All things Testify Sweet Symbols of our Savior

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Types, Shadows, and Symbols of Jesus the Christ Type = A foreshadowing of a person or event. Symbol = An object that represents something else. Shadow = A reflected image.

MOSES 6: 63 - All things testify of Christ • Objects • An altar • Places • Bethlehem • Names/Titles • Jesus. (The name Jesus (Joshua in the Hebrew) means “Jehovah saves”) • Christ • Animals • Lamb • Rituals • Baptism ("We are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him that henceforth we should not serve sin. " (Romans 6: 4— 6. ) • Elements • Light

“When we can grasp the ideas that Christ is the Master Teacher, the universe is His classroom, and the curriculum is the Atonement, we will never read the scriptures the same way again. ” - Todd Parker, BYU Professor

Numbers • 1: God (Ox) • 2: House (Beth) • 6: Nail • 7: Weapon • 8: Inner room • 3: Camel (Unclean beast) • 4: Door • 5: Hey (whispered) • 9: (Eternity) Posterity • 10: Divine order • 12: Priesthood; reigning

Acts 5: 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. The Ancient and Modern Temple

Belgium, St. Barhélemy of Renier de Huy (11 th Century)

Baptismal Font Symbols: • The Font placed below ground • The death and resurrection of the recipient of this ordinance. • The Ox • The symbol of the tribe of Joseph. • The Font resting on the backs of Oxen • The burden has been laid upon the birthright tribe of Joseph.

Why are the Catholic bishops so concerned about Mormons baptising dead parishioners? The Mormons didn’t invent baptism of the dead. The practice has a significant history within mainstream Christianity. What’s the difference, anyway, between baptising the dead and baptising babies? A tiny infant will have as much understanding as a dead person — none at all. Indeed, given that all Christian Churches believe that the soul lives on after death, doesn’t it make more sense to baptise dead adults than live babies? Apart from which, if the Catholic bishops hold that the beliefs of the Mormons are pure baloney (as they must), and their rituals meaningless, how can it matter to them what mumbo-jumbo Mormons might mutter? Let’s look at the facts as understood by the early followers of Christ. For more than 300 years after the Crucifixion, baptism of the dead was widely accepted, its biblical basis located in 1 Corinthians 15, 29: “Otherwise, what shall they do who are baptised for the dead if the dead rise not again at all? Why are they then baptised for them. ” In other words, a deceased person could be baptised by proxy: otherwise, how could such a person be included in the Resurrection? A good question. http: //www. belfasttelegraph. co. uk/opinion/columnists/eamonn-mccann-what-if-mormons-are-right-and-catholics-and-protestants-wrong-28532064. html

The radical Cerinthians and the Marcionites were especially energetic baptisers of the dead. The Synods of Hippo (393 AD) and Carthage (397 AD) voted, after bitter debate, to condemn the practice. Interestingly, a clear trace of baptism of the dead has lingered in official practice to the present day, in the form of prayers for divine intercession on behalf of the unbaptised souls. Whether Hinduism, Presbyterian, Jainism, Judaism, Islam, Catholicism or whatever is the true religion, what if it’s Mormonism? What if it’s an everyday occurrence on the other side that Catholics and Protestants are left standing dumbstruck at the Gates, gasping: “Mormons! Who’d have believed it? ” And maybe a wife berating her husband: “There! I told you it would be the Mormons! But would you listen? ! Now it’s eternal hellfire for the two of us, I hope you’re satisfied. ” In that scenario, shouldn’t all members of all other religions be literally eternally grateful to the Mormons for sharing their saving grace even unto and after death? If, on the other hand, it isn’t the Mormons at all, those who turn out to have been right can wave a merry farewell to the followers of Brigham Young as they trundle downwards to their eternal comeuppance. http: //www. belfasttelegraph. co. uk/opinion/columnists/eamonn-mccann-what-if-mormons-are-right-and-catholics-and-protestants-wrong-28532064. html

Temples are sacred places guarded by angels

What is the veil? Moses was instructed to place a veil over the ark of the covenant. (See Exodus 40: 1 -3. ) “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh” Hebrews 10: 19 -20

