1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Welcome to Closer to Christ through Conference. We're two friends sharing our own approach 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,600 to General Conference. Today we're going to talk about temples, houses of the Lord 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:20,720 dotting the earth. And this is by Elder Neil L. Anderson of the Quorum of the Twelve. So, 4 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:25,200 Abby, do you want to... First of all, we are at the very end of this. We only have two 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:29,720 more talks to go and then we'll be jumping into October and we're pretty excited about 6 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,160 this. This has been so fulfilling and fun. We're glad that you guys have been here with 7 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:37,160 us along the ride. Should I ask them to like, rate and subscribe? 8 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:39,880 Sure. I did that and then we got a one-star rating. 9 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:45,400 No, like, not dislike. Yeah, guys, that was... No, just kidding. 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Or if you wanted to bring up a point that we really missed, 34 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:38,520 it might be really fun to engage in that way. So, let's jump into this talk. I loved it. 35 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,200 In that first paragraph, you talked about how saints of all ages are coming to the temple 36 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:47,440 and there's a growing feeling drawing us to the house of the Lord, no longer just seasoned 37 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:55,560 saints with gray hair, but we're seeing much more youthful patrons and workers in the temple. 38 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,560 Nicole Smedley Yeah, I love it. 39 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:01,220 Abbie I love it too. I'm like, I usually stop and tell every one of them, but I see 40 00:03:01,220 --> 00:03:06,480 how jealous I am of them because they caught it in that window and they don't have as many, 41 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,200 they have things going on in their lives, but they don't have so many distractions. 42 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:15,400 Like how awesome is it that they can get in there and memorize these blessings and promises 43 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:20,200 and be in there day in, day out, whether they're in there like a service missionary in that 44 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,800 capacity or they're like, sometimes they'll get a mission call and so they'll be endowed, 45 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,360 but then they've got months before they leave and they're like really getting at the temple 46 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:34,520 rather than like, let's say when I graduated high school, like that pack of people, like 47 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,960 maybe they'd receive a mission call, they'd be endowed, they'd go through like once and 48 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,520 then they'd hit the mission field. Maybe if they were lucky, they'd go in. But I love 49 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:47,720 that because the temple, being temple bound is our focus, that is our goal to endow people 50 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:52,440 with power that we're encouraging people to go as soon as they're feeling ready for it, 51 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,840 we're not holding people back from making those further covenants with the Lord, that 52 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:04,200 we're seeing them in there in greater numbers. It's so wonderful. Let's see, just over a 53 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:09,120 year ago, dear family friend of, must be Elder Anderson's friend, this is a personal friend's 54 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:13,960 story. Was 95 years old, living on the East Coast of the United States and had been taught 55 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,000 by missionaries for 70 years. She says to her daughter, I want to go to the temple with 56 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,120 you. And her daughter's like, mom, you got to get baptized first. And so she's like, 57 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:26,160 then I want to get baptized, which she was a few days later. And then she was baptized. 58 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:31,240 And then just a few short days after her baptism, she was able to go do proxy baptisms in the 59 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:37,080 temple. And then he's telling the story at the point where, so let's see, just over a 60 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:42,120 month ago, so like, must have been March, in March of 2024, I guess. I actually don't 61 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:46,440 really know, but this feels like a March of 2024. She received her own endowment and sealing 62 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:50,680 in the temple. The knowledge and power of God are expanding. The veil over the earth 63 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:55,720 is beginning to burst. Let me think of the episode where we were talking about the atonement 64 00:04:55,720 --> 00:05:00,880 renting and the veil opening and our ability to communicate with the Father being a repercussion, 65 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:06,600 a possibility after Christ died on the cross. More frequently, we attend the temple and 66 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:13,160 understand the teachings there, the more that we individually can feel that veil thinning 67 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:17,520 more and more. Like, I don't think we all have the same. Sometimes I go to the temple 68 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,200 and I wouldn't say like, oh, the veil is so thin, but sometimes it is very thin for 69 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:22,200 me. 70 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,200 Danielle Pletka I agree. I agree. 