Behold, I will reveal unto you the priesthood, by the hand of Elijah the prophet [the Sealing Power!]
Before the coming of the great and [awesome] day of the Lord.
[I want to set into place my temples and the work of binding the human family now. . .]
And he [Elijah] shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers.
If it were not so, the whole Earth would have [its purposes and frustrated, the time of mortality unprofitable] at his coming.
Relationships are at the heart of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Heaven can only be heavenly if I am with these people. Part of life on Earth and our purpose here is to become the kind of person who becomes like the Savior and with that kind of love forms relationships that want to be eternal.
I love that here in section two of the doctrine and Covenants that the Lord is reminding us that relationships - family - are central to our understanding of God's plan.
My family means everything to me. There is nothing that makes me happier than a phone call, tax, email, video call etc. with my kids. They are and ever will be my "favorite five". For 50 years they have played a dominant role in my life. I watch what they are doing with their lives and love them more and more. We learn and grow together. The fact that Elijah brought back the sealing power says to me that this is what eternity is all about. Eternal relationships growing together to become more and more Christ-like, discovering the principles that create happiness, always learning and growing, becoming --- eternally progressing.
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