Bryce on Temple Symbols | Ep 1 The Lord’s Use of Symbols

[@josephlaudie6106]

One of my favorite symbols of 3 1/2 is when the disciples are trying to row across the sea of Galilee. And a storm comes up in prevents them,after doing all that they can it says that they had rowed three or 4 miles. It wasn’t three, and it wasn’t four so it was 3 1/2. we know that it’s 7 miles across the sea of Galilee. But the disciples are stopped short of completing their task of making it across the lake. It looks like the storm wins. Then Jesus comes, and in one of the gospels it says that when he stepped in the boat immediately they were at their destination. I love that story Jesus helps us complete our task! As long as we have Jesus with us, he will help us towards completion and perfection.

[@dinocollins720]

powerful!!!

[@tinacarvalhoBodyandHealth]

Greetings this is nice. Thank you

[@Dunlappin]

Hello Brother Bryce! I feel like you are my personal Institute teacher via KZbin since we're over here in India. We are doing much to prepare our Indian saints to go to the temple for the first time. I have found this series so helpful for myself and for the native missionaries and saints we teach temple preparation classes to. Thank you so much for these valuable videos!!

[@maureenolsen7788]

Thank You, I feel like the windows of Heaven have opened a new life for me, called Understanding. I can't get enough & I am incredibly grateful for all you are doing. God Bless you Always & Forever.

[@PreparingForZion]

I loved the symbolism of Christ wearing red and all those that are with him are in white! I never thought of and touched me so much.

[@danielschulz9304]

This is a great time for getting us thinking 🤔 about symbols, right before we start Revelations. Thank you

[@will7375]

Im grateful for this video. When my mother was alive, the Saviour use to visit her during the earlier hours and tell her that her children needed to fulfill their assignments that they covenanted in the pre-existence. I have only recently learned of this event, where my mother's bishop was called to attend to my mother while she was living with my sister. The bishop was able to reveal to my older sisters what my mother had experienced with regard to the Saviour's visits and what he gave in the way of our pre-existent covenants. I've been inactive since the year 2,000, and from time to time, think about my mother's experience. Having stumbled across your videos, Im now more aware of the manner with which the Lord helps us to realise how much he loves us by providing the clues that will alleviate the unnecessary grief of doing things the hard way. Thank you for your knowledge, your insight and the blessing bestowed upon you by God almighty to help sinners like me to better understand the liahona of faith, even the faith of my ancestors, the Nephites. Im so grateful. God Blesss.

[@amyjo4367]

Oh how I plead with you to come back! You need Him, our Savior & the body of the saints! Remember, were all saints who just keep trying! I sincerely love & pray for you, sweet brother. May God lift & enlighten you & yours! 🙏❤👑

[@johnnieluwho7771]

I love your video so much they enlighten my life. I don’t think you realize how much your help people understand the things of God thank you.

[@1zcott]

Bryce, that was a 7!

[@lindamartinez7006]

Yes for sure.

[@daniellestoker]

Nice!

[@doreenliebenberg3517]

Thank you so so much for this information, I absolutely enjoyed the video, it makes complete sense, Amen to the most High God and His son Jesus Christ, we have a new picture of Christ in the red clothing and the rest in white in our Temple in Jhb South-Africa, all brand new paintings from Utah, I'm a volunteer Temple worker and just love the Temple and the Gospel, glory to the most High, I thank Thee for all in my life and I love Thee very much 😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏

[@JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter]

This is just what I needed to light the fire under me, thank you...

[@alicewongham3541]

Thank you so much! This is so needed! I've learned so much. Looking forward to your next video!!

[@fredrhodes540]

Sitting in the Celestial room yesterday, I told my wife I wished I could understand the symbolism better. And I remembered seeing these videos when studying this year. So I came home and this morning I watched this first one. I look forward to them and the help it will give me understanding the endowment better. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos.

[@msvideos234]

Bryce, thank you so much for taking the time to share so much knowledge with us. You'll never know how much it means to me ❤ thank you

[@christyromero6175]

Thank you so very much for this lesson on symbols. Talking scriptures taught me a lot in last two years, but I have learned more from this lesson on how to see and watch for symbolism than I ever even hoped for! What a new understanding of the scriptures is now mine.

[@nefipereira]

"I'm so grateful to have found this podcast. It's such a blessing to gain knowledge of the gospel. Thank you so much. Your brother from Brazil.

