efy 2016 - temple prep for teens, pt.1

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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”

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