- Endowed from on High: Temple Preparation Seminar Teacher’s Manual; Our Heritage. Missionary Preparation Student Manual (Religion 130).
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Doubt Your Doubts!: Temple prep. Um, why are we taking this class on temple symbolism when the instructions say we can't really discuss the symbolism of the temple? At what point do we actually talk about all the symbols in the temple? I've been through many times and can tell you that the symbols covered in the endowment are pretty unimpressive.
The green apron with fig leaf designs that you wear represents the fig leaves Adam and Eve used to cover their uglies. The white clothing represents purity (dark = dirty and yucky). The handshake where you place the tip of your index on the other person's wrist represents the nails put in Jesus' wrists. Is that supposed to be deep?
And what about all the symbols that aren't discussed here or in the endowment or any other ceremony? Does anyone ever check with us to see if we noticed them and interpreted them correctly?
No, because they don't matter. All that matters is that you convince yourself that you're learning and growing closer to God. Take the time required to. Lord’s. Spirit. On second thought, just act sweet and stick to the script below. Remember that some aspects of temple work must not be discussed. If you, dear teacher, tell them something secret, we will stick you in nursery for at least a decade. Keep your lips sealed.
Draw the. following or other appropriate symbols on the chalkboard. Ask the class. members to describe what each symbol means. Jew. Something is not allowed. Show the class your country’s flag or a picture of the flag and ask them to describe what the flag means to them. Rebellion, war, nationalism, imperialism, oppression and optimism. What are some other objects or. Of course they are, that's exactly what you asked the students to list.
They came up with whatever symbols they came up with precisely because they thought they were patriotic. What are some symbols for love and respect? They're wonderfully brief and often quite memorable.
They may suggest ideas such as the following. Symbols can help us remember important things. Like how the cross helps some people remember that Jesus supposedly died for each of them personally. Like how the Taoist yin and yang teach the cyclic nature of all things. What student would ever say this?
Symbols don't teach on their own, instead we are taught to understand symbols. No one will understand the symbols already discussed in the lesson (Star of David, medical cross, prohibited circle, national flag) without first having had them explained to them. When teaching someone to read do we just give them a dictionary and tell them they'll sort it out with time? They will not learn understand the letters, words and function of the dictionary without an appropriate amount of training. SYMBOLS DON'T TEACH PEOPLE, PEOPLE TEACH SYMBOLS.
The more the symbols are analyzed and discussed the more we're likely to understand them. Mere repetition is nothing more than busywork. Let's just look at your examples.. Christopher Hitchens shared the opinion of my grandmother that no one should be flattered by being compared to a sheep. I think the mustard seed lesson is inaccurate at best. I also think it's a little demeaning of people to refer to them as swine who can't appreciate the importance of something.
Why do you think the Savior used symbols when He taught? His hyperbolic teachings make an impression on us and are easy to remember. Then review the following statement. Lord Himself, the Master Teacher, in His own teaching to His disciples. Sure, little stories can be easy to remember, but the message is often lost.
As I recall he sometimes taught in parables to keep people in ignorance. He talked of the. His disciples, and He told. But he never once threw in Masonic symbols for the simple fact that Freemasonry wouldn't exist for anther millennium and a half. He wanted to teach His hearers, so He talked of. But he never used Masonic symbols.
None of these things is mysterious or. Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple, 8). So how is it that everyone. Jesus' parables differently? If they were so clear and. Christianity would interpret them the same way. Are you absolutely sure Jesus avoided being.
The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the. It makes. salvation possible. Therefore, most of the symbols in the scriptures. Savior and His sacrifice.
I'm not sold on the atonement, but stories about forgiveness are probably a good thing. This is why we're blessed to see Jesus in toast. What things in the earth bear record of the Savior?
Does he have a footprint or two out there somewhere? In what ways do priesthood ordinances bear record of the Savior? I think after reading the preceding verses that something about paying tithing to high priests supposedly resembles Jesus. You might want to pick a clearer scripture. All that animal slaughter was insane! That practice ended with the Savior’s death and Resurrection.
