Are Modern LDS Temples Really Comparable to Old Testament Temples as Mormons Claim?

[isthechurchtrue]

Notice how the Jewish Temple was destroyed shortly after the ministry of Jesus Christ. It was not needed anymore. You can read about what is done in the Jewish Temples in Exodus 27 & 28. Note that only the descendants of Aaron could enter the Biblical temples unlike the LDS Temples. Biblical Temples are nothing like what is done in the LDS Temples. I have posted a recording of the Endowment Ceremony on my channel for anyone who doubts the extreme difference between the two.

[vintageyellow71]

We don't sacrifice animals because Christ fulfilled the law of Moses thus ending the mosaic laws of sacrifice many other comparisons made have direct relations to our temples. It's a place to make covenants to God like people did in ancient times. I realize we have bigger temples and fully operating systems within them that may look to the outsider as strange or non relating to biblical temples, but they very much do. The population aspect is not true. People are not kept on the roles after dea

[spoojeemobile]

@vintageyellow71 you MORmONS brag about 130 temples? BFD! Catholics have 3000 cathedrals before

LDS had even one LDS temple. How can you be a *restoration* of traditional Xtianity , when your dead wood POS LDS cult cant even begin to keep up with traditional Xtianity in spreading the message of Christ?

[vintageyellow71]

you guys sure waste your time. The mormon church is the most true thing on earth. We wouldn't be so big and a billion dollar a year income church if the spirit didn't reveal truth to elicit such dedication. You will never come close to success in your efforts to hurt the church. It will never happen.

[FormerFluffBunnie]

@vintageyellow71 Islam is bigger so does that make that religion true?

[YahwehtheLORD]

@vintageyellow71 All you did was address money and so called truth. How can you refute these facts about Mormonism and still be in denial?

[Estaban333]

@vintageyellow71 You may not be as 'big' as you think. It is clear that the numbers are grossly overstated, even one faithful Mormon statistician says that he estimates that there are currently just in excess of 5 million Mormons. In the UK the 'church' must, by law, provide the sums paid in tithing, they indicate that the 'church' is about one third of the size it claims (allowing for child members). It leaves all people on the rolls that have been baptised until age 110 active or not!

[spoojeemobile]

@vintageyellow71 "you guys sure waste your time."

even so we still dont baptize for the dead - an ultimate exercise in IDIOCY/ WASTING TIME "The mormon church is the most true thing on earth."

True to what? corruption? EVIL?

"We wouldn't be so big & a billion dollar a year income church if the spirit didn't reveal truth to elicit such dedication." really? if MORmONISM was really going to fill the earth. LDS should have had their 1st million members in 1847 instead of 1947.

[spoojeemobile]

@vintageyellow71 "We wouldn't be so big & a billion dollar a year income church if the spirit didn't reveal truth to elicit such dedication." really? if MORmONISM was really going to "fill the earth" as per BS LDS *prophecy*. LDS should have had their 1st million members in 1847 instead of 1947. you sure are smug for being LDS - a church that doesnt even amount to a pimple of the rear end of traditional Xitanity, a NON Xtian pimple that is!

[ExGileadMissionary]

1:54 that;s the Mormon temple near where I live, it looks like Mordor from the highway, LOL

[MrZetterlund777]

@ergotrof I have the Holy Spirit in me too, brother. The Spirit of Truth, and I believe in it’s power all the more….

[MrZetterlund777]

@ergotrof Brother, I urge you to not have Roosevelt-reasoning as I see you do. Don’t judge from the Priestly garments as I once did and accuse us of being a ritualistic tribe of Pharisees. I converted because they acknowledge the actual presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:24-27,) they believe in the Priest’s ability to forgive sins (John 20:23,) have no “denominations” and uphold like-minded unity (1 Cor. 1:10,) and have proven to me Christ’s 2,000 year promise in Matt. 16:18.

