Heard a curious thing...is it true in the Mormon faith that women have to be invited into heaven by men?

Answer 1

You have been given some great answers...even Father K has most of the "technical" stuff right. But it is much more symbolic and deep than just being "invited" into heaven...which really, it's not going to be like that I do not believe.
It is interesting to me that there is SO much controversy, curiosity and rumors about what "goes on" inside the walls of the temples. Everything is sacred, holy, peaceful and of God. The temple is HIS house. We are privelaged to be able to attend, that is how I feel. Those who mock it and spread false things about it, I feel, will come under the judgement of God because He will not stand to be mocked. His ways are not always understood by us, we are not perfect and do not have a perfect knowledge of all things. But, because he loves us, he has provided a way for us to return to live with him...and that is learned in the temple.
We learn step by step, line upon line. Think about trying to learn chemical engineering without ever taking one chemistry class! Would you understand anything? Would it seem WAY over your head? Most likely. That is how the gospel is, that is why we are supposed to prepare spiritually to go to the temple because if we go unprepared or unworthy, it will seem too "big", not mean anything, not be sacred, confusing and maybe make you never want to return...that is what I believe has happened to those who have attended, they just weren't ready to accept the sacredness and the covenants made and didn't understand what they were doing. It is very sad because it is very sacred to millions of us and it brakes our hearts when we see or read of others mocking it.

Answer 2

It appears that most of the arguments here are over symantics. Men take their future wife through the veil in the temple ceremony. It is during this ceremony that the women divulge their new name to their husbands to be. It is understood in Mormon culture that the husband will perform a similar function to call their wife forth.

Someone mentioned that the husbands can tell their wives their new name. I don't believe this is doctrinal but I'm curious to know if it is.

I would also caution LDS folks not to immediately deny something just because they've never heard it in church. Father K didn't nail everything exactly right (like women only going through for the first time when they get married), but he got most of it right. I went through pre- and post- 1990 and I've been in the church for over 40 years.

One other thing is that neither men nor women can enter the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom (CK) without being sealed together, however, it is a common belief in Mormonism that there will be many more women than men in the CK and so the excess women will be sealed to men who may already have a wife. I like imamormon2s answer. It seems about right but isn't something that's taught regularly. Somewhat speculative, but probably what most members would agree with.

Answer 3

Nope. There have been references here to how a man has to call up the name of his wife, implying that he is resurrected first and she is second. Now really, it is only an organizational thing to say the men will help Jesus Christ with how the resurrection process takes place. In fact, the resurrection process has already begun to a limited extent, because we believe that many Church members were actually already resurrected after Christ (see Book of Mormon 3 Ne. 23: 9, 11 or read below):
9 Verily I say unto you, I commanded my servant Samuel, the Lamanite, that he should testify unto this people, that at the day that the Father should glorify his name in me that there were many saints who should arise from the dead, and should appear unto many, and should minister unto them. And he said unto them: Was it not so?
11 And Jesus said unto them: How be it that ye have not written this thing, that many saints did arise and appear unto many and did minister unto them?

If you study what Jesus Christ said in the Bible and the Book of Mormon, it's more likely that little children or those who died as children will be the first to enter heaven, or the kingdom of God. Time and again He said we must become as a little child to return to the presence of God. The man cannot make it to the celestial kingdom without the woman, nor the woman without the man. There's no need to worry about who gets into heaven first; since after all, God runs the entire universe and there's room for everyone who makes use of the Atonement. Have a happy day, and I send you a gummy bear.

Answer 4

You are getting many different answers, because of the way your question is posed. Most are in part incorrect. The enter the Celestial Kingdom, the highest heaven, it is only necessary to have faith in Jesus Christ, repent, be baptized and receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. To receive our exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom, it is necessary to be sealed for all eternity and keep the covenants we make. Husbands and wives enter this together. The husband, as a priesthood holder may officiate, but if the wife refuses to join him, he will not be exalted either. The husband is not without the wife or the wife without the husband in the Lord.

Answer 5

There are a few issues that can be involved in your question. I'm only going to address one. We believe that resurrection is an ordinance, like baptism. There has to be a person to perform it on the person receiving it. And we also believe that only men hold the priesthood, or the authority to perform ordinances in the name of Jesus Christ. Thus, only men can baptize and only men will be able to resurrect others. This does not make men any better than women. It is just a different role. A woman will not need a specific man to perform it. If she was married to a righteous man, he will do it. If she wasn't, it will most likely be her dad or other righteous ancestor.

That is just my understanding of the doctrine and may not be absolutely correct.

Answer 6

We all, men and women, have to be invited into heaven by a Man, even the Man of Holiness, Jesus Christ. No other invitation is necessary for men or women. Jesus stands at the door, and he employs no servant there. It is only in and through Christ that we may be saved.

And by the way, heaven is for everyone who has been saved by grace after all that they can do: male and female, young and old, married and unmarried, white and black, Jew and Gentile, bond and free.

Answer 7

I have been through the Mormon temple as well, and this is not true. Of course unmarried women can still get in to heaven. There is a lot of false information in the responses to this post! Read with caution! To learn more about Mormon marriage, visit http://www.allaboutmormons.com/mormon_beliefs_family_temple.php .

Answer 8

stepping into heaven calls for more desirable than a wedding ceremony and a similar criteria are held for adult adult males as for women human beings. stepping into heaven is someone component. purely because i'm married contained in the temple for time and all eternity would not recommend both my husband and that i visit make it there. also, we trust contained in the three degrees of glory. There are 3 ranges of heaven. The Celestial, it quite is the optimal, is likewise divided into 3 ranges. purely married human beings will be allowed contained in the optimal factor. I actual have by no skill heard that arguing with my husband is like arguing with God. My husband isn't perfect like God is. often times arguing is a form of verbal replace we use to unravel a difficulty. in case you do not agree on something, it truly is arguing. I also don't understand of any doctrine that announces i could ought to undergo my husband's spirit children for eternity. And divorced or unmarried Mormon women human beings could nicely be saved, purely as divorced and unmarried Mormon adult adult males can, as long as they proceed to toughen of their faith, undergo their trials and undergo them, and do their wonderful in holding the commandments and living total and organic lives. Any popular to which the Lord holds adult adult males, he also holds women human beings, and vice versa. In those skill, we are equivalent. a similar is anticipated human beings.

Answer 9

Absolutely true. This is something that you learn once you have been to the temple and have some ungodly things done to you there. The Bible talks about level ground at the foot of the cross of Jesus. Mormons don't hold to that.

Answer 10

This simply is not true.

Mormons teach that due to the ransom paid by Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, all can be saved. Men do not "invite" the women into heaven.

Whoever comes up with this stuff must assuredly be influenced by someone other than God.