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I hate to say this, but the everyone is married to christ argument is sillier than anything Moromns have ever even been accused of believeing and that is saying something. I would love to see some scriptures on this.

The problem is that LDS settles for a mere man as a husband when God is offering His true church His own Son as the bridesgroom. The only marriage in heaven is between the Son and His bride, the church.

"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom...While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him...And while they went to buy [oil], the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut...Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." (Matt 25:1,5-6, 10,13)

"For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." (2 Cor. 11:2)

"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church...Therefore as the chuch is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gae himself for it...This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church." (Eph. 5:23-25, 32)

"For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear...Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!" (Rev. 19:7-9)

"And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband...Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb' And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God." (Rev. 21:2,9-10)

"The spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' (Rev. 22:17)

I would advise all LDS to stop this mega plan of future "two-timing" on Jesus Christ (our relationship to Him and to our spouse in heaven). The heavenly family is forever, yes. But it's one family. Families within THE FAMILY. But Jesus will be our only spouse. He's enough. We won't (and don't) need any other. Our security and dependency and relationship of knowing is with Him.

(And of course there are other Gospel parables comparing the kingdom of God to being invited to a wedding feast.)

Wow, you can really sow unrelated scriptures together!

I am impressed, unfortunately, as soon as I started reading your collection of scriptures, I was struck by how forced the union (pun intended) of these into "We are Jesus’ brides".

Look, I am a Guy, and the idea of being someone’s bride, well, it’s not appealing, if that’s heaven, package me up and send me to hell.

So the first parable is about being prepared.
The Second parable is about being true to your covenants
The third parable is about the patriarchal order of the family.
The fourth is about the members being ready in the last days
The fifth Scripture is about Jesus’ second coming an him taking possession of the government.
The sixth is one scripture about the church delivering living waters to any who thirst and is the only scripture in the whole chapter that uses the word bride.

I would advise all LDS to stop this mega plan of future "two-timing" on Jesus Christ

Of course you would, base on your irrefutable collection of scriptures, who can resist?

(our relationship to Him and to our spouse in heaven). The heavenly family is forever, yes. But it's one family. Families within THE FAMILY. But Jesus will be our only spouse.

I disagree, you see this world is a type and a shadow, and everything in this world, even the scriptures themselves when not assembled in such a ridiculous fashion refute the very essence of what you are saying.

He's enough. We won't (and don't) need any other. Our security and dependency and relationship of knowing is with Him.

We should indeed have a relationship with him, but it is not that he will be my bridegroom, he is my savior, my God, not my husband.