71 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,640 Danielle Pletka Depending on what message maybe I've asked to be informed about, or 72 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,200 maybe my closeness to the relative that I don't… 73 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,240 Danielle Pletka It's interesting, huh? Because you do kind 74 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,040 of wonder what the theme is there, like, because I felt the same thing, like, I want to have 75 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:41,000 one of those powerful experiences every single time. It doesn't always feel the exact same. 76 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,000 I keep going and I'm filled with light and knowledge, but it doesn't always feel the 77 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,840 same. And I feel like part of that is, you know, who I'm doing the work for or whatever. 78 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:50,880 Nicole Zichal-Bardin Maybe it's a good thing because sometimes 79 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:51,880 I'm not distracted by… 80 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:52,880 Danielle Pletka The contrast. 81 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,200 Nicole Zichal-Bardin Yeah, the contrast is good. I'm not like 82 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:58,400 distracted by the person I'm feeling very close to me. But if I'm there with like 83 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:03,400 a question on my own heart, maybe that's a good time to not be distracted by that. 84 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:04,400 I'm just there to get answers. 85 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:05,400 Danielle Pletka Good point. 86 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:10,320 This was a question right from the talk. It says, have you ever wondered why the Lord 87 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,160 would direct his prophet to now dot the earth with his holy temples? 88 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,320 Nicole Zichal-Bardin Love that. And he says, why would he at the 89 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:22,520 specific time give the needed prosperity to his covenant people that through their sacred 90 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,840 ties hundreds of thousands, sorry, hundreds of houses of the Lord could be built? That 91 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:33,600 is so interesting because a lot of, you know, it's hard to say that the economy in the 92 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,480 US right now isn't the greatest. A lot of people are talking about that and, you know, 93 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:42,120 like interest rates have risen and all those types of things. And sometimes it feels like 94 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,920 times are hard. When you stand back and look at this, he was saying this very specific 95 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:52,240 time right now, the fact that there is such prosperity because so many temples have been 96 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,960 announced. Like, I remember a while ago, it was 100. I think I was in high school and 97 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:56,960 there was like 100 and it was like, holy cow. 98 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:58,640 Danielle Pletka Well, in Elder Nielsen's talk, how many 99 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:00,440 did he have to memorize to graduate seminary? 100 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:05,920 Like 11 or 18 or something. Yeah. And now it's like 243 or something like that that 101 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:07,520 are either in plans, construction. 102 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,960 Nicole Sadd-Gilbert Literally, Adam and I went down to Salt Lake 103 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,920 to do this project for our Cystic Fibrosis community. And so we're standing on the 104 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:18,520 other side of Utah Lake and counting like 11 temples within my eyesight. So I asked 105 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,120 Lee, I'm like, kind of filling out whether she would know the answer to this, like trying 106 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,720 to gauge if she was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She 107 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,160 said the right thing, which she said something about Ward. Oh, he's my ward. I'm like, 108 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,800 you said Ward, we're going to have this conversation. I said, can you tell me the names of these 109 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,480 temples? She's like clockwork, like, okay, here at nine o'clock, 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock, 110 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:42,040 you know, they're just erupting like crazy. But I probably wouldn't have passed that test. 111 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,520 I just guess like every name of the city in Utah, there's a temple there. There's two 112 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,560 in this one, two in that one. But that was all they needed. And she was talking about 113 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,480 how difficult it is to get still appointments. 114 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,000 Danielle Pletka Right. I know. 115 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,360 Nicole Sadd-Gilbert What I thought when I was thinking of those 116 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:03,260 questions for myself, like why at this specific time, I thought, why is because so many saints 117 00:08:03,260 --> 00:08:07,480 before us did their part to make it happen now. 118 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,520 Danielle Pletka Yes, we're standing on their shoulders. 