Excellent material! Thank you so much for teaching us through your videos and talks and podcasts and books to properly understand the endowment. Recently my husband and I were traveling to the Payson Utah temple to participate in the endowment ceremony and take some family names through. As my husband drove I read aloud from your book, The Holy Covenant. We had to pause in the reading from time to time to exclaim and marvel as you explained so beautifully these wonderful concepts about the five covenants we make with God in the temple. As we proceeded through the session I began to understand things I never had before- in almost 57 years of temple attendance. And in the Celestial Room I wept as I thanked Heavenly Father for raising you up and inspiring you to teach these truths. I can’t begin to express my gratitude to you, Brother Sweat, for how you’ve opened mine and my husbands eyes and enabled us to understand so much more fully what it truly means to “come to the temple and receive Christ”, as you stated in one of your podcasts. I also love and am trying to incorporate into my understanding the statement you made, that the purpose of the endowment is “the power and capacity to come into the presence of God and receive a fullness of his blessings.” Thank you again for providing us with such excellent, inspiring materials. I’m glad I lived long enough to gain these new understandings.
Brother Sweat… you are one amazing man… a wonderful and gifted teacher… I have learned SO much from your clear, eloquent presentation of doctrine. I have been brought to tears many times as I have listened and been touched by the Spirit, enabling my testimony to grow. Thank you and may you continue to be blessed.
Thank you so much Bishop Anthony Sweat I learned more from your beautiful teachings. I am a new member of Latter- Day Saints since 2021 February 6 and it was memorable for me my baptism.. at my age 63th God’s calling to me to study the Book of Mormon with young Elder missionaries. And now I went already to the temple this Month of July 22nd 2023.. it was amazing what I experienced in the temple.. the presentation Endowment was so cool, and I felt the presence of Heavenly Father when I enter the temple, and when I wearing the temple garments, and all that I was wearing in the temple I felt I am a clean princess of the daughter of Heavenly Father, and I felt I received the promises of Heavenly Father.. and I promised too to God I will continue to be worthy, and I will continue to study the words of God. Amen.🙏💙
I love how you distingush between the endowment and the presentation of the endowment, and how packages/presentations come in different forms. Learned from you today. Thank you.
Having just been called to teach the Temple Preparation course this video is so instructive and helpful. I LOVED the Parable of the King. You are a gifted teacher; thank you so much for sharing your gifts with us.
Great explanation . I have tried to explain this to ppl who are upset about any changes in the Temple ceremonies. I tell them the covenants we make are the same, the method of teaching can change, just as you change the way you teach your children of different ages and understanding.
The thought that I live on the earth at this time with these blessings is humbling and exhilarating. I’m so thankful for insights like this that help me know how to fulfill my mission here. Thank you Brother Sweat.
This was wonderful! I will be watching this again and again as I seek to absorb these teachings. I love the parable at the end. So well done! Thank you Professor Sweat!
This was so fantastic! Dr. Sweat has such a succinct way of explaining things and a humble spirit about him. I watch everything I can from him. Check out his episodes on Follow Him!
Brother Sweat, thank you for your wonderful way of explaining these sacred topics, especially the difference between the Endowment and the Presentation of the Endowment! It really helped me understand the difference! So thank you! I truly appreciate the simple way explain each subject you address, it helps those of us who need a simple explanation! ❤ Thanks again!
Most EXCELLENT lesson! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge to help bring us closer to Heavenly Father. I've been edified and am anxious to share this with friends and fam. Thank you!!!
Beautiful explanation. Thank you so much. I have a family member who will be going to the temple for the first time soon and I'm going to share your videos with him.
Brother Sweat, As I heard the promises that President Nelson made when he invited us to learn and understand our Temple Covenants, I wandered where to start. This video is a great beginning! It really changed my perspective and prepared me to go back with more knowledge and understanding. I certainly can expect more because now I know more. Thank you so much! Love from Colorado!
So great! Thank you for this presentation. As we better learn of the endowment and the presentation of the endowment the Lord can reveal greater truths to us. Thank you for being an educator!
Another excellent lesson and endowment of knowledge. It is comforting to know that many of the things that I had only intuited in the past are not too far off base, and fairly easy to course correct.
Brilliant!!! Participate I always wondered if Temple ceremonies on other planets would look the same as ours. I believe you're on to something Brother Sweat.
Thank you for taking the time to video. I live in North Carolina and would never have the chance to attend any of your classes. "God bless you and God bless me"
I have had apostate people throw the Masonic connection at me as if it somehow revealed a reason against Josh Smith. I like your explanation. I feel that there might be similar practices that have been passed down from an earlier time when the temple rites were in effect but had evolved in to something they had lost parts of and the meaning. Years ago I was privileged to go in to a Hindu temple and there were similarities to our own temple experience. Truth in its purity has been on the earth previously.
Hinduism stems from the Indus Valley in Northern India. Forensic Anthropologist are finding the people of that valley were most likely European. Many old manuscripts indicate that the descendents of Japheth, son of Noah, inherited the area of Germanic Europe and a group of them eventually went and settled the Indus Valley. They had extremely deep temple truths which were passed on in a form. They lost the Lord as the central figure, the commandments being necessary, and the priesthood. They were very impressive, however, in holding onto many truths.
Loved this lesson! You have such a wonderful way of teaching sacred things. I LOVED the parable! It adds so much to my perspective about the endowment. I pray that you may know how much your lessons are appreciated.
8:08. Alma chapter 13, it is the first chapter where we can find more information about the “ holy order” which many in the church mistakenly call it: Patriarchal order, but which is the holy order or program, that takes men to the highest level of heaven, in other words: The fullness of the Holy Ghost, the fullness of the priesthood.
