Comments on: The Seal of Melchizedek – Part 4 http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:33:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: britt k http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-6500 britt k Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:16:45 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=902#comment-6500 Very interesting blog. I really enjoyed this series. I grew up seeing the diagrams and designs for the San Diego temple, whenever I played at my friend's house (Bill Lewis' daughter). As a child I couldn't imagine someone being interested in or working on any one project for so long. It was inspiring. It is interesting to hear the differing versions of how the interlocking square motif came to the San Diego temple. Thanks! Very interesting blog. I really enjoyed this series. I grew up seeing the diagrams and designs for the San Diego temple, whenever I played at my friend’s house (Bill Lewis’ daughter). As a child I couldn’t imagine someone being interested in or working on any one project for so long. It was inspiring. It is interesting to hear the differing versions of how the interlocking square motif came to the San Diego temple. Thanks!

]]> By: Syd James http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-6060 Syd James Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:39:43 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=902#comment-6060 Andrew thanks for your referencing the Kaaba. The word literally means cube and according to tradition represent the "House in Heaven. It was originally built by Adam as a representation of our heavenlly home and later rebuilt by Abraham and Ishmael. Once again heaven being refered to as a cube as presented by John the revelator. If you go to the Parlament in London you will see the seal of Melchizedec in the floor of the great hall as well and the octaganal room it is placed in. I would also encourage you to google the "Temple of Heaven" in Bejing China. You will find that the giant complex is a circular temple sitting on 3 plateforms which is placed on a square larger platform. The Chinese for centuries offered blood sacrifice here as the original religion of China know as the " Worship of the God of Heaven". The square represents earth while the 3 tiered platform and 3 roofed temple on top represent heaven. Or literally heaven on earth. The decendents of Noah were taught the truths as they covered the earth and remnents can still be seen. Andrew thanks for your referencing the Kaaba. The word literally means cube and according to tradition represent the “House in Heaven. It was originally built by Adam as a representation of our heavenlly home and later rebuilt by Abraham and Ishmael. Once again heaven being refered to as a cube as presented by John the revelator. If you go to the Parlament in London you will see the seal of Melchizedec in the floor of the great hall as well and the octaganal room it is placed in. I would also encourage you to google the “Temple of Heaven” in Bejing China. You will find that the giant complex is a circular temple sitting on 3 plateforms which is placed on a square larger platform. The Chinese for centuries offered blood sacrifice here as the original religion of China know as the ” Worship of the God of Heaven”. The square represents earth while the 3 tiered platform and 3 roofed temple on top represent heaven. Or literally heaven on earth. The decendents of Noah were taught the truths as they covered the earth and remnents can still be seen.

]]> By: Andrew Lacayo http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-6059 Andrew Lacayo Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:11:08 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=902#comment-6059 As I was studying an article about the Ka'ba and its relation to John Lundquist's typology about the temple and it says something very interesting in regards to syd's comment about the diamond and the celestial kingdom, "Knappert records that "God creates seventy thousand new angels . . . every morning" specifically so that they can worship him and that each morning the "angel Jibril [Gabriel] calls the faithful to prayer from the minaret that was created out of pure diamond." As I was studying an article about the Ka’ba and its relation to John Lundquist’s typology about the temple and it says something very interesting in regards to syd’s comment about the diamond and the celestial kingdom, “Knappert records that “God creates seventy thousand new angels . . . every morning” specifically so that they can worship him and that each morning the “angel Jibril [Gabriel] calls the faithful to prayer from the minaret that was created out of pure diamond.”

]]> By: Bryce Haymond http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-6007 Bryce Haymond Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:34:50 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=902#comment-6007 Approaching Zion is one of my favorite books. Life changing. We certainly won't have capitalism in the millennium. Approaching Zion is one of my favorite books. Life changing. We certainly won’t have capitalism in the millennium.

]]> By: Michael Towns http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-6005 Michael Towns Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:08:43 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=902#comment-6005 Bryce, No worries. I completely understand. Home and family take priority. You bringing up capitalism is interesting though, only because I've been reading Nibley's Approaching Zion. Ouch! Talk about a call to repentance. I really want to delve into consecration and United Order. Bryce,

No worries. I completely understand. Home and family take priority.

You bringing up capitalism is interesting though, only because I’ve been reading Nibley’s Approaching Zion. Ouch! Talk about a call to repentance. I really want to delve into consecration and United Order.

]]> By: Bryce Haymond http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-6004 Bryce Haymond Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:57:58 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=902#comment-6004 I will get there eventually. I'm putting my house in order, first and foremost. I wish I could spend all day every day studying and writing about the temple. Unfortunately we live in a capitalist economy. I will get there eventually. I’m putting my house in order, first and foremost. I wish I could spend all day every day studying and writing about the temple. Unfortunately we live in a capitalist economy.

]]> By: Michael Towns http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-6003 Michael Towns Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:52:13 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=902#comment-6003 Bryce, Please give us more. We are waiting patiently for you. Bryce,

Please give us more. We are waiting patiently for you.