119 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,920 Nicole Sadd-Gilbert They had tireless efforts. They trusted the 120 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:17,880 process. They understood the way that the prophet was able to learn what the endowment 121 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:23,560 would look like in this restoration process. That took some work. They kind of had some 122 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:28,800 makeshift temple spaces. They learned about, you know, they learned about baptisms for 123 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,880 the dead and like jump into the river and do it. Then it has to be in the Lord's place 124 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:36,600 and in the right order. So like that changes. But it took some financial struggles for our 125 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,800 church to understand, you know, how tithing would need to change and modify and like what 126 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:46,080 we would need to ask of our members to sacrifice to build these reserves that we're having 127 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:50,240 going into fruition now. Or the investments that have been made that are finally coming 128 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:54,680 to maybe just the interest off of some of those investments help the Lord further his 129 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:56,120 work and get these temples happening. 130 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,040 Danielle Pletka So, Abby, as you're saying that, you know, 131 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:03,520 it's interesting because we know the stories of our ancestors. We know the stories of those 132 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:09,040 in the beginning of the church, whose upon whose shoulders we stand, where one of them 133 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,920 is the using of the china to build the temple. Another one is… 134 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,240 Danielle Pletka Sewing shirts. 135 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:20,960 Abby Yes. And my great, I think it's four greats, grandpa, in building the Salt Lake 136 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:29,160 Temple, he would take his horse and carriage or whatever, wagon, I guess, and he would 137 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:34,280 take it from the temple in Salt Lake all the way through Parley's Canyon and into… 138 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:35,280 Danielle Pletka Like granite. 139 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:40,600 Abby Yeah, get the granite and bring it back. Imagine that. So the other thought I'm thinking 140 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,920 is, you know, he said at such a time as this with prosperity, that does have to do with 141 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:51,080 our economy right now. That does have to do with machinery and just the age of electronic, 142 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:55,200 all the things that come into play that help us to be able to build temples at a quicker 143 00:09:55,200 --> 00:10:00,200 rate whereas before, I mean, that was their great life's work, right? To build a temple 144 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,600 of the Lord was truly a life's accomplishment. 145 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,840 Danielle Pletka People that started the Salt Lake Temple probably 146 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:06,840 died before the time of that. 147 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:11,840 Abby 40 years, right? So anyway, I just love that because it is a testament to me when 148 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:17,480 I look back at that, because that was, in Italian, it's grand opa, right, a work. 149 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:22,400 And now the Lord has like multiplied that and magnified it beyond anything we could 150 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,400 have imagined and just take that number of, I think it's about 243, I'm not sure what 151 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:30,880 it is exactly, but take that number and expand it into the amount we'll have during the 152 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:31,880 millennium. The Lord just continues. 153 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,680 Danielle Pletka They set the precedence that we're ready 154 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:38,080 for this great thing and that we're ready and willing in whatever sacrifices are going 155 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:43,680 to be made necessary. And now we know the work is accelerating and so the building of 156 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:48,720 temples is accelerating. And for me, when I see these numbers of temples being announced, 157 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,360 like every conference, it's just like another laundry list of places that are going to be 158 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:59,360 blessed by temples, it just stands to me as the Lord sending a love note to say, I want 159 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:04,440 them everywhere. This is where we're putting our focus in this minute, but we're getting 160 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,360 to a town near you as soon as possible. 161 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:11,240 Danielle Pletka Like the movies. Also, Abby, when it says 162 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:16,880 the veil or the earth is beginning to burst, I do wonder on how many levels that is. Number 163 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:21,000 one, the fact that those on the other side are spiritually preparing it. I've felt that 164 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:26,440 on multiple occasions, like the one that's happening in Heber right now, my people settled, 165 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,960 we're part of those that settled Heber. And I've felt and my sister has felt them working 166 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,600 on the other side and helping to spiritually create it. There are things that need to happen 167 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:38,520 on the other side to help things facilitate, to move through. And we felt their excitement 168 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,000 and their joy that it's coming. 