Come to the House of the Lord

[@lancemerrill6390]

I sure appreciate all the support my decision to stop the ads on the channel has received. We need more inspiration in our lives. The internet can be used for a tool of good. I am thrilled at how many people have stated that they feel the Spirit of the Lord while listening to the stories on the channel. Please SHARE YOUR INSPIRATIONAL STORIES with me. You can give a brief description in the comments or ask for my email for more private contact. PLEASE SHARE THE LINK to my FaceBook page. It makes it easier to share a link for a specific story to anyone: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559242679793

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@christineleblond7777]

I love these stories!

[@lancemerrill6390]

thanks, I have an amazing story Sunday at 5

[@novawarren5089]

I love these special video's each ones I know many workers in Alabama and Florida now. I would enjoy becoming a worker somewhere someday. I have only been once in my life so far. But it was so very special and sweet, I have been in a coma,and it was close to that special feeling of peaceable feeling But more close than I can explain and I understand its special to everyone... Bless everyone who is working or ever helped others get recamends This means so very much. I'm working on my Mothers sude Very hard to find information because of lack of family information on her father's family. I'm new but he passed through the vail when her Mother was still pregnant with her,and she never even seen a picture of him. He was a military vet of W.W.1 I will continue with researching ❤ 9:39

[@lancemerrill6390]

Good luck, thanks for watching

[@dinocollins720]

Another fantastic video! Thank Bro Merrill!

[@nicolereynders8935]

This year my dad died and exactly one month later of waiting to do his work, my husband as proxy, was able to start doing his temple word. The month mark fell on the weekend of Father’s Day which felt very special to me to do this for him. Especially the way that he had tragically died, without feeling hope because I was now bringing him hope. 22 years ago I had become a member by myself as a teenager and I was honored to do this for him. He had a tricky family situation and I was confused as to who I should seal him to-which parents. He had been raised by his grandparents and called his grandpa either grandad or dad. They were very very close. On top of this, he had never known his real father, never been acknowledged by him. To this day I don’t even know what this man looks like but through a dna test I know we are related. My dad had told me that when he had heard his biological father had died he said he’d never attend his funeral because he had a chip on his shoulder about never being acknowledged by him. What made it worse was my dad had grown up in a small town and had gone to school with “cousins” that he never closely interacted with or said anything probably bc they didn’t know. The closer I got to my appointment time to seal my dad to his parents, the more I felt unsettled about sealing him to his biological bc I felt like he’d rather be sealed to his grandparents. He wasn’t very close to his mother either. It was recommended to me that his “grandparents” be labeled as adoptive and that I could seal him to both sets of parents and let him choose. During the sealing ordinance, I was more focused on valuing my dad being sealed to his grandparents but when the sealer spoke the name of my dad’s biological father I suddenly felt something. Something that I wasn’t looking for or expecting, something that had interrupted my present thoughts/feelings. I felt emotion that my dad was finally being acknowledged but it wasn’t emotion coming from myself, it was someone feeling emotional. Someone that I couldn’t see but was present. It was like my dad’s biological father was present with my dad and he was finally being acknowledge by his father. It was an impression I felt that did not come from my own feelings and something I was not expecting at all to happen but was real. I’m so grateful for that sweet experience.

[@lancemerrill6390]

What a wonderful experience. My wife's father was raised in a very similar situation. He never knew his father. He was raised in a small town in Idaho by his unwed single mother. He also had a chip on his shoulder about his biological father. When I did my father's temple work, many in my family would not talk to me for years, because of who my father was sealed to. I am sure that our perspective is very different on the other side. The view in and of Eternity. Thank you for sharing that, and thanks for watching

[@ronhamblin400]

As a lead worker in the Baptistry at Seattle, I had a youth group who was had a young man who was blind and unable to walk. I was impressed upon and allowed another youth who was a wrestler at school and quite muscular, to carry the blind young man down the ladder so he could touch the oxen. As he followed the contour of faces and horns, he was brought back up, to a group of youth and adults looking through the window and all had tears. The majority of spiritual experiences occurred in the Baptistry. Thank you for allowing us to reminisce

[@lancemerrill6390]

I loved being baptistry coordinator in the Provo Temple. We had a paraplegic girl that I allowed 2 people in the font to help her. She and her family were so thrilled that she had been allowed to participate with their family group that day. Thanks

[@JJ-ww8wr]

@@ronhamblin400 what a beautiful experience. It brought me to tears. I had a special needs brother who never had the opportunity to go to the temple when he was alive. I am glad the youth included their fellow young man to join them and that you listened to the prompting and he got to touch the oxen. Those present will surely never forget that special experience.

