Wise words on the sacred nature of our temples...

 

Hugh Nibley

By Gregory Knight

Though Hugh Nibley was not a Mormon fundamentalist, in my heart I believe his words also apply to all groups and churches that now have temples on earth...

"Even though everyone may discover what goes on in the temple, and many have already revealed it, the important thing is that I do not reveal these things; they must remain sacred to me. I must preserve a zone of sanctity which cannot be violated whether or not anyone else in the room has the remotest idea what the situation really is. For all my covenants are between me and my Heavenly Father, all others being present only as witnesses... No matter what happens, it will, then, always remain secret; only I know exactly the weight and force of the covenants I have made — I and the Lord with whom I have made them — unless I choose to reveal them. If I do not, then they are secret and sacred no matter what others may say or do. Anyone who would reveal these things has not understood them, and therefore that person has not given them away. You cannot reveal what you do not know!"

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