🕍 What the Temple Was Always Meant to Be
🕍 What the Temple Was Always Meant to Be
I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get closer to God.
I’ve prayed in chapels, stood in temples, and searched for Him in every room they said He’d be in.
But it wasn’t until I stepped away from the noise, and into the stillness,
that I started to hear the whisper:
“This is not the temple I built. Come and see.”
So I opened the scriptures.
I listened.
And everything changed.
📖 What the Bible Shows Us
In the Bible, the temple was a place of holiness.
A place where the Lord’s presence could be felt.
But it wasn’t for everyone—not yet. Only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies.
Then Jesus came.
And when He died, the veil tore in two.
The separation between God and His people was broken.
The message was clear:
“Come boldly unto the throne of grace.”
(Hebrews 4:16)
Not through a curtain.
Not through a priest.
But through the Savior Himself.
📘 What the Book of Mormon Teaches
In the Book of Mormon, the word temple shows up a few times.
But more often, it talks about something deeper:
Sanctification by the Holy Ghost
Entering the presence of God
Hearing His voice, receiving His image in your countenance
Becoming purified and sealed by the Spirit
There’s not a single mention of:
Secret tokens
Veil ceremonies
Loyalty oaths to prophets
Buildings required for exaltation
What it does say is this:
“Come unto Christ, and be perfected in Him.” (Moroni 10:32)
That’s the endowment.
🧔 What Joseph Smith Taught
Joseph didn’t start with rituals.
He started with revelation.
He taught:
That every man and woman could come into the presence of God
That the Holy Order was passed from heaven, not from a boardroom
That we should seek the Second Comforter—a personal visit from Christ
That Zion would be a people pure in heart, not a campus of stone buildings
His greatest sermons weren’t about policy.
They were about power—spiritual, direct, and sanctifying.
⛪ What We’ve Settled For
Today, we’ve made the temple into an institution.
We schedule appointments.
We wear uniforms.
We watch symbolic videos.
We memorize rituals.
And we tell ourselves: this is what God requires.
But is it?
Where’s the fire?
Where’s the transformation?
Where’s the voice of the Lord?
We’ve built temples with granite.
But the Lord is still looking for temples made of flesh.
📜 The Blueprint Has Always Been There
What if I told you… the real pattern of Zion,
the original temple teachings,
the blueprint for how to walk back into the presence of God…
…was preserved?
Not in a vault.
Not in Salt Lake.
But in sacred records, translated in our day, by the gift and power of God.
🌄 Introducing the Nemenhah
The Nemenhah Records are what you might call a spiritual continuation of the Book of Mormon.
They teach:
How to build a Refuge
How to be sanctified by the fire of the Holy Ghost
How to pass through the veil—not symbolically, but literally
How both men and women hold stewardship and priesthood power
How to be sealed to Christ, and receive your endowment of power—not from an institution, but from Him
They restore the real temple.
The living temple.
The one Joseph Smith began—but never got to finish.
🌀 What the Nemenhah Records Restore
Long before temples were granite buildings with entrance desks and security cards…
The Aylohhihm made a covenant.
“They covenanted together, even before the world was, to go down into the elements for the sake of their children. For they loved their children more than they loved dominion.”
— Tuhhuhl Nuhmehn, Chapter 1
In the true temple pattern, there were no lines, no videos, no scripted handshakes.
There was only this:
👉 A walk with the Peacemaker.
👉 A veil of the flesh.
👉 A calling by name.
👉 A washing by fire and Spirit.
👉 A clothing in light.
The Nemenhah records don’t describe a ceremony to memorize.
They describe an encounter.
Not a reenactment of Christ’s presence.
But His actual presence.
And the invitation has always been the same:
“Be believing, and I will bring you through.”
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🛑 Not Another Religion. A Return.
This isn’t about leaving the Church.
It’s about finding Christ.
The Church gave us good things.
But it also gave us policies where there should’ve been power.
And traditions where there should’ve been truth.
The Nemenhah don’t ask for loyalty.
They invite you to listen.
They say what Jesus said:
“Come and follow me.”
Not follow a system.
Not follow a white robe.
Follow the Voice.
🔥 A Blessing for the Way Back
O Lord,
Break down every wall that keeps us from Thee.
Tear the veil from our eyes.
Let the fire fall again—not just in temples, but in hearts.
Sanctify us.
Call us by name.
Wash us in Thy Spirit, and clothe us in light.
Let Zion rise—not from marble, but from mustard seeds.
Let the humble hear Thy voice.
And let the broken be made whole.
We are ready, Lord.
Build the true temple again—starting here.
Be holy. Be healed. Be whole.
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