[@l.chrisjones7775]

I knew a bishop in one of the wards I served in an Ecuador many years ago who told me about the time he was baptized vicariously for his father. He said he heard his father's voice audibly tell him "Thank you son" After after he rose from the water.

[@lancemerrill6390]

What a wonderful experience. Thanks for sharing that

[@marydoffermyre6014]

Thank you Br Merrill, always enjoy your stories ! I too was privileged to see a family member in the Washington DC Temple during baptisms there, the recorder also saw him, a sacred experience

[@lancemerrill6390]

What a sacred opportunity. Would you mind sharing more of the story with me? Thanks for watching

[@HickSquatch]

I was privileged to have an escort during one endowment session, the man who I was going through for was by my side the whole time. I could see him in my mind’s eye, a Spaniard, long mustache and deep, dark eyes. I knew it was him and I quietly spoke with him as we moved from room to room. That was quite the experience, and the only time I have felt that.❤

[@lancemerrill6390]

What a sweet experience. Thanks for sharing that

[@bluecollartradesllc6422]

The promises that Brother Merrill just shared about working in the temple are true. I am a temple worker in the Orem temple. Every time I leave the temple after my shift I feel a deep connection with our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ. They love us!Working in the temple will change your life.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thank you Brother for sharing that testimony. People who work at the Temple will all share the same knowledge and experience. I challenge anyone wondering to try and experiment in your own life. Put this promise to the test and you too will know that the blessings of the Temple are real and powerful Thanks again Brother

[@wayneorr6748]

Beautiful. We served as an ordinance worker for years. How blessed we were. To top it off we were called te serve in the Nauvoo temple for a year and seven months. Love the work.

[@lancemerrill6390]

My friend who had the experience with the lumberjack is currently serving in Nauvoo. Thanks

[@knotskieskyramirez9491]

Truly a God of order, a God of justice, a God of Love is our Heavenly father. Temple works is an expression how merciful Heavenly father and Jesus Christ.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Agreed, thanks

[@margaritaricks4149]

Thank you for sharing such wonderful stories about the temple. I also changed my heart and now I go to the temple every week. I love the peace that brings to my life. Even though Two of children do not go to church; We have a very close relationship with each one of them. I know that this a a blessing in my life because my attendance to to temple.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thank you for sharing that. Everyone who goes that often gives that testimony. The Lord truly blesses you for your service in the Temple. Thanks

[@barbaraashley4678]

Thank you so much for this program and service! I live in Rexburg, Idaho and am five minutes from the temple! Even at 83 years young, I usually do three Endowments a day three days a week as well as spend one or two days a week doing nothing but Sealings for several hours. While I have never seen one of those for whom I do their work, as I sit in the Endowment and 'talk' with the lady, she answers my question as to whether or not she has or is accepting my gift to her, by my arms and hands tingling a LOT, indicating to me that indeed she is glad for my gift! And many are the times when I sit there in the Session and weep with her joy! Or weep with joy as I am kneeling at the altar doing Sealings! There is nothing like it! 😇

[@lancemerrill6390]

It is so true. People who serve regularly know it brings them closer to Heaven and the Lord blesses their lives. Thanks

[@lavarkathymcallister3602]

I went to the temple quite tired one night, yet I had a warm feeling with me. We make affirmations in the temple, and each time I acknowledged it, my heart got more excited. I wanted to shout! When I got to the veil, I was crying so hard it was difficult to respond. When I stepped through the veil, I told the veil worker, "She is here!!" He answered, "I know"❤

[@lancemerrill6390]

Sometimes it is so powerful it brings tears to the worker and the patron. Thanks

[@downtime86stars17]

When I was twelve, one of the graduation requirements for Primary was to be able to name the locations of all of the temples. (At the time, there were less than twenty.)