169 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Emma Cieslik We need all that help that we can get because 170 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,440 there's opposition in all things. As we talked about in the last talk, as temples are announced, 171 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,680 there's such positive great things and Satan knows exactly the power that it's going to 172 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:55,280 provide to those places that they're coming into that he works extra hard to stall, delay, 173 00:11:55,280 --> 00:12:02,360 and thwart the plan. You mentioned Heber. Heber's mentioned in this talk, the 300 youth 174 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:07,720 gathered to petition the town council because there were some things that, there's a lot 175 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:12,340 of money in Heber. Obviously, there was probably some people complaining about whatever they 176 00:12:12,340 --> 00:12:16,840 want to complain about. Then the youth got up too, who know they'll be greatly benefited 177 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:22,480 by being able to do baptisms early in the morning. What a powerful thing to, as other 178 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,520 people are complaining, the youth of these days, they don't have responsibility and 179 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:29,040 they're not doing great things, that 300 would just voluntarily show up at that and 180 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:33,160 be the voice for a great reason to bring the temple about there. 181 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:34,160 Nicole Sarris So great. Great point, Jodie. 182 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,920 Emma Cieslik Makes me so proud of them. He talked about 183 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:42,000 how he and his wife were doing an assignment in the Philippines and he just wanted to point 184 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:47,280 out this miracle in this one small place. He said the Manila temple was dedicated in 185 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:56,760 1984, 40 years ago. Then it takes 26 years for the second temple to be completed. Yes, 186 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:02,960 that was in 2010. Now, jump to today, 2024. There are 11 temples being constructed, designed, 187 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:03,960 and prepared for dedication. 188 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,440 Nicole Sarris In that tiny little place. 189 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,420 Emma Cieslik He talked about Elder Oaks also referencing 190 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:10,600 the work and the growth that's happening in the Philippines. Adam and I were like, what 191 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:16,720 happened in the Philippines? We missed this amazing... Temples don't, temples, people 192 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,240 have to be prepared for a temple to be announced. You don't just build a temple and hope people 193 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:24,680 will come. And so we looked into what happened in the Philippines and they found in the Philippines 194 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:34,280 there are people that are very good at seeing... You can tell somebody about baptism, but these 195 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:38,640 people are good if you show them something. And so we were baptizing good numbers and 196 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,040 then it was falling off. They weren't able to do things. So they kind of set some standards 197 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:47,120 there and they say, okay, you can be baptized, but you have to be within whatever the monetary 198 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,400 system is. They needed to be within a reasonable amount of money to the church building to 199 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,800 say yes, so that they could commit to going to church and that they could actually make 200 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:55,800 that happen. 201 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:57,280 Nicole Sarris A reasonable amount of money to the church? 202 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,600 Emma Cieslik Yep, to be able to travel to the church. 203 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:00,600 So tithing... 204 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:01,600 Nicole Sarris Not distance. 205 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,480 Emma Cieslik Yeah, that they would be able to get there 206 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:11,640 and reasonably. The principle of tithing rather than me telling you that it's 10%, we would 207 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:16,980 have them demonstrate. They would pay like a vast offering or something. They would put 208 00:14:16,980 --> 00:14:21,760 into action the principles of the gospel. There's a great podcast on this, President 209 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:27,160 Oaks on the Church History podcast, Church History News podcast speaks about this. I 210 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:31,360 don't want to put words into his mouth, but we did listen to that podcast because we were 211 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:36,040 blown away with the growth of the church experiencing in that country to have this many temples 212 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:40,560 announced. And it makes perfect sense because what they did was prepared the people. 213 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:41,840 Nicole Sarris Oh, yeah. 214 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:43,840 Emma Cieslik And then the temple... 215 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:45,840 Nicole Sarris They followed. 216 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,080 Emma Cieslik That's the next natural step for them. They're 217 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:50,080 ready for so much more there. 218 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:51,080 Nicole Sarris Because when you prepare the people, you're 219 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,080 spiritually creating temples. 220 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:53,080 Emma Cieslik Exactly. 221 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,080 Nicole Sarris I love that. 222 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:58,160 Emma Cieslik We live in a day where there's distress among 223 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:04,720 nations and people love themselves more than God. Things are in commotion. There's confusion. 