What Temples Are For

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1. Isaiah 2:2

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   “And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” (Isa.

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2. Doctrine and Covenants 97:13

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   First: Temples are for the living members of the Church.

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3. Doctrine and Covenants 124:39

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   First: Temples are for the living members of the Church.

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4. Doctrine and Covenants 2:3

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   The endowment in the temple is a necessary and sacred blessing as essential for the members of the Church as baptism.

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5. Malachi 4:6

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   Second: Temple work is for the redemption of the dead.

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6. Doctrine and Covenants 124:32

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   Second: Temple work is for the redemption of the dead.

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     Open paragraph (Mal. 4:6)

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     Open paragraph (Mal. 4:6)

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     Open paragraph (r)

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   • Isaiah 2:2

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     Open paragraph (Isa. 2:2)

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   • Malachi 4:6

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     Open paragraph (Mal. 4:6)

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