"Look at your temple recommend. That small card in your wallet or on your phone. Those are the credentials of a citizen of the kingdom, signed by men who hold keys that trace back through unbroken hands to the resurrected Christ Himself.
That card does not give you access to a building. It gives you access to the literal presence of the divine, in rooms designed for that purpose, where the veil between worlds is thinner than anywhere else on earth.
That is not a metaphor.
That is the doctrine, plainly stated, by every prophet from Joseph forward.
The temple is not a symbol of the heavenly.
The temple is the heavenly, breaking into the earthly, in a space consecrated for the encounter.
The Saints who built Kirtland saw angels there. The Saints who built Nauvoo received the endowment there before being driven west. The Saints who built the Salt Lake Temple sacrificed forty years and unimaginable resources because they understood that a stake in Zion without a temple was a stake without its purpose.
And you carry the card that opens the door.
The card is not a possession. It is a summons. The Lord is in the house, and He is asking when you intend to come. Answer Him with your calendar."
-- Your Pioneer Ancestor
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