It does not mean Jesus is a servant in the Celestial Kingdom. As I stated previously, He was God before His mortal birth, so does that mean He was married beforehand and had no need to marry here? I don’t know. This is one of those areas that nothing definitive has been revealed.
I can understand why you see it that way.
No.
This is the reason. We were trying to obey the command of the Lord as best we could, but were hindered in our efforts. In this case it behooved the Lord to not require the work any more. We had demonstrated our willingness to obey, in spite of the overwhelming hinderances put in place. So instead of fighting against the law of the land, the Lord had us follow one of our core beliefs of obeying, honoring and sustaining the law of the land.
You may not be able to associate it with plural marriage, but those involved knew it was in direct correlation with it.
I appreciate your candor…I was not offended nor felt cornered.
I do not have everything that every leader ever said readily accessible, so when I am asked about statements, I tend to want to see the exact quote in the context it was made.
In answer to your previous question about my personal view on God being a man on another planet:
I believe that God the Father went through a mortal life Just like Jesus did. Just as Jesus existed as God before His mortal life, so did God the Father.
If one takes all the teachings of past leaders to understand the full picture that they try to paint, then you can understand our position better. Instead, many simply pull one or two statements out ot context to construct something that we don’t really teach.
Just as Gordon B. Hinkley stated, there is not much known about it. Specifics have not been revealed. We don’t stress it. Believe it or not, our critics bring it up more than we do. We stress obedience to the commandments and faithfulness in the teachings of Christ.
We recognize it as a possible reward, as one of our hymns(Have I done any good?) states:
“Then wake up and do something more
Than dream of your mansion above.
Doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure,
A blessing of duty and love.”
I wish you and all a very merry Christmas