The Temple Endowment http://www.levelsofmeaning.com/the-temple-endowment "A series of symbols of vast realities . . . " Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:04:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 The Things of God http://www.levelsofmeaning.com/the-temple-endowment/2011/03/23/the-things-of-god/ http://www.levelsofmeaning.com/the-temple-endowment/2011/03/23/the-things-of-god/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:11:35 +0000 Scott Vanatter http://www.levelsofmeaning.com/the-temple-endowment/?p=18 ~ The things of God are of deep import; and time, and experience, and careful and ponderous and solemn thoughts can only find them out. (Joseph Smith, Teachings, p.137)

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The things of God are of deep import;
and time, and experience, and careful and ponderous and solemn thoughts
can only find them out.
(Joseph Smith, Teachings, p.137)

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Reading the experience of others, or the revelation given to them,
can never give us a comprehensive view of our condition and true relation to God.

Knowledge of these things can only be obtained by experience
through the ordinances of God set forth for that purpose.
(Joseph Smith, HC 6:324)

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But be assured, brethren,
there are but few, very few of the Elders of Israel, now on earth,
who know the meaning of the word endowment.

To know, they must experience; and to experience, a Temple must be built.
(Brigham Young, JD 2:31)

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We live in a world of symbols.
No man or woman can come out of the temple endowed as he or she should be,
unless he has seen, beyond the symbol, the mighty realities for which the symbols stand.

No man can reveal to another the sublime, deep inner meaning of those symbols…
for it is an individual matter, and every man or woman must seek and obtain it for himself…
(John A. Widstoe)

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Remember that which cometh from above is sacred,
and must be spoken with care, and by constraint of the Spirit.
(D&C 63:64)

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]]> http://www.levelsofmeaning.com/the-temple-endowment/2011/03/23/the-things-of-god/feed/ 0 About http://www.levelsofmeaning.com/the-temple-endowment/2011/03/21/about/ http://www.levelsofmeaning.com/the-temple-endowment/2011/03/21/about/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:36:15 +0000 Scott Vanatter http://vikrant-testing-site2.info/wp304/?page_id=2 This website is a collection of resources and quotes about the temple endowment. Special focus is on how symbolism impacts our experience. Resources cited include the scriptures themselves, leading LDS thinkers on the temple, and some non-LDS writers who speak to the issue of symbolism, etc.

Over time I’ll add personal thoughts.

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Over time I’ll add personal thoughts.

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