Here's some real information on The Free Mason,in the south They voted to keep slaves, this was found out by some body who was moving out old books that were hidden! I am going through the books so I can go through the Temple I have done work on my family members and even sent names to different Temples I love our Apostles, Prophets, and everyone who is doing everything they can. I'm looking forward to having, growing up through my endowments So much love God and Jesus Christ has for Us ❤️📖🙏
Thanks for getting so in-depth into the history and how even Freemasonry inspired Joseph smith. Pretty much all Mason site King Solomon is the first Mason, in considering the day they pray to (Jabalon), it makes perfect sense.
Anthony Sweat, I took a religion class from you at BYU. Why are the blood oaths and spilling of bowels no longer in the endowment ceremony? Why are washings and anointings no longer washing, but dabs of water on the head, chest, belly, genitals, yet I remember teaching that the Catholic church had gone astray by changing baptisms to just drops on the forehead. Why has the Temple ordinances changed when they were direct revelation from God's lips to Joseph's ears? Could it be that the endowment was stolen from Masonry to get people to swear blood oaths to keep the secret of polygamy safe? If they reveal the "New and Everlasting Covenant" (polygamy)
Sorry, hit enter. But they would be Blood Atoned. Basically, this is all part of the secrecy of Polygamy that Joesph practiced privately, denounced publicly, and destroyed a printing press for printing the truth. The Temple is nothing sacred, it is a remnant of a secret sex cult.
@mateomartinez8641 not a conspiracy theory. Look at the Gospel Topics Essays. The church admits this stuff (though heavily spun, and still being deceitful), but what they do admit is stuff I was told was anti-mormon growing up...
This covenant, often referred to by the Lord as the “new and everlasting covenant,” encompasses the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, including all ordinances and covenants necessary for the salvation of mankind. D&C 66:2
@Amulekpy read all of D&C 132. Not just the parts from the lesson. It is pretty clear the "New and Everlasting Covenant " refers to polygamy, not eternal marriage. Answer me this: what claims of the Navoo Expositor were lies, knowing what the church has admitted to in the GTE's? So was that a lie, or was Joe lying?
Loved this video! It helped me understand so much more about the temple endowment and appreciate it so much more! The only suggestion I will make is please remove the ads during the video. It totally removes the spirit and is a huge distraction.
Could it be that these things of the temple today are the same as Solomons temple because they are both temples of god. Also the mason's got their symbols and things from Solomons temple and used them with what they either wanted or believed what they ment. Both the jews and the modern day church of Jesus Christ of ladder day saints got them from god.
The Tabernacle and the Temples were aligned east to west, with entrance via the east, bowing to the west. Are the Temples built by the Church so constructed?
With the exception of the Nauvoo temple, the statue of the angel Moroni always points east. The statue on the Nauvoo temple points westward to honor the pioneers’ trek toward the Salt Lake Valley. I assume that the entrance doors are on the east side of every temple (with the exception of the Nauvoo Temple, of course) but I don’t know if that is the case.
What I have come to understand since so was young is that much of what the Masonry had came from Templar Knights who had learned, recorded and taken many ordinances from temple script in Jerusalem. Templar break offs established Masonry, this was typically an organization for self correction and navigating life towards a higher way, that these men were guided by God and establishment of a society that can meet God when He returns. This is actually a pattern in my opinion, where even with Moses, it was supposed that Moses stole the organization of the tabernacle from a combination of ancient Egyptian temple performances and military camp organization. Much of what the Egyptians had early on is like a counterfeit temple experience that resembles a pre-flood apostate temple experience, uniquely I personally feel like the true original order is close to what we have now, and in the millennial reign it may be more like it was in its true nature before long the flood. But that’s my opinion, it seems like the presentation shows a personal correspondence as well as a total human history correspondence. We can see in the presentation to what era of mankind is being described and where we are now. After this October 2022 General Conference, I took what names I had and went to the temple and for the first time in a very long time, I felt like I was better understanding the prophet because of the temple ordinances and the presentation.
Brothers and sisters, if you didn’t know, the 90% of the information of the church is in English, so if you are here, please don’t take this information for granted.
I'll have to watch this a few more times, as I have enjoyed doing with most of your "The Unfolding Restoration" videos. Thanks so much. . . question: You dressed in your class A's for this one. Is that homage to your subject? Anyway, thanks again.
Decently presented the ideas and influence of Freemasonry. Incomplete and some things not correct, but good presentation. A book that helped me see more on it is Bruno, Swick, Literski, "Method Infinite."
As a fifth degree Master Mason and Temple attending Mormon, and student of Jewish and Early Christian Rites, I can say there is no masonic influence for the core of th LDS Temple Endowment. Masons use bits and pieces of ancient rites, but the purpose of Endowment is not there. So should we ask WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE ENDOWMENT? Sadly most people do not know! IF YOU KNEW YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THE RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE LATTER DAYS.
@@henochparks Buddy. There is no 5th Degree Master Mason lol… there is Degrees 1-3 of The Blue Lodge and then you can join appendant bodies like the York Rite, Scottish Rite or the Shrine. Which are additional Degrees designed to further one’s Masonic education. Are you a virtual Past Master in the York Rite (capitular degrees) or a Perfect Master in the Scottish Rite (Lodge of Perfection)? I ask because there is no “5th Degree Master Mason” and if you were given such a degree you were taking part in a clandestine lodge.
Also, I’m not saying that to bash LDS at all because I have been attending church with them for almost 2 months and have read The Book of Mormon and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have nothing against LDS I think the Church is great and I’ve met some great people and it’s really helped my life. I was strictly commenting about the 5th Degree thing; was not commenting to discredit anything you said regarding the Church as I am still new to everything. But I have been a Mason since 2014 and was Raised in September of that year. Went through the Scottish Rite the following year and received my 32nd Degree in the Valley of Baltimore, Orient of Maryland under the Consistory and proper authority thereof. If I came off brash it was not intended.
This is SO MUCH better than Taylor and Tyler. Keep it up Anthony, I love your "to the point" style, whithout mudding doctrine and events with your personal opinions
Great insights Anthony! I've come to learn that the TEMPLe is really just a TEMPLate teaching us how each of us individually can ascend and come to enter the Lord's presence while in the flesh. That said, I have always had a hard time reconciling Matthew 5:34-37 with the oaths and swearing that have been and are part of the endowment. Any thoughts?
