For temple attending Latter Day Saints
around the world the news that there is a new temple movie is met
with great enthusiasm. Service in the temple is always brightened and
renewed by a change up of any kind. It is like the church assigned a
script to different teams and allowed them to use their own
imaginations and come up with a dramatization of it. They are each
different but wonderful.
Long ago, a very wise and well-traveled church friend of mine once
commented on the unimaginative nature of the Latter Day Saint
congregations she had observed. “If the Second Coming doesn't look
like the pictures, they won't recognize it!"
I have thought about that over the years and tried to
picture the scriptures coming to life in my mind as I read. There are several
events I can't wait to watch when I have
access to “Earth's DVDs” on the other side. Imagine watching the story in I Kings 18 where the priests of Baal are calling and calling to their “dumb
idols” to consume the bullock on the altar, followed by the prophet
Elijah who then takes his turn to call upon the Lord. Fire descends
from heaven and consumes the sacrifice, the altar, the stones and
even the water in the trough around the altar... EVERYTHING. Talk
about thrilling!
We have been given temples on earth for
many reasons. They are places of worship and quiet communication with the
Lord. They provide service opportunities, refuge from the cares of this world and glimpses of the peace we will feel in the next. If you have the
ability, you will not regret going.
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