224 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:10,720 Humans hearts may fail them. And the world's got enticing things that pulling us in every 225 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:15,560 direction. We're being distracted by different alluring voices. We sometimes neglect to provide 226 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:19,720 ourselves with spiritual nourishment and fatigue from demands of discipleship. Sometimes it's 227 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,840 hard to be a member, a faithful member of the church. It does require something from 228 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:24,840 us. 229 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:25,840 Nicole Sarris It does. 230 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,780 Emma Cieslik But don't you think that the temple stands 231 00:15:29,780 --> 00:15:36,080 as the perfect contrast to that? All that chaos, all that discontent, you unify yourselves 232 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:41,460 in that temple worship. And people that are temple bound, they're unified in all of those 233 00:15:41,460 --> 00:15:48,160 worldly challenges and pressures can be set aside for a time. And then as we learn the 234 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,480 temple, we can take that peace with us back into the world. So it works both directions. 235 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,080 Nicole Sarris Totally. I love that too, how you said the 236 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:58,440 contrast. Because sometimes if you're listening a lot about just the last days and the things 237 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:01,200 that happen and you're reading scripture about it, sometimes you can start to feel 238 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:06,780 like, holy cow, this is hard and we're not moving forward. But the Lord moves forward 239 00:16:06,780 --> 00:16:11,120 steadily and without fanfare and you look around and that is a testament to growth and 240 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,440 prosperity and eternal progression. 241 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,920 Emma Cieslik 100% agree. I'm going to reiterate the question 242 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:22,240 we were thinking on. Have you ever wondered why the Lord would direct his prophet to now 243 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:31,120 dot the earth with his holy temples? And the thought that I jotted down from that is that 244 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:37,280 because the world seems so chaotic at this time and it's compounding, that the temples 245 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,280 also need to be built in greater numbers across the globe. It's just the perfect contrast. 246 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:48,360 So we could say, he knows that the world is in extra chaos and so what can he do to offset 247 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:54,520 that chaos? He can provide us more spiritual refuge places and temples. And plus, as temples, 248 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:59,740 even if it's not in an area near you, sometimes people have to save an entire life savings 249 00:16:59,740 --> 00:17:05,200 to have one opportunity in the temple. They go and they receive their endowment and then 250 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,240 that's the last time they think they'll ever make it back there. But I was thinking, even 251 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:15,820 if that temple only becomes half as close, maybe you get two opportunities in your lifetime. 252 00:17:15,820 --> 00:17:20,460 I don't know. First time off work and travel and things. It's so expensive. Literally like 253 00:17:20,460 --> 00:17:24,200 life savings or like we can afford to send this child but not the others. Like hopefully 254 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:30,380 they start doing like perpetual temple funding. I love that. They overstock that perpetual 255 00:17:30,380 --> 00:17:36,640 education fund so like now it's time we can get people to overflow. For people like us, 256 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:43,200 it's way too convenient for like. It is very convenient. With this prophesied commotion 257 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:47,960 and disbelief in the world, the Lord promised that there would be a covenant people, a people 258 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:52,260 eagerly awaiting his return, a people who stand in holy settings and are not moved out 259 00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:57,340 of their place. He spoke of a righteous people resisting the deceptions of the adversary. 260 00:17:57,340 --> 00:18:03,880 I don't know how to read that word. Disciplining. Is that the word? Disciplining their faith, 261 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,940 thinking celestial and trusting completely in the Savior Jesus Christ. I made a note 262 00:18:08,940 --> 00:18:13,660 that I feel absolute peace sitting in a room with people who have also gathered to be instructed 263 00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:17,820 in the temple and who have come recommended. I don't have to know their names. I don't 264 00:18:17,820 --> 00:18:22,500 have to know their history. All I have to know is that we are all enlisted in the most 265 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:27,660 important work together and that's enough for me. Love it. I love it so much. Let's 266 00:18:27,660 --> 00:18:33,740 jump to Kirtland Temple. That was a big focus of this talk. Yeah, so good. The dedicatory 267 00:18:33,740 --> 00:18:38,380 prayer, right? That would be good. What did he say in that? 268 00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:45,620 There were three things. The Prophet Joseph Smith prayed that in the Lord's holy house 269 00:18:45,620 --> 00:18:50,260 the saints would be armed with the power of God, that the name of Jesus Christ would be 270 00:18:50,260 --> 00:18:55,580 upon them, his angels would have charge over them, and that they would grow up in the Lord 271 00:18:55,580 --> 00:19:00,580 and receive a fullness of the Holy Ghost. Those are big promises. Those are big things 272 00:19:00,580 --> 00:19:06,020 to ask. These powerful supplications are fulfilled in our lives as we faithfully worship in the 273 00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:10,260 house of the Lord. We all know that, or maybe you don't, so 274 00:19:10,260 --> 00:19:16,300 now you'll know, that the church just recently reacquired the Kirtland Temple properties. 275 00:19:16,300 --> 00:19:20,340 For me, it's been like a work in progress. We've loved that building and we have attended 276 00:19:20,340 --> 00:19:25,700 it and we have enjoyed tours that have been given by the community of Christ and they've 277 00:19:25,700 --> 00:19:29,140 lovingly taken care of that for all of these years until such a time as this that we're 278 00:19:29,140 --> 00:19:34,740 able to get it back. Why does it matter to the church? Because keys were restored there. 