Mormon Dilemma 70

26 September

Temples; Who can enter

Encyclopedia of Mormonism, pg. 1446; Temples have always been revered and reserved as sacred ground. Anciently, the prophet ezekiel [sic] declared, “Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary” (Ezek. 44:9). The Prophet Joseph Smith prayed that “[the temple] may be sanctified and consecrated to be holy, and that thy holy presence may be continually in this house” (D&C 109:12), “and that no unclean thing shall be permitted to come into thy house to pollute it” (D&C 109:20)…After construction and before a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been dedicated to the Lord, an open house is held and the general public is invited to enter and view the rooms….

Ezekiel 44:9; Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

If they are building temples that are to be holy places for the Lord to dwell in why are they allowing the public to do a run through first? 

Nowhere in the Bible does the Lord allow the Gentile public to tour the facilities so they wouldn’t feel imposed upon.  This is exactly why the Mormon Church does this and it also serves as a way to proselytize.

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One Response to “Mormon Dilemma 70”

  1. shematwater September 28, 2011 at 8:41 pm #

    I don’t know where you get the idea of doing it to not feel imposed upon, but the proselytizing part is true.

    To answer the question, until it is dedicated the building is just that, a building. It has not been set aside as the Lord’s house and, though it is still sacred, it does not carry the same sacredness as it does after the dedication. Until the dedication it is is more like a very finely build church, which the public have always been welcome into. During the dedication it is set aside as the Lord’s house and from that time on no unclean thing is aloud in it.

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