All the early recorded events in the life of Adam and Eve show them doing things together (see Moses 5:1, 12). When they were cast out of the Garden of Eden, Adam ate his bread by the sweat of his brow, and Eve, his wife, labored with him (see Moses 5:1). The first man and woman-Adam and Eve-were a family. Family relationships extend beyond the grave when we are sealed by the priesthood of God in a holy temple and remain faithful. Packer taught, “The ultimate purpose of every teaching, every activity in the Church is that parents and their children are happy at home, sealed in an eternal marriage, and linked to their generations” ( “The Father and the Family,” Ensign or Liahona, May 1994). A family can also be a single person living alone, a single parent with children, or a husband and wife without children. As used in the scriptures, a family consists of a husband and wife, children, and sometimes other relatives living in the same house or under one family head. The Lord has designated the family to be the basic unit of the Church and of society. Our heavenly family provides the model for our families on earth. As spirit sons and daughters of Heavenly Parents, we are all members of the family of God.
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