[@lancemerrill6390]

Those were the days. Thanks for watching

[@anniecondon5168]

Wow. How times have changed!

[@moirastinson1186]

Thank you again brother Merrill..I felt the spirit touch my heart when you relayed those wonderful stories about the temple. May the Lord bless you in all you do and I’ll be happy to meet you in the eternities…a bit far for me to come now as I’m nearly 80 and live in New Zealand but Scottish by birth ❤

[@lancemerrill6390]

Kia ora. Thanks for watching I love know you are out there

[@megkallas8117]

Good Evening from Ghana where my husband and I are serving a humanitarian service mission. Before we left we also served in the Ogden Utah Temple. Thank you for this channel and for sharing your wonderful stories. I am grateful I found this channel. I have had many wonderful experiences in the House of the Lord and hope to share them sometime. Again, thank you!

[@lancemerrill6390]

My friend Rick Maw and his wife will be joining your mission next month. He was the director of the Addiction Recovery Mission in Provo until they were released to go full time to Ghana. Thank you for your service, and for watching

[@sallys1179]

I'm so happy they are allowed to attend. Brings tears to my eyes for my ancestors.

[@lancemerrill6390]

If we all saw them the fire Marshall would cut the room capacity in half. Thanks for watching

[@RobinWoodgate]

Really enjoy your videos. My wife and I also serve in the St George Temple yes last week was a huge wake up for all of us the time is really hastening on. We were so exited to go and do two endowment for family on Saturday one was my grandfather's brother who I never met,but have felt in my heart that he has been waiting for a long time. Thank you for your service. Rob and Dori.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Rob & Dori, thank you for watching and for your faithful service in the first House of the Lord to do proxy temple ordinances.

[@HeraKarlsdottirToutai]

Thank you. Now I can be inspired without disturbances from the worldly things. Keep up the good work of the temple. Thank you for helping me feel the influence of the good spirit. May Heavenly Father keep blessing you each day.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@stevebaker6698]

I work in the Tucson Temple. You are right in all of what you have said. It has changed me also, for so much the better. It is a great place to begin in transition to "the mighty change of heart". For me and my wife it was about 6 months into our service when we were driving home late at night after our shift (100 miles each way) when we had the same thought regarding the change of heart as described in the Book of Mormon. That was about 7 years ago. We still work in the Temple. It just keeps getting more awesome. Thank you for your thoughts and experiences as you are sharing them. Perfect name for you channel. If we lived in your area my wife would share an experience regarding 2 small red haired children in the dressing room one night with you. Your brother in the gospel.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Once you start working at the Temple it is something you never want to stop. I have just started my 28th year as an ordinance worker. Your wife can email me the story at [e-mail]. I would love to hear it. Thanks

[@seymourbutts96]

Thank you for this comment. Yesterday at church, I had an impression that I should study what it means to have a mighty change of heart. So I studied it this morning. But, I feel like I was supposed to I see this comment. Thank you.

[@kathydewitt8093]

Thanks Brother Merrill. I miss hearing from you at the temple so this is sweet that I can still hear from you.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Sister Dewitt, how is that spiritual stud you are married to? It is so great to hear from you. I love you and Alan. Thanks for commenting

[@PatCummings_aka_DrPat_Reads]

Bravo for deep-sixing the ads! I so wish the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square would do the same thing for Music and the Spoken Word.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for the support

[@allenBoggs-j7t]

I have had the privilege to work in two Temples and now have been called to work in a third. How I love that great privilege I have had many great experiences there

[@lancemerrill6390]

thank you for your service.

[@AJ-up7pk]

Several times I have felt family members and even people that are not related to me as I've done the work. I consider those to be very sacred times. I would add my testimony as to the power we get when we do the work in the temple. I was just finishing up a service mission in the temple office when I decided to become an ordinance worker. I did both the service mission and ordinance worker for about 6 months and then our Temple closed for the summer. This year I've had some serious health issues even with doing those two duties and the power I felt and the prayers that were answered as I went through the health issues... I can't explain. It was such a blessing to be in the temple so much even in the midst of my struggle.