"Perform unto the Lord thine oaths" Matt. 5:33. Swearing an oath is a legal and binding contract. It is sacred and should not be used unwisely or profanely. It is against the commandments to use the Lord's name in vain but that doesn't mean there isn't a correct way to use His sacred and powerful name.
@@joybischoff9558 Isn't the verse 33 "perform unto the Lord thine oaths" you reference equated to verses 21 (don't kill), 27 (don't commit adultery), 31 (put away wife), 38 (eye for an eye), and lastly 43 (hate your enemies)? True that penalties associated with temple oaths have been removed from the presentation of the endowment, but I have often wondered why it is that we still swear and make oaths before God/Heaven many times throughout, all associated with the revealing of certain tokens. My reading of the Book of Mormon seems to paint the making of oaths before a Higher power in a negative light (i.e. Alma 49:27; Helaman 1:11; Mormon 3:9-10; Ether 8:13-14) - nevermind Jesus' direct injunction to "swear not at all, neither by heaven...nor by the earth...neither...by thy head", repeated in 3 Nephi 12:34-36.
@@petertaylorpedro, Okay, here we go. 😁 Alma 49, almost everything has a counterfeit. We know the devil had the black priesthood emblems. He has a counterfeit set of oaths that groups like the Gadianton Robbers used to seal themselves to the devil in his kingdom. These are opposite to oaths we make in the temple. At the time of Noah, according to my research and Nibley's writings, these oaths were being used to corrupt society, paving the way for the flood. Oops, I have to run to take care of something, ... Second comment coming.
@@petertaylorpedro (2) The next two verses are exactly the same... Counterfeit priesthood with it's evil oaths. Kishkumin was especially nasty. I've spent my life researching ancient cultures and mythologies and I have a massive amount of info showing how all cultures have pieces of the truth, some have many pieces. The restoration of the gospel brings all those pieces together. John, Elijah and Elias brought the keys to Joseph in the Kirkland temple. Those keys are all about covenants. This concept has always been understood, that there are oaths instigated by God that bind us to Him and as families, clans, kingdoms, etc. Through time, each culture would first lose it's belief in keeping God's commandments. Then, through unrighteous living, they would lose the priesthood (read D&C 121). Finally, they would reject God as the center that holds all things together (through sacred, binding oaths). Sometimes they retain a belief in God but corrupted that belief into a false god, thus, six major apostasies and other minor ones resulted. This last dispensation will not devolve into a complete apostasy although we are now rapidly losing those in step one above: they no longer believe the commandments are of God. Now, with the sealing power, the two-edged sword spoken of often in scripture, is able to cut us free from the yoke of the devil who has usurped the power over the earth for a time. As a result of the Fall, we have crucial lessons to learn as we decide to either follow good or evil with their accompanying promises. This is specifically done through keeping covenants, which are oaths (D&C 84, The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood). Through the keeping these oaths, the devil's yoke is replaced by a protective yoke which Jesus asked us to take upon us because His yoke is easy and His burden is light. And through that means, He opens the windows of heaven and showers the sweet and refreshing waters of life upon us so we know where peace and hope come from. We can have that now during this upheaval by living the basic principles of the gospel, searching scripture and praying every day with true faith. That seed will grow and the fruit will be delicious to us.
@@joybischoff9558 Yeah, I totally agree with you how the adversary counterfeits everything that is of God. I also understand God works with his people through covenants that He establishes with them, not the other way around (we don't establish the covenant, we simply abide the terms or not). But if you could please show me the opposites of Alma 49:27; Helaman 1:11; Mormon 3:9-10; Ether 8:13-14 (specifically in scripture where God sanctions/approves of an individual in their swearing/taking and oath/promising with an oath BEFORE heaving and or earth), that would be greatly appreciated.
The covenants are unchanged. The method of teaching the covenants has been adapted to facilitate learning . Some parts of the ceremony are symbols of the covenants, not the covenants themselves.
Lucifer says to Peter, I am teaching the philosophy of mingled with scripture. We have the philosophies of men the masons and the word of God the endowment
Joseph Smith was inducted as a Freemason on 15 March 1842 and raised to Master Mason. This shouldn’t cause doubt in anyone. He truly was the Prophet of the Restoration.
“Line upon line” when it comes to the Endowment seems more like “making it up as you go along”, since it has changed many times over the years. Why would God “restore” things that later get removed or changed?
Endowment hasn’t changed. Presentation yes, length yes, but the covenants haven’t changed. Stop talking to antimormon people who are grossly misinformed.
💯percent adoption theory. The signs, tokens, handshakes and the Five Points of Fellowship that used to be in the ceremony are all the same as the Masonic ceremony which has origins in the 14th century England and Scotland. Easy to see the six week connection after Joseph became a Master Mason. It’s the most changed doctrinal revelation in the church!
The Masonic ceremony is way older than the 14th century, but that being said, JS received the Endowment threw revelation not receiving it from the Masons. How long do you think it takes the average Mason to become a Master Mason, 6 Wks? My father is a Mason and it took him yrs not weeks. And he is still not a Master Mason. There is a lot more to the story you have no Idea about.
When I attended the temple, pre 1990, I always felt ...just wrong?... when I had to enact those death penalties by slitting my throat and bowels. Don't care if they were meant realistically or metaphorically, it was just creepy and awkward. I would look at the faces of other people in the room at that moment and just kind of felt like we were all drinking the Kool aid. There was no way that came from God.
In the Hebrew Temple if you were not worthy, or revealed the secrets of the Yom Kippur Rites, do you know what the penalty is? It makes the LDS penalties seem mild. Do not mock God!
