First Presidency Message
The Great Symbol of Our Membership
Temples are sacred for the closest communion between the Lord and those receiving the highest and most sacred ordinances of the holy priesthood. It is in the temple that things of the earth are joined with the things of heaven. In a letter written by Paul to the Saints at Ephesus, he made a very significant statement about the day in which we live, that there would be a gathering of all things in Christ that are on earth and in heaven:
“Having made known unto us the mystery of his will …
“That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth”
The doctrine that all creation will ultimately be united in Christ is the major theme of Paul’s epistle. The things of earth will become one with the things of heaven. The great family of God will be united through the saving ordinances of the gospel. Vicarious work for the dead and ordinances for the living are the purposes of temples.
(Eph. 1:9–10). (October Ensign 1994)
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