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To: svcw
If they are sacred and not secret why can’t everyone partake?

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Ezekiel 20

38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of bIsrael, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and agather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be bsanctified in you before the heathen.

42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I blifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.

43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

44 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

D&C 109

16 And that this house may be a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of glory and of God, even thy house;

17 That all the incomings of thy people, into this house, may be in the name of the Lord;

18 That all their outgoings from this house may be in the name of the Lord;

19 And that all their salutations may be in the name of the Lord, with holy hands, uplifted to the Most High;

20 And that no unclean thing shall be permitted to come into thy house to pollute it;

21 And when thy people transgress, any of them, they may speedily repent and return unto thee, and find favor in thy sight, and be restored to the blessings which thou hast ordained to be poured out upon those who shall reverence thee in thy house.

22 And we ask thee, Holy Father, that thy servants may go forth from this house armed with thy power, and that thy name may be upon them, and thy glory be round about them, and thine bangels have charge over them;

23 And from this place they may bear exceedingly great and glorious tidings, in truth, unto the ends of the earth, that they may know that this is thy work, and that thou hast put forth thy hand, to fulfil that which thou hast spoken by the mouths of the prophets, concerning the last days.

24 We ask thee, Holy Father, to establish the people that shall worship, and honorably hold a name and standing in this thy house, to all generations and for eternity;

113 posted on 11/26/2011 11:31:17 PM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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To: restornu
 
Don LeFevre, a past spokesman for the church has said the church,
 
 "...strongly advises its members not to affiliate with organizations that are secret, oath-bound,
 or would cause them to lose interest in church activities."
 
[Salt Lake Tribune Section D1, Monday Feb. 17, 1992]
 
 
There goes all the Temple Recommends!
 

118 posted on 11/27/2011 5:45:35 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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To: restornu

Again why if they are sacred and not secret can not everyone participate?
When Jesus was crucified the temple was opened, the curtain torn from top to bottom so that everyone could come in.


119 posted on 11/27/2011 6:48:00 AM PST by svcw (God's Grace - thank you!)
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