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The Temple: the only door to exaltation!

The Temple: the door to exaltation

There are many wonderful answers surrounding the question of obtaining exaltation. Joseph Smith provided an abridgement to the aged old question of how when he explained that the fulness of the priesthood is received only in the temple.

How? Through washings, anointings, solemn assemblies, oracles in holy places, conversations, ordinances, endowments, and sealings. (D&C 124:40) It is in the temple that we enter into the patriarchal order or the order of the priesthood that bears the name “the new and everlasting covenant of marriage.” (McConkie, A New Witness, pg. 315.)

The Temple

The common discussion in gospel doctrine, priesthood meetings, and Relief Society classes with respect to the temple, centers on the temple as a place to feel the spirit and to escape the world.

Feeling the spirit and escaping the world are benefits of being in the Lord’s House, but not the purpose for attending the Lord’s House.

D&C 42:36 and the 109th section with specific reference to verses 7 and 14 describe the function and purpose of the temple much the same as those of a university. We learn about the Plan of Happiness and other doctrines in the temple by various means.