279 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:38,040 That's why they care about it. People get properties they know that the church has been 280 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:44,340 affiliated with, but if you can't document by multiple sources that something like a 281 00:19:44,340 --> 00:19:48,700 restoration piece of something, restoration of the priesthood, something special like 282 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:52,820 that happened there, then it's just a cool building. But the Kirtland Temple is way more 283 00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:54,620 than just a cool building. It's special. 284 00:19:54,620 --> 00:19:58,860 S1A- Right. If you really stand back, because in your life, in my life, in everyone I know 285 00:19:58,860 --> 00:20:04,100 right now on the earth, it already happens, so sometimes it can feel very distant. But 286 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:09,620 if we just back up a little bit, it was only just like 200 years ago that Jesus Christ 287 00:20:09,620 --> 00:20:16,220 our Savior came to that point and the restoration was, I mean, it was started before, but that 288 00:20:16,220 --> 00:20:18,980 was just a huge part of it. That is massive. 289 00:20:18,980 --> 00:20:20,460 S1A- Have you ever been there? 290 00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:22,860 S1A- No. I've only been as far as Nauvoo. 291 00:20:22,860 --> 00:20:28,020 S1A- Yeah, you gotta go this summer. Make a commitment because it was special when I 292 00:20:28,020 --> 00:20:32,220 went there and I did definitely did consider the fact that Jesus Christ touched down there. 293 00:20:32,220 --> 00:20:36,700 I have a testimony. I know from my experience in the temple that those keys were restored, 294 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:40,900 and so then it's easy for me to say, yeah, that happened in the Kirtland Temple because 295 00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:46,700 I've felt that in my own life. But I've really appreciated that, but that's just 296 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:49,500 something you have to know for yourself because that's definitely not part of the tour of 297 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:58,940 our cousins in the Community of Christ Church. That's not a gospel principle that they're 298 00:20:58,940 --> 00:21:01,660 locked in on about sealing keys and sealing power. 299 00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:02,660 S1A- Gotcha. 300 00:21:02,660 --> 00:21:07,860 S1A- The building's beautiful, but why would they bring up that cool experience about the 301 00:21:07,860 --> 00:21:11,220 keys being restored? That's not something that they really want to purport. 302 00:21:11,220 --> 00:21:15,340 S1A- Also, it sounds like kind of a blessing that it wasn't hugely connected to them 303 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:17,340 in that way. It'd be easier to let go. 304 00:21:17,340 --> 00:21:18,340 S1A- I agree. 305 00:21:18,340 --> 00:21:19,340 S1A- So that's a definitely a blessing. 306 00:21:19,340 --> 00:21:25,740 S1A- I do consider it a huge blessing. It's interesting because when you go to the Kirtland 307 00:21:25,740 --> 00:21:31,020 Temple, now we have access to, because our church is organizing the tours and stuff for 308 00:21:31,020 --> 00:21:34,540 the church, they've changed it. You can go up to the third floor, which is where more 309 00:21:34,540 --> 00:21:42,180 office-based stuff is. It's more administrative piece of the gospel was done there. And then 310 00:21:42,180 --> 00:21:47,120 the rooms are more like those old-timey, like the tabernacle benches, like those wood benches, 311 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:52,540 just rows upon rows of those. And then there's lots of ways to put curtains to partition 312 00:21:52,540 --> 00:21:58,420 different rooms. The Kirtland Temple is unlike any other temple that we have in this day. 313 00:21:58,420 --> 00:22:04,100 So what I think is really cool is that it wasn't designed necessarily to run an endowment 314 00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:09,060 that they had experience with, like the makeshift that they did in the red brick building. I 315 00:22:09,060 --> 00:22:13,500 mean, you could kind of section off a room and do that for it. But what's fascinating 316 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:18,580 to me is that it was literally, I think all of that backbreaking work to build the Kirtland 317 00:22:18,580 --> 00:22:23,380 Temple was with the intent that the keys would be restored there, preparatory to, then the 318 00:22:23,380 --> 00:22:28,660 saints building the temple in Nauvoo, and then that not being one that they would get 319 00:22:28,660 --> 00:22:33,900 to keep, but then propelling them across the plains. It wasn't designed in a way that 320 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:38,260 they were going to be there forever and be doing endowments for long term, I think. 321 00:22:38,260 --> 00:22:43,060 Right. It was known for that. But it was definitely part of their effort and sacrifice needed 322 00:22:43,060 --> 00:22:44,060 at that time. 323 00:22:44,060 --> 00:22:52,340 They did such a good job. He talks about how incredible the youth are. We had already talked 324 00:22:52,340 --> 00:22:57,900 about that, how courageous those youth in Heber City were at standing up at the construction 325 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:03,060 meeting. And I think that he brought that up because that's not the exception. The 326 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:07,020 youth in our valley, they petitioned and got an earlier session so that they can make it 327 00:23:07,020 --> 00:23:12,440 into the temple and out in time for school. And they come in droves. And the laundry people 328 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:17,580 are busy as ever on, I don't know, it's like Wednesday mornings. It's such a beautiful 329 00:23:17,580 --> 00:23:22,900 thing. What a cool thing to go into school like you've already served in the temple 330 00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:24,740 and you already got that light about you. 331 00:23:24,740 --> 00:23:31,140 Yeah. I love the focus of that. 332 00:23:31,140 --> 00:23:35,420 Let's go to the section that talks about armed with power. What are you saying? 333 00:23:35,420 --> 00:23:40,700 So in his house, we are literally endowed with heavenly power. Our faith in Jesus Christ 334 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:46,020 and our love for him are confirmed and fortified. I love that part. And I think it's worth 335 00:23:46,020 --> 00:23:51,180 asking each one of us who's listening to this. How are we 336 00:23:51,180 --> 00:23:52,700 Arming ourselves? 