The claim, originally, is that the temple endowment is of ancient origins, even since Adam, then from Salomon to masonic rituals. JS, rescued these ceremonies vital for the salvation of the faithful, he restored the true way to administer the key points of the endowment. Well, no one among lds apologist today will say that this is true. In fact these lds temple ceremonies are just faithful copy of masonry, and are definitely not ancient. This will only mean JS only took them from the masons, period. Nit given by revelation from god.
We share a number of components with the masonic ritual, which is largely coincidental. There are key aspects of our ceremony which we don't share with masonry, but is expounded in great detail in early Christian writing. So the significant doctrines unique to our theology were understood and taught prior to the creeds. You're wrong.
@@fightswordradio3735 show your sources. Let me enlighten myself. “...which are merely coincidental..” prove it! Members of this group of people are used to be fed words from the up echelon and they are taken as “the word of god.” No other thing is required, but believe. So, these people have become numb to questioning their leaders, they left reason and common sense tight up at the gate of knowledge, asking questions “is of the devil.” Give me your sources where it states that these temple ceremonies have been in used before the creeds. See, i don’t go by what am told, i prove all things, i get to the bottom of every issue at hand. The lds temple ceremonies have been taken by JS from masonry. They are not of ancient origen and in the beginning as acted out in the first lds temple of Kirkland, Ohio, word by word was taken from masonic rituals. I can prove it!!
I think it is interesting to look at most all religions and see overlap or similar beliefs, ideals and symbolism. It would not be hard to believe that the Masonic has a lot of similarities. The bottom line for me is: Is Joseph Smith truly a Prophet called of God and did he translate the Book of Mormon? If this is true--what else matters. If it is not true--then who cares.
@@jeanniejohnson5492 bad news for you. It’s conclusively proven JS book is a 19th century book of fiction pulled out straight from his environment. He is Nephi, he is Mormon, whom at a tender age was confided some hidden records. Lehi’s dream is actually the dream of J S senior and so on and on. Come on man!! Wake up!!!!
If all this glories and opportunities to inherit the highest glories of GOD have been there for years why were other races excluded?I believe even if those races were unknown or from very far worlds for Americans and founders like Joseph Smith not to have known about their existence the revelations from GOD would have made it possible to reach out to them!I am deeply disturbed by the fact that you mention couple times 'FOR EVERYONE TO APPRECIATE THE BEGINNING OF MEN'S EXISTENCE ON EARTH,TO INHERIT THE KINDOM OF GOD but no mention of something like 'but those races who werent allowed at that time'GOD had a plan for them!The moment you mentioned your PHD i reflected to what you said when you started emphasising freemansonian decency and good attributes Joseph Smith copied from them and to justify why those who dont understand this misconstrued relationship between the sacred parts of the church and those of secret organisations like Freemansons that the main aim was to find a way to defend what the church denied for so many years!Good luck!Keep this in your heart and maybe find out why GOD said'we will be saved not by deeds but by Grace!There is no single church in the world that should give itself a title of'the only true church of GOD no matter how they feel good about it,no matter how right it feels,even if indeed the true church of GOD does exists because if a church says that to people its already a deception!You mentioned it very clear Joseph Smith was a member of Freemanson-a secret organisation meant only for those famous people you proudly mentioned and thats not at all a sacred organisation.Thank you for your time.
There is no other church that offers the blessings of exaltation to all of God's children of any race. This is even extended to people of all races who lived on earth at any time.
The issue that bugs me with changes in the temple endowment is like when Mormons say it’s less sexist today. It’s like maybe but that same god that’s less sexist today had it worded differently in the past. And endowments took much longer in the past. It’s like without reading the script for the early or previous versions how can you ever learn about them? You can’t do an intellectual comparison.
Yess i totally understand you and this is a very important question. Honestly alot of things in the history of the church just has to do with the culture of the time, I wish so much that prophets and people were not affected by the world but that's exactly what happened with blacks and the priesthood. God is working with imperfect people that come to things with their own biases occasionally. So I am so so glad that the church is all about modern revelation and changing policies when we realize that we were just being ignorant!
Excellent material! Thank you so much for teaching us through your videos and talks and podcasts and books to properly understand the endowment. Recently my husband and I were traveling to the Payson Utah temple to participate in the endowment ceremony and take some family names through. As my husband drove I read aloud from your book, The Holy Covenant. We had to pause in the reading from time to time to exclaim and marvel as you explained so beautifully these wonderful concepts about the five covenants we make with God in the temple. As we proceeded through the session I began to understand things I never had before- in almost 57 years of temple attendance. And in the Celestial Room I wept as I thanked Heavenly Father for raising you up and inspiring you to teach these truths. I can’t begin to express my gratitude to you, Brother Sweat, for how you’ve opened mine and my husbands eyes and enabled us to understand so much more fully what it truly means to “come to the temple and receive Christ”, as you stated in one of your podcasts. I also love and am trying to incorporate into my understanding the statement you made, that the purpose of the endowment is “the power and capacity to come into the presence of God and receive a fullness of his blessings.” Thank you again for providing us with such excellent, inspiring materials. I’m glad I lived long enough to gain these new understandings.
This video is so awesome. The clarity of the teaching and the various examples are super helpful. Thank you!
Brother... you're so amazing the way you explain ...you explained very well.... wow ! i love it!
Brother Sweat… you are one amazing man… a wonderful and gifted teacher… I have learned SO much from your clear, eloquent presentation of doctrine. I have been brought to tears many times as I have listened and been touched by the Spirit, enabling my testimony to grow. Thank you and may you continue to be blessed.
Thank you so much Bishop Anthony Sweat I learned more from your beautiful teachings. I am a new member of Latter- Day Saints since 2021 February 6 and it was memorable for me my baptism.. at my age 63th God’s calling to me to study the Book of Mormon with young Elder missionaries. And now I went already to the temple this Month of July 22nd 2023.. it was amazing what I experienced in the temple.. the presentation Endowment was so cool, and I felt the presence of Heavenly Father when I enter the temple, and when I wearing the temple garments, and all that I was wearing in the temple I felt I am a clean princess of the daughter of Heavenly Father, and I felt I received the promises of Heavenly Father.. and I promised too to God I will continue to be worthy, and I will continue to study the words of God. Amen.🙏💙
I love how you distingush between the endowment and the presentation of the endowment, and how packages/presentations come in different forms. Learned from you today. Thank you.
