1. Temple Worship in Scripture
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Temple Worship in Scripture
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2. The Garden of Eden

3. The Garden of Eden The First Temple?

4. The Garden of Eden The First Temple
The Garden of Eden The First Temple? Let’s compare it to various temple typologies we have learned!

5. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple

6. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple
The following typologies can be seen from the scriptural account:

7. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple
Hierophany (manifestation of the sacred)

8. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple
Hierophany (manifestation of the sacred)
Axis Mundi (center of the world)

9. New Jerusalem to be Built Where the Garden of Eden Was Located

10. New Jerusalem to be Built Where the Garden of Eden Was Located
First thing to note: We have NO primary sources regarding this! Only secondary and thirdary (a new word I just made up) sources.

11. New Jerusalem to be Built Where the Garden of Eden Was Located
President Wilford Woodruff quoted Brigham Young as saying,
"Joseph, the Prophet, told me that the Garden of Eden was in Jackson County, Missouri. When Adam was driven out he went to the place we now call Adam-ondi-Ahman. Daviess County, Missouri. There he built an altar and offered sacrifices." (Matthias F. Cowley, Wilford Woodruff: History of his Life and Labors, Bookcraft, p. 481.)

12. New Jerusalem to be Built Where the Garden of Eden Was Located
Joseph Fielding Smith:
“In accord with the revelations given to the Prophet Joseph Smith, we teach that the Garden of Eden was on the American continent located where the City Zion, or the New Jerusalem, will be built. When Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden, they eventually dwelt at a place called Adam-ondi-Ahman, situated in what is now Daviess County, Missouri.” (Doctrines of Salvation, 3 vols., ed. Bruce R. McConkie [ ], 3:74)

13. Joseph Smith’s Plat for Zion in Independence

14. Joseph Smith’s Plat for Zion in Independence

15. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple
Hierophany (manifestation of the sacred)
Axis Mundi (center of the world)
Tree of Life

16. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple
Hierophany (manifestation of the sacred)
Axis Mundi (center of the world)
Tree of Life
Living Waters

17. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple
Hierophany (manifestation of the sacred)
Axis Mundi (center of the world)
Tree of Life
Living Waters
Sacred Space

18. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple
Hierophany (manifestation of the sacred)
Axis Mundi (center of the world)
Tree of Life
Living Waters
Sacred Space
Orientation

19. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple
Hierophany (manifestation of the sacred)
Axis Mundi (center of the world)
Tree of Life
Living Waters
Sacred Space
Orientation
Ritual (sacred marriage)

20. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple
Hierophany (manifestation of the sacred)
Axis Mundi (center of the world)
Tree of Life
Living Waters
Sacred Space
Orientation
Ritual (sacred marriage)
New names

21. The Garden of Eden: The First Temple
Hierophany (manifestation of the sacred)
Axis Mundi (center of the world)
Tree of Life
Living Waters
Sacred Space
Orientation
Ritual (sacred marriage)
New names
Sacred clothing

22. Adam and the Temple

23. 1. Adam and Priesthood Authority

24. Adam Receives Priesthood Authority
Joseph Smith ( ) President
The Priesthood was first given to Adam; he obtained the First Presidency, and held the keys of it from generation to generation.  He obtained it in the creation, before the world was formed, as in Gen.1:26,27,28.  (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith [2007], p. 104) 

25. 2. Adam Receives the Temple Ordinances

26. Adam and Eve in Adam-ondi-Ahman
Heber C. Kimball ( ) First Presidency
“The Prophet Joseph called upon Brother Brigham, myself and others, saying, ‘Brethren, come, go along with me, and I will show you something," He led us a short distance to a place where were the ruins of three altars built of stone, one above the other, and one standing a little back of the other, like unto the pulpits in the Kirtland Temple, representing the order of three grades of Priesthood; ‘There,’ said Joseph, "is the place where Adam offered up sacrifice after he was cast out of the garden.’ The altar stood at the highest point of the bluff. I went and examined the place several times while I remained there. (Life of Heber C. Kimball , pp )

27. Kirtland Temple

28. Kirtland Temple

29. Kirtland Temple

30. Kirtland Temple

31. Kirtland Temple

32. Adam Receives Temple Ordinances:

33. Adam Receives Temple Ordinances:
Moses 6:64-68

34. Adam Receives Temple Ordinances:
Moses 6:64-68
Ezra Taft Benson comments on these verses in “What I Hope You Will Teach Your Children About the Temple,” Ensign, Aug. 1985

35. Adam Receives Temple Ordinances:
Moses 6:64-68
Ezra Taft Benson comments on these verses in “What I Hope You Will Teach Your Children About the Temple,” Ensign, Aug. 1985
D&C 107:53-56

36. Adam Receives Temple Ordinances:
Moses 6:64-68
Ezra Taft Benson comments on these verses in “What I Hope You Will Teach Your Children About the Temple,” Ensign, Aug. 1985
D&C 107:53-56
President Benson comments on these verses as well in same talk--

38. Kirtland Temple