[@triciathetrucker1654]

Thank you for these symbology classes!!! Incredibly helpful

[@bibiclark3042]

Ohh, I needed this today, thank you for sharing , love all your podcasts , the more the better

[@lorenefullmer8495]

Thank you Bryce for sharing your knowledge and getting us thinking more deeply.

[@rmsf1072]

Thank you so much! It's so important for me to know that I shouldn't take those things word for word, but as symbols!

[@lindabassett306]

Thank you. This helps me understand symbols a little better

[@dinocollins720]

This video is so good! I’ve watched probably 4-5 times now 😂

[@kristiejacobsen7695]

You should have watched it 7 times...

[@jmalko9152]

Thank you Jesus ❤️❤️❤️

[@daniellestoker]

❤you are my favorite teacher

[@lisilepou607]

Thank you for sharing this I really enjoyed it make me understand about symbols

[@SoCalSaint492]

Thank you for this. It’s very informative 😊

[@EpidemiologicKid]

It’s good to see the face behind the words. My wife and I so much enjoy listening to you and now seeing you as the gospel is expounded upon. How lucky are the students at the University of Utah’s Institute? Very!

[@loveisaverb9361]

Thank you so much for this, I really needed to hear this and I felt the Spirit so many times.

[@melanieboles315]

Thank you. I love studying with you.

[@jimbobjones1124]

Thank you for this beautiful instruction Bryce.

[@LiveHappy76]

Excellent instructions so carefully and well explained! Thank you!

[@zioncityofgod4818]

I just love this study!!! Please don't ever stop.

[@ideationink]

I learned years ago via prayer and pondering that the number 7 with regards to the perfection model also applies to children. When they turn 8, accountability begins. But before that. Jesus teaches that children are so precious and innocent before God that they can behold His face. This is why the also teaches that if anyone harm one of them, they get the millstone sentence. That’s not to say you can go around hurting any child older than seven without condemnation. It’s just that there is something so very special and guarded about children during the first 7 years of their mortal existence. 💝 i’m looking forward to learning more about this once I get back home to the other side of the veil. 🙏🏻🤗

[@Kathysfootprints]

Love seeing your face to your voice. Such a great teacher! Thanks!

[@janfelshaw8217]

This is what I have been wanting to learn. I’m ready to start.

[@MsEva9470]

Thank you brother Bryce I learned l love your teachings you explain so well 👏🙏😊

[@lindamartinez7006]

This was great . Thank you .

[@trustitcoaching]

Wonderful information. Thank you.

[@brinnking]

I love these classes. Thank you.

[@cherib6309]

That picture of Jesus wearing red was powerful.

[@adamfrye246]

This got me interested in the history of Architecture.

[@jabblesowen4583]

Thank you. I have struggled to see or understand the meaning in temple worship. I’m sure that I am missing deeper meaning in Conf or other talks. Thanks!

[@Lilliofthevale]

Temple worship ?

[@michaellindstrom8402]

@@Lilliofthevale I understand your confusion. Sometimes words used by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can seem strange. "Temple worship" does not mean the idolatrous worshiping of a physical building. No, it means going to the Temple (a physical building) to worship God and keep his commandments; to partake of the special ordinances and covenants made therein. To faithful and worthy members, temple worship is perhaps the highest form of worshipping God that there is. Understanding the symbology makes it even more so.

[@jeffreybernson7978]

Thank you

[@dorar6123]

This was so good! Keep them coming!

[@chuckplaudis8786]

Thank you for the sacrifice of your time...I learn so much from y'alls podcasts AND videos.

[@talkingscripture]

Our pleasure!

[@Tennacious10]

Thank you loved this

[@porcusx]

Love this! As I try to teach my young children from the scriptures, I try to help them to recognize & understand symbols, because its one type of scriptural pattern that I want them to become familiar and comfortable with. But I have loads to learn, so I appreciate the insights you've shared here. ❤

[@edgarmiranda4917]

What an amazing teaching! Thanks.

[@jeanie8593]

I’m excited to keep learning always !

[@jacobnelson211]

Bryce, I listen to you and Mike on Talking Scriptures. You two are amazing. This video has really affected me and inspires me to continue to love and study the word of God. Thank you!

[@kathleenerikson2856]

I love these episodes! Please do more!

[@evalinavallo5009]

Thank you so much!

[@loridavis7086]

I’m excited for your next classes in this series to be posted! Thank you for making this public.