[@lancemerrill6390]

It is hard to describe to others your temple blessings. They are so powerful... Thanks

[@StandBlameless]

Thank you Brother Merrill, I love your testimony. I am unable to go weekly as before, but now I am able to go on a bi-weekly basis and get 2x as much done with the roughly the same amount of time! Hurrah for Israel!!

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@MammaOVlogs]

The rock above your head looks like a halo , love the stories, l look forward to them each week

[@lancemerrill6390]

That geode has a crazy history. Thanks for watching

[@michellescott619]

I thought it looked like a thought bubble 😂

[@lancemerrill6390]

@@michellescott619 Thanks for watching

[@tcatt222]

Wife & I just got back from KC Temple. The schedule is booked solid since the change. We go often & many of the workers know who we are. We go prepared & now with the shorter sessions, we're able to get into sealings as they are often short men. When I'm there we can often do sons. Today we needed a sealer to help despite them having no openings on the schedule. Still a sacred, holy experience. It brings us so much peace and happiness in our senior years. The visions we enjoy are indescribable. The blessings are real!

[@lancemerrill6390]

I feel a little like a Southern Baptist Preacher. I want to shout: "Can I get a witness" So many have backed my words with their testimony of this wonderful work. Thank you

[@Vadove43]

Thank you Brother Merrill ! Serving in the Temple is one of the greatest joys in my life. I encourage everyone to “come and see”

[@lancemerrill6390]

It is so true. Everyone who works at the Temple says that to everyone. But until you experience it for yourself it does not register. Thanks

[@germanslice]

@@lancemerrill6390 Don't know how to explain this, but the Lord had commanded me in dreams and visions and also commanded me in a priesthood blessing to extract out over several hundred thousand names of all the direct bloodlines and collaterial lines to check for temple work and if the lines are not on the temple ordinance index to add them into those families so the saints of the Church can go through the temple permissions family system do their work. But all the Lord seems to be concerned about is just getting all those names on the ordinance index. So the Lord told me to do all this extraction work. God told me to do this because I have got an unusual typing capacity to do a ton of work in such a short period of time. I currently serve as a family history worker. That is how I been told to gather Israel. So I am not just only gathering just my direct lines.... Now I didn't think the Lord would do that to tell me to also gather in the other lines but he did and i doing so I found some of my direct lines had crossed over into those other lines. Because he wants to accelerate his work so along with introducing AI he also increased my typing ability. What bothered me is in my PB blessing there was no mention of Satan or of the Adversary but only Lucifer the Prince was brought up who God told me the Prince of Darkness was holding a personal grudge against me because Lucifer knew of all the mass extraction work I would be called to do by the Lord for the dead in his kingdom. I currently been extracting out a thousand names a week.

[@vickidaniels9837]

We have many temple workers with us at Zion or Bust. Thank you for your inspirational stories💞

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks

[@dawnhasbroken6304]

Those are two WONDERFUL changes!!!!

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks Dawn

[@AnaliliB]

Thank you, Brother Merrill!

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@Beautiful_world32192]

Love, love these stories! Thank you so much!

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@JillPorter-jv6sz]

I love the Temple with all my heart. So thankful to serve in the Logan Temple. A blessing. A privilege. A honor.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thank you for your service and for watching

[@diannaramirez]

Brother Merrill I love your videos they are wonderful and very inspiring!! I am on a break at the moment from FS back at it in a few minutes (I watch your videos while I work btw) 😂.. thank you for the numbers perspective.. it is a bit overwhelming at times, BUT.. very addictive and very rewarding 🥰.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@pauljodylee8156]

What a wonderful way to end my Sabbath Day. Thank you

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@Afc91artistNC]

The LORD is in the Temple. I get to go there on Wednesday 8/21/24. I love what you shared today.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thank you. I get to go on Wednesday as well. 12 noon

[@pdsforever0]

Thank you Brother Merrill! My San Diego Temple is closed for years for repairs, but I am able to make the drive to the Newport Beach Temple every Friday! What a blessing it is to go each week!

