At the core of the Mormon Temple is Eternal Marriage.
Doctrine and Covenants section 132 (D&C 132) is at the core of Eternal Marriage.
At the core of D&C 132 is the Lamb’s Book of Life.
How to get one’s name recorded in the Lamb’s Book of Life—according to D&C 132:19:
And again verily I say unto you IF
1) a man marry a wife by my word which is my law
2) and by the New and Everlasting Covenant
3) and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of Promise
4) 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 and
SHALL INHERIT THRONES, KINGDOMS, PRINCIPALITIES, AND POWERS DOMINIONS
ALL HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS
========== THEN ==========
shall it be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life
—D&C 132:19
Summary
To have one’s name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, they must:
- Get married
- By the New and Everlasting Covenant
- Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise
- By someone with Joe’s priesthood
Problem
Where’s the Name of Jesus?
3 And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my FELLOWLABOURERS, whose names are in the BOOK OF LIFE. (Philippians 4)
5 HE THAT OVERCOMETH, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the BOOK OF LIFE, but I WILL CONFESS HIS NAME BEFORE MY FATHER, AND BEFORE HIS ANGELS. (Revelation 3)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13)
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. (Revelation 17)
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the BOOK OF LIFE: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the BOOK OF LIFE was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20)2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. (Revelation 21)19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. (Revelation 22)
57 And now I say unto you, all you that are desirous to follow the voice of the good shepherd, come ye out from the wicked, and be ye separate, and touch not their unclean things; and behold, their names shall be blotted out, that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered among the names of the righteous, that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith: The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with the names of my people;
58 For the NAMES OF THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, and unto them will I grant an inheritance at my right hand. (Alma 5)
How to Get/Keep One’s Name in the Lamb’s Book of Life
- Be a Believer [Fellowlabourer] (Phil.4:3)
- Overcome (Rev.3:5)
- Don’t take the mark of the beast (Rev.13:8, 17:8)
- Don’t take away from the words of the book of this prophecy (Rev.22:19)
- Righteousness (Alma 5:58)