[@johnnydariagan7156]

Great!!! I learned a lot from you. God bless you...

[@jayniewat]

I love this so much! I appreciate you teaching us. I've shared your video with others and hope they get out of your teaching as much as I do.❤

[@shaneluck2570]

Thank you. So much for us to consider and pray about. I considered 1260 days. Literally, I subtracted 1260 from 1820 and got 560. In reading a journal of a Bask brother, it was stated that his ancestors continued to live the gospel, after the death of the apostles for 500 years. I then considered Moroni last writing to 421 A.D. I've wondered for awhile how long Moroni lived afterward? So, could there have been people remaining? Well, the Spirit just said to me that "the Woman" is the Church, organized and functioning, with priesthood power among its members, and the "keys" to do His work. Anyway, I thought, could there have been priesthood keys operating in small branches of the church up to 520 A.D.? Maybe. I then thought of the Apostle John and the 3 Nephites remaining on the earth after the deaths of the other 9 Apostles. Could they have been among isolated branches of faithful members up to 520? Maybe. Somehow I feel in my heart that there were significant numbers of faithful members, living around the Mediterranean region, and in North America, and they didn't all of a sudden disappear. I think they continued to try to believe and live as the Savior and His Apostles, Bishops, etc. taught. The number 520 is not important, but it has got me asking questions about what the saints did after their leaders were taken, and for how long. I served among the Hopi and it is apparent that their sacred rites come from Israel, without the guiding influence of priesthood keys they have been altered. Many other peoples have the same cultural rites reflective of the Saviors Gospel. I would like to research this question further.

[@kz6fittycent]

9:45 - Also the "octagon" or two squares overlaid, one on it's axis, is the symbol for Melchizedek. And if you look throughout the temple, "8" and octagons are EVERYWHERE.

[@ohanaentertainmentandtoaaf728]

Amen

[@tinysafari1851]

I have often thought about the two colors Scarlet(Bright Red) and Crimson(Dark Red) They are both the color red. What is the symbol for red (blood) yes he Atoned drops of blood in Gethsemane and on the cross laid down his life for all of us. So we have the color red which represents blood, and sin atonement repentance, but we have two shades of red,. What do these two shades represent? Could they be types of sins? One is scarlet is bright and easy to notice the other is crimson is dark symbolic of being hidden and may not be seen by others and perhaps unseen even by ourselves. Brother Bryce, I am interested in your thoughts here, please.. I love the picture of the army in white and Jesus in Red. Beautiful imagery!

[@BryceDunford]

What do you see? That’s the beauty of symbolism. There isn’t a right answer. Unless God declared it. Everything else he leaves for us to see for ourselves.

[@lipstillmond]

Great explanation of 7 and 3.5years. I recommend reading Jonathan Cahn’s book: Mystery of the Shmetah. Basically it explains the Biblical Jewish 7yr cycle. You will start to see it EVERYWHERE in scripture and in current times. Joseph Smith’s first vision (fullness, completeness, restoration) was in the 7th year of a Shmetah cycle. FASCINATING!

[@stephaniespring9779]

I loved this. I’d love to hear more on symbolism and maybe move a bit quicker. This was great!

[@marcelblais3879]

It goes so much with what I was thinking with the creation. I imagine it like the creation of a baby. The firmament which separates the water above and on earth which can be compared to the placenta. The Sun, Moon, Star luminaries = the three states that each human being can become. The plants are attached to their mother's earth = the baby is attached to its mother by the umbilical cord. Animals are not directly connected but need the earth = after birth the baby is disconnected from its mother but still needs it. Subsequently there is the creation of man which is comparable to the new birth in the gospel. There is certainly a video to be made on the creation in 6 days.

