The Covenant Path
This covenant invites us to align our will with God’s and follow His commandments.
The Law of Obedience
The temple altar reminds of this Old Testament story.
Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac
This is the sacred place where we make covenants with Heavenly Father, serve others through vicarious ordinances, and learn to receive revelation more powerfully.
The Temple
We do proxy baptisms and confirmations for them in the temple.
For those who have died without this opportunity
Through this covenant, we promise to give our time, talents, and everything we are to God’s work.
The Law of Consecration
In the temple, the baptismal font is supported by 12 of these animals, representing the 12 tribes of Israel.
Oxen
This process, focused on personal holiness, includes two interviews—first with a bishop or branch president and then with a stake or mission president—to determine spiritual readiness to enter the house of the Lord.
Temple Recommend Interview
This ordinance is a gift of power and knowledge, i.e., sacred instruction to enable us to return home to live with God.
The Endowment
This covenant calls us to live with moral purity in thought, word, and deed.
The Law of Chastity
The temple grounds are a symbol of this garden.
Garden of Eden
This person said: In some respects, it is easier to build a temple than it is to build a people prepared for a temple. Individual worthiness requires a total conversion of mind and heart to be more like the Lord, to be an honest citizen, to be a better example, and to be a holier person.
Russell M. Nelson
This ordinance consists of washing, anointing, & clothing ceremonies.
Initiatory
This covenant reminds us to have faith in Christ, repent and endure to the end.
The Law of the Gospel
White clothing symbolizes two ideals. Name them both.
1. Cleanliness, Purity, or Worthiness
2. We are all equal in the eyes of God
According to Russell M. Nelson, we have been instructed to build temples for these reasons. Name one.
The blessings of the temple will help to gather Israel on both sides of the veil.
The blessings of the temple help to prepare a people for the Second Coming of the Lord.
This ordinance is where we receive the full blessings of exaltation.
The Sealing
This covenant reminds us to jettison the things that distract us from righteous living.
The Law of Sacrifice
The exterior of the Nauvoo Temple displays these three symbols prominently
Stars, Moons, & Suns
This is the first step in the temple interview process.
Personal Preparation
According to Russell M Nelson, this is the blessing that comes with keeping covenants with God.
Heavenly Power, i.e., God's Power