Having just been called to teach the Temple Preparation course this video is so instructive and helpful. I LOVED the Parable of the King. You are a gifted teacher; thank you so much for sharing your gifts with us.
To me, the Parable of the King reminded me of Esther in the O.T. Great Parable!!
Great explanation . I have tried to explain this to ppl who are upset about any changes in the Temple ceremonies. I tell them the covenants we make are the same, the method of teaching can change, just as you change the way you teach your children of different ages and understanding.
Well this was so good! I’ve listened 4 times now. ❤️
So glad you're doing this! Thank you.
Thank you Bro Sweat. I learn new things from each of your videos.
The thought that I live on the earth at this time with these blessings is humbling and exhilarating. I’m so thankful for insights like this that help me know how to fulfill my mission here. Thank you Brother Sweat.
Loved this video! And loved the parable at the end
I worked for Seminary’s and Institutes for 30 years. This is the best presentation on this topic I have ever seen! Well done!
Thank you for the kind words, Scott!
This was wonderful! I will be watching this again and again as I seek to absorb these teachings. I love the parable at the end. So well done! Thank you Professor Sweat!
This was so fantastic! Dr. Sweat has such a succinct way of explaining things and a humble spirit about him. I watch everything I can from him. Check out his episodes on Follow Him!
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Brother Sweat, thank you for your wonderful way of explaining these sacred topics, especially the difference between the Endowment and the Presentation of the Endowment! It really helped me understand the difference! So thank you! I truly appreciate the simple way explain each subject you address, it helps those of us who need a simple explanation! ❤ Thanks again!
Most EXCELLENT lesson! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge to help bring us closer to Heavenly Father. I've been edified and am anxious to share this with friends and fam. Thank you!!!
Beautiful explanation. Thank you so much. I have a family member who will be going to the temple for the first time soon and I'm going to share your videos with him.
Brother Sweat, As I heard the promises that President Nelson made when he invited us to learn and understand our Temple Covenants, I wandered where to start. This video is a great beginning! It really changed my perspective and prepared me to go back with more knowledge and understanding. I certainly can expect more because now I know more. Thank you so much! Love from Colorado!
We are so grateful you found help and guidance from the video Deisy! Thank you for being with us!
Well done. Really helped me understand the endowment.
Thank you so much for these words of instruction about the endowment. I felt the Spirit witness the truth of your words.
You have hit the nail on the head we should be more informed about the temple
So great! Thank you for this presentation. As we better learn of the endowment and the presentation of the endowment the Lord can reveal greater truths to us. Thank you for being an educator!
Another excellent lesson and endowment of knowledge. It is comforting to know that many of the things that I had only intuited in the past are not too far off base, and fairly easy to course correct.
I wish I had this video before I went to the temple. I had to go cold turkey with no temple prep class.
These presentations are amazing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and testimony!
Wonderful. Thank you for helping us understand the presentation
My 3rd great grandfather is Shadrach Roundy! He was an amazing man.
Brilliant!!! Participate I always wondered if Temple ceremonies on other planets would look the same as ours. I believe you're on to something Brother Sweat.
Wonderful insights!
Thank you so much.
May God bless you brother
Thank you for taking the time to video. I live in North Carolina and would never have the chance to attend any of your classes. "God bless you and God bless me"
8:08. You become part of the Family of God. That’s the “key word”for all those who want to learn that “ mystery”
I have had apostate people throw the Masonic connection at me as if it somehow revealed a reason against Josh Smith. I like your explanation. I feel that there might be similar practices that have been passed down from an earlier time when the temple rites were in effect but had evolved in to something they had lost parts of and the meaning. Years ago I was privileged to go in to a Hindu temple and there were similarities to our own temple experience. Truth in its purity has been on the earth previously.
Truth. I've been into many temples and we have similarities. Ancient truths tho
Hinduism stems from the Indus Valley in Northern India. Forensic Anthropologist are finding the people of that valley were most likely European. Many old manuscripts indicate that the descendents of Japheth, son of Noah, inherited the area of Germanic Europe and a group of them eventually went and settled the Indus Valley. They had extremely deep temple truths which were passed on in a form. They lost the Lord as the central figure, the commandments being necessary, and the priesthood. They were very impressive, however, in holding onto many truths.
Loved this lesson! You have such a wonderful way of teaching sacred things. I LOVED the parable! It adds so much to my perspective about the endowment. I pray that you may know how much your lessons are appreciated.
Thank you for sharing this
Beautifully presented, thank you ❤️
8:08. Alma chapter 13, it is the first chapter where we can find more information about the “ holy order” which many in the church mistakenly call it: Patriarchal order, but which is the holy order or program, that takes men to the highest level of heaven, in other words: The fullness of the Holy Ghost, the fullness of the priesthood.
Your Grandfather Leo L Sweat and Grandmother Rose Jolley Sweat Randquist were close to my heart and life.
Here's some real information on The Free Mason,in the south
They voted to keep slaves, this was found out by some body who was moving out old books that were hidden!
I am going through the books so I can go through the Temple
I have done work on my family members and even sent names to different Temples
I love our Apostles, Prophets, and everyone who is doing everything they can.
I'm looking forward to having, growing up through my endowments
So much love God and Jesus Christ has for Us ❤️📖🙏
Thank you so much for this wonderful lesson! ❤🇨🇦
Thanks for getting so in-depth into the history and how even Freemasonry inspired Joseph smith.
Pretty much all Mason site King Solomon is the first Mason, in considering the day they pray to (Jabalon), it makes perfect sense.
Idk where you got that we pray to some Jabloan character. I'm a Master Mason with a UGLE official lodge, we absolutely do not pray to whoever that is.