[@aosthed]

He gets to this point around minute 8 but I think it can be emphasized. We should be careful and gentle with how we use symbols - they are packed with implicit (in cased / folded) meaning and messages; so, when we make them explicit (unfold them), we risk limiting or even misunderstanding / misapplying them. A symbol is like a joke or a poem, the easiest way to ruin it is to explain it. 😊 So, yes, “7” can be seen as “completion” but it also contains many other meanings that are folded into it. This is true for all the numbers found or used in scriptures (but also all ancient books / stories / legends / myths) - they contain psychological structures that are best understood with imagination and intuition. Not that we can’t reason them out (per se) but that in doing that we risk limiting it or even breaking it. For example, to understand 7 more, one could look at the meaning of the numbers that precede it or even make it up. Again, these ‘meanings’ encode psychological intuitions not a definite limitation. “1” can has a sense of ‘oneness’ that can be both a ‘wholeness’ as in my physical body is one whole structure or it can be a singular part or fraction or ‘fact’ (a cut / piece) of something - like one whole pie or one part of the pie. “2” begins to express the nature of pairs - dualities or couples, a pair of ‘opposites’ or ‘compliments’ (pleasure & pain, light & dark, male and female, intuition and reason, letter and spirit) or a pair of ‘sames’ like that make a whole (like man and woman) or just two men or two women or a mother-son or a mother-daughter, etc. “3” is both a new idea AND the sum of “1” (the unity / part) and “2” (duality / compliment / opposite) … in this way the Godhead represents these 3 things - the physical life / way of living / the rod (Jesus) and the energizing force or intuition or inspiration (Spirit) and the unity / oneness of these things (God the Father). Psychologically these are deep ideas that emerge with our conceptualization of numbers - the way we use numbers today in the modern age is far downstream of how they came (or come) to us as people. So, I love what Bryce is talking about, but let yourself intuit or imagine what it *could* mean for you - and as you contemplate (he suggests this) new ideas and teachings emerge almost ‘as if’ subconsciously… this is the correct use of symbols. Allow them to be powerful and (in a sense) living (shifting and moving). “7” is 3 (1+2) the divine / spiritual / heavenly world PLUS 4 the material / earthly / physical world in that there are 4 corners / walls / cardinal directions / ancient elements that made up the physical world to mankind over the ages. So, “7” as ‘completion’ works but it also encapsulates 3+4 or (1+2)+4 as the completion of HEAVEN and EARTH the ‘totality’ of existence or creation. But, as you open yourself to letting the symbols dance a little, you’ll notice that you’ll intuit new ways to look at them and *if they seem to fit* the overall message / sense you have for it, then it may be the right way to consider them. Anyway, I love that he is encouraging members of the church to move into the rich symbolic world!

[@Mmads-vq4rv]

This was amazing. It helped me alot to understand more clearly the symbols. I'd love more videos like this. How do we know whats literal and whats not? Like with the 10 tribes description. Thanks again.

[@BryceDunford]

I always assume it’s symbolic until it becomes clear that it’s literal.

[@EveeLane-ti9qk]

😇🙏♥️

[@craigmorrow6044]

Does anyone know the name and artist of the picture of Jesus in red?

[@bloviax]

Regarding the last line here: Symbols in the temple are invitations to do what and be what? Please help

[@BryceDunford]

“Invitations to do and to be something.” We will discuss that “something” in classes 3 and 4.

[@jeanarbuckle]

Love this. I can’t find all the classes!

[@talkingscripture]

Bryce will have more up on the channel soon. Thanks for watching!

[@jeanarbuckle]

Awesome

[@BryceDunford]

I’ll post a new class every Monday. That was just class #1

[@shaneluck2570]

Oops. I meant "560" not 520.

[@stevebaker6698]

3.5 Christ's ministry - Elias Drought ...

[@TheJancameron]

What do Jewish people think that the sacrificed lamb meant - not Jesus - just their sins?

[@bradleyserage4861]

Did the temple veil at any point have 7 marks instead of 4? I heard that this was true but have been unable to find anything on the topic

[@petersrule]

In addition to symbols, God uses patterns.

[@jonahgregg]

I’m a little confused about 1260 days… 365x3.5=1,277.5 If you account for leap year… 364.25x3.5=1,274.875 I understand that, yes 1260 fits into 1274. You mention “Don’t take the symbols too literally” so then should I understand the numerics more loosely? In other words, the numbers are close enough? Or is there something that I’m missing? Can you help me understand. Thank you

[@talkingscripture]

Yes. Look at the pattern all around that number. Everything points to 3.5. Do we understand the solar year a little bit better than they did back then? Most definitely. But the pattern seems clear. Time, times, and half a time. 42. Three days and a half.

[@jonahgregg]

@ Jewish calendar makes a difference too I suppose. I’ll have to look into that to help satiate.