337 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:57,180 Yes. How are we arming ourselves? And are we taking full advantage of our endowment 338 00:23:57,180 --> 00:24:03,740 of heavenly power? We all know there's an endowment session. How is that coming to light 339 00:24:03,740 --> 00:24:08,300 in our everyday life? Are there things that are happening that seem like too big of an 340 00:24:08,300 --> 00:24:12,220 obstacle to get over? And so we just kind of find ourselves kind of beating against 341 00:24:12,220 --> 00:24:16,420 the wall. Is there a way we can step over the wall? You know what I mean? With Christ's 342 00:24:16,420 --> 00:24:25,180 help and using our heavenly power. So I would challenge that each one of us ask, how can 343 00:24:25,180 --> 00:24:28,420 we use that more? And how can we let our covenants be alive in us? 344 00:24:28,420 --> 00:24:32,660 I love it. And we have such good practice, the way that this church builds upon itself. 345 00:24:32,660 --> 00:24:37,060 We know that as we become baptized, we take his name upon us. But we're promised that 346 00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:40,380 as we enter his holy house, we can take his name more completely upon us. 347 00:24:40,380 --> 00:24:41,380 Yes. 348 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:48,020 And we can add another layer to that power that comes with taking his name upon us. 349 00:24:48,020 --> 00:24:51,420 Right. Because it is because of Jesus Christ and his atonement that it is even possible. 350 00:24:51,420 --> 00:25:00,180 Right? Without that, it would just be a hope. Oh, yes. Okay. The last thing, Abby, is in 351 00:25:00,180 --> 00:25:06,080 the Kirkland. So angels with us. So this was another part of the temple, a dedicatory prayer. 352 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,620 In the Kirkland temple, the Prophet Joseph prayed that angels would have charge over 353 00:25:09,620 --> 00:25:16,180 his saints. Regularly performing ordinances for our ancestors in the temple brings a sweet 354 00:25:16,180 --> 00:25:21,940 and sure confirmation that life continues beyond the veil. Abby, do you have anything, 355 00:25:21,940 --> 00:25:27,540 any thoughts as far as angels having charge over your life? Like, is that a reality to 356 00:25:27,540 --> 00:25:32,260 you? Do you hope for it? Do you pray for it? Do you have experience with it? What are your 357 00:25:32,260 --> 00:25:34,700 thoughts on that? 358 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:39,940 I would say in recent years, it's become so important key to me. I talked about, did I 359 00:25:39,940 --> 00:25:44,320 talk about on this podcast? Yes, I talked about inviting my ancestors to help me look 360 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:48,900 over my baby as I just gave him birth and had some respiratory things. But like, they 361 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:53,340 don't have to be few and far between experiences. Like, this isn't technically my story to share, 362 00:25:53,340 --> 00:25:59,260 but my sisters were home visiting. They flew in on Tuesday and then they both had like 363 00:25:59,260 --> 00:26:03,660 assignments. My younger sister is the prime president in her ward and she had a speaking 364 00:26:03,660 --> 00:26:09,700 assignment and then the next one above her, she's the stake primary president and had 365 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:13,580 a ward conference to attend. So they had a flight that they were going to get out of 366 00:26:13,580 --> 00:26:18,340 Idaho on Saturday, landed like midnight, get home at like two in the morning and then run 367 00:26:18,340 --> 00:26:21,980 off to running to their assignments that they had for church. And so it mattered to them, 368 00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:26,780 plus just like having to deal with missed flights or whatever. Something happened leaving 369 00:26:26,780 --> 00:26:32,540 from, I think they got an idle false fine. I think that the problem was in Colorado, 370 00:26:32,540 --> 00:26:35,580 they were delayed. Nope, that's not. So I don't fall. They were delayed out of Idaho 371 00:26:35,580 --> 00:26:39,740 falls for like an hour. So the lady at the gate was like trying, like looking forward, 372 00:26:39,740 --> 00:26:42,420 maybe other flights that they could try to work out. There was like nothing that was 373 00:26:42,420 --> 00:26:45,820 going to get them to be able to do whatever they needed to. And so they were like, we've 374 00:26:45,820 --> 00:26:49,340 got to make this flight. She said, if, if all goes well, she's like, we're scheduled 375 00:26:49,340 --> 00:26:53,420 to land five minutes after our next plane takes off our connection. And I said, we'll 376 00:26:53,420 --> 00:26:58,020 be praying for you. And I said, I don't know enough about flights and, and whatever. And 377 00:26:58,020 --> 00:27:02,620 I said, maybe I said, let's pray for tailwinds and, and whatever. They landed 35 minutes 378 00:27:02,620 --> 00:27:08,060 before they were boarding their plane, but they landed 35 minutes ahead of schedule. 379 00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:13,740 Oh my goodness. This morning. And we made up some time from tailwinds. And plus the flight 380 00:27:13,740 --> 00:27:17,300 attendant, she's like, she whispered to him as they were going through things. She's like, 381 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:21,340 gave him some like first class. She's like one A and one C or whatever, so that they'd 382 00:27:21,340 --> 00:27:24,820 be the front of the plane, be able to like race off and rush. And they'd packed bags 383 00:27:24,820 --> 00:27:27,900 instead of checking things. Like they had tried everything within their power to make 384 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:32,580 it happen. But I specifically had a prayer in my heart that, that tailwinds would happen 385 00:27:32,580 --> 00:27:36,060 and that are like, that the plane would be assisted. And I'm like, that's a lot of time 386 00:27:36,060 --> 00:27:40,220 to make up. So I'm like, I text him like, man, that's interesting. And they're of the 387 00:27:40,220 --> 00:27:45,460 same mindset. They were asking for prayers and like, it's easy to imagine that there 388 00:27:45,460 --> 00:27:51,500 was some heavenly help that had a desire to fulfill their callings and do important things. 389 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:54,580 And it was important to them. And I feel like it was important to Heavenly Father. That 390 00:27:54,580 --> 00:28:00,060 was yesterday. That was the early hours of this morning. Right. So I think that's awesome. 