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. 🙏🏼
Anthony Sweat, I took a religion class from you at BYU. Why are the blood oaths and spilling of bowels no longer in the endowment ceremony? Why are washings and anointings no longer washing, but dabs of water on the head, chest, belly, genitals, yet I remember teaching that the Catholic church had gone astray by changing baptisms to just drops on the forehead. Why has the Temple ordinances changed when they were direct revelation from God's lips to Joseph's ears? Could it be that the endowment was stolen from Masonry to get people to swear blood oaths to keep the secret of polygamy safe? If they reveal the "New and Everlasting Covenant" (polygamy)
Sorry, hit enter. But they would be Blood Atoned. Basically, this is all part of the secrecy of Polygamy that Joesph practiced privately, denounced publicly, and destroyed a printing press for printing the truth. The Temple is nothing sacred, it is a remnant of a secret sex cult.
@@SloanTSmart thank you for sharing your conspiracy theory
@mateomartinez8641 not a conspiracy theory. Look at the Gospel Topics Essays. The church admits this stuff (though heavily spun, and still being deceitful), but what they do admit is stuff I was told was anti-mormon growing up...
This covenant, often referred to by the Lord as the “new and everlasting covenant,” encompasses the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, including all ordinances and covenants necessary for the salvation of mankind. D&C 66:2
@Amulekpy read all of D&C 132. Not just the parts from the lesson. It is pretty clear the "New and Everlasting Covenant " refers to polygamy, not eternal marriage. Answer me this: what claims of the Navoo Expositor were lies, knowing what the church has admitted to in the GTE's? So was that a lie, or was Joe lying?
Loved this video! It helped me understand so much more about the temple endowment and appreciate it so much more! The only suggestion I will make is please remove the ads during the video. It totally removes the spirit and is a huge distraction.
FYI-UA-cam sometimes put ads even though publishers did not schedule them or even want them.
You can buy a premium membership for utube for $10 a month and never see another commercial. I really like it.
I just watched it -- no adds.
Unless you pay for a subscription, you will see ads. This has nothing to do with Brother Sweat or Book of Mormon Central.
Thank you for the enlightenment.
Could it be that these things of the temple today are the same as Solomons temple because they are both temples of god. Also the mason's got their symbols and things from Solomons temple and used them with what they either wanted or believed what they ment. Both the jews and the modern day church of Jesus Christ of ladder day saints got them from god.
The Tabernacle and the Temples were aligned east to west, with entrance via the east, bowing to the west. Are the Temples built by the Church so constructed?
With the exception of the Nauvoo temple, the statue of the angel Moroni always points east. The statue on the Nauvoo temple points westward to honor the pioneers’ trek toward the Salt Lake Valley. I assume that the entrance doors are on the east side of every temple (with the exception of the Nauvoo Temple, of course) but I don’t know if that is the case.
Very enlightening presentation.
What I have come to understand since so was young is that much of what the Masonry had came from Templar Knights who had learned, recorded and taken many ordinances from temple script in Jerusalem. Templar break offs established Masonry, this was typically an organization for self correction and navigating life towards a higher way, that these men were guided by God and establishment of a society that can meet God when He returns.
This is actually a pattern in my opinion, where even with Moses, it was supposed that Moses stole the organization of the tabernacle from a combination of ancient Egyptian temple performances and military camp organization. Much of what the Egyptians had early on is like a counterfeit temple experience that resembles a pre-flood apostate temple experience, uniquely I personally feel like the true original order is close to what we have now, and in the millennial reign it may be more like it was in its true nature before long the flood.
But that’s my opinion, it seems like the presentation shows a personal correspondence as well as a total human history correspondence. We can see in the presentation to what era of mankind is being described and where we are now. After this October 2022 General Conference, I took what names I had and went to the temple and for the first time in a very long time, I felt like I was better understanding the prophet because of the temple ordinances and the presentation.
Brothers and sisters, if you didn’t know, the 90% of the information of the church is in English, so if you are here, please don’t take this information for granted.
I'll have to watch this a few more times, as I have enjoyed doing with most of your "The Unfolding Restoration" videos. Thanks so much. . . question: You dressed in your class A's for this one. Is that homage to your subject? Anyway, thanks again.
Decently presented the ideas and influence of Freemasonry. Incomplete and some things not correct, but good presentation. A book that helped me see more on it is Bruno, Swick, Literski, "Method Infinite."
As a fifth degree Master Mason and Temple attending Mormon, and student of Jewish and Early Christian Rites, I can say there is no masonic influence for the core of th LDS Temple Endowment. Masons use bits and pieces of ancient rites, but the purpose of Endowment is not there. So should we ask WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE ENDOWMENT? Sadly most people do not know! IF YOU KNEW YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THE RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE LATTER DAYS.
@@henochparks Buddy. There is no 5th Degree Master Mason lol… there is Degrees 1-3 of The Blue Lodge and then you can join appendant bodies like the York Rite, Scottish Rite or the Shrine. Which are additional Degrees designed to further one’s Masonic education. Are you a virtual Past Master in the York Rite (capitular degrees) or a Perfect Master in the Scottish Rite (Lodge of Perfection)? I ask because there is no “5th Degree Master Mason” and if you were given such a degree you were taking part in a clandestine lodge.
Also, I’m not saying that to bash LDS at all because I have been attending church with them for almost 2 months and have read The Book of Mormon and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have nothing against LDS I think the Church is great and I’ve met some great people and it’s really helped my life. I was strictly commenting about the 5th Degree thing; was not commenting to discredit anything you said regarding the Church as I am still new to everything. But I have been a Mason since 2014 and was Raised in September of that year. Went through the Scottish Rite the following year and received my 32nd Degree in the Valley of Baltimore, Orient of Maryland under the Consistory and proper authority thereof. If I came off brash it was not intended.
This is SO MUCH better than Taylor and Tyler. Keep it up Anthony, I love your "to the point" style, whithout mudding doctrine and events with your personal opinions
I love Taylor and Tyler’s podcast too!
