CelesteLandon

Hey Edspringer! I know this is a post from last year but I do have some answers to your questions so I felt like I should share :) A) Are translates brings mortal or amoral? Answer: They are Mortal until they are “twinkled” which is the instantaneous death to resurrection talked about in D&C, then they are made Immortal. See below "He that liveth when the Lord shall come, and hath kept the faith, blessed is he; nevertheless, it is appointed to him to die at the age of man. Wherefore, children shall grow up until they become old; old men shall die; but they shall not sleep in the dust, but they shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye" (D&C 63:50-51). (Bruce R. McConkie) “Thus, this change from mortality to immortality, though almost instantaneous, is both a death and a resurrection. Thus, translated beings do not suffer death as we normally define it, meaning the separation of body and spirit; nor do they receive a resurrection as we ordinarily describe it, meaning that the body rises from the dust and the spirit enters again into its fleshly home. But they do pass through death and are changed from mortality to immortality, in the eternal sense, and they thus both die and are resurrected in the eternal sense.” B) Do they have blood running through their veins? Answer: No, see explanation below. “Bruce R. McConkie Some mortals have been translated. In this state they are not subject to sorrow or to disease or to death. No longer does blood (the life-giving element of our present mortality) flow in their veins. Procreation ceases. If they then had children, their offspring would be denied a mortal probation, which all worthy spirits must receive in due course. They have power to move and live in both a mortal and an unseen sphere. All translated beings undergo another change in their bodies when they gain full immortality. This change is the equivalent of a resurrection. All mortals, after death, are also resurrected. In the resurrected state they are immortal and eternal in nature, and those among them who are privileged to live in the family unit have spirit children. Millennial man will live in a state akin to translation. His body will be changed so that it is no longer subject to disease or death as we know it, although he will be changed in the twinkling of an eye to full immortality when he is a hundred years of age. He will, however, have children, and mortal life of a millennial kind will continue. (The Millennial Messiah, p. 644) TLDP:699-70 C) Being a terrestrial being what does that mean in regards to their physical state of being? Answer: Their bodies are transformed in such a way that they no longer suffer physical pain or disease. They can be both in this physical realm or the spiritual realm like unto the Savior when he disappears form the mob. We already know that blood no longer flows through their veins, instead it’s spiritual fluid. These questions can be answered here: http://www.angelfire.com/super2/halcomb4/translatedbeings.htm along with many more :) with quotes from prophets and apostles along with scripture references.