Exodus Endowment

Understanding What It Means When President Russell M. Nelson Tells Us Temple Ordinances Are "Ancient" (Deeper Understanding for Latter-Day Saints)

By: Russell McConkie

Narrated by: Russell Elkins

Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Have you noticed that President Russell M. Nelson keeps reminding us that the modern temple endowment has “ancient” roots? If you do not know what this means—if you do not have a solid understanding of what was done in the temples of ancient Israel—then you are missing many of the most basic and important aspects of your temple experience.

Unfortunately, it is very common for someone to enter the temple for the first time with little to no understanding of what to expect. And the five-minute rundown someone receives from the stake president hardly changes that. It is also common for people to adopt the philosophy that if they return to the temple often, then time and repetition will teach them what they need to know. For a lot of people, however, that only leads to decades of continually doing the same thing without knowing why or where these things began.

Just as President Nelson says, an understanding of these things can be found in “ancient” times. By using a mix of history and personal experience, Russell McConkie does a beautiful job of making these things personable and easy to understand. Whether you are preparing to receive your own endowment, or you have been attending the temple for many decades, Exodus Endowment will help broaden your understanding of the history and purpose of our modern temple ceremonies.

©2022 Russell McConkie (P)2022 Russell McConkie

Great overview of history and current Temple

This was an outstanding overview of where the temple ceremonies started to where they are now. The author connects the past to the present and gives the relevance to our lives. Well done

Excellent book and great narration!

This is a really good book for improving your understanding and appreciation of the modern and ancient Temple rituals. I really enjoyed the quality of the narration as well.

Fascinating

Really interesting to hear a comparison between the ancient and modern temples and ceremonies. I'll be listening to it again.

A Must for All Latter-day Saints!

Fantastic book. The only thing I would object to is at the very beginning the author says something akin to: some of the parts of the Endowment ceremony copies or was influenced by Masonry. This is actually not true. In fact in the remainder of the book the author inherently makes the case for this not being true, as the endowment ceremony existed way before Masonry. Another point to consider is that these ceremony rituals were revealed to Joseph prior to his experience with Masonry. (I’m personally of the opinion that Masonry, generally speaking, is a good & worthy organization which happens to also have a few within who use it for nefarious purposes. And that is true of almost all organizations on some level. We cannot throw out the baby with the bath water & must be wise when considering the fruits of people, governments & organizations.

This book was enlightening. I knew some of the info prior to reading. But some I had never known or considered. I loved learning through the Spirit’s whispering to me as I listened too. I’d highly recommend this book. It sticks closely to scripture, prophets, and the teachings of Christ. Definitely earned the 5 stars!

He shares wonderful insight

I was a little concerned by the title but found it respectful and informative on temple worship the why and reasons

Beautiful insights, An easy listen.

I learned alot about traditional temple worship by the Old Testament Jews and much was made clear about modern day temple worship by members of the church of Jesus Latter-day Saints.

I guess I I was hoping for more

Not exactly what I was looking for but interesting. I guess i really do have to do my own homework