Eternal increase is just one portion of being exalted. It is to have "all that the Father hath" (D&C 84), which is not available to those who accept less. It is to enter entirely and fully into a loving relationship with the Godhead. It is to receive all of the rights, powers, and privileges that God has. It is to receive a full inheritance, powers, dominions, kingdoms, and principalities. It is to receive all knowledge and all truth and light. It is to receive the fullness of the priesthood and its keys and authorities and powers. It is to be made "kings and priests unto God and his Father" by Jesus Christ (Rev 1:5-6), and to receive all the blessings in conjunction with our eternal spouse, as these things are only conferred upon those who have received the Patriarchal Priesthood in the temple sealing.
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