[@lancemerrill6390]

I am addicted to Temple work. Thanks

[@gerdakindt521]

Thank you for your stories , I love to hear them when they come out they make my day

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thank you so much. We all need more inspirational stories.

[@MsEva9470]

Thank you thank you every time l lessen your stories I feel the spirit

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@miguelalvear7771]

Wonderful testimonies! One of the best things in KZbin. Thanks.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thank you

[@anniecondon5168]

Couldn't agree more!

[@SouthernAngel]

Thank you for a beautiful video on the blessings from the House of the Lord. I have so many beautiful experiences in the temple that I also wanted to share. My Mother in law came to me in a dream when I was inactive. I knew by the dream that she wanted her work done. I came back to church in 2020 and worked with my Bishop in repentance and returning to the covenant path. It was a beautiful and tender mercy in my life. I submitted my mother in laws name to the temple at the end of 2022 and she was baptized on her son's birthday the following January. It was absolutely beautiful to me to see the hand of the Lord in my life. I went to the Atlanta temple to do her Iniatories and endowment on the 6th of January that following day after her baptism. I could feel close to her as I went through the ordinances. One of the workers in Iniatories had the same last maiden name as my mother in law 's Mom. And there was another family connection that is too sacred to share. I knew that she had accepted this work! Another time I was in the chapel in the temple. I was very troubled and felt not very peaceful in a peaceful place. I had brought worries and concerns about my family with me into the temple. As I sat there pondering and feeling heavy this sweet voice came into my mind. It said " Remember to rest in the Lord and bask in His love". That beautiful sentence has brought me comfort in so many situations in life. It's become a scripture to me. I have had other things that are at tender and lovely with those who are accepting the work we do in the house of the Lord. Now when I enter I think about how I'm a guest there and what the Lord might teach me. I always go away with wisdom and comfort when I attend. Thank you Brother Merrill for your channel and dedication to helping gather scattered Israel! It's a beautiful thing that brings joy! ❤🙏🙏🙏

[@janepond7242]

I love your stories, and they lift my spirit to hear them. I get to work in the Bentonville Temple in the office every week, and I cherish it. Thanks so much.

[@lancemerrill6390]

So glad you enjoy the stories. We are privileged to work at the Temple

[@roycemcmahon6940]

One thought comes to mind, as the new temples are dedicted, the Stake Centers become Temples for the day and you need a Temple recommend to get in to witness the dedication. If that is so now, why wouldn't we be able to use Stake Centers as Temples during the 1000 years? They have everything that is needed for a Temple. Plus they are dotting the earth now.

[@roycemcmahon6940]

Also, thanks for allowing Tesla to stare at us during the presentation.

[@lancemerrill6390]

A good thought. Thanks

[@suebrown3194]

I am so grateful for those who are able to and make the time to serve in the temples around the world. Physical issues keep me from being able to return so I rely on others to stand in proxy for my ancestors. These stories lift my spirits and make me sad at the same time. I am strengthened by those who have and share their temple experiences but saddened by the fact I am unable to have those types of personal experiences. However, I have had experiences in my own home that have strengthened my faith in the Lord. Chronic illness is just another way for us to grow closer to our Savior Jesus Christ.

[@lancemerrill6390]

The Lord loves you. Home is a sacred place. Thanks for watching

[@novawarren5089]

Thank you for each video and sharing so many stories ❤️ 17:46

[@lancemerrill6390]

We need more inspiration in today's world. Thanks

[@virginia6158]

Beautiful, thank you, Brother. 🤗

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@shireecox122]

Thank you, Brother Merrill for you wonderful, kind spirit.

[@lancemerrill6390]

We all need more inspiration. Thanks for watching

[@DerGlaetze]

I love you Brother Merrill.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thank you for your support. We need more inspiration.

