The procreative powers that Heavenly Father has blessed us with are one of the most sacred ways we can use our bodies. They open the door to the spirit world and allow Father's children to come to the earth and obtain bodies so they can continue to progress. It is the very key to their progression. Satan is damned and cannot progress anymore because he has no body. The proper use of those powers is the very thing that that will make us gods ourselves. In D&C 132:19 in the very last lines it says, ". . . which glory shall be a fullness and a continuation of seeds forever and ever." This is referring to posterity. Verse 20 begins, "Then shall they be gods, because they have no end..." This is not referring to living forever because everyone who comes to earth will be resurrected and live forever. This again is referring to posterity. It goes on to say, ". . .therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting, because they continue. . ." Again, a reference to having posterity. In verse 22 it says, "For strait is the gate, and narrow the way that leadeth unto the exaltation and continuation of the lives . . . " (Note that it is the continuation of lives, plural). The only people who will have the opportunity to use the power to procreate after this life are those who go to the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom and are gods. All others will lose that ability. You can see why Satan, the father of lies (by the way, that and the father of contention are the only ways he can be a father), works so hard to get us to misuse those powers. He knows that if he does, and we don't repent, that we will lose our exaltation. That is why he spreads so many lies saying that there is nothing wrong with pornography, homosexuality, adultery, fornication,etc. all those things strike at the very core of our existence and the reason for our being on earth. Heavenly Father safeguards mostly closely how we come into this world and how we go out. Sexual sins and murder have the most severe penalties of all other sins. The thing that will protect us is the truth about how to use those powers.
The Proclamation on the Family is very clear-
"In The Premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshiped God as their eternal Father and accepted his plan by which his children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life.
"The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God's commandment for his children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force.
"We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. . ."
Understanding those truths is like putting on the armor of God. It is "girding your loins with truth."
(Comments on "girding about your loins with truth" Nov 2013 By Don Edwards retired S&I)
