September 6, 2008 – 12:44 pm
I was doing some research this morning when I stumbled upon a very interesting passage from a book published in 1916 by Levi Rightmyer entitled, The Light of Truth as Revealed in the Holy Scriptures. The entire text of the book is available for perusal on Google Books here. The author is not LDS, although [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged abraham, altar, altar of incense, apostasy, book, google, imagery, incense, jesus christ, joseph smith, non-lds, prayer, priesthood, resurrection, saints, scholar, scriptures, throne
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Note: This is a comment I made on my last post, but I thought it was pertinent enough to make it into a post of itself. The concept of “keys” is not absent from the Book of Mormon. Whenever God has chosen to give authority to man to perform ordinances in His name, it has [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Texts
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Also tagged alma the elder, authority, book of mormon, calling, keys, minerva teichert, nephi, ordinances, ordination, priesthood, prophet, scriptures
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I used to ask myself that question, and I believe that many others probably still do. We believe that our current temple ordinances as revealed by the prophet Joseph Smith are as old as the human race, and were first revealed to Adam, the Ancient of Days. So why don’t we read more about temple [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged aaronic, abraham, adam and eve, anointing, ascension, bible, clothing, coronation, critics, herod, joseph smith, moses, ordinances, priesthood, sacrifice, sealing, solomon, tabernacle, zerubbabel
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One of the criticisms leveled at the LDS (Mormon) practice of temple worship is the seemingly dissimilar forms of the ordinances when compared with those found practiced by ancient Israelites in the Bible. It is true that the forms of the ordinances and sacrifices are different, but their meaning and symbolism remain the same. Let [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship, Temples Today
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Also tagged aaronic, adam and eve, altar, andrew skinner, atonement, bible, consecration, herod, holy of holies, moses, ordinances, prayer, priesthood, sacrifice, solomon, symbols, tabernacle, vicarious
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