BEVAN - Why do we need a body (like god) because jesus
christ created the earth, touched Jeremiahs Mouth, The
Stones in Ether etc. My thought is that we cannot bear
children (physical or spirtual) without a body if so
why did god command Adam and Eve to multiply and
replenish the earth if they couldnt. Also apparntly we
will have spirit organs but im not
so sure would god give us things that dont serve a
purpose e.g. Lungs send oxygen thru the blood but i
dont think we'll be breathing in the
celestial kingdom unless its another kind of air.
JOEL - For some things you can't ask why. To ask why implies
that someone in the eternal past made a decision that
we had to have bodies. That didn't happen. We have
bodies because God has a body and His father had one
and so on, and in order for us to become like Him we
must also have bodies. Conditions that are eternal just have to be
accepted without asking why.
Our immortal bodies will be made of flesh and bone and
spirit, but no blood. I don't know how our organs will
work, but apparently they will in some way, or else
how could Jesus breathe on his Apostles(John 20:22),
and eat food(Luke 24:42-43) as proof to them that he
had a body? But of course being God He could do
anything He wanted.
Paul teaches that our present body will be changed to
be like the glorious body of Christ (Phil. 3:20-21).
So this could mean that after we die and are
resurrected we will all probably be able to eat and
breathe as well if we want, but because our bodies
will no longer be aging and growing they will not actually need
to do either one.
The resurrected body is tangible, but according to
Joseph Smith, when the flesh is quickened by the
Spirit there will be "spirit in their [veins] and not
blood" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p.
367).
If there is no blood to take the nourishment or oxygen
to our cells then there is no need to eat food or to
breathe. There may not even be anything to eat in
heaven.
So we probably won't need to eat food or breathe, but
if there are occasions when we will be eating as
resurected beings, how our bodies will process that
food or if we will need to breathe is a detail that
has not been revealed to us yet. And if we are exalted we will somehow be able to create spirit children, but how that is done is something we don't know yet either.
Adam and Eve were immortal in the Garden and as such
could not bear children unless they became mortal. So
they had to disobey a lesser commandment from
God(don't eat the fruit) in order to obey the greater
commandment(multiply and replenish the earth).
BEVAN - The Nephite Twelve, were they actually
apostles and should there be more than one quorum of
the twelve in the world at one time.
JOEL - When Jesus visited the Nephites, He called 12
"disciples" to lead His church on the western
continent. They were not called "Apostles", even
though they were given similar authority to act in the
name of Jesus for the people living there(3 Nephi 18:36-38,
3 Ne. 12: 1) . The Twelve Apostles that He chose to
lead His Church on the eastern continent were the
leaders of the Church for the entire earth. Here is
what you might call an "official" statement from one
of the Presidents of our Church today.
"While in every instance the Nephite twelve are spoken
of as disciples, the fact remains that they had been
endowed with divine authority to be special witnesses
for Christ among their own people. Therefore, they
were acting like apostles to the Nephite race although
their jurisdiction was eventually to be subject to the
authority and jurisdiction of Peter and the Twelve chosen in
Palestine." (Joseph Fielding Smith)
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