The Salt Lake City, Utah, Mormon Temple was conceived by Brigham Young (second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) in 1847, just four days after arriving in the Salt Lake valley.
The Salt Lake City, Utah, Mormon Temple was conceived by Brigham Young
(second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) in 1847,
just four days after arriving in the Salt Lake valley.
Construction
began on the granite-sandstone structure in 1853 with about 150 stonecutters,
masons, carpenters, and artisans working on the project at any one time. After
40 years of construction and at a cost of about 4 million dollars, the temple
was dedicated on April 6, 1893.
The architect for the Salt Lake Temple was Truman Angell, construction supervisor
for the Kirtland Temple and Brigham Young's brother-in-law. Upon returning from
a mission trip to study architecture in England, Angell directed the building
of the St. George Temple, Salt Lake Tabernacle, and Logan Temple.
The dimensions of the temple are: 181 feet long, 118 feet wide, 107 feet high.
The east center tower is 210 feet high; the west center tower is 204 feet high.
The exterior walls are 8 feet thick at the base and 6 feet thick at the top.
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A "temple recommend" which is signed
by the candidate's bishop, is required by each participant before entering the
temple or participating in the ceremonies involved. The temple recommend attests
to the candidate's moral living habits, dedication to the church, and tithing
record.
The Mormon Temple is used for a variety of secret and "sacred" ordinances by
those dedicated Mormons who have been found worthy to receive them. Temple "endowments,"
marriages, "sealings," and proxy "baptisms for the dead" are all part of the
temple mystery.
To get an idea of the spiritual significance of the temple ceremonies (and just
which spirits are really involved), one simply needs to look closely at the
exterior temple architecture. The exterior markings include:
(1) Inverted, elongated pentagrams (five-pointed stars) that are identified
in witchcraft as the consummate symbol of Satan.
(2) The complete absence of any traditional Christian symbols (cross,
Chi-Rho, lamb, Ichthus, etc).
(3) The Big Dipper (Ursa Major) constellation symbol is found on the
west tower and was known by the Egyptians as the "Dragon of the Seven Stars."
It was also known in the second and third centuries A. D. as the "Seven-headed
Beast" of Revelation 13:1 - the arch enemy of the church of God!
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(4) Astrological and planetary
stones used as keystones and arranged in patterns similar to the witchcraft
"Tree of Life."
(5) The ultra-evil "Saturn stones" located on the top portions of the tower.
Saturn "...rules the Satanic high priesthood which involves vampirism,
intercourse with the dead, and ultimately, ritual murder. The Saturn currents
in voodoo are among the most debauched and perverted in the world." 3
(6) The "all-seeing" eye of Horus
is located over the window of the east central tower. It is known as the "evil
eye" and is regarded by Satanists as the symbol of Lucifer!
(7) Beehives, handclasps, sunstones, cloudstones, and spires--all of which have
sinister and occultic meanings and history.
Visit the Photo Gallery for a closer look at the Mormon symbols.
References:
(1) Pat Bagley/William W. Slaughter, Church History Time Line, 1996,
pp. 38-39
(2) William J. Schnoebelen/James R. Spencer, Whited Sepulchers, 1990,
pp. 18-19 (from The Magical Revival, Grant, 1970, p. 181)
(3) Ibid., p. 16 (from Monastery of the Seven Rays course material on
the Ghuedeh Nebo currents of Voodoo, Bertiaux, - Cult of the Black Snake,
1971)
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