29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
1 Corinthians 15:29
I think that God’s plan to provide salvation for those who never got the opportunity in this life really shows his Mercy and his perfect Justice. How unfair would it be if those who had never heard of Jesus Christ were condemned because they never were baptized. But we know that after death, in the “spirit world” as we await the resurrection and Christ’s second coming, that the gospel is preached by the spirits of the righteous to the spirits of the wicked/those who never heard the gospel. As they do not have bodies, we are blessed in the restored Church of Jesus Christ to be baptized in holy temples on their behalf and provide them the opportunity to accept Jesus Christ as their saviour.
(For those curious or confused, being baptized for the dead doesn’t automatically force that person to accept Christ or His gospel. We believe that their spirit still has the ability to accept or reject the ordinance on their behalf, but since we can’t really speak to spirits we just do the baptisms and hope they accept the gift :) also this is why we have such a focus on family history so we can find our relatives and ancestors and be baptized and do ordinances for them)
