Plain and Precious Truths

The Eternal Family:

A Plain and Precious Part of the Plan of Salvation

The Family: A Proclamation to the World teaches us that, “The family is central to the creator’s

plan for the eternal destiny of his children. . . . In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters

knew and worshiped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children

could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and

ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life.”

Why are families so important to members

of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

Life is all about family by divine design.

We know this to be true and we embrace it. We celebrate it.

“In 1995, President Gordon B. Hinckley reiterated the doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints concerning eternal marriages and families when he taught in the proclamation

that the divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave.

Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to

return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.”

Families can be together forever!

“As a member of the Seventy, Elder Merrill J. Bateman stated the following in summarizing the

familial nature of the Father’s plan: The creation of the earth, the fall of Adam, and the atonement

of Christ are essential elements or pillars in the Father’s plan for the progression and

development of his children—both as individuals and as families. . . . These three doctrinal

pillars of the plan of salvation are intimately involved in the creation of new eternal families and

their extension into the eternities.”

There is a plan in this life. It’s for you to return to your Father in Heaven!

To learn more about the great plan of redemption read Alma chapter 12 or learn more about the

The quoted selections are from my textbook;

Marriages and Families Proclamation Principles and Research Perspectives Edited by Alan J. Hawkins David C. Dollahite Thomas W. Draper

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