S4 E42 Understanding Temples and Their Role in Preparing for the Second Coming (D&C 88)
The Scriptures Are Real
Kerry Muhlestein
4.8 • 539 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Please think about events you might hold at Castle Park in Lindon, UT, such as parties, weddings, home school events, marriage and family groups, and so much more. Check it out at https://castleparkevents.com/. We also hope you will join us for our Book of Abraham workshop. Go to outofthedust.org to learn how to register.
In this episode Kerry visits with H. Dean Garrett, who is an emeritus professor of Church History and Doctrine, a former member of the Mount Timpanogos Temple Presidency, and a former Mission President. Together they explore the historical background of Section 88 along with what it teaches about the Second Comforter and Eternal Life. They explore how this section is both about how to prepare to be holy enough for the temple by holding the School of the Prophets in the Lord's proscribed way -- which leads to holiness -- and how those same instructions should be applied to being in the temple, which will help us become more holy as we go through the temple. They also explore light and truth and the atoning sacrifice of Christ as best understood in a context of holiness and temples. They talk about how temples are necessary to help us get to where God wants us to be. They also look at how consecration is intertwined with temples and how missionary work is as well. They also look at Old Testament connections with the temple. They look at how temples are supposed to be schools of instruction. They look at teachings about solemn assemblies.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the scriptures are real podcast. |
| 0:12.7 | This is the podcast where we talk about things in the scriptures that make them real to us |
| 0:16.0 | so we can draw more power out of them because we need all the help we can get. |
| 0:19.8 | I'm your host, Kerry Mielstein, and I'll introduce our guest in just a second, |
| 0:22.9 | but first of all, I want to make a special announcement and thank a sponsor that we have. You've heard me talk about the Book of Abraham workshop that we're going to have in London, and you can go to tsar. website to learn more about that. in any case, we're having this workshop right where we're going to talk about 1835, and that's when they get the papyrine in the book of Abraham. So we're going to talk about that. And we're going to have it at Castle Park in Linden, Utah. So you can join via Zoom. If you want to register via Zoom, that's great. But we're going to hold the actual event with people who can come and we'll ask questions. We'll visit with each other during lunch or dinners afterwards. We'll talk and you can ask more questions and so on. So we'd love to have you there. We're fortunate to have it there and it's because of the mission that they have. So they're a sponsor for us for this episode. We just want to tell you a little bit about Castle Park. |
| 1:11.7 | It's an event venue in Linden, and its purpose is to provide support and connection to help individuals and families in their journeys towards embracing truth, healing, and growth. |
| 1:20.4 | I love that mission. |
| 1:22.2 | This is a natural extension of their core belief that every human is descended from divine royalty. And as such, |
| 1:28.8 | we each have tremendous potential for growth and a responsibility to create positive impact. |
| 1:33.4 | With this purpose that Hart, Castle Park uses as beautiful ballrooms and grounds. And these are |
| 1:37.6 | cool. They have a couple different ballroom things. They have a castle setting that is partially |
| 1:42.3 | outside, partially inside. They've got a playground. So if you have a venue and you need kids to go play while you do things you can, they have a castle setting that is partially outside, partially inside. They've got a playground. |
| 1:44.8 | So if you have a venue and you need kids to go play while you do things you can, they have other |
| 1:48.5 | outdoor settings. They've got, it's just a fantastic venue. So they use their beautiful ballrooms and |
| 1:53.9 | grounds to host weddings and parties as well as classes and experiences related to marriage, |
| 1:59.1 | childbirth, parenting, liberty, holistic healing, |
| 2:01.8 | and other events that invite light, truth, and edification. |
| 2:04.6 | So I think they'd love to help homeschool events, marriage and family therapy or workshops |
| 2:11.3 | or anything along those lines, really anything that fits into that mission. |
| 2:15.0 | We would invite you to, if you just Google Castle Park in Linden, L-I-N-D-O-N, |
| 2:21.5 | if you just Google that, you'll find them, and you'll find they're a great venue. We hope that |
| 2:25.5 | they can help you in all sorts of things that you might be doing in your family, whether that be |
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