[MrZetterlund777]

@ergotrof The Greek spelling, "Nerōn Kaisar", transliterates into Aramaic as "נרון קסר", nrwn qsr:

Resh: 200

Samech: 60

Qof: 100

Noon: 50

Vav: 6

Resh: 200

Noon: 50

Total: 666

This is obviously what was intended by St. John. Nero suppressed the early Christians, was worshipped as “god-incarnate” burned Christians in fires, and even martyred the apostles. It is impossible to doubt that this is the anti-Christ St. John was referring to….

[MrZetterlund777]

@ergotrof …Your portrayal of Catholicism is wrong too. The Pope DOESN’T claim to be God, and he sits in the throne of St. Peter, not God’s. And we DO acknowledge Jesus as Christ, as the Apostle’s Creed says, “And in Jesus Christ, His Son, our Lord.” Also, the Church has ALWAYS condemned Masonry. If you believe that 666 is the numeric value of a Pope, then it is in your best interests to display that. However, I can prove easily it’s the numeric value of one man, as its intended, Emperor Nero

[MrZetterlund777]

@ergotrof Brother. I know you may feel “sealed with the Holy Spirit” However, “It is not good to have zeal without wisdom, nor be hasty and miss the way.” (Prov. 19:2.) I have already explained to you that 666 is the numeric value of Caesar Nero, as some Bible commentators point out. It says “Let those with understanding calculate the number of the beast; for it is the number of A person.” 666 IS NOT “the sum of a Vatican Pope.”….

[vodoojeff]

if Mormon temples were made like old time temples, they wouldn’t be very safe in a earthquake. But people speaking in tongs (gibberish) are seen like ok...??? i think a missionary that can learn a languish in months seems like the gift of tangs to me. Anyways, a lot of the old temples were made in the Old Testament, before Jesus was born.

[thetruthisoutnow]

@ergotrof- You are dead and false. You live a lie and nothing you say is the truth. all you are is filled with hate!

[MrZetterlund777]

@ergotrof Your basically fanatically point fingers based off of your own prejudice and self-righteous interpritations that you see fit. Btw, the numeric value of Emperor Nero's name is 666, the same man who caused several fires in the Roman Empire and blamed the Christians for it. The same Emperor considered to be god-incarnate by his subjects, rather than Christ, (hence, "placing himself of God's throne") who also martyred a great sum of the 1st century Christians AND the apostles....

[MrZetterlund777]

@ergotrof There's litteraly no substance whatsoever to your claim. Babylon the Great is the mother, the whole of false religions."The seven heads that give it it's power" are Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome, then one which is to come. This is what he meant by the "seven kings. Five have fallen." Honestely, this is what puzzles me, has the Church EVER been "Drunk with the blood of the Saints"? BY NO MEANS! We honor the Saints and protect even life yet to be born.

[preachinshawn]

Rick has got some great musical skills.

[DancingRabbit52]

For once I agree with every single point (except the last one of course). The only thing the Mormon Temples and the Jewish Temple have in common is that they are all temples, buildings where religious rituals are conducted. The same could be said for Hindu temples or even the temporary temple that modern Pagans build when they cast a circle. If the Mormon temples melt the Mormon's butter, good for them but they are in no way restorations of the biblical Temple.

[MsGingergingercat]

Well, speaking as an outsider here, I'd be more interested in whether or not Mormon temples are close in design to what the plans of modern Zionists are to rebuild on the Mount. Plans are in the works, no?

[Oldf0x]

Excellent vid. Can just hear the mormons now "...but we now have the fullness of the gospel!". *cringe*

[MrZetterlund777]

We ARE the temple. Christ abides in us, and we in Him. We are the Church, the temple of the New Covenant. That is why at the end of His ministry, His death, He said “It is finished!” And the temple curtain ripped from bottom to top, signifying that the New Covenant is open to everyone. Not only that, but God allowed its destruction in 70 AD as prophesied by Jesus due to it’s vain religious and sacrificial worship. Anyways, good video, Shaz. Keep em’ commin! :-)

[MrZetterlund777]

Sorry, my point in going on about this is to shield myself from popular criticisms about sacrifices as I address sacrifices in relation to the Mormon temple.

