Temple
CES
Overview
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In Jesus' Day
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II. In the Latter Days
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III. Thoughts on Violence in the OT
I. In Jesus' Day
Mount of Transfiguration
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Jesus and Peter, James and John Endowed
(Ensign, "I Have a Question," April 1983)
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Text: Matthew 17:1-9
Forty Days
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Acts 1:3
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Examples: Pistis Sophia and Cyrils Lectures
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Margaret Barker
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First Temple 950 B.C.
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Second Temple 590 BC -70 AD (apostate)
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Jesus restores the First Temple
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"The Hebrew Scriptures as we know them were
preserved, edited and transmitted by the priests and
scribes of the second temple, the very people whom
the 'long exile' tradition condemned as impure
apostates who had altered the scriptures. 'Sinners
will alter and pervert the words of righteousness in
many ways ... and lie and practice great deceit and
write books concerning their words' (1 Enoch 104:10;
1Enoch 98:15-99; is similar) This Enoch text was
regarded as Scripture by the early Christians, and so
they will have known the accusations that the
tradition was being altered." (Margaret Barker,
Temple Theology: An Introduction, 6)
Cyril's Lectures (386 AD)
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"Immediately upon entering you removed your
street clothes ... you were an anointed on the
brow .. that you might clearly perceive ... next
came the nostrils ... [might smell] ... you were
anointed on the breast ... that clothed with
breastplate of righteousness you may stand
against the ... Devil"
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"Put on the garment of the Lord Jesus Christ"
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"You were ... imitator of Adam"
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Garden
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"All standing in a circle around the altar ... assistant
cries out exchange signs ... if thy brother hath
ought against thee, leave it at the altar ... all
speaking in unison ... we remember the dead ... the
greatest possible benefit can come to the spirits on
whose behalf the petition is made"
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"Keep these traditions inviolate, and see that you
do not stumble)
II. In the Latter Days
Joseph Smith
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DC 124:39
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DC 128:24
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Back to Jesus and the First Temple
III. Thoughts on
Violence in the OT
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Psalms 34:15 "Seek peace and pursue it."
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Deut. 20:16-18
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Jesus: Luke 6:27-31
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DC 98
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DC 98:32
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Behold, this is the law I gave unto my servant
Nephi, and thy fathers, Joseph and Jacob, and
Isaac, and Abraham, and all mine ancient
prophets
THE END