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Dear
Gramps, If one has a miscarriage, does that spirit stay in heaven to wait to
be reunited with it’s parents & family later or does that spirit have
the opportunity to come down and gain a physical body again with another
pregnancy? Basically, what I am saying is if I had a miscarriage between
child 2 and 3, is my child #3 actually the spirit of the miscarriage or do I
have another spirit #4 waiting? Thank you for your reply! Beverly, from
Arizona |
Dear
Beverly,
Those
are interesting questions that tug at the hearts of many mothers, for which
I’m afraid there is no direct reply. Just when the spirit enters the body has
not been revealed. So lets consider the two cases— One, the spirit has taken
possession of the body, and the child dies before it is born. If the spirit has
entered the developing body, then it will claim that body in the resurrection
and continue to live in mortality. Two, if no spirit has yet entered the body,
giving it independent life, then that fetus derives its life from the spirit of
the mother, and if it dies at that stage, then we would expect that it would not
be resurrected as an independent being.
Your
question is, has a spirit been assigned to that couple, and would it be born to
that couple at a later time? Well, not if it were that couple’s last
pregnancy. In addition, that’s another imponderable question. The Brethren
have suggested that there may be instances where certain spirits may have been
promised mortality through given parentage, but there is no scriptural reference
to support that concept. So that’s one of the many areas that we will learn
more about when it’s our turn to make the transition into the next
compartment.
Gramps