You're not going to top killing a the son of God! But why did God create a system that requires corporal and capitol punishment? I suppose he, like the rest of us, has his preferences. Now the Lord commands us to “offer for a sacrifice unto . The blood lust days are over.
And priesthood ordinances continue to help us remember the Savior’s atoning sacrifice. Only if we teach explicitly why those ordinances are designed to help us remember. The sacrament prayers spell it out very nicely, but I'm not so sure about other ordinances. Nelson taught. “Essential ordinances of the gospel symbolize the Atonement. Baptism by immersion is symbolic of the death, burial, and Resurrection of the Redeemer. Partaking of the sacrament.
Savior’s. broken flesh and of the blood He shed for us. Ordinances of the temple.
Lord and seal families together. Conference Report, Oct. Ensign, Nov. Please explain what that symbolic reconciliation looks like and please stop misinterpreting Jesus' stance on marriage. Parables are stories that teach important truths. Let's just say they're very short morally didactic stories. Have the class members read Matthew 1.
Savior said. What do you think the Savior meant when He said this? I think he was saying . So if you find that you're not learning anything in the temple, remember it's your fault. Those who receive truth with faith and obedience continue. But no one ever talks about their new found understanding of deep truths. Members who try are typically viewed as fringy and weird.
Top Church leaders avoid addressing such half- cocked temple revelations among the general membership and they never share their own amazing insights. In the end we simply assume that everyone who attends the temple regularly is learning amazing stuff through the spirit even though we ourselves are not. Those who are not spiritually prepared and who. Put in other words, those who see through the bullshit end up distancing themselves from the charade and sticking with reality. Once again, symbols do not teach, they are taught. Those who are not.
Preparation for the use of symbols takes the form of education on what the symbol is and how it should be used. We don't see symbols and accurately interpret them without some background training in what to look for. Either no one should be dressed like this or everyone should be tied up. Because they were at times intentionally unclear.
The same is true today. People today still don't understand Jesus' parables. Take Mormons for example. They think the parable of the talents has to do with playing a musical instrument or playing a sport exceptionally well. Those are the wrong talents, brothers and sisters. There are many levels of.
Church. I'd go so far as to say that no two members believe the same things. Everyone has their own church and their own gospel and there's nothing correlation can do about it. What do these scriptures teach about how we learn truth from God? The first one teaches us that God's a stingy bastard when it comes to giving us knowledge leaking it only a tiny trickle at a time to his star students, and the second reminds us that a sucker is born every day and that we shouldn't be too gullible. It reminds me of how Joseph was given revelations about Kolob and how way too many people believed him and continue to believe in that bogus astronomy. This feels like you're just trying to bait your students into going to the temple.
You sell the idea that there's a lot of learning to be done in the temple and imply that that learning cannot happen elsewhere. I don't think that's true, but more importantly I think you need to clarify what you mean when you talk of knowledge. How are you distinguishing ? What makes them different and is one better than the other somehow? Can you explain your take on epistemology for us? Wow, that's quite a high standard your setting! In a symbolic way, the teachings and rituals of the temple take.
God. Yes, kids, you start out in the Creation Room and then, if you're in a live session (which you most likely won't be) you'll move to other rooms, eventually ending up walking through a white curtain into the Celestial Room. It's very symbolic in an over the top sort of way. The characters depicted, the physical. You'll be quasi- participants in a religious play. There's a lot of make believing.
When they are understood, they will help. Unless you're slow, you'll figure everything out almost instantly, then you'll get bored out of your brain in all future sessions. But, who knows why, you'll always say that you had an amazing trip to the temple. The temple itself is a symbol.
It is very clearly a phallic symbol showing wealth and power. The house of the Lord, bathed in. Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a. Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple, 1. The world is sinking ? We have developed the.
We have very large nations working to protect their. The scriptures and our modern prophets offer none of these improvements. Please take your.
It's symbolic of human idiocy, a lot like the emperor's new clothes. When we enter the temple, we change. White = good, dark = bad. Yes, we do like to think in black and white terms. Faust said. “Fundamental to temple worship is the principle that .
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