1. The New and Everlasting Covenant

2. Eternal Life

3. “We must begin with the truth about God and our relationship to him. Everything else follows from that…. Dallin H. Oaks Quorum of the Twelve (Ensign, May 1995, 84)

4. “Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them.… The fulness of eternal salvation is a family matter.” Dallin H. Oaks Quorum of the Twelve (Ensign, May 1995, 84)

5. “This plan of salvation is family centered. It leads to eternal life, and eternal life is the name of the kind of life which God, our Father, lives. This plan of salvation is designed to enable us to create eternal family units of our own which are patterned after the family of our Eternal Father.” Joseph Fielding Smith President ("Sealing Power and Salvation," BYU, 1971)

6. Intelligence Exalted Marriage Godhood Spirit Body Spirit + Mortal Body We become Heavenly Parents for other intelligences. ETERNAL LIFE (God’s Life)

7. The New and Everlasting Covenant

8. D&C 132:6

9. “What is the new and everlasting covenant?… The new and everlasting covenant is the sum total of all gospel covenants and obligations.” Joseph Fielding Smith Quorum of the Twelve (Doctrines of Salvation, 1:156)

10. the sum total of all gospel covenants “What is the new and everlasting covenant?… The new and everlasting covenant is the sum total of all gospel covenants and obligations.” Joseph Fielding Smith Quorum of the Twelve (Doctrines of Salvation, 1:156)

11. “It is everything—the fulness of the gospel. So marriage properly performed, baptism, ordination to the priesthood, everything else—every contract, every obligation, every performance that pertains to the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise according to his law here given, is a part of the new and everlasting covenant.” Joseph Fielding Smith Quorum of the Twelve (Doctrines of Salvation, 1:158)

12. Baptism Gift of the Holy Ghost Priesthood Ordination Washing/ Anointing Sealed to Parents Endowment Sealed to Spouse

13. “ The new and everlasting covenant” is the fulness of the gospel, and the gospel is the covenant of salvation that the Lord makes with men. It is new because it has been revealed anew in our day; it is everlasting because it has always been had by faithful people, not only on this earth but on all the earths inhabited by the children of our Father. Bruce R. McConkie Quorum of the Twelve (Brigham Young University, 6 November 1977)

14. D&C 132:6

15. If you receive a fulness of God’s glory, what are you? D&C 76:56, 58

16. “Those women who go on to their exaltation, ruling and reigning with husbands who are kings and priests, will themselves be queens and priestesses. They will hold positions of power, authority, and preferment in eternity.” Bruce R. McConkie (Mormon Doctrine, p. 594)

17. If you receive a fulness of God’s glory, what are you? D&C 76:56, 58 What makes this possible? D&C 76:69Rev. 5:10; John 1:12 D&C 76:69; Rev. 5:10; John 1:12

18. “It is within the privilege of the sisters of this Church to receive exaltation in the kingdom of God and receive authority and power as queens and priestesses.” Joseph Fielding Smith Quorum of the Twelve (Relief Society Magazine, Jan. 1959, 5–6)

19. Kings & Priests Queens and Priestesses Kings & Priests Queens and Priestesses

20. “We do not rear children just to please our vanity. We bring children into the world to become kings and queens, and priests and priestesses for our Lord.” Spencer W. Kimball President (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p.331)

21. “[H]e that has overcome and is found worthy, will be made a king of kings, and lord of lords over his own posterity, or in other words: A father of fathers.” Brigham Young President (J of D 10:355a-355b)

22. Eternal Kingship, Priesthood, and Sonship = “the fulness of my glory” (D&C 132:6)

23. Our Collective Dilemma

24. What’s our problem? Moses 6:48-49 If we are “shut out” from His presence then what else are we shut out from? Moses 6:57

25. Regaining God’s Presence and Becoming Heirs

26. Models of Re-inheritance Moses 6:64-68 Models of Re-inheritance Moses 6:64-68

27. “To enter into the order of the Son of God is the equivalent today of entering into the fullness of the Melchizedek Priesthood, which is only received in the house of the Lord…. “Adam and his descendants entered into the priesthood order of God. Today we would say they went to the House of the Lord and received their blessings.” Ezra Taft Benson (Ensign, Aug. 1985, pp. 6-10)

28. Heirship & Inheritance

29. Heirship is a royal word. Children of kings and queens are heirs to the throne and all that their parents have. Children can only inherit what their parents have. If parents don’t have it then they cannot give it to their children. Once a man and woman have been anointed to become kings and queens and are sealed to one another, then their children “born in the covenant” are heirs of all the blessings of the kingdom.

30. “Children of the covenant have the right to receive His doctrine and to know the plan of salvation. They claim it by making covenants of sacred significance.” Russell M. Nelson Quorum of the Twelve (“Covenants,” Ensign, November 2011, p. 88; emphasis added)

31. The Chosen Lineage

32. God, the Father Jesus Christ Adam Seth Enoch Noah Melchizedek Christ is the Heir of the Father (Heb. 1:2) Adam became “a son of God” (Moses 6:68). He was promised, “a multitude of nations shall come of thee” (D&C 107:55) Promised that “his posterity should be the chosen of the Lord” (D&C 107:42) The Lord “sent forth an unalterable decree, that a remnant of his seed should always be found” on earth (Moses 7:52) God swore “unto Enoch and unto his seed with an oath by himself” (JST Gen. 14:30)

33. Noah Melchizedek Abraham Abraham 1:1-4 Abraham 1:1-4 Abraham 1:18 Abraham 1:18 Abraham 2:9-11 Abraham 2:9-11

34. Noah Melchizedek Abraham Isaac Jacob (Israel) Gen. 26:3-5 Gen. 28:12-15

35. Kingdoms, Thrones, Principalities Promised Land (Promised Land) Powers, Dominions Priesthood (Priesthood) Continuation of Seed “forever and ever” Posterity (Posterity) Gather Israel D&C 132:19

36. The Promise of Exaltation/Kingship D&C 132:19 (Jesus Christ) And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood; and it shall be said unto them—Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection; and if it be after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; [PROMISED LAND] and shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, [PRIESTHOOD] and powers, dominions, all heights and depths— then shall it be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, that he shall commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eternity; and shall be of full force when they are out of the world; [POSTERITY] and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever.

37. “Through the restoration of the priesthood held by Elijah, knowledge has been given to the Church that each family unit, where the parents have been married for time and for eternity, shall remain intact through all eternity…. Joseph Fielding Smith Quorum of the Twelve (Doctrines of Salvation, 3 Vols., ed. Bruce R. McConkie [1954-56], 2:67)

38. In this way “Moreover, each family unit is to be linked to the generation which went before, until all the faithful, who have proved their title to family membership through obedience to the gospel, shall be joined in one grand family from the beginning to the end of time, and shall find place in the celestial kingdom of God. In this way all who receive the exaltation become heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ in the possession of eternal family relationships.” Joseph Fielding Smith Quorum of the Twelve (Doctrines of Salvation, 3 Vols., ed. Bruce R. McConkie [1954-56], 2:67)

40. entitled “Eventually, when this work is perfected, and Christ delivers up to his Father the keys and makes his report, and death is destroyed, then that great family from the days of Adam down, of all the righteous, those who have kept the commandments of God, will find that they are one family, the family of God, entitled to all the blessings that pertain to the exaltation.” Joseph Fielding Smith Quorum of the Twelve (Doctrines of Salvation, 3 Vols., ed. Bruce R. McConkie [1954-56], 2:67- 68)

41. Questions?