Isn't sealings and temple work for the dead a waste of time?

[_Mary]

71 And again, we saw the aterrestrial world, and behold and lo, these are they who are of the terrestrial, whose glory differs from that of the church of the bFirstborn who have received the fulness of the Father, even as that of the cmoon differs from the sun in the firmament.
72 Behold, these are they who died awithout blaw;
73 And also they who are the aspirits of men kept in bprison, whom the Son visited, and cpreached the dgospel unto them, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh;
74 Who areceived not the btestimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards received it.
75 These are they who are ahonorable men of the earth, who were bblinded by the craftiness of men.
76 These are they who receive of his glory, but not of his fulness.
77 These are they who receive of the apresence of the Son, but not of the fulness of the Father.
78 Wherefore, they are abodies terrestrial, and not bodies celestial, and differ in glory as the moon differs from the sun.
79 These are they who are not avaliant in the btestimony of Jesus; wherefore, they obtain not the crown over the kingdom of our God.
80 And now this is the end of the avision which we saw of the terrestrial, that the Lord commanded us to bwrite while we were yet in the Spirit.
81 And again, we asaw the glory of the btelestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the cglory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament.
82 These are they who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the atestimony of Jesus.
83 These are they who adeny not the Holy Spirit.
84 These are they who are thrust down to ahell.
85 These are they who shall not be redeemed from the adevil until the blast resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the cLamb, shall have finished his work.

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The key is verse 74. They did not receive it. In other words, they had their chance. What about those who die without having that chance?

Compare with D&C 137:7-10 and note that 1 Peter 4:6 shows that the gospel is preached in the afterlife so that we can all be judeged by the same standards.

As for vs 84, that is the Telestial. If you never accept the gospel in this life or the next, that is where you go.

[_Mary]

Define Gospel?

[_Jason Bourne]

You misunderstand that it the limit you think is in place is for those who had the chance to hear did not accept but later did. Celestial glory is still there for tohse who never had the chance. I am pretty certain there is another passage later in the D&C that clarifies this. I just have no time to hunt for it.

So, Jason, does this mean that those who have heard the gospel, but chose not to join are out of luck? What about a spouse who is married to a non-member? The non-member spouse is supportive of the spouse's involvement in Church, and is a loving, faithful spouse, but never joins the church during his/her lifetime? If the surviving spouse has his/her work done, is it a waste of time?

I do not know.