Temples & Sacred Geometry Part 6: Numbers, Space, and the Presence of God
Let’s take this topic to its most basic level: the practice of paying attention to the ways shape, proportion, number, space, and physical design can communicate spiritual ideas.
Temples & Sacred Geometry Part 5: Shape and Form
We are not merely human beings divided into work, play, and families. What we do in each segment of our lives bleeds into the others to make us whole. When we find balance in Christ Jesus, we truly connect with the Presence of God.
Temples & Sacred Geometry Part 4: Building Zion
And they had all things common among them; therefore, they were not rich and poor, bond and free; but they were all made free and partakers of the heavenly gift. ” –4 Nephi 1:4 [1:3] For many people, the word temple brings to mind sacred architecture, a beautiful building set apart from the ordinary world. Throughout scripture, mountains, sanctuaries, tabernacles, and holy cities have served as places where the Heavens and the earth meet. Yet if the story of the Restoration teaches us anything, it is that God never intended His presence to remain confined within walls of stone. The temple eventually leaves the mountains. The true temple(s) walks into villages, entering homes where it/they sit(s) around dinner tables. Visiting hospitals, it/they embrace(s) the lonely, welcome(s) strangers, and feed(s) the hungry. True temple(s) comfort(s) those who mourn. The true temple(s) is/are not diminished when leaving sacred buildings. Rather, this fulfills its true…
Temples & Sacred Geometry Part 3: Becoming the Living Temple
The purpose of sacred architecture is not merely to build holy buildings, it is to build a holy people.
Temples & Sacred Geometry Part 2: The Restoration as Living Creation
Rather than viewing sacred architecture as static, in Mormon Kabbalah we see every temple as a living lesson. Each one expands our understanding of God’s relationship with humanity.
Temples & Sacred Geometry Part 1: The Pattern of Heaven
Throughout history, people have been drawn to sacred places. Across cultures and civilizations, mountains, temples, circles of stone, gardens, tabernacles, and sanctuaries have been built with remarkable care and intention.
The Book of Remembrance
The Book of Remembrance is a series of dreams, visions, and revelations given through David Ferriman, First Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ in Christian Fellowship.
Revelations on Building a Nondenominational Temple (Video)
This week we take a look at revelations on building a temple for all Latter Day Saints, regardless of church, sect, or denomination.
The Mezuzah and the Klaf
“Hear, O Israel: YHVH our Elohim is one YHVH: And thou shalt love YHVH thy Elohim with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.” -Deuteronomy 6:4–9 KJV (with the names of God)
Many Jews, and now even Christians, will affix a mezuzah to the doorpost of their homes to fulfill the mitzvah to “write the words of God on the gates and doorposts of your house” (Deuteronomy 6:9, & 11:20). Some will put a mezuzah in every doorway in their home, except closets, laundry rooms, and bathrooms, etc. as these are not living spaces. But what is a mezuzah?
Robes of the Priesthood: The Head Covering
The following revelation was given to the prophet David on December 22, 2018 in Miamisburg, Ohio. The Lord reveals details on the temple clothes, specifically the head coverings. We ask members of the Fellowship to read this revelation prayerfully to determine if it should be added to the Fellowship canon in preparation of the vote April 6, 2019.