Anyway, I think your best points would be showing its influences by Masonry; and, of course, why Christianity doesn’t need a temple in the first place.....

[MrZetterlund777]

Also to note, the sacrifices made in the OT were customarily consumed, as were all sacrifices in the ancient world; which is why the Christians were warned “not to eat anything sacrificed to an idol.” If Jesus is the lamb of the New Covenant, then His literal, spiritual presence in the Holy Eucharist makes sense. And I’m not “re-sacrificing” Jesus. I’m taking part in the same sacrifice He’s made 2,000 years ago. The Eucharist spiritually puts me at the feet of Jesus on the cross!

[msm1876]

@MrZetterlund777 Do you realize that the earliest post-apostolic Christians believed the Eucharist to be a sacrifice of thanks and praise, not a propitiatory sacrifice? The concept of it being a propitiatory sacrifice did not come along until later.

[MsGingergingercat]

@msm1876; Citations please, otherwise you're making it up.

[MrZetterlund777]

@msm1876 That most likely isn't true. Sacrifices were cusomarily consumed, by all cultures, in order to partake in the fullness of the sacrifice. I've seen writings up until the 2nd century and, of course, first century if you count 1 Cor. 11:24-33, stating the contrary. Even if it did arise after the "post-apostolic Christian's" traditions, then it must have been VERY recent. Btw, "post-apostolic Christianity" sounds like an oxymoron, since without the apostles, there would be no Christianity.

[msm1876]

@MrZetterlund777 I meant after the apostolic age. And there are quotes from Justin Martyr and Irenaeus stating that the Eucharist was a sacrifice of thanks and praise. I'll do a video about those quotes and send it to you. Quotes are too lengthy to fit here.

[MrZetterlund777]

@msm1876 Uhm... I'm sorry, but that hardly makes sense when you compare the verses I've quoted to John 6:53-58 and the Lord's Supper. You said, "there are quotes from Justin Martyr and Irenaeus stating that the Eucharist was a sacrifice of thanks and praise." Well, yeah. Being a sacrifice of thanksgiving and praise still admitts to it being a sacrifice. The passover was also a sacrifice of thanksgiving and praise for the exhile out of Egypt and freedom given by God.....

[MrZetterlund777]

@msm1876 The Eucharist is the Christian passover. This and many other fundamental aspects of Christianity are why I converted to Catholicism.

[MrZetterlund777]

1 Corinthians 11:28 says, mind you: “Whoever eats and drinks without recognizing (discerning) the body of the Lord drinks judgment (damnation) to himself.” And also, “Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.” (1 Cor. 11:23.) Hmm, sounds pretty sacred....

[MrZetterlund777]

Nice contrasting, Shazoolo. However, displaying the differences between the Mormon temple to the OT temple doesn't necessarily do much justice in discrediting it. If there were a restoration of God's temple, in light of the New Covenant, it would be different so far as sacrifices go. As a Catholic convert, I get bloody criticism from Evangelicals all the time for "re-sacrificing" Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.

[ortafunk]

I want to sink My claws Into the head of them farthead old men and pick them up by the head as their legs kick back and forth and make them confess their secret Is just a deception.

[MsGingergingercat]

@ortafunk; Oooh, just gotta feel that Xtian love burning thru here..... XD

[IWannabeJew]

The answer is "No." I received my endowments in the Provo Temple. This was a strong point made by one of J's Witnesses when I was serving as a Mormon missionary in Salem, Utah. He pointed out the lay-out of the Temple in Jerusalem, which I could see did not resemble that of a Mormon Temple.

[bigkevcxza]

Joseph Smith probably saw Satan himself disguised as an Angel of light,and besides if the Gospel was lost for 2000 years prior to Joseph smith then none of the Diciples would be saved

[MrZetterlund777]

@bigkevcxza Meh, I wouldn't give him that much credit. -_- However, it would be more accurate to say he saw an angel of WHITE, rather than those darn cursed black-skinned folks! -Lol.

[bigkevcxza]

@MrZetterlund777 lol