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All this talk about Section 132 and plural wives, how come no one wants to talk about the concubines? If you think women are worried about plural marriage in the afterlife, they would probably be even less interested in a being an eternal concubine. According to section 132:
Verse 1:
“…I, the Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives and concubines.”
Verse 37:
“Abraham received concubines, and they bore him children; and it was accounted unto him for righteousness, because they were given unto him…”
Verse 38:
“David also received many wives and concubines, and also Solomon and Moses my servants, as also many others of my servants, from the beginning of creation until this time; and in nothing did they sin save in those things which they received not of me.”
Verse 39:
“David’s wives and concubines were given unto him of me, by the hand of Nathan, my servant, and others of the prophets who had the keys of this power…”
Apparently the Lord hands out concubines. Not only that, but many of his servants have had this power. Why is the LDS leadership holding out on us by limiting the discussion and the ordinances to wives? How does one qualify to be given concubines in the afterlife? Who qualifies to be a concubine? Do women in the Celestial Kingdom get to be plural wives, while women in the Terrestrial get to be the concubines? How does this work? Were some of us born to spiritual wives of our Heavenly Father, while others were born to spiritual concubines? Is that why they don’t want us to talk about her? Does being spiritually born to a heavenly concubine matter for what gifts we receive in this life or what tribes we belong to? What if Jesus and Satan really are brothers, but the devil is in the details (see what I did there), and Jesus is the first born of a wife, but Satan was the first born of concubine? Is that the real reason Satan was cast out? The footnote for the word concubines in D&C 132:1 takes you to Genesis 25:6, which reads:
“But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.”
Was Abraham just following the example of the God of Section 132 and sending away the children of his concubines? I mean, he gave them gifts (they came here and got a body), but then they get sent away, so–Maybe? It would be so nice if we had prophets today who could fill in the details of these important doctrinal questions. Inquiring minds want to know. Heck, I would even be willing to read the words of a few credentialed Mormon scholars and theologians, even those paid by the LDS Church, but alas, even they have been unwilling to take up the topic of Eternal Concubinage. It is right there in their scriptures–God hands out concubines to righteous men! Do they not read their scriptures?
LOL (astute) … Such relevant questions.
Additional Thoughts:
The more I think about this, even Brigham Young, the most righteous of men, only spoke of plural wives. Why did he not develop this doctrine of eternal concubinage? If only Joseph Smith had lived longer to provide more details about this eternal principle. I think this is evidence that the restoration is still incomplete. The fullness of the gospel will not truly be restored until an LDS prophet reintroduces the priesthood authority to give righteous men concubines. I will have a hard time sustaining these men as prophets like unto Moses until they restore this secret knowledge and power that Moses had.
You having shed more light on the problems with Sec 132… I’m thinking out loud that the origins of 132 would make a great Studio-C episode… … or rather someone could do a parody in a similar setting of a bunch of high school kids in student government or something trying to figure out how to pass some sort of rule normalizing boys having multiple girl-friends at the same time. The way you frame it is so apt. This is starting to appear pretty juvenile.
This is worth re-emphasizing:
Now … who wrote that? So loaded. Why did the “prophet(s)” need to be involved. Wasn’t David in contact with the Lord? And I thought there could be only one??