ultimately comes by proxy work (Jesus’ atonement in our behalf) and grace (Jesus’ enabling power). Jesus was born in the covenant, baptized, enjoyed the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost, possessed the sealing power and all the other keys, and received His exaltation by the Father’s proxy (divine investiture of authority) and the Father’s grace (D&C 93:1-17). The divine investiture of authority inures the effects of the Father’s ordinances of exaltation to the Son until Jesus received a fulness of grace. Any number of sources, mortal or translated, could have conducted the temple ordinances in His lifetime or afterward, in a temple, in Zion above, or somewhere on a mountain. Nothing prevents Him or His children, if he had them, from entering civil / ecclesiastical covenants prior to entering their eternal counterparts. He worked within the boundaries of setting up His dispensation in the Meridian of Time, no more harm or foul than Alvin.