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Exodus Endowment

Understanding What It Means When President Russell M. Nelson Tells Us Temple Ordinances Are "Ancient" (Deeper Understanding for Latter-Day Saints)

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Exodus Endowment

By: Russell McConkie
Narrated by: Russell Elkins
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Have you noticed that President Russell M. Nelson keeps reminding us that the modern temple endowment has “ancient” roots? If you do not know what this means—if you do not have a solid understanding of what was done in the temples of ancient Israel—then you are missing many of the most basic and important aspects of your temple experience.

Unfortunately, it is very common for someone to enter the temple for the first time with little to no understanding of what to expect. And the five-minute rundown someone receives from the stake president hardly changes that. It is also common for people to adopt the philosophy that if they return to the temple often, then time and repetition will teach them what they need to know. For a lot of people, however, that only leads to decades of continually doing the same thing without knowing why or where these things began.

Just as President Nelson says, an understanding of these things can be found in “ancient” times. By using a mix of history and personal experience, Russell McConkie does a beautiful job of making these things personable and easy to understand. Whether you are preparing to receive your own endowment, or you have been attending the temple for many decades, Exodus Endowment will help broaden your understanding of the history and purpose of our modern temple ceremonies.

©2022 Russell McConkie (P)2022 Russell McConkie
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Insightful Explanations • Clear Connections • Helpful Temple Preparation • Refreshing Honesty • Excellent Narration
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This is a quick read that gives me more to appreciate a and think about. Inspirational.

Super helpful insight.

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This book is a great quick summary of the Temple and the Endowment. It’s a quick read but a definite for anyone going through a temple prep course.

Great book to help understand

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This is a really good book for improving your understanding and appreciation of the modern and ancient Temple rituals. I really enjoyed the quality of the narration as well.

Excellent book and great narration!

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I found the historical explanations insightful and helpful in providing a broader understanding of the temple ordinances.

Indepth and clarifying

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The forthright honesty and intuition of the author is refreshing and insightful. I will recommend it to others.

Excellent explanations and information!

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I really liked the comparison to the Old Testament account of the temple ordinances.

Content was great!

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He was very easy to understand and relatable. A good reference for temple preparation.

Defining ceremony vs covenant

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Great work to help show connections to the modern day Temple and modern Day temple ceremonies and how they align with principles recorded in the Old Testament. If you’re like me, you probably have many questions, this book certainly won’t answer all of them, but it will put you on the path which will lead to more answers.

Very relatable questions and some answers

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Loved the explanation of how modern temples connect to ancient temples and why the presentation has changed but the endowment has never changed.

Great connection to biblical temples.

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Ancient aspects of the temple rituals and how they relate to today’s temple experience for me.

Careful about sharing

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