– They help the pure in heart become a Zion people
– We become Saviors on Mount Zion
– We throw off the cares of the world and enjoy peace and serenity
– It is a place of safety and security
– We become unspotted from the world
– Families are sealed as part of a welded link back to Father Adam
– We covenant to 5 laws: obedience, sacrifice, gospel, chastity, consecration
– It’s the purest kind of love, a labor for those you have never met
– A place where needy names lie on sacred altars
– It’s an earthly united order where all are equal before God
– We become rightful heirs to eternal covenants to become King and Queens
– It provides an opportunity of service which is required for exaltation
– We are cleansed from sin
– We may feel the presence of those from the spirit world attending their ordinances
– We receive promises to inherit thrones, kingdoms and principalities
– The grounds, gardens, statues and fountains are uplifting and inspiring
– It is illuminated by the light of Christ
– It’s a symbol to the world of the sanctity of marriage and family
– A place of communion with the Church of the Firstborn
– Proof of the restoration; for where the gospel is, there will be temples
– A place to present a book of your dead, worthy of all acceptation
– The only place to perform a marriage that is recognized in the heavens
– A place of sacred altars where heavenly covenants are made and received
– It introduces equity for those who died without the gospel
– To be endowed is to be empowered
– A place where sinful man, clothed in the atonement, is presented a view of heaven
– A place of washings, anointings, endowments and sealings
– The beauty and glory of the temple on the outside is little compared to the magnified glorious stages of life, death, resurrection and unimaginable exaltation on the inside.
– A place preparatory to receiving a new name which is a key word (DC 130:11) wherein things pertaining to a higher order of Kingdoms will be revealed in preparation for living in the presence of God (DC 130:7)
DP, Feb 2022
