Journey of the Saints
Nauvoo was originally called?
What is "Commerce, IL"
The year the Nauvoo City Charter was granted.
What is 1840?
What do the red, white, and blue stars symbolize?
Celestial, Terrestrial, Telestial kingdoms
Which ordinance symbolizes cleansing and preparation?
Washing and Anointing
Where and when was baptism for the dead first performed?
Mississippi River, Nauvoo, 1840
The word "Nauvoo" means this.
What is beautiful?
These two organizations were established in Nauvoo.
What is the Relief Society (1842) and the Youth Organization (1843)?
Why are the stars inverted?
Heaven reaching down / Light of Christ descending
What is the purpose of the Endowment?
Receive power, knowledge, and covenants to return to God
More people will be baptized when they are _____ than when they are _____.
Dead / Alive
This event(s) forced the Saints to flee Missouri.
What is the mobs or extermination order?
She was the first Relief Society President.
Who is Emma Smith?
What does the Sun Stone represent?
Celestial glory / Christ as the Light and Life of the world
What is the purpose of the Sealing ordinance?
Bind families together for eternity
How does baptism for the dead show God’s fairness?
Everyone has a chance to accept the gospel
Joseph Smith prophesied that he had this many years left to live after he left the Liberty Jail.
What is 5 years?
What physical transformation did the Saints accomplish in Nauvoo?
Drained swamps and built a thriving temple city
Why do temple symbols ascend vertically from star → moon → sun?
They represent our eternal progression toward God
Who said, “Your endowment is to walk back to the presence of the Father, passing the angels who stand as sentinels”?
Brigham Young
According to Joseph Smith, what constitutes hell?
The torment of disappointment and separation from God
Name one healing miracle Joseph performed in Nauvoo.
What is Elijah Fordham / Henry Sherwood / Wilford Woodruff’s handkerchief story?
How does the transformation of Nauvoo mirror the gospel?
The Lord can turn something barren into something beautiful — He can transform our lives
How does temple cosmology teach about the plan of salvation?
It shows the order of heaven and our relationship to God and His creation
How are temple ordinances like a spider web?
They connect the human family into one eternal network of relationships
What’s the difference between salvation and exaltation?
Salvation = saved from sin and death; Exaltation = eternal life with God as families