Excellent! Thank you!
Loved this thank you!
Very well Presented!
Please peovide evidence that prophets and kings were allowed to enter the Temple; ::ONLY priests were allowed to enter the Temple.
We're related, Shadrach Roundy is also my 3rd great grandfather but I'm related through Lorenzob
Great insights Anthony! I've come to learn that the TEMPLe is really just a TEMPLate teaching us how each of us individually can ascend and come to enter the Lord's presence while in the flesh.
That said, I have always had a hard time reconciling Matthew 5:34-37 with the oaths and swearing that have been and are part of the endowment. Any thoughts?
"Perform unto the Lord thine oaths" Matt. 5:33. Swearing an oath is a legal and binding contract. It is sacred and should not be used unwisely or profanely. It is against the commandments to use the Lord's name in vain but that doesn't mean there isn't a correct way to use His sacred and powerful name.
@@joybischoff9558 Isn't the verse 33 "perform unto the Lord thine oaths" you reference equated to verses 21 (don't kill), 27 (don't commit adultery), 31 (put away wife), 38 (eye for an eye), and lastly 43 (hate your enemies)?
True that penalties associated with temple oaths have been removed from the presentation of the endowment, but I have often wondered why it is that we still swear and make oaths before God/Heaven many times throughout, all associated with the revealing of certain tokens. My reading of the Book of Mormon seems to paint the making of oaths before a Higher power in a negative light (i.e. Alma 49:27; Helaman 1:11; Mormon 3:9-10; Ether 8:13-14) - nevermind Jesus' direct injunction to "swear not at all, neither by heaven...nor by the earth...neither...by thy head", repeated in 3 Nephi 12:34-36.
@@petertaylorpedro, Okay, here we go. 😁 Alma 49, almost everything has a counterfeit. We know the devil had the black priesthood emblems. He has a counterfeit set of oaths that groups like the Gadianton Robbers used to seal themselves to the devil in his kingdom. These are opposite to oaths we make in the temple. At the time of Noah, according to my research and Nibley's writings, these oaths were being used to corrupt society, paving the way for the flood.
Oops, I have to run to take care of something, ... Second comment coming.
@@petertaylorpedro (2) The next two verses are exactly the same... Counterfeit priesthood with it's evil oaths. Kishkumin was especially nasty.
I've spent my life researching ancient cultures and mythologies and I have a massive amount of info showing how all cultures have pieces of the truth, some have many pieces. The restoration of the gospel brings all those pieces together. John, Elijah and Elias brought the keys to Joseph in the Kirkland temple. Those keys are all about covenants. This concept has always been understood, that there are oaths instigated by God that bind us to Him and as families, clans, kingdoms, etc. Through time, each culture would first lose it's belief in keeping God's commandments. Then, through unrighteous living, they would lose the priesthood (read D&C 121). Finally, they would reject God as the center that holds all things together (through sacred, binding oaths). Sometimes they retain a belief in God but corrupted that belief into a false god, thus, six major apostasies and other minor ones resulted.
This last dispensation will not devolve into a complete apostasy although we are now rapidly losing those in step one above: they no longer believe the commandments are of God. Now, with the sealing power, the two-edged sword spoken of often in scripture, is able to cut us free from the yoke of the devil who has usurped the power over the earth for a time. As a result of the Fall, we have crucial lessons to learn as we decide to either follow good or evil with their accompanying promises. This is specifically done through keeping covenants, which are oaths (D&C 84, The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood). Through the keeping these oaths, the devil's yoke is replaced by a protective yoke which Jesus asked us to take upon us because His yoke is easy and His burden is light. And through that means, He opens the windows of heaven and showers the sweet and refreshing waters of life upon us so we know where peace and hope come from. We can have that now during this upheaval by living the basic principles of the gospel, searching scripture and praying every day with true faith. That seed will grow and the fruit will be delicious to us.
@@joybischoff9558 Yeah, I totally agree with you how the adversary counterfeits everything that is of God. I also understand God works with his people through covenants that He establishes with them, not the other way around (we don't establish the covenant, we simply abide the terms or not). But if you could please show me the opposites of Alma 49:27; Helaman 1:11; Mormon 3:9-10; Ether 8:13-14 (specifically in scripture where God sanctions/approves of an individual in their swearing/taking and oath/promising with an oath BEFORE heaving and or earth), that would be greatly appreciated.
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What great insight!
Why would changes need to made to the ceremonies that delete certain elements and aspects of covenants?
The covenants are unchanged. The method of teaching the covenants has been adapted to facilitate learning . Some parts of the ceremony are symbols of the covenants, not the covenants themselves.
Some incredible insight here.
I really enjoyed this. Can you tell me where, "The Parable of Presentation of The King" is found?
I am wondering the same thing.
Brother Sweat includes a version of this parable in his book "The Holy Invitation"
Can we get a copy of that parable with illustrations somewhere?
Brother Sweat includes a version of this parable in his book "The Holy Invitation". It is not illustrated, however.
such a good talk
Lucifer says to Peter, I am teaching the philosophy of mingled with scripture. We have the philosophies of men the masons and the word of God the endowment
Just saw the 2023 version on priesthood dispatches.
Freemasonry began at Kilwinning, Scotland. Introduced by Knights Templar : Mother Kilwinning #0 is known the World over as the Premier Masonic Lodge
I would qualify as ¨Historic Explanation¨ ..!
Joseph Smith was inducted as a Freemason on 15 March 1842 and raised to Master Mason. This shouldn’t cause doubt in anyone. He truly was the Prophet of the Restoration.
Excellent!!
Nine men were endowed by Joseph Smith, why have you only mentioned seven?
You're free to post those names if it's bothering you
“Line upon line” when it comes to the Endowment seems more like “making it up as you go along”, since it has changed many times over the years. Why would God “restore” things that later get removed or changed?
Endowment hasn’t changed. Presentation yes, length yes, but the covenants haven’t changed. Stop talking to antimormon people who are grossly misinformed.
