TABERNACLES, TEMPLES AND COVENANTS, Chapter 11 of Kingdom of God volume 2

TABERNACLES, TEMPLES AND COVENANTS, Chapter 11 of Kingdom of God volume 2 Pages 78-90   Here is the kingdom of God, and the Saints should understand that, if they abide in this kingdom, they will realize every promise made to them in its ordinances and covenants. (Brigham Young, JD 11:251)   Tabernacles, temples and dedicated buildings have often been built by righteous men as special locations to worship God. In turn, they were intended to be places where God could commune with His people. Such edifices have been constructed under the command of God ever since the days of the children of Israel. In some instances the structure was a lowly, humble tent; on the other hand, King Solomon’s temple became one of the most beautiful, costly and divinely inspired buildings the world had ever seen.   But what has all this to do with the Kingdom of God? Within these sacred designated structures, God can visit His elect children and they can be ordained kings and priests, queens and priestesses, to Him. It is not the price tag that is significant in such buildings; rather it is the fact that God directed their construction and instituted the ordinances and covenants that were to be performed therein to make men and women kings and queens in His Kingdom. http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=139