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Covenant, priesthood, sealing

Toward the temple

The doctrine behind the building, in the order it was restored. Nothing here discusses the ceremony; all of it is public doctrine that makes the ceremony legible.

Who this is for

You are preparing to go, or you have been and want to understand what you participated in.

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  1. TopicCovenantsThe form God's dealings takeThe form God's dealings take, and the two words — Hebrew and Greek — that carry different halves of the idea.22 min
  2. LessonThe Mountain and the CovenantExodus 19–20; Exodus 24; Deuteronomy 5; JST Exodus 34:1–2The covenant offered to a whole nation as a kingdom of priests, and what Israel asked for instead.45 min
  3. FigureThe tabernacleExodus 25–27; Exodus 40; Hebrews 9:1–12A sequence of thresholds, each entered by fewer people through more preparation.3 min
  4. LessonThe Oath and the CovenantD&C 84:19–48; Hebrews 7:11–28; Exodus 33:20; JST Exodus 34:1–2Priesthood as access rather than administration, and the promise attached to it.45 min
  5. LessonThe Sealing PowerMatthew 16:19; Malachi 4:5–6; D&C 2; D&C 110:13–16; D&C 128; D&C 132:7, 19Matthew 16, Malachi 4, and the reason a temple has a font in the basement and sealing rooms upstairs.45 min
  6. LessonThe Redemption of the DeadD&C 138; 1 Peter 3:18–20; 1 Peter 4:6; Alma 40:11–14What the work for the dead is answering, and why the dead can refuse it.40 min
  7. TopicTemplesWhy the Church builds them, and what happens insideThe ordinances, what each points back to, and the sacred-not-secret distinction stated honestly.22 min

Paths do not contain anything the library does not already have — they are an order to read it in. Nothing is locked, and you can leave one at any point.