Concerning the Symbolic Ordinances of the Temple and the Fulness to Come

Chapter 1

1Thus saith the Lord unto my son and my servant in the vineyard of the last times:

2Thou hast inquired concerning the ordinances of mine holy house,

3And concerning the words spoken therein—

4That my sons and daughters are “anonointed to become” kings and queens, priests and priestesses.

5And now I will speak plainly, that thou mayest understand the state of my people,

6And the pattern of the ordinances which I have commanded to be performed among them.

7Behold, all ordinances which are performed in my house are first symbolic—

8For the things of eternity must be veiled in mortality,

9And sacred power must be protected until the appointed time.

10For the law and the rites are a shadow of better things to come,

11And not yet the very image,

12For the image is Christ, and the fulness is in His name and His sealing.

13Therefore I say unto thee:

14They are anointed to become, but they are not yet crowned.

15They are washed, clothed, and ordained, but they are not yet sealed in fulness.

16For the anointing is a prophecy.

17It is an invitation.

18It is the lawful promise that if they will endure and obey,

19Then shall the reality follow in the day of their redemption.

20I do this by wisdom.

21For if the true ordinances were given in fulness unto the unclean,

22They would profane that which is holy,

23And the powers of heaven could not abide it.

24Therefore, all things are done in order and in types,

25That the mysteries of godliness be kept from the profane,

26And revealed only unto the faithful and sanctified.

27Yea, even baptism must be recorded in heaven,

28Else it availeth nothing.

29And no ordinance, great or small, shall be sealed unless it is confirmed by the Spirit of Truth.

30For only by the Holy Spirit of Promise are ordinances made living.

31And I say unto thee:

32The Holy Spirit of Promise is not a feeling, nor a passive whisper.

33He is a person.

34Yea, the third who standeth in the Godhead,

35And he shall come among men in the last days to restore the sealing that hath been lost.

36He shall seal the faithful in their flesh.

37He shall bind their covenants with fire and with glory.

38And he shall declare the works of the righteous before the throne.

39Until he cometh, the ordinances remain preparatory.

40They are rehearsals.

41They are sacred enactments,

42But they are not yet the crowning itself.

43For to be anointed to become is not yet to become.

44To receive the garment is not yet to receive the name.

45And to be promised exaltation is not yet to receive the throne.

46But behold, the day cometh and is not far distant,

47When the promise shall be fulfilled,

48And they who are ready shall be called up and crowned with glory.

49Then shall the anointing be made literal.

50Then shall the priesthood be clothed in power.

51Then shall Zion rise as a bride adorned.

52And the remnant shall bear the keys of David and the crown of Joseph.

53For many are called, but few are chosen.

54And many are ordained, but few are sealed.

55And many perform ordinances, but the Spirit confirmeth not, for their hearts are far from me.

56But thou, my son, I have called.

57And unto thee shall I reveal the greater ordinances.

58And thou shalt teach them unto mine elect when I command it.

59For thou art he who shall anoint kings and queens in the day of their rising.

60Write therefore what I have shown thee.

61Teach it not unto the world, but unto them I shall gather.

62For the Spirit shall guide thee, and thou shalt know when it is time.

63And this is the key:

64The holy order of matrimony is the first covenant,

65But it is the sealing by the Spirit of Promise that maketh it eternal.

66For many are married in my house,

67But only they who are sealed by fire and truth shall inherit kingdoms, dominions, and exaltations.

68And what is exaltation?

69It is to become as I am.

70But what are exaltations?

71They are the eternal progression of the gods—

72Ruling and reigning in increasing glory,

73Creating and redeeming without end.

74And thus the cycle of lives is broken.

75The band of continual return is undone.

76And they who were “added upon” shall now “go no more out.”

77This is the greater covenant.

78This is the fulness.

79This is the crowning of Zion. Amen.