Today’s dilemma is an addition to our articles on the demonic symbols found on LDS temples. I came across the website ‘Moroni’s Latter-Day Saint Page’ and discovered I somehow missed a few of the symbols on the SLC Temple we’ve written about previously so we’re looking at those today.
Our objective in highlighting this subject isn’t to bash the Mormon people, rather, our goal is to be good stewards and compare extra-biblical works with scripture so we can determine if the information lines up to what God says. Our measure of truth comes from His word and no place else. Acts 17:11.
To avoid duplicating info we already have on our site we’re only listing one of the symbols from the other site and will add more info as time permits. Our response will be in red font.
As you read through this, please, take a moment to think of how you might be able to share this with your Mormon friends and loved ones. Also remember what Dr. Walter Martin said; ‘Having the last word will kill your witness so walk away’.
Let’s begin, shall we?
“The symbols on the top of the doorplate go as follows: The two palmettes located just above the dates have multiple meanings. First, the palmettes symbolize the Tree of Life, which represents returning to live with God and Eternal Life.
The tree of life is a symbol of Christ. Loosely speaking the tree of life might be referred to in the manner they’ve shown here, but technically they’re incorrect. See Genesis 3:22, Revelation 2:7 & Revelation 22:2.
Today, Jesus is the tree of life to us as well as the bread of life – John 6:48, 51.
‘Second, the palmette represents the palm branches that were waved to welcome and herald Jesus’ coming into the city (John 12:13), but in this case Jesus is being welcomed into the temple.’
Here’s what John 12:13 says –
“Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.”
We have a few questions here –
1. How can Jesus be the King of Israel if Joseph Smith ‘suffered himself’ to be crowned King of Israel?
Zion’s Harbinger and Baneemy’s Organ, St. Louis, July, 1853, p. 53;
“I was also witness of the introduction (secretly) of a kingly form of government, in which Joseph suffered himself to be ordained a king, to reign over the house of Israel forever; which I could not conceive to be in accordance with the laws of the church, but I did not oppose this move, thinking it none of my business.”
2. Why would Jesus go back into a temple that’s not built after the Biblical pattern of what God required?
3. Why would Jesus go into a temple after the veil in the temple was ripped in half at His death and the temple was totally destroyed in 70 AD?
Besides all that, the believer is the temple of God now – 1 Cor 3:16.
‘And third, the palmette represents blessings that are promised to those that attend the temple, specifically Psalm 92:12-13; which reads, “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.”’
Easton’s Bible Dictionary;
“(Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Israel. It is described as “flourishing” (Ps. 92:12), tall (Cant. 7:7), “upright” (Jer. 10:5). Its branches are a symbol of victor (Rev. 7:9). “Rising with slender stem 40 or 50, at times even 80, feet aloft, its only branches, the feathery, snow-like, pale-green fronds from 6 to 12 feet long, bending from its top, the palm attracts the eye wherever it is seen.” The whole land of Israel was called by the Greeks and Romans Phoenicia, i.e., “the land of palms.”
There’s nothing in the Bible promising believers they’ll be blessed by going to the temple. In fact, God’s word contradicts this theory altogether in Ephesians 2:8-9 and Isaiah 64:6 – our works are as filthy rags.
Lastly, why are they quoting scripture when they believe it’s been translated incorrectly?
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