We’ve listed the script below and then we’ll ask some questions –
Temple Ceremonies Part 2 Garden Endowment Ceremony
EVE PARTAKES OF THE FRUIT
[Eve returns.]
LUCIFER: Eve, here is some of the fruit of that tree. It will make you wise. It is delicious to the taste and very desirable.
EVE: Who are you?
LUCIFER: I am your brother.
EVE: You, my brother, and come here to persuade me to disobey Father?
LUCIFER: I have said nothing about Father. I want you to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil that your eyes may be opened, for that is the way Father gained his knowledge. You must eat of this fruit so as to comprehend that everything has its opposite: good and evil, virtue and vice, light and darkness, health and sickness, pleasure and pain. Thus your eyes will be opened, and you will have knowledge.
EVE: Is there no other way?
LUCIFER: There is no other way.
EVE: Then I will partake.
[Eve pantomimes taking one of the pieces of fruit from Lucifer’s hand and eating it.]
LUCIFER: There. Now go and get Adam to partake.
[Lucifer pantomimes placing the second piece of fruit in her hand. He withdraws from view.]
If you’re interested in reading all of the ceremonies, you can find the scripts of the entire thing on both our site and blog.
The scenario in our LDS example today is rife with problems so here’s our questions and comments.
1.Lucifer is not the brother of mankind. Lucifer’s an angel. Hebrews 1:5
2.God didn’t gain His knowledge by going through the same ordeal we have on earth. God was never man and has always been God. Numbers 23:19
3.The film that Mormons watch while going through the endowment ceremonies and subsequently swearing allegiance to, portray loyalty to a false god who is actually nothing more than Lucifer who transformed himself into an angel of light by the name of Moroni.
4.Why does Lucifer have hands in the temple film? In scripture the one who tempted Eve was a serpent. Genesis 3:1-15. Serpents don’t have hands, so how did this happen?
5.Truth is stranger than fiction…
And last but certainly not least, is the entire scene in the LDS temple ceremony. This is an obvious come to life example of the true Mormon gospel. It’s as if Satan is laughing at his own trick of pulling the wool over the eyes of these dear people. Their minds have become darkened as they exchange the truth of God for a lie as Paul said in the first chapter of Romans.