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What do Mormons ACTUALLY do in their “secret” temple rituals? - YouTube
Channel: Saints Unscripted
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Alright guys in the next few minutes
we're gonna talk about one of the most
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sacred temple ceremonies in the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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called, the endowment ceremony. If you're
unfamiliar with our faith or just
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clicked on this video to learn a bit
more, please be courteous and try to
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respect the religious culture of faiths
that may be different from your own.
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Now because we latter-day saints
consider temple ceremonies to be sacred,
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we don't talk about them very much. And
there are a few ceremonial details we
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consider so sacred, that we promise in
the temple not to talk about them
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outside the temple at all. Now to a lot
of people that sounds pretty suspicious
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some people think we've got something to
hide. Unfortunately, there are some people
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who have tried to take advantage of that
curiosity and have sought to expose our
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temple ceremonies to the public. Which is
a pretty messed-up thing to do to the
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sacred traditions of any religion. (that's
messed up) So in this video, we're gonna
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set the record straight and talk about
two things.
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What latter-day saints are doing in the
endowment, and how they are doing it.
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Let's dive in.
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First what our latter-day saints doing
in the endowment ceremony? The short
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answer is that we're making covenants or
promises with God. Specifically we
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promise to obey God's commandments,
live the gospel of Jesus Christ, be
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chaste and faithful to our spouse, and to
dedicate everything we have and
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everything we are to the service of God.
Each of these promises are associated
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with various signs and symbols used
throughout the ceremony, there's also
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times set apart in the ceremony for what
we call a prayer circle where we pray
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for friends and family who are sick or
need help. That is all latter-day saints
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are actually doing in the endowment
ceremonies. And this leads us to the next
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question, how do latter-day saints make
these covenants in the endowment
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ceremony, well what does this ceremony
look like? Now I'll be the very first to
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admit if you're not familiar with why we
do things the way we do things in this
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ceremony we look weird. We wear sacred
ceremonial clothing in the endowment. If
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you're not familiar with it religious
clothing from any faith looks a little
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weird. Our ceremonial clothing is not
meant to be particularly stylish or
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modern, each item of clothing we wear has
meaning and history behind it. If we went
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back in time 3,000 years these clothes
would be less weird because our temple
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clothing is meant to follow the pattern
set by ancient Israelites in their
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temples as outlined in the Bible. The
presentation of the endowment ceremony
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is largely theatrical. In the early days
of the church, it was essentially a play
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with some audience participation, it's
still a play in a couple temples
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nowadays but in most temples, the
endowment presentation is a movie. (gosh I
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love movies) Throughout the endowment as
we make the promises I talked about
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earlier, we learn about what Bruce our
McConkey called the three pillars of
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eternity. The creation, the fall of Adam
and Eve, and the atonement of Jesus
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Christ. As we learn more and progress
through the presentation in most temples
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we progress through different rooms
symbolically representing our
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progression towards the presence of God.
In the temples of ancient Israel the
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high priest would pass through a veil
when entering the Holy of Holies the
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most sacred room in the temple where God
symbolically dwells. The same thing
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happens for men and
women who participate in the endowment
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as they pass into what we call the
celestial room of the temple, which
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you're looking at right now. Latter-day
saints believe that you must participate
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in certain ordinances or religious
rights like baptism in order to be
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exalted. The endowment ceremony is
another one of those exalting ordinances
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being exalted is different than being
saved, if that's confusing to you watch
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this video. If you thought that temples
were no longer needed after Christ's
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ministry, and are wondering why
latter-day saints have them at all watch
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this video. In a nutshell, this is what
latter-day saints do in this temple
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ceremony it's absolutely nothing to be
afraid of. As someone who has been there
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many times there's nothing sinister
going on in Latter-day Saint temples.
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We're not sacrificing animals it's not
some creepy sex cult we're just making
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really great promises with God. And if
someone thinks I'm part of a cult for
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promising to follow Jesus Christ and to
be faithful to my spouse then that's an
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awesome cult to be a part of. The
promises I make in the temple help
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make me a better person. Now there are
also a few other ordinances we perform
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in temples that I didn't talk about like
marriage ceremonies, and baptisms for the
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dead. Check out the links in the
description for more information about
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those. There's also more info on our
website. If you have questions drop them
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in the comments, or if you're trying to
be respectful and our concern that a
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question on this topic may not be
appropriate feel free to message me on
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Facebook directly and we can chat.
Thanks for watching have a great day.
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