Temple & Family History - Herod's Temple Institute Class 390R

"One of the purposes of temples is to provide a place where redemption of the dead may be made possible by providing the necessary saving ordinances for them by living proxies."
- Elder David B. Haight

From an article given to us in class called, "Jesus and the Temple" by D. Kelly Ogden

"What was Herod's temple like during the Lord's life? A look at the Temple - from the Pinnacale to the Holy Place

• No single place in all the world was holier to Jews and Christians at the time of Jesus than the Temple Mount.  Known as the "Mountain of the House (of God". On this sacred parcel of ground, the God of all creation had conversed with his prophets and priests, and on it a temple had been built to which He could come and in which his glory could dwell."

Temples today are literally the House of the Lord. Attending the temple is a sacred opportunity for us to feel the presence of God, to feel peace, and to stand in a holy place. We worship Him, and can learn of Him there. The temple is a blessing in my life. To serve there is to observe His work, and tender mercies. I have witnessed His guiding hand in the sacred work, and feel healed and close to my Savior when I am in the temple.

• "These mountains were made holy by the divine presence of God."
• "Herod's Temple was a place of revelation, as seen in the experience of Zacharias. And there is evidence in word and deed that Jesus considered the Temple to be the legitimate sanctuary of the true God. Indeed, Jesus called it, "my Father's house" (John 2:16) and "my house" (Matt 21:13)

"The blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them." (Matt 21:14)

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"About the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught." (John 7:14)

Christ in the Temple

"And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them." (John 8:2)

"He taught daily in the temple" (Luke 19:47)