391 00:28:00,060 --> 00:28:05,660 I'm sure, I'm sure you could testify of a million encounters with your ancestors. 392 00:28:05,660 --> 00:28:12,980 Yes. And that I do feel, and I do claim that blessing of going to the temple and attending 393 00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:19,040 it and having a temple mindset that, that my ancestors are a regular part of my life. 394 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,780 And I feel that joy and that connection and they are definitely part of my tribe. I love 395 00:28:22,780 --> 00:28:26,020 them. I'm going to share one more story because you don't have to have one every time you 396 00:28:26,020 --> 00:28:30,140 go to the temple, but it was my grandma's 92nd birthday last Friday. So we're supposed 397 00:28:30,140 --> 00:28:34,660 to be doing all these things, but she's on the earth. She's on the earth. Okay. She's 398 00:28:34,660 --> 00:28:43,300 taken. Yeah. So my sister and I, she was like, she was a temple worker years ago. I mean, 399 00:28:43,300 --> 00:28:47,500 like let's say in the last decade, I don't know, life goes too fast. I can't even think, 400 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:51,580 but my sister and I decided we would attend the temple on her birthday because she was 401 00:28:51,580 --> 00:28:55,740 serving in the temple that day. And so she's in the endowment thing and I'm sitting next 402 00:28:55,740 --> 00:28:58,940 to my sister and I thought my grandpa, he was like, not a gift guy. She would be the 403 00:28:58,940 --> 00:29:02,580 type that would like buy something for herself. And she'd be like, Dale, you got me this for 404 00:29:02,580 --> 00:29:06,660 my birthday. Thank you for this gift or whatever. Cause he wasn't a gift guy. That wasn't his 405 00:29:06,660 --> 00:29:10,620 love language. So that's just not how he displayed it or whatever. So we could say, didn't really 406 00:29:10,620 --> 00:29:13,580 give her gifts. That doesn't mean he didn't love her, but that wasn't his style. It's 407 00:29:13,580 --> 00:29:18,300 a cowboy. And so I was sitting in the temple and I thought, I wonder if grandpa knows it's 408 00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:21,500 her birthday. And he told me, I do know. He's like, I know it's her birthday. So like for 409 00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:25,820 me, he was like right next to me, like literally he could have been in my ear saying that thing. 410 00:29:25,820 --> 00:29:30,260 And I was just like overcome with emotion because he's not a big talker, whichever side 411 00:29:30,260 --> 00:29:32,940 of the veil we're talking about. He was not a big talker, but whatever he said, it was 412 00:29:32,940 --> 00:29:37,700 like important. So I could be told that the keys weren't restored in the Kirtland temple 413 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:43,940 in that moment in history. I could be told that. I could be told that there is nothing 414 00:29:43,940 --> 00:29:49,620 past this earth life. I could be told that what we're doing in temple doesn't matter, 415 00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:54,180 but wouldn't matter because I know for myself that it is small and simple and only takes 416 00:29:54,180 --> 00:29:58,360 a few words. I know it's her birthday. That will stick with me for the rest of my life. 417 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:02,820 And that's something I'll tell my children. I know that the work that we do is important. 418 00:30:02,820 --> 00:30:09,260 I know that it does bring us closer to our Savior Jesus Christ. I know that repeated 419 00:30:09,260 --> 00:30:15,540 attendance there can bring us peace that this world cannot offer. What a blessing. And I 420 00:30:15,540 --> 00:30:21,900 can, I'd like literally, I feel the joy when I was relocating to Star Valley, there wasn't 421 00:30:21,900 --> 00:30:26,660 a temple here, but we had just left behind Twin Falls where we got to be a part of that 422 00:30:26,660 --> 00:30:31,020 process where it was announced and built and dedicated and we were all part of that process. 423 00:30:31,020 --> 00:30:35,060 So then we had a brief stint in another town. So then we were coming this direction. I was 424 00:30:35,060 --> 00:30:39,180 getting ready and they announced the temple in Star Valley. I like couldn't believe myself 425 00:30:39,180 --> 00:30:42,780 I was like, this is like the best luck in the world. It's such an awesome thing. So 426 00:30:42,780 --> 00:30:49,180 I take those emotions every time they announce five or 10 temples at these future, since 427 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:54,220 that time at the different conference sessions. I remember the emotion that I felt when we 428 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:57,980 got a temple near us. And they kind of asked us like not shout with joy and stuff. It's 429 00:30:57,980 --> 00:31:03,820 not really appropriate, but my body, my spirit screaming with joy for every town of every 430 00:31:03,820 --> 00:31:08,980 country, of every, all of my brothers and sisters in the gospel that are getting a temple 431 00:31:08,980 --> 00:31:12,940 close to them. Like it kind of said it is a joke like coming to a town near you, but 432 00:31:12,940 --> 00:31:18,620 really in my heart, it's because I know, oh, it's such a blessing. And it's just whenever 433 00:31:18,620 --> 00:31:22,380 like, let's see, it'll be, it'll be like two more talks, the prophet will announce 434 00:31:22,380 --> 00:31:28,500 the temples. But as I read through those, it's a name on the map for just an obscure 435 00:31:28,500 --> 00:31:34,620 place. But I literally can just feel like Heavenly Father's love for those people in 436 00:31:34,620 --> 00:31:37,780 this surrounding area, whoever's going to make it to those temples. And he wants to 437 00:31:37,780 --> 00:31:42,780 accelerate that and wants to get him everywhere as fast as he can. And that's just a demonstration 438 00:31:42,780 --> 00:31:47,380 of the love for them. And if he loves them that much, he loves me that much too. Right. 439 00:31:47,380 --> 00:31:52,420 That's the feeling that we get. That's what I get. So can I just end with his words? 440 00:31:52,420 --> 00:31:57,540 I love this. He says in this day, and I add my testimony to his, in this day of confusion 441 00:31:57,540 --> 00:32:03,500 and commotion, I testify that the temple is his holy house and will help preserve us, 442 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:08,460 protect us and prepare us for the glorious day when with all his holy angels, our Savior 443 00:32:08,460 --> 00:32:36,460 returns in majesty, power and great glory. Amen. Yeah, I say that in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 444 00:32:38,460 --> 00:32:45,460 Amen.