[@mrtheasley]

Thank you for your message at the end

[@lancemerrill6390]

It is the deepest knowledge in my soul. I know the Lord loves YOU and me. Thanks

[@patricefairbanks3502]

Thank you, Brother Merrill! My husband's first year of teaching school, we lived on the Ft. Peck Reservation. It was like being on a mission among the saints there.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@stevebaker6698]

Brother Merrill don't forget the 10 Tribes and their billion(s) or so and the City of Enoch and how ever many he will return. Zillions ? As it is done on earth its done in Heaven.

[@lancemerrill6390]

We have a lot of Temple work to do. Thanks for watching

[@barbaraichikawa9861]

Thank you for announcing channel will be ad free 😊

[@lancemerrill6390]

They were driving me crazy. Thanks

[@cynthiadies9055]

Thank you for these stories. I have also had sacred experiences in the Temple, letting me know my family was there accepting their blessings. I used to live a short walk from away from the House of Lord and attending was very easy. I now live about an hour from the closest temple. Challenge accepted! I will be there every week.

[@HelamansArmy]

Stopping the monetization convinced me to subscribe. Thank you for your work.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Spread the word, thanks for watching

[@salustone6545]

👍💗💗💗🙏🙏🙏😊💗Thank you so much. I am a temple ordinance worker in the Los Angeles Temple.

[@lancemerrill6390]

What a wonderful work to be part of. Thanks for watching

[@ricosadventureswithbeckyan1373]

You're so lucky to be temple worker. During my single adult years I served for a total of 4 years. Today, I don't have a temple in near proximity and I wish I could serve in the temple again 😢

[@lancemerrill6390]

I am blessed to live by a Temple. Thanks for watching

[@InsideKarensHead]

I pay a small monthly fee each month and get unlimited viewing and never see any ads, ever.

[@lancemerrill6390]

I had a lot of complaints from other subscribers. Thanks for watching

[@ralphfrymire7843]

I went through the endowment session as proxy for my nephew who had died some years earlier from lupus. I was doing names in the initiatory one day and his name came through my thoughts. I asked one of the brother workers about it. He said “He might want his work done.” As I finished his endowments sometime later, my nephew said in my thoughts, “Thank you Uncle David, thank you Uncle David, thank you Uncle David.” I have no doubt whatsoever that the work we do in the Temple is true. 17:01 8/20/24

[@lancemerrill6390]

I know the folks on the other side want their work done. Thanks

[@lmfarms4611]

Thank you.

[@lancemerrill6390]

I appreciate you watching

[@dianedavidson3533]

Thank You! Ads really irritate me in the middle of an "inspirational story"!

[@lancemerrill6390]

Me too. thanks

[@Tk.utelab]

I got to get back in the habit

[@lancemerrill6390]

It is the greatest habit to be in. Walk ins may be hard for a week or two until the surge of the new endowment film ends.

[@PatriciaCooper-br1ye]

That happens more than you might think😊

[@lancemerrill6390]

Many people are given the gift in the Temple. After 28 years as an ordinance worker, I have a feel of what a rare blessing it is. Thanks

[@robsin2810]

The Temple is the gateway to Heaven. If you look, you will see.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks

[@HickSquatch]

Beautiful! The decision to demonetize is excellent!! The ads are so distracting and intrusive to the Spirit.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Agreed

[@pdhafb]

Sanctification is a process, not an event.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks for watching

[@sonjahansen9466]

Which President Smith was serving as Provo Temple president at that time? Thank you for sharing.

[@lancemerrill6390]

The first one. Thanks

[@sonjahansen9466]

@@lancemerrill6390 I don’t know the history of who served as presidents of the Provo Temple. However, I do know that my husband’s uncle, Robert Smith and his wife, Lola, served. I don’t remember the exact time. I do remember visiting and he told us that he had gone up in the Provo Temple a night or so earlier and looked out the window at the Mt. Timpanogus Temple was it was being constructed. He was quite impressed and excited that for the first time one temple could be seen from the window of another temple.

[@lancemerrill6390]

@@sonjahansen9466 I loved President Smith. Thanks.

