Hi CC,
That’s the whole purpose of temple ordinances, to make the blessings of the gospel available to all.
This vision was of the future — Joseph Smith’s parents who he mentions seeing in vision in the celestial kingdom — were alive on earth at the time of this revelation.
The vision was given before the principles of baptism for the dead were revealed by the Lord — which no doubt was why Joseph Smith reports that he “marveled”, not understand how Alvin could be there without having been baptized on earth.
Best,
Normandy
Obviously Joseph Smith took too many magic mushrooms, or was crazy enough to hallucinate....maybe his rye bread was a bit moldy.
Joseph Smith was a character that believed that anything he "wished" for would be granted in some way by his heavenly father. He wanted eternal life for Alvin....Voila! the Temple ordinance. He wanted to have sex with women other than his wife...Voila! Eternal marriage.
The sad part is his lies are as old as Satan. The Bible warns us about him.
“That’s the whole purpose of temple ordinances, to make the blessings of the gospel available to all.”
Not remotely Biblical.
“This vision was of the future — Joseph Smith’s parents who he mentions seeing in vision in the celestial kingdom — were alive on earth at the time of this revelation.”
Not Biblical in the least.
“The vision was given before the principles of baptism for the dead were revealed by the Lord — which no doubt was why Joseph Smith reports that he “marveled”, not understand how Alvin could be there without having been baptized on earth.”
Not Biblical at all
Next.
Normandy, you might try starting with the Bible to see what it actually says and then believe it, versus starting with what the mormon church teaches and reading it back into the Bible.