“Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.” Leviticus 26:1
Today we’re taking a look at the outside architecture of the original Nauvoo Temple. Whenever I see pictures of it, I can’t help but wonder what people must’ve thought as they looked at the thirty scary sunstone faces encircling the top of that building. They also saw another one up close and personal, sitting at the front door.
Why weren’t members of the Church repulsed at these carvings when God’s word clearly tells us not to do such things?!
One also has to wonder if they would’ve been so devoted if leaders at the time had said the same things leaders today have recently proclaimed. If the BoM stories were nothing more than speculative theories, how many would visit the temple then?
Making matters worse, this month the Church is putting a heavy emphasis on celebrating the 200th anniversary of Joe Smith’s trek out to the ‘sacred grove’. This is where he supposedly saw God and Jesus make a personal appearance.
Today we’re praying that Mormons will take pause, and think about all the scenarios placed in their path.
1.Question why there are false gods depicted in sunstone carvings on their temple.
2.The Church’s admission that the Book of Mormon stories are just theories, but their whole existence shows a pattern of racist ideologies.
3.The 11 different versions of Smith’s first vision.
4.The Church’s admission they don’t know the true location of the sacred grove.
In case you’re wondering…we wrote about the sunstones on Mormon temples in 2010. The following is an excerpt from our article, Inverted Stain Glass Pentagrams where we documented what God said in His word about sunstones, and compared it to what the LDS Church had to say –
Just looking at the face of this sunstone character is bothersome. Solar deities can be found in many cultures throughout history and can be male or female. In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo was a god of light and sun. Ra of Heliopolis (Horus or Anu-Re to the Egyptians) is another example and considered to be the creator of everything. These symbols are nothing more than a form of Ba’al worship.
Ba’al worship is the adoration or worship of things in nature created by God. The worshipping of creation typically revolved around the cycle of crops or raising livestock or it could include the worship of water. It also included the worshipping of stars, the moon, planets and sun. The Israelites are thought to have adopted Ba’al worship through the Canaanites.
Neo-paganism (modern form of witchcraft) is replete with the use of sun and/or moon gods with faces. It has so infiltrated our society and culture today that we can see these sun faces everywhere in home and yard décor. Many people are oblivious to the spiritual implications of having these idols in their homes.
I keep saying one of the best bible studies that opened my eyes to the historical aspects of the Old Testament was the book of Jeremiah (See Jer. 42:15-16). It also cleared the fog of confusion for me that I kept having with the Book of Mormon. Just about everything God commanded the Israelites not to do is found as righteous behavior in the Book of Mormon. LDS temples aren’t coy about whom the attendees are worshipping. God destroyed most of the Israelites for worshipping the same things depicted on these temples.
In addition to all that, there is the sun god Re whom the Egyptians worship. The Egyptians believed Re, also known as Horus-Re, died and was resurrected or reborn each and every day. Egyptians personified this sun god through drawings of him sitting on a boat sailing through the sky.
In the 1913 publication of Spalding’s booklet, “Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator”, we find Egyptologist Dr. Samuel Mercer’s findings. According to Dr. Mercer along with ten other Egyptologists, the drawing in Facsimile 2, Figure 3 in the Book of Abraham is the Egyptian sun god Horus.
Yet, Joseph Smith was adamant this pictorial is “God sitting upon his throne”. We can only be left to conclude the god of Mormonism is Horus, not the God of the Bible.
2 Kings 17:16 “And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.”
For more info on the idolatry inside the Nauvoo Temple, see our recent article, Idolatrous Altars for Pagan Gods.
Lastly, please, pray for those caught up in the myriad of lies this church keeps spinning!
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
I remember in High Priest Quorum meetings, we would sometimes be asked to name certain presidents of the church. There were pictures on the wall of all the churches presidents. The guy conducting the meeting would hold up a picture and ask people who it was. The speaker would, of course, cover up the name with his hand.i never really cared much about Presidents of the Church, even when I was an active member.. It reminded me of John 12:43, where the Lord said: “For they loved the praises of men more than praise from God.”
Is it facsimile #2 the one with their god basically sitting there exposing himself?
You’re absolutely correct! For a list of all the meanings on Facsimile 2 see our series https://lifeafterministry.com/2013/08/facsimile-2/
It’s another glaring example of why Smith was an impostor. Sigh…