Temple Prepared
“…I will send the promise of my Father upon you…until ye be endued with power from on high.” (Luke 24:49)
Speaking of Luke 24:49, Joseph Smith said, “The endowment was to prepare the disciples for their mission into the world.”
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"I saw..the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.” Isaiah 6:1
Isaiah
Ezra Taft Benson
"The temple is a sacred place, and the ordinances in the temple are of a sacred character. Because of its sacredness we are sometimes reluctant to say anything about the temple to our children and grandchildren. As a consequence, many do not develop a real desire to go to the temple, or when they go there, they do so without much background to prepare them for the obligations and covenants they enter into."
Gordon B. Hinckley
The temple “becomes a school of instruction in the sweet and sacred things of God. Here we have outlined the plan of a loving Father in behalf of His sons and daughters of all generations. Here we have sketched before us the odyssey of man’s eternal journey from premortal existence through this life to the life beyond. Great fundamental and basic truths are taught with clarity and simplicity well within the understanding of all who hear.”
Brigham Young
“Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father.”
Neal A. Maxwell
“If we will keep our covenants, the covenants will keep us spiritually safe.”
Howard W. Hunter
"Truly, the Lord desires that His people be a temple-motivated people. It would be the deepest desire of my heart to have every member of the Church be temple worthy."
James E. Talmage
"With the taking of each covenant and the assuming of each obligation a promised blessing is pronounced, contingent upon the faithful observance of the conditions.."