Exam 1

Question 1

Older LDS temples

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patrons move from a creation room to a garden room to a world room then terrestrial, and finally through a veil to the celestial

Question 2

what three divisions does the endowment fall under

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course of instruction
conditions are set up..covenant to obey
man must sometimes give an account of his deeds

Question 3

what does the squared circle represent

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joining of heaven and earth

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octagon represents?

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resurrection and rebirht

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front door of temple has a tree of 5 fruit representing?

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tree of knowledge of good and evil

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trees suggest?

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the journey of trial and challenge called mortal life

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tree of life window in celestial room represents?

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goods presence. our journey ends in our own sacred grove

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12 fruit represent?

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Priesthood

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test of mortality?

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choose to become spiritual even though it is not natural

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two trees rep?

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two choices. adam and eve leave or stay in garden

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rotations of planets on axis

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metaphor for differences in spiritual intelligence among spirits in pre-mortal existence

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ascension motif begins with…

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earth stones. focuses view into heavens

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earth stones show temple as

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the Axis Mundi “the center of your world should be the temple”

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40 stars allude to…

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governing officers of Melchizedek Priesthood preside over temple ordinances

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cloud stones….

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rays of gospel light dispelling darkness also rep. the presence of God

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scroll rep…

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the word of God

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clasped hands…

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temple brings us into fellowship with God

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all seeing eye

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the eye of God is upon us

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eastern towers

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six feet higher than the west. rep first priesedency

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western towers

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rep presiding bishop

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Big Dipper

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they could find their way by the priesthood

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cheribim of jospeh and hyrum

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protextors of that which is sacred

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ancanthus plant

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ressurection and rebirth

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Moses brought Israwl to Mt Sinai…

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God intended to give Israel the Melchizedek priesthood ordinances

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Melchizedek priesthood temples

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teach plan of salvation through symbols. difference: this temple administers ordinances necessary for exaltation

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aaronic priesthood temples

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teach plan of salvation through symbols

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Tabernacle of Moses they move

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less sacred, sacred, to most sacred place

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alter of sacrifice rep...

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Christ's sacrifice and sacrifice of our own sins

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wash basin...

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being washed through the atonement

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holy place rep...

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newness of character

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candelabrum

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holy ghost and tree of life

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Judaism groups...

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herodians, zealots, essenes, sadducees, pharisees

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pharisees were also

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separatists

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Jesus viewed the Pharisees as

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religionists who reduced religion to mere observance of ceremonial rules

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in AD 70 the romans...

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put down the jewish rebellion and destroyed the second temple

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modern rabbinical judaism descended from

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pharisees

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country of israel est. as a jewish homeland

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in 1948

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most sacred place

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ark

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door of ark coveredd by a curtain which imitates

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the veil of herod

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torah scrolls were

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kept in the ark and couldn't be touched afte rbeing made

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Ner Tamid symbolizes

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God's command to keep a constant light burning in the Tabernacle

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Torah...

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hebrew term meaning the law

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mishnah

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compliation of oral law

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gebarra

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contains rabbinical commentary on the Mishnah

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Talmud

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mishnah and Gebarra combined

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the original law of moses...

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helped est order through the governmental regulations and religious instructions

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laws of clean and unclean

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symbolic of laws in ancient israel and the reason was because it reminded them of holiness

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Most sacred day

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Yom Kippur

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celebrates israel's liberation from egypt

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passover

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celebrates day when god gave israel ten commandments

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feast of weeks

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commemorates forty year wandering

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feast of tabernacles

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celebrates independence purification of temple 165 BCE

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Hanukkah