[@alang3991]

It should be clarified that the saving ordnances of the gospel are only required for entry into the Celestial Kingdom. Consequently, during the millennium the saving ordnance’s (I.e. baptism, endowment, sealing, etc.) will be performed for all those who have chosen and are qualified for the Celestial Kingdom. Those who have chosen to go to a lower kingdom have no need of the saving ordnances, and the work will not be done for them.

[@lancemerrill6390]

Thanks, the millennium is before the final judgement

[@lancemerrill6390]

Review the ordinances brother. Until we go into the Celestial Room the first 8 ordinances pertain to Telestial and Terrestial life. Your comment makes we wonder if you heard Elder Kearon's last conference talk

[@alang3991]

⁠@@lancemerrill6390The resurrection occurs before the final judgment. We are each resurrected to bodies Telestial, Terrestrial, or Celestial. The ordinances of the temple are required to lead us from the Telestial to the Terrestrial and finally arrive at the Celestial. The endowment is very clear that everything in the temple is required to allow us to return to our Heavenly Father in the Celestial Kingdom. Elder Kearon’s talk is excellent, and Heavenly Father’s intent is to bring each of us home (Celestial Kingdom), but each of us has our agency and must choose to go home. This talk is more fully understood if reviewed in conjunction with the following conference talks: Choices for Eternity, President Nelson, 10/2023 Think Celestial, President Nelson, 10/2023 Kingdoms of Glory, President Oaks, 10/2023 The Testimony of Jesus, Elder Christofferson, 4/2024

[@vinniejones8009]

Sadly, There will be many people that will not be eligible to go to the celestial kingdom and so will not require any of the ordinances, therefore the number of ordinances needed to be performed will not be as great as we think.

[@lancemerrill6390]

The millennium takes place before the time of the final judgement. Thanks for watching

[@lancemerrill6390]

You might listen to this talk for Elder Kearon : www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/04/45kearon?lang=eng

[@johnwerahiko6226]

Can anyone tell me why I think people who are not related to me reach out sometimes I am wondering through cemeteries and that person spirit is there?? Does this ring true for anyone else

[@lancemerrill6390]

They know you will do something about it. There are so many anxiously waiting for this work Thanks

[@MatíasLilloSolís]

Brother Merrill, may I ask where can I find the source of the experience of President Smith when it is said "Jesus Christ prefers to walk the corridors of the His Houses while they are busy”, There is some source about that? It is for personal studies and experiences that I heard from others. Actually, this is the first time that I heard that a Church President (I assume you were talking about President Joseph Fielding Smith) comment that, that was quite remarkable.

[@lancemerrill6390]

It was President Smith, the Provo Temple president. I heard him relate the experience in a meeting . Thanks for watching

[@MatíasLilloSolís]

@@lancemerrill6390 Thanks you Brother Merrill!

[@lancemerrill6390]

@@MatíasLilloSolís Thanks for watching

[@simonhuffa9885]

What temples do you mean?

[@lancemerrill6390]

The House of the Lord

[@dl1130]

I have a question no one can answer. I took my own endowment (1980) before the major endowment change. Since that time there has been even more changes, not just "modifications". Will all those who made additional covenants and or sealed those covenants by certain signs have to have their own covenants redone? Will all the dead need to have their covenants redone? I won't specify what those oaths and covenants consisted of but was told that God would never change or break those covenants. Should I be worried that I am not under the true covenant God wants? I wonder if this is why all the temples are being built to have work redone that was not correct from Joesph time when the ordinances could not be altered? But have been?

[@lancemerrill6390]

Some of the procedures have changed that we won't get into specific movements, or consequences described. But the actual 5 covenants have remained constant. The changes are more in the instructional side of the discussions.. Nothing will have to be redone. Thanks

[@halsmith7642]

As a (1975) No. I have some other more interesting speculations that I like to think about, Giza pyramid inch measurement with Grand gallery entrance at 33 AD and entrance to King and Queens chamber at 1979 AD, atom God theory (Not Adam) and Adam & Eve taking billions of years to finally eat the fruit. Favorite dedications attending have been Las Vegas and Houston. The changes seam to just be cutting some of the repetitions and maybe some of the changes in language that we are young are experiencing. Thanks

[@dl1130]

@@halsmith7642 Thank you!