mroviatt1

OP here. I'm not planning on proposing anytime soon. Not even looking to get married until about 23 to 25. I know most of my stuff, and we're studying D&C in seminary this year. I'm just curious about part member families. I know of great, faithful people in my ward who did not have temple marriages. Will they miss out on all the blessings? Will they have an opportunity to marry a faithful member in the hereafter? Isaiah 4 says that there will be a day when many women will desperately want to marry a worthy man, and few will be around. Unless the Lord enacts the law of polygamy again, how is that going to work out? Am I, along with other male members, required to marry a member? Or just a worthy spouse, as has been mentioned by previous posts.

So. I am an 18 year old male, finishing up high school and about to serve a mission this summer, but there's this girl that I really, reeeally like. This girl, however, is a nonmember. My parents are very.....Mormon (?) I guess, (not that I'm not), and they only want me to marry a girl in the temple. This girl has been exposed to the church and we've talked a lot about it, but she's not interested in joining. I heard that temple marriage is a requirement to be in the celestial kingdom, and that was a downer, to put it lightly. I really want to be there, of course. I know of other faithful members who did not have temple marriages. Any ideas on what's going to happen? This is all assuming that we do get married after my mission and survive college. It's a possibility. True to the Faith says that there are three degrees within the celestial kingdom, and that temple marriage is required only for the highest degree. Is there common speculation or doctrine? Thanks!