efy 2016 - temple prep for teens, pt.1
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MOS T
EFY 2016
WHAT
MATTERS
Scripture Symbols:
Ben Bernards EFY 2016
Arts & Architecture
a.k.a.
“Temple
Prep for
Teens”
Ageless Borderless
Multiple-meanings
Why
Symbols?
North Star
“Do you remember when you first went through the House of the Lord? I do. And I went out disappointed. Just a young man, out of college,
anticipating great things when I went to the Temple. I was disappointed and grieved, and I have met hundreds of young men and young women
since who had that experience. I have now found out why.
“There are two things in every Temple. #1) Mechanics: to set forth certain ideals, and
#2) Symbolism: what those mechanics symbolize.
I saw only the mechanics when I first went through the Temple. I did not see the spiritual.
I did not see the symbolism of spirituality… I was blind to the great lesson of purity behind the mechanics.
I did not hear the message of the Lord.”
David O. McKay
MechanicsImmersion in Water
SymbolismRebirth,
New Beginning
?Hand Positions
Mechanics
BreadWater
SymbolismBody of ChristBlood of Christ
Altar
Covering
# of Priests
?
?
?
10 40 1,000
ONE
God the FatherHeaven
EternityObedience
“…the course of the Lord is one eternal round.”
1 Nephi 10:19
“I and my Father are one.”John 10:30
“…if ye are not one ye are not mine.” D&C 38:27
ONE
THREE
Godhead
UnityPast, Present, Future
Divine Influence
“In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”
2 Corinthians 13:1
“Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna to God and the Lamb.
Amen, Amen, and Amen.” Repeated three times.
Hosanna Shout
“I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.”
3 Nephi 11:25
THREE
BaptismErasing your past
SacramentEmpowering your present
TempleExalting your future
EarthMortalityCreation
Physical Body
“And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel,
and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”
2 Nephi 21:12
FOUR
“There shall be a sanctuary….square round about.” Ezekiel 45:2
“We are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner.” Ephesians 2:20
FOUR
Baptism for the Dead
Washing & Anointing
(a.k.a. “Initiatory”)
Endowment Sealing (a.k.a. “Celestial Marriage”)
StructureEarthly Law
OrderMacrocosmos
“And God said, ‘Let us make man in our image.’ And God blessed them.
And God saw everything that he had made, and it was very good. And…it were the sixth day.”
Genesis 1:26-31
SIX
“Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard.
But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land…”
Leviticus 25:3-4
SIX
What could7 mean?
Earth or
Creation
Godhead or
Past / Present /
Future
= 7A Perfect and
Complete Creation
Cycle
4 3+
SEVEN
PerfectionComplete Cycle
PurityMystery
“On the seventh day I, God, ended my work, and all things which I had made.””
Moses 3:2
“On the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and shall be clean.”
Numbers 19:19
“The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years.
Genesis 41:26
SEVEN
EIGHT
RebirthEarth-to-Heaven Transition
Christ as MediatorRegeneration
“Eight-niched soars this temple for sacred rites, Eight corners has its font,
It is right to build this baptismal hall about the sacred number eight, For here the people are reborn.” Interior inscription, Milan baptistry
“God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing…eight souls were
saved by water.” 1 Peter 3:20
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sabbath
Creation Beginning
Crucifixion
Entombed
Resurrection
EIGHT
Write in your notes for pondering tonight:
What could 12 mean?
7 + 3 = 10Complete
CycleGodhead,
Divine InfluenceDivine Order
& Approval
TEN
Divine Order & ApprovalEternal LifePerfectionWholeness10
(7) Complete Cycle +
(3) Godhead or Divine Influence
= (10) Divine Order
TEN
“The Multiplier”
x10 to amplify, expand, and deepen the original meaning
10(7) Complete Cycle
+ (3) Godhead or Divine Influence
= (10) Divine Order
10 10
101040
FORTY
New Beginning after period of testing40
(4) Creation x
(10) Divine Order=
(40) New Beginning, after period of testing
THOUSAND
“The Infinite”
Such a large number as to be beyond measure
1,000
Innumerable +
Infinite
THOUSAND
(”forever…”)1,000
(“a ton…”)
(”literally…”)
Innumerable +
Infinite
“Satan shall not be loosed for the space of a thousand years…”
D&C 88:110
“One day is with the Lord as a thousand years”
2 Peter 3:8
“And Gilgal had fallen with his ten thousand, and Limhah had fallen with his
ten thousand…”Mormon 6:14
Numbers don’t always mean
numbers.
SQUARED-CIRCLE
Heaven + EarthPhysical + Spiritual
Man + WomanTime + Eternity
SQUARED-CIRCLE
Look at these baby goats in pajamas!
KEYSTONE
KEYSTONE
Central DoctrineSupports the arch by directing pressure to
the Foundation.
KEYSTONE
ALTAR
ALTAR
Sacrifice Ending + Beginning
Union of Heaven + Earth Requires genuine humility
to “activate”
ALTAR
WATER OILFIRE
God’s Presence Purity
Internal Cleansing
WATER OIL
Christ’s Presence Rebirth
External Cleansing
Spirit’s Presence Set Apart
Atonement
FIRE
God’s Presence Purity
Internal Cleansing
WATER OIL
Christ’s Presence Rebirth
External Cleansing
Spirit’s Presence Set Apart
Atonement
FIRE
SUN MOON STARS
HORNS DAYSTAR
HORNS
Power Strength
Gathering
HORNS
Power Strength
Gathering
Jesus Christ 5 Wounds
Death + Resurrection
DAYSTAR
Jesus Christ 5 Wounds
Death + Resurrection
DAYSTAR
10 40 1,000
Melchizedek Priesthood
1st Presidency
Aaronic Priesthood
Presiding Bishopric
ElderHigh PriestSeventyPatriarchApostle
DeaconTeacherPriestBishop
Scripture Symbols:
Ben Bernards EFY 2016
Arts & Architecture
a.k.a.
“Temple
Prep for
Teens”
for copies of
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go to
benbernards.com