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Endowed from on High: Understanding the Symbols of the Endowment (2 CDs)
The endowment is as re-enactment of scriptural images and symbols. It is literally a gift n++ a gift of Godn++s power. Church members who have been through the temple will be inspired as they read Endowed From On High. While carefully maintaining the sacred confidentiality of the temple ordinances, this book provides scriptural correlations which will open up rich new areas of understanding to them. Those who read it will be better informed about the scriptural authority and symbolism of the sacred ordinances, and they will be better prepared and motivated to apply those scriptural symbols in their lives as they strive to become more like Christ. Endowed From on High teaches that revelation occurs during the endowment, that promises are required before blessings are granted, that covenants are the channels through which blessings flow, and that the Lord is voluntarily n++boundn++ when we obey His commandments. It is a unique and reverential guide to growth in this, the most sacred of all areas of our relationship with the Savior and our Heavenly Father. Reading and pondering its message will be a choice experience for all Church members. Contents: OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE ENDOWMENT Maintaining the Sacred Nature of Temple Covenants THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE ENDOWMENT Learning Celestial Passwords AN ANCIENT CEREMONY RESTORED THROUGH JOSEPH SMITH The Restoration of an Ancient Ceremony ONGOING PREPARATIONS FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THE ENDOWMENT Keep the Commandments and Endowment Covenants A SYMBOLIC INITIATION INTO THE PRIESTHOOD The Initiatory BEING PRONOUNCED CLEAN BEFORE GOD A Commandment to Cleanse Your Hands and Your Feet Before God BEING CONSECRATED KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD The Anointing Is a Symbol of Being Chosen and Consecrated by God to Be a Ruler RECEIVING A PROTECTIVE SHIELD Old Testament Priests Wore Special Clothing to Ensure Modesty A SIGNIFICANT AND SACRED KEY God-given Names Signify a New Relationship with Him THE CEREMONIAL DRAMA The Pedagogy of the Temple Service THE CREATION God the Father Commanded His Spirit Children to Create the Earth EVENTS IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN Adam and Eve Were Given Agency and a Prohibition THE TELESTIAL WORLD Telestial-world Inhabitants Cannot Come to Where the Father and Son Dwell THE TERRESTIAL WORLD Terrestrial-world Inhabitants Can be with Christ but Not the Father A SYMBOLIC ENTRY INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD In the Old Testament Tabernacle, a Veil Separated the People from the Most Holy Place THE GLORY OF THE CELESTIAL KINGDOM The Celestial Room Symbolizes the Glory of God's Presence LIVING THE ENDOWMENT Without Doing Temple Work for Our Dead, We Cannot Be Made Perfect [Complete] Review Excerpt: "This is a fascinating book for several reasons. First of all, you might ask: who the heck is John D. Charles? He has an M.A. in English from BYU and teaches ESL in Latin America. Hen++s not a GA and not a BYU prof n++ hen++s just an n++ordinary guyn++ like you or I. But he has obviously been paying attention during endowment sessions and has some insights which I personally found very useful. I donn++t know what the temple prep class curriculum is like, but In++d recommend this book as a text. In fact, In++ve got 5 more on order as gifts n++ itn++s that kind of book, that makes a good stocking stuffer, especially for those who havenn++t gone through the temple yet, but even for old-timers who think they know the whole score. You certainly finish the book with a new, increased reverence for the temple. He stays away from n++Nibleyesquen++ parallels to ancient times except where itn++s warranted, and then he says all he has to, very simply and succinctly. Two areas he handles with aplomb especially impressed me: why is there a similarity between the endowment ceremony and certain Masonic ceremonies, and there a significance to that similarity? Also, the fact that the endowment is liturgical (or what he calls a drama) in nature. Itn++s not just symbolic in its components like the signs and tokens and clothing, but the whole experience itself is a symbol of both the restoration of the Gospel and the promise of future exaltation." --Marc Schlinder, Alberta, Canada John-Charles Duffy (aka John D. Charles), received his M.A. from the University of Utah and is a William N. Reynolds Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is working toward a doctorate in religious studies. He has published articles in Dialogue as well as making presentations and/or writing for Affirmation and Sunstone. Title: Endowed from on High: Understanding the Symbols of the Endowment (2 CDs) Retail Price: Your Price: Only $12.75
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John D. Charles (also known as John-Charles Duffy), Springville, Utah: Cedar Fort/Horizon Publishers, 2005 (2 CDs).