There are many things we don’t know about exaltation or life in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom—the kind of life God lives. DOWNLOAD Celestial Blessings: Sunshine Show-and-Tell activity (HERE or below).
Much of it may be beyond our current ability to understand. But God has revealed a few precious clues, and many of them are found in Doctrine and Covenants 130–32. You might read with questions like these in mind: What do I learn about God? What do I learn about the life after mortality? How does this information about eternal life bless my life now?

See also “Our Hearts Rejoiced to Hear Him Speak,” in Revelations in Context, 277–80.

How would you state, in your own words, what the Lord teaches in Doctrine and Covenants 130:20–21 and 132:5? Ponder how this principle has been demonstrated in your life.

Sometimes, even when we are obedient to God, the blessings we hope for don’t come right away. How do you maintain your faith and hope when this happens? Look for insights in Elder D. Todd Christofferson’s message “Our Relationship with God” (Liahona, May 2022, 78–80).

See also 1 Nephi 17:35; Doctrine and Covenants 82:10.

Through the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord restored the truth that marriage and family relationships can be eternal. As you read Doctrine and Covenants 132:13–21, look for phrases that help you understand the difference between what will “remain” eternally and what will not. What do you think it means for a marriage relationship to be “by [the Lord]”? (verse 14).

In his message “In Praise of Those Who Save,” President Dieter F. Uchtdorf contrasts eternal marriage relationships with “disposable” things (Ensign or Liahona, May 2016, 77–78). What does this contrast teach you about how to nurture—or prepare for—a marriage relationship? Think about your family relationships—now and in the future—as you read Elder Uchtdorf’s message. What do you find there that gives you hope in Christ for your family relationships?

President Henry B. Eyring shared this counsel he received when he was worried about his family situation: “You just live worthy of the celestial kingdom, and the family arrangements will be more wonderful than you can imagine” (in “A Home Where the Spirit of the Lord Dwells,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2019, 25). How could this counsel help you or someone you know?

See also “Families Can Be Together Forever,” Hymns, no. 300; Topics and Questions, “Marriage,” Gospel Library.

Many people who read the Old Testament wonder about Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and others marrying multiple wives. Were these servants of the Lord committing adultery? Did God approve of their marriages? Joseph Smith had similar questions. Look for the answers God gave in Doctrine and Covenants 132:1–2, 29–40.

Marriage between one man and one woman is God’s standard of marriage (see the section heading to Official Declaration 1; Jacob 2:27, 30). However, there have been times when God has commanded His children to practice plural marriage.

The early years of the restored Church were one of those periods of exception. If you want to learn more about plural marriage among the early Saints, see “Mercy Thompson and the Revelation on Marriage” (in Revelations in Context, 281–93); Saints, 1:290–92, 432–35, 482–92, 502–4; Topics and Questions, “Plural Marriage in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” Gospel Library; “Why Was It Necessary for Joseph Smith and Others to Practice Polygamy?” (video), ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Help your children find examples of things that do not last forever—food that spoils, flowers that wilt, and so on. Then look at Doctrine and Covenants 132:19 together and find key phrases like “everlasting covenant,” “sealed,” “through all eternity,” and “forever and ever.” (See also “Chapter 55: A Revelation about Marriage,” in Doctrine and Covenants Stories, 198, or the corresponding video in Gospel Library.) You could also look at pictures of your family and testify that the Lord has made it possible, through the ordinances and covenants of the temple, for families to last forever.

• Be sensitive to family situations. “Children today find themselves in many different and complex family configurations. … [We] need to reach out to [those] who feel alone, left behind, or outside the fence” (Neil L. Andersen, “Whoso Receiveth Them, Receiveth Me,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2016, 49, 52).