Professor William J. Hamblin has offered some good starting points in considering the relationship between the ancient Israelite temple ritual and the modern day LDS temple endowment. It is from this vantage point that we should approach trying to understand these ancient ritual systems and the connections they might have with the Latter-day Saints temple [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Temples Today
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Also tagged ark of the covenant, art, clothing, endowment, esoteric, exoteric, gallery, garments, holy of holies, holy place, image, incense, israelites, prayer, rite, ritual, rituals, sacrifice, theophany, uplifted hands, veil, william hamblin
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October 19, 2009 – 4:46 pm
The use of those two words together, resurrection in mortality, appears to be perfectly incongruous at first glance. In our common parlance in the Church we understand resurrection to be something that can only happen after mortality. The resurrection “consists in the uniting of a spirit body with a body of flesh and bones, never [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Temples Today, Texts
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Also tagged anointing, calling and election, embrace, eternal life, exaltation, farms, holy of holies, hugh nibley, joseph smith, margaret barker, maxwell institute, presence, priesthood, restoration, resurrection, scholar, seal, temple studies, throne, veil
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October 14, 2009 – 7:45 am
(Continued from Part 2) In order to properly understand the law of consecration, we must first keep in mind two foundational gospel principles: All things are ultimately the Lord’s We are to love God with all our heart, soul, might, mind, and strength Once we understand these two principles we will be prepared to understand [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged book of mormon, commandments, consecration, D&C, gifts, materialistic, money, owner, pride, principles, riches, selfish, Steven C. Harper, steward, stewardship, wealth
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A friend of mine passed along this intriguing painting found in the Ensign of March 1982 (pg. 81, inside back cover). It is entitled “Hezediah Reopens the Temple” by T. C. Ducdale. It depicts the scene from 2 Chronicles 29 when King Hezekiah gathered together the Levites, told them to sanctify themselves, and commissioned them [...]
