Jacob and Rachel were sealed in the Bountiful Temple
Yesterday Jacob and Rachel were married in the Bountiful Temple. For those not familiar with Mormon weddings, I will explain. Members of the Church believe that marriages performed in temples are “sealed,” or blessed to last for eternity. Those who are sealed in the temple have the assurance that their relationship will continue forever if they are true to their covenants. They know that nothing, not even death, can permanently separate them.
Bind On Earth
The Bountiful Temple has sealing rooms similar to those of the Vancouver temple pictured here
The concept of eternal families comes from scripture and modern-day revelation. For instance, the New Testament reference in Matthew 16:19 records Jesus Christ telling the Apostle Peter: “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” The Church equates the word “bind” with “seal.”
In “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles proclaim that “marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.” When a man and woman are married in the temple, their family can be together forever.
Photographs
After the sealing ceremony, Jake and Rachel changed into traditional marriage clothes for photographs in the temple grounds. Family and friends, after witnessing the sealing, waited patiently for them outside the temple doors. Here are a few photographs, mostly via my camera. Click on the images to enlarge.
Jake and Rachel have yet to emerge from the temple. Brothers wait.
Sister and cousin wait.
Families wait.
Everybody waits.
Rachel and Jake appear.
Rachel, the beautiful bride.
Photographs. Parent of the bride.
Parents of the groom.
Parents of the bride and groom.
I'm not sure what caused this response. Maybe a snowball fight started.
Family of the Bride.
More family of the bride.
Family of the groom.
Siblings of the groom.
Baby Cassandra was amused by all the posing and picture taking.
Snowball fight (originally started by the groom).
Reception
Jacob's boss (and mine and Paul's) with the bride and groom.
Paul readying the slides using my TV, laptop, and Nexus One hot spot. With a family of engineers, everything has to be complicated.
In the end, it all worked. Photo Credit: Susan Ward.
Jake had the usual decorating done on his car.
Here are some more photographs, courtesy Still Timeless Photography, of the Wedding of Jacob and Rachel.
This was fantastic. Congratulations!
I am so glad that you posted pictures and info about the wedding. I can’t believe how busy you would have been pulling this all together and getting Daniel the day before from his mission. It looks like the wedding was fabulous. My favorite is the snowball fight. What fun! I had never seen sparklers either for a bridal line. Congratulations to the whole family!
I wasn’t working those days so I had time.
I absolutely love the last picture too!
It was the best day of our lives! We were loving how we felt after being sealed together not just until ‘death do you part’ but for all eternity.
It is a great feeling. Jill and I are 30 years into our eternity. It is going by fast.