056 Restoration of “the Priesthood” Through Temple Ordinances?
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Mar 26, 2024
Exploring the restoration of priesthood through temple ordinances in Kirtland and Nauvoo. Discussing the challenges faced by early saints in building temples. Delving into the significance of baptisms for the dead and their connection to priesthood restoration.
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Kirtland Temple Sale
The podcast was recorded on the day the Kirtland Temple was sold back to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
This led to some distraction and excitement during the recording.
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Kirtland Endowment
The Kirtland endowment involved spiritual manifestations, doctrinal teachings, and temple keys.
These keys, restored by Moses, Elias, and Elijah, enabled the work done in modern temples.
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Temple Theology Development
Joseph Smith gathered the puzzle pieces of temple theology in Kirtland.
However, he didn't fully implement them until later due to various events.
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As the climax of the Kirtland endowment on April 3, 1836, Joseph Smith received sacred keys in rapid succession from Moses, Elias, and Elijah. This was the primary purpose for which the Kirtland Temple was built! Joseph had now received all that was necessary for the next phase of temple building which he hoped would take place in Northern Missouri at the settlements of Far West and Adam-Ondi-Ahman. But, due to heinous persecution, neither of these temples ever came to be and the saints found themselves in 1839 as refugees in a swampy, milaria-infested peninsula in Illinois that the Prophet would name “Nauvoo.” It was there over the next few years that the theology, the rituals, and those Kirtland keys, like pieces of a puzzle, began to come together to reveal the stunning purpose of the Nauvoo temple and every temple that would be built thereafter. The Lord referred to this temple-purpose as restoring “the fulness of the priesthood.” The prophet Joseph referred to it as “the restoration of the priesthood” or as the work of connecting “the priesthood.” But what does this mean? And how would the ordinances given to men and women, living and dead, constitute the work of restoring “the priesthood”?
In this episode of Church History Matters we’re excited to talk about all of this!