[@talkingscripture]

www.cambridge.org/core/journals/harvard-theological-review/article/360day-administrative-year-in-ancient-israel-judahite-portable-calendars-and-the-flood-account/8F5696178CD94A096EA16DC811FC787D

[@jonahgregg]

@ That explains it! 🎯 You have unlocked the mystery for me! 🔍 Thank you for saving me the time searching it out 👀 and for the new brain 🧠 wrinkles!! 😊🎉

[@ginasakievich1483]

Has the second class been recorded yet? Ive been looking for it but can't find it. Im eagerly waiting more teachings about temple and symbols.

[@talkingscripture]

It’s up and on the Talking Scripture KZbin channel.

[@Panellaz]

How is this video ok? We have always been told to no speak of what goes on in the temple and here you are talking about everything? I'm confused

[@talkingscripture]

David A Bednar, April 2019: Indeed, temple preparation is most effective in our homes. But many Church members are unsure about what appropriately can and cannot be said regarding the temple experience outside of the temple. President Ezra Taft Benson described why this uncertainty exists: “The temple is a sacred place, and the ordinances in the temple are of a sacred character. Because of its sacredness we are sometimes reluctant to say anything about the temple to our children and grandchildren. “As a consequence, many do not develop a real desire to go to the temple, or when they go there, they do so without much background to prepare them for the obligations and covenants they enter into. “I believe a proper understanding or background will immeasurably help prepare our youth for the temple … [and] will foster within them a desire to seek their priesthood blessings just as Abraham sought his.” Two basic guidelines can help us achieve the proper understanding emphasized by President Benson. Guideline #1. Because we love the Lord, we always should speak about His holy house with reverence. We should not disclose or describe the special symbols associated with the covenants we receive in sacred temple ceremonies. Neither should we discuss the holy information that we specifically promise in the temple not to reveal. Guideline #2. The temple is the house of the Lord. Everything in the temple points us to our Savior, Jesus Christ. We may discuss the basic purposes of and the doctrine and principles associated with temple ordinances and covenants. President Howard W. Hunter counseled: “Let us share with our children the spiritual feelings we have in the temple. And let us teach them more earnestly and more comfortably the things we can appropriately say about the purposes of the house of the Lord.” Across the generations, from the Prophet Joseph Smith to President Russell M. Nelson, the doctrinal purposes of temple ordinances and covenants have been taught extensively by Church leaders. A rich reservoir of resources exists in print, audio, video, and other formats to help us learn about initiatory ordinances, endowments, marriages, and other sealing ordinances. Information also is available about following the Savior by receiving and honoring covenants to keep the law of obedience, the law of sacrifice, the law of the gospel, the law of chastity, and the law of consecration. All Church members should become familiar with the excellent materials available at temples.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

[@talkingscripture]

If anything in one of my video breaks one of those guidelines, point it out and I’ll correct it. But being afraid to say anything is not helping the students I teach prepare for or love the temple. If you read the comments on these videos, they seem to be helping people prepare for and love the temple better.

[@rebeccaknudsen6190]

God created the earth in 6 days and rested om the 7th? Right?

[@BryceDunford]

Yes, but His work was not complete until He rested. I think that is very important.

[@viclaron2937]

Bro. Bryce, I've been seeing numbers like 1111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, ..... I take them only as God's stamp to remind me that he's there but what do they really mean? A new sub from the Philippines.

[@daniellestoker]

Jesus went to heaven on the 3rd day right?

[@cheryltyler9412]

The earth is only going to last 7,000 years? Do you mean literally? Because the earth is obviously MUCH older than that

[@BryceDunford]

D&C 77:6. I’ll let you wrestle with that, as I have. I have a degree in biology. Someday I’d love to share my personal opinion as to what that means.

[@mmeszmurrized7872]

7 creative periods (days) then.... 7,000 years from Adam onward.... My opinion ... The earth was ORGANIZED from other already existing matter. What was ON or IN those other pieces of matter? Dinosaurs? Fossils? Oil? Minerals?? How big were the pieces? What had to be chipped away to get the earth to the right size? What had to be done to get the earth into the right solar system and right distance from the right-sized sun to sustain life on earth without freezing or frying it?? Etc etc.

[@sarahbean6170]

That is a whole other discussion 😉

[@saraulrich1]

Is the church ok with you making videos in the buildings?

[@BryceDunford]

That is my office. I am an institute teacher, and this is an institute class that I received permission to release to the public.

[@johnnieluwho7771]

I love your video so much they enlighten my life. I don’t think you realize how much your help people understand the things of God thank you.