]]> By: Michael http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-5552 Michael Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:20:15 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=902#comment-5552 On this diamond planet tangent, I thought you'd all like to know that Lucy Mack Smith, upon seeing the urim and thummim described them as the following: "On the morning of September 22, after Joseph had returned from the hill, he placed the article [the Nephite interpreters] of which he spoke into my hands, and, upon examination, I found that it consisted of two smooth three-cornered diamonds set in glass..." (The Urim and Thummim: A Means of Revelation in Ancient Israel. By Cornelis Van Dam). Being as the Earth will be come a great urm and thummim, this diamond theory is in fact very probable. Also, I think this article is of interest to those whose curiosity has been piqued by these theories: www.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3492919.stm It's title is "Diamond Star Thrills Astronomers". So we know that it is physically possible for a huge diamond to exist. I thought this was cool stuff....food for thought. God works in mysterious ways. On this diamond planet tangent, I thought you’d all like to know that Lucy Mack Smith, upon seeing the urim and thummim described them as the following: “On the morning of September 22, after Joseph had returned from the hill, he placed the article [the Nephite interpreters] of which he spoke into my hands, and, upon examination, I found that it consisted of two smooth three-cornered diamonds set in glass…” (The Urim and Thummim: A Means of Revelation in Ancient Israel. By Cornelis Van Dam). Being as the Earth will be come a great urm and thummim, this diamond theory is in fact very probable.

Also, I think this article is of interest to those whose curiosity has been piqued by these theories: http://www.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3492919.stm
It’s title is “Diamond Star Thrills Astronomers”. So we know that it is physically possible for a huge diamond to exist. I thought this was cool stuff….food for thought. God works in mysterious ways.

]]> By: syd http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-5506 syd Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:20:58 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=902#comment-5506 Thanks for the comment Andrew. In the first verses of the Rev 21 the structure is identified as the New Jerusalem descending out of heaven. But weather or not this is the millennial new Jerusalem or the celestial world my point is the same. The geometric structure presented within the seal of melchizedec ie square over a square with a sphere in the middle has a cosmic significance. We see this represented all over our temples is some cases it is only a circle within a square other times others and more recently we see the more advance presentation of a the square within a square. If you make this 2 dimensional presentation into a 3 dimensional. You now have a cube within a cube. When one looks at the molecular structure of a diamond (clear crystal or sea of glass) you will find that it is in fact the cube within a cube. I believe that the celestialized earth becomes a giant diamond if you will at the end or a giant crystal and that down to the molecular it is a cube with in a cube. Thus the seal of melchizedec is in fact the 2 dimensional representation of the celestialized earth or our eventual heaven. The geometry found likewise within the endowment speaks of this as well. Take all you are taught in the endowment and put it together and you will find it forms a cube. Soloman's holy of holies was a cube ect. These things are far from accidental or coincidence. It is all one eternal round. In answer to your question about my personal readings these are all personal in sights given to me and not found from any thing that I read. Thanks for you comments again. Thanks for the comment Andrew. In the first verses of the Rev 21 the structure is identified as the New Jerusalem descending out of heaven. But weather or not this is the millennial new Jerusalem or the celestial
world my point is the same. The geometric structure presented within the seal of melchizedec ie square over a square with a sphere in the middle has a cosmic significance. We see this represented all over our temples
is some cases it is only a circle within a square other times others and more recently we see the more advance presentation of a the square within a square. If you make this 2 dimensional presentation into a 3
dimensional. You now have a cube within a cube. When one looks at the molecular structure of a diamond (clear crystal or sea of glass) you will find that it is in fact the cube within a cube. I believe that the
celestialized earth becomes a giant diamond if you will at the end or a giant crystal and that down to the molecular it is a cube with in a cube. Thus the seal of melchizedec is in fact the 2 dimensional representation of the celestialized earth or our eventual heaven. The geometry found likewise within the endowment speaks of this as well. Take all you are taught in the endowment and put it together and you will find it forms a cube. Soloman’s holy of holies was a cube ect. These things are far from accidental or coincidence. It is all one eternal round. In answer to your question about my personal readings these are all personal in sights given to me and not found from any thing that I read. Thanks for you comments again.

]]> By: Andrew Lacayo http://www.templestudy.com/2008/09/11/the-seal-of-melchizedek-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-5504 Andrew Lacayo Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:29:16 +0000 http://www.templestudy.com/?p=902#comment-5504 Hey SYD, I was reading your comment on the New Jerusalem, very interesting. A few comments though: the book of Revelation is talking about John's experience in the temple in heaven or the Celestial Kingdom, not the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:16). The New Jerusalem will be established during the Millennium, when the earth is a Terrestrial sphere, not when it is Celestialized. I liked your comments, whose material are you reading about the New Jerusalem? Hey SYD,
I was reading your comment on the New Jerusalem, very interesting. A few comments though: the book of Revelation is talking about John’s experience in the temple in heaven or the Celestial Kingdom, not the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:16). The New Jerusalem will be established during the Millennium, when the earth is a Terrestrial sphere, not when it is Celestialized. I liked your comments, whose material are you reading about the New Jerusalem?

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