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💯percent adoption theory. The signs, tokens, handshakes and the Five Points of Fellowship that used to be in the ceremony are all the same as the Masonic ceremony which has origins in the 14th century England and Scotland. Easy to see the six week connection after Joseph became a Master Mason. It’s the most changed doctrinal revelation in the church!
The procedure may change but I have not seen where the doctrine of the endowment has changed.
The Masonic ceremony is way older than the 14th century, but that being said, JS received the Endowment threw revelation not receiving it from the Masons. How long do you think it takes the average Mason to become a Master Mason, 6 Wks? My father is a Mason and it took him yrs not weeks. And he is still not a Master Mason. There is a lot more to the story you have no Idea about.
When I attended the temple, pre 1990, I always felt ...just wrong?... when I had to enact those death penalties by slitting my throat and bowels. Don't care if they were meant realistically or metaphorically, it was just creepy and awkward. I would look at the faces of other people in the room at that moment and just kind of felt like we were all drinking the Kool aid. There was no way that came from God.
In the Hebrew Temple if you were not worthy, or revealed the secrets of the Yom Kippur Rites, do you know what the penalty is? It makes the LDS penalties seem mild. Do not mock God!
@@henochparks What's worse than a death penalty? Do tell me
@@parkerplace2910 spiritual death
@@henochparks Well I'm not Hebrew so I'm not subject to their imagined spiritual death consequences.
@@parkerplace2910 if you are anti Semitic or anti Mormon then why don't you just leave others alone? Go join the Neo Nazis or something
The claim, originally, is that the temple endowment is of ancient origins, even since Adam, then from Salomon to masonic rituals. JS, rescued these ceremonies vital for the salvation of the faithful, he restored the true way to administer the key points of the endowment. Well, no one among lds apologist today will say that this is true. In fact these lds temple ceremonies are just faithful copy of masonry, and are definitely not ancient. This will only mean JS only took them from the masons, period. Nit given by revelation from god.
We share a number of components with the masonic ritual, which is largely coincidental. There are key aspects of our ceremony which we don't share with masonry, but is expounded in great detail in early Christian writing. So the significant doctrines unique to our theology were understood and taught prior to the creeds. You're wrong.
@@fightswordradio3735 show your sources. Let me enlighten myself. “...which are merely coincidental..” prove it! Members of this group of people are used to be fed words from the up echelon and they are taken as “the word of god.” No other thing is required, but believe. So, these people have become numb to questioning their leaders, they left reason and common sense tight up at the gate of knowledge, asking questions “is of the devil.”
Give me your sources where it states that these temple ceremonies have been in used before the creeds. See, i don’t go by what am told, i prove all things, i get to the bottom of every issue at hand. The lds temple ceremonies have been taken by JS from masonry. They are not of ancient origen and in the beginning as acted out in the first lds temple of Kirkland, Ohio, word by word was taken from masonic rituals. I can prove it!!
I think it is interesting to look at most all religions and see overlap or similar beliefs, ideals and symbolism. It would not be hard to believe that the Masonic has a lot of similarities. The bottom line for me is: Is Joseph Smith truly a Prophet called of God and did he translate the Book of Mormon? If this is true--what else matters. If it is not true--then who cares.
@@jeanniejohnson5492 bad news for you. It’s conclusively proven JS book is a 19th century book of fiction pulled out straight from his environment. He is Nephi, he is Mormon, whom at a tender age was confided some hidden records. Lehi’s dream is actually the dream of J S senior and so on and on. Come on man!! Wake up!!!!
Thanks for taking time to respond. We shall agree to disagree.
If all this glories and opportunities to inherit the highest glories of GOD have been there for years why were other races excluded?I believe even if those races were unknown or from very far worlds for Americans and founders like Joseph Smith not to have known about their existence the revelations from GOD would have made it possible to reach out to them!I am deeply disturbed by the fact that you mention couple times 'FOR EVERYONE TO APPRECIATE THE BEGINNING OF MEN'S EXISTENCE ON EARTH,TO INHERIT THE KINDOM OF GOD but no mention of something like 'but those races who werent allowed at that time'GOD had a plan for them!The moment you mentioned your PHD i reflected to what you said when you started emphasising freemansonian decency and good attributes Joseph Smith copied from them and to justify why those who dont understand this misconstrued relationship between the sacred parts of the church and those of secret organisations like Freemansons that the main aim was to find a way to defend what the church denied for so many years!Good luck!Keep this in your heart and maybe find out why GOD said'we will be saved not by deeds but by Grace!There is no single church in the world that should give itself a title of'the only true church of GOD no matter how they feel good about it,no matter how right it feels,even if indeed the true church of GOD does exists because if a church says that to people its already a deception!You mentioned it very clear Joseph Smith was a member of Freemanson-a secret organisation meant only for those famous people you proudly mentioned and thats not at all a sacred organisation.Thank you for your time.
There is no other church that offers the blessings of exaltation to all of God's children of any race. This is even extended to people of all races who lived on earth at any time.
Not going to happen dude 😮
The issue that bugs me with changes in the temple endowment is like when Mormons say it’s less sexist today. It’s like maybe but that same god that’s less sexist today had it worded differently in the past. And endowments took much longer in the past.
It’s like without reading the script for the early or previous versions how can you ever learn about them? You can’t do an intellectual comparison.
Yess i totally understand you and this is a very important question. Honestly alot of things in the history of the church just has to do with the culture of the time, I wish so much that prophets and people were not affected by the world but that's exactly what happened with blacks and the priesthood. God is working with imperfect people that come to things with their own biases occasionally. So I am so so glad that the church is all about modern revelation and changing policies when we realize that we were just being ignorant!
Making sacred things gimmicky…
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HAHAHAH poor u
Be careful with the things You are doing. I guess You are not allowed to do this. The judment of God Will be over your head
Which GOD? JOSEPH SMITH WAS OF the devil!
The Temple Endowment is Paganism.