Saviors up on Mount Zion

Obadiah 1:17 "But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions."

We know that the Lord will gather his people. Often we think of this as a very literal gathering and in part it will be but the Lord talked of all of his people. Every man, women, and child from every corner of the globe that has ever lived is a child of God. The simple fact is that almost all of them will have died long before the second coming of Christ. Many of them have never even heard the gospel or not really given a chance to accept it. What of these people, are they doomed because of their circumstances?

God did not say the faithful and extraordinarily lucky, he just said the faithful and those that come unto him and believe on his word. In the LDS church we believe that God has given us a solution to this problem. The temples where we perform work for the living and for those who have passed on. We believe it is up to them to accept it but we believe we have been commanded to give them the opportunity. God commanded that we all be baptized so we do baptisms for the dead by proxy. This way those who have passed on but wish to follow the Lord will be able to do so.

To some this may seem peculiar, but the house of the Lord is a house of order. To gather the living we use missionaries, to gather the dead we use temples. Temples serve a wonderful purpose, couples and families can attend the temple and be sealed for eternity not just for life. Once we have completed our own work we can return to the temple to seal our ancestors both to themselves and to us. It is a wonderful feeling knowing you can help reunite families and couples. This may sound strange but God loves his children and he will always have a way to provide for them. I know the spirit I feel in the temple, I know how strong that spirit is when I am performing work for those have passed. It is a wonderful truth and that is what makes it so special.

1 Corinthians 15:54-57 "So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy sting? O bgrave, where is thy victory?The sting of adeath is sin; and the bstrength of sin is the law.But athanks be to God, which giveth us the bvictory through our Lord Jesus Christ."