>According to 132, were those who did not practice condemned to damnation?
Only if you fail to understand 132 is about eternal marriage and not just polygamy.
>God told Moses to take the Israelites out of Egypt, and that the Israelites were promised to go in (as a nation), no personal promise to Moses (Exodus 3). Thus the promise was to a people, not individual. Secondly, as an Israelite, Moses had a special obligation to God to follow His instructions but violated God’s specific instructions (Numbers 20) and as a result he is forbidden to enter the promised land.
Incorrect. Moses was supposed to lead the Israelites into the promised land. But once Moses mocked God, Got punished him by not allowing Moses to enter.
>So, did god succumb to political pressure and discontinue polygamy?
I think that God looked at how things were going, saw that the people were willing to suffer persecution in obedience to God’s word for 40 years and finally decided that his people had proven themselves worthy. To me, it’s proof of a test of faith.
God didn’t force Abraham to thrust the knife into his son’s heart.
There are many in mormonism that focus on the latter.
Incorrect.Moses was supposed to lead the Israelites into the promised land.
You didn't even read my post. Sect 132 is for the mormon peoples, Exodus 3 is for the Israelite peoples. peoples = peoples. Moses = individual. individual does not equal peoples. Your understanding in Ex 20 is slightly flawed but understandable.
I think that God looked at how things were going, saw that the people were willing to suffer persecution in obedience to God’s word for 40 years and finally decided that his people had proven themselves worthy. To me, it’s proof of a test of faith.
Nice opinion, show me where that is official mormon doctrine.
“I think that God looked at how things were going, saw that the people were willing to suffer persecution in obedience to God’s word for 40 years and finally decided that his people had proven themselves worthy. To me, it’s proof of a test of faith.”
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Oh boy you are a racist...
About Moses and the God’s chosen people..
The people did grumble and complain for the 40 years it took for the older ones to die out except mosesand young Joshua, caleb and the younger crowd...
They complained loudly that the Manna was the same and tasted the same every day..they didnt like it..please stop off at McDonalds for Big Macs etc..
The complained that the voice of God was too loud...
and then they complained that Moses got to hear from God up on the mountain by himself and they were excluded..
They got Aaron..the priest you all want to copy to buil
dt them a golden calf...do the mormons do that do ??? you better... and then got POed when Moses got angry because they worshipped the Golden Calf and had a sexual orgy..Aaron set that up, too..better take notes and copy him...
They never stopped moaning for 40 years..would you take that bunch into the Promised Land ????
The people never proved themselves worthy ...they all died and never went into the Promised Land..
Moses disobeyed God and never went in either..but because Moses and God were friends..God let Moses see the Promised Land from the mountain of Nebo before he died...I’ve been up on that mountain and looked across at Israel...you can see for miles...
It was not intended to be a “test of faith”..God punished the lot of them...for being faithless