Temples are sacred places of higher learning

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• Galatians 2: 9 “The right hand of fellowship" • Isaiah 42: 6 “I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people” • "Then the angels took me by the hand led me to the curtain before throne of the father. " (Testament of Isaac 6: 4) “For the Jews, the hand of God is represented, the bath kol [whispered voice], is given from the hand that radiates beams of light to show the hand emerging from central darkness. In early Christian representations, the hand of God reaching out of heaven is grasped by the human spirit who is being caught up into the presence of the Lord. ” (The Atonement of Jesus Christ, Part 1, Hugh W. Nibley, Ensign, July 1990)

Acts 1: 3 Infallible Proofs Tekmerion (Greek). A marker (sign-post) supplying indisputable information. Tekmerion is akin to tekmor, meaning to show or prove by sure signs or tokens.

Two horned bull-men flank a mountain God in the temple’s holy of holies. The deity is identified by his scaled skirt, which is thought to be the mountain where he dwells

sôd A confidential discussion, a secret or plan, a circle of confidants, or council. • Isaiah 6: Isaiah enters the presence of the Lord seated on his throne in the temple and sees a divine [sôd]. • Psalm 82 In vs 1 there is a council in the midst of the gods and He holds judgment. Vs 6: I [God] said, “Ye [sôd] are gods, sons of the Most High. ” • Amos 3: 7 “The Lord will no nothing but he revealeth his [sôd] to his servants the prophets. ” • Psalm 25: 14 “The [sôd] of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. ”

Temples teach the path back to God.

Solomon’s Temple Alma 42: 24 Male Symbol of Justice Female Symbol of Mercy Preparatory Gospel Aaronic Priesthood Laws of Justification 1 st Commandment in the Law Priests First and Second Death Jachin Revelation 1: 5 -6 Boaz Crowning Gospel Melchizedek Priesthood Laws of Sanctification 2 nd Commandment in the Law Kings First & Second Comforter

• The three West towers represent the Presiding Bishopric (Aaronic Priesthood) • The twelve pinnacles represent the High Council. • The three East towers represent the 1 st Presidency (The Melchizedek Priesthood) • The twelve pinnacles represent the Twelve Apostles.

Temples are symbolic of being crowed as Kings and Queens British /Russian Coronation Ceremony ● Scepter - temporal power ● Orb - spiritual power ● Ring (or key) - Seal, bind, decree ● Crown - royal honor ● New Name Given

● Scepter - temporal power ● Ring (or key) – Seal, bind, decree ● Orb - spiritual power ● Crown - royal honor

Isaiah 22: 20 -25 “I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and Judah. The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder. ”

Regensburg Cathedral Statue of Jupiter Cathedral of Salsbury US National Cathedral

Joseph – Pharoah’s ring Seal of Faith : Sealing of Secrets

Genesis 41: 38 -45 Pharaoh makes him ruler of all Egypt—Joseph marries Asenath—Asenath bears Manasseh and Ephraim And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; And they cried before him, Bow the knee:

Luke 15: 11 -23 Jesus gives the parables of the lost sheep, the piece of silver, and the prodigal son But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

Coronation Ceremony Polish Coronation French

Coronation Nicholas II – Czar of Russia

Completion of Catherine the Great

National Cathedral

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

Leviticus 16: 17 “There shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement. . . ”

Acts 1: 3 (? )

In Western China, on the border with Tibet, are the Chiang Min. Prof. T. Torrance, the distinguished theologian in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, wrote thus: ‘ I am convinced that the religious observances of the Chiang seem to derive from a period in Israel’s history … The Chiang Min worship on a high place, with an altar of stones, a sacred tree behind the altar, and a white stone set between them. God, whom they called Abba Malak, came to his people through the sacred tree. They had remembered that Abba meant father, but had lost the meaning of Malak, which is clearly the Hebrew for angel. They had a sacred rod in the form of a snake twisting round a pole. They call their faith ‘the white religion’ Torrance, Rev. T. , China’s Missionaries: Ancient Israelites (Thynne & Co. 1937)

Jeffrey R. Holland Ensign Nov 2004 “The apostolic and prophetic foundation of the Church blesses in all times, but especially in times of adversity or danger, times when we might feel like children, confused or disoriented, perhaps a little fearful, times in which the devious hand of men or the maliciousness of the devil would attempt to unsettle or mislead. ”

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