Holy of Holies (LDS Church)

The Salt Lake Temple contains a Holy of Holies.

Holy of Holies in the Salt Lake Temple as it was in the early years of the 20th century.

The dome of the Holy of Holies, seen from above.

In Latter-day Saints , the Holy of Holies is a room in the Salt Lake Temple . This room is used by the President of the Church . When the President of the Church enters the room, the President acts as High Priest of the Church and as High Priest of Israel . He does this according to the LDS understanding of 2nd Book of Moses . According to the LDS Church, this Holy of Holies is a modern equivalent of the Mishkan of the Jerusalem Temple . This room was also used for the regulation of the Second Determinationto administer. However, every consecrated room in a temple today is used for this.

Location and description

The Holy of Holies is above the celestial space of the Salt Lake Temple . It is described in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism as follows: “After the sliding doors of the room come six steps to similar doors. They symbolize the veil that protected the Holy of Holies in ancient times. The protected space is round and has a vault. The device has processed wood, gold leaf, stained glass and special light. "The room contains a stained glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany , the First Vision of Joseph Smith represents.

Teachings from LDS Church Leaders

Boyd K. Packer described the room: “Hidden in a central part of the temple is the Holy of Holies. There the President of the Church goes in to have a conversation with whoever whose Church is when a difficult decision must be made. The prophet has the keys. He has the spiritual keys as well as the worldly keys for this sacred space in this building. "

The Apostle James E. Talmage reported: “This room is reserved for the higher ordinances of the priesthood. It is used for the exaltation of the living and the dead. "

Joseph Smith reported: "No one can say that he really knows God unless he has been in the Most Holy Place."

designation

The name for this room as the Holy of Holies comes from Judaism .

Scripture canon

The holy of holies is mentioned in the canon of scriptures . It is important to the mind of the temple .

The meaning of the temple

"Therefore, verily, I say to you: your anointings and your ablutions and your baptisms for the dead and your solemn assemblies and your commemorations for your sacrifices by the sons of Levi and for your sayings of God in your most holy places , in which you receive communications, and your statutes and judgments, for the beginning of the revelations and the foundation of Zion, and for the glory, honor and endowment of all its citizens, are ordained by the ordinance of my holy house, and my people are always commanded to give such a house to my holy name to build."

- Doctrine and Covenants 124: 39

First presidency receives sayings from God

"I give him as counselors my servant Sidney Rigdon and my servant William Law to form a quorum and the First Presidency to receive the sayings of God for the whole Church ."

- Doctrine and Covenants 124: 126

Reference in the Bible to the Holy of Holies

“And he built a floor-to-ceiling wall of cedar planks twenty cubits from the back of the house, and built a room inside, the Holy of Holies . . "

- 1 Kings 6:16 King James

Individual evidence

↑ Buerger, David John: The Mysteries of Godliness ( Memento from March 23, 2006 in the web archive archive.today ). Signature Books (November 2002). Retrieved November 16, 2006.
^ David John Buerger: "The Fulness of the Priesthood": The Second Anointing in Latter-day Saint Theology and Practice . 1983.
↑ Lysle R. Cahoon: Encyclopedia of Mormonism . Macmillan Publishing . 1992. “Beyond its sliding doors are six steps to similar doors, symbolic of the veil that guarded the Holy of Holies in ancient times. The sanctuary is of circular design with a domed ceiling. The appointments include inlaid wood, gold leaf, stained glass, and unique lighting. "
↑ Joyce Athay Janetski, Louis Comfort Tiffany: Stained Glass in Utah . Utah Preservation / Restoration: A Publication for the Preservationist , vol. 3, pp. 20-25 (1981).
↑ Joyce Athay Janetski, Stained Glass Windows: A Latter-day Saint Legacy . Ensign , January 1981, pp. 34-41.
↑ Boyd K. Packer (1980). The Holy Temple (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft), p. 4 .: “hidden away in the central part of the temple is the Holy of Holies, where the President of the Church may retire when burdened down with heavy decisions to seek an interview with Him whose Church it is. The prophet holds the keys, the spiritual keys and the very literal key to this one door in that sacred edifice ”
↑ James E. Talmage (1969). The House of the Lord (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft), pp. 192–94 .: “This room is reserved for the higher ordinances in the Priesthood relating to the exaltation of both living and dead”
↑ Personal Writings of Joseph Smith , May 1, 1842, pp. 119-20 .: “no one can truly say he knows God until he has handled something, and this can only be done in the Holiest of Holies”

[1] Buerger, David John: The Mysteries of Godliness ( Memento from March 23, 2006 in the web archive archive.today ). Signature Books (November 2002). Retrieved November 16, 2006.

[2] David John Buerger: "The Fulness of the Priesthood": The Second Anointing in Latter-day Saint Theology and Practice . 1983.

[eom-3] Lysle R. Cahoon: Encyclopedia of Mormonism . Macmillan Publishing . 1992. “Beyond its sliding doors are six steps to similar doors, symbolic of the veil that guarded the Holy of Holies in ancient times. The sanctuary is of circular design with a domed ceiling. The appointments include inlaid wood, gold leaf, stained glass, and unique lighting. "

[4] Joyce Athay Janetski, Louis Comfort Tiffany: Stained Glass in Utah . Utah Preservation / Restoration: A Publication for the Preservationist , vol. 3, pp. 20-25 (1981).

[5] Joyce Athay Janetski, Stained Glass Windows: A Latter-day Saint Legacy . Ensign , January 1981, pp. 34-41.

[6] Boyd K. Packer (1980). The Holy Temple (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft), p. 4 .: “hidden away in the central part of the temple is the Holy of Holies, where the President of the Church may retire when burdened down with heavy decisions to seek an interview with Him whose Church it is. The prophet holds the keys, the spiritual keys and the very literal key to this one door in that sacred edifice ”

[7] James E. Talmage (1969). The House of the Lord (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft), pp. 192–94 .: “This room is reserved for the higher ordinances in the Priesthood relating to the exaltation of both living and dead”

[8] Personal Writings of Joseph Smith , May 1, 1842, pp. 119-20 .: “no one can truly say he knows God until he has handled something, and this can only be done in the Holiest of Holies”