How to Part the Veil: The Temple, the Savior's Pattern & the Second Coming | LDS

Send us Fan MailWhat does it really mean to "part the veil" — and is it something ordinary Latter-day Saints (LDS) can do, or only prophets? In this episode of Thinning of the Veil, host Tia Smith returns after a short break, opening up about a season that stretched her past what she thought she could bear — and the quiet reassurance she received: that even the prophets have felt their callings were impossible.Then she traces the pattern of parting the veil through the life of the Savior. At His death, the veil of the temple was rent in twain (Matthew 27), the earth quaked, and the graves of the saints were opened — a pattern that points us to the temple, to the redemptive work of the Atonement, and to those waiting on the other side of the veil. Tia connects this to Joseph F. Smith's vision of the spirit world (Doctrine and Covenants 138), the many scriptural "synonyms" for parting the veil, and the promise that as we become "saviors on Mount Zion" through temple and family history work, that same veil can thin — even part — in our own lives.This episode carries a tender note: President Russell M. Nelson — who so often taught the Saints to "part the veil" in the temple — has himself now passed beyond that veil. His witness, alongside prophecies in Doctrine and Covenants 133 and Joel 2, points toward the manifestations of the Savior's power promised as we prepare for His Second Coming.Q: What does it mean to "part the veil"? (LDS)A: In Latter-day Saint teaching, parting the veil — also called rending or thinning the veil — means receiving revelation and heavenly manifestation: having "the eyes of your understanding opened." Tia shows it's described many ways across scripture and is offered not only to prophets but to covenant-keeping members.Q: How can I have a "thinning of the veil" experience?A: Tia teaches the pattern centers on the temple: as we keep our covenants and do redemptive work for our kindred dead — becoming "saviors on Mount Zion" — the veil is most likely to part on behalf of those ancestors, just as it was rent at the Savior's death for the saints on both sides of the veil.Q: Did President Russell M. Nelson teach about parting the veil?A: Yes. President Nelson taught that in the temple we learn how to part the veil and receive heaven's direction, and that the safest place in every upheaval is living inside our temple covenants. President Nelson passed away in September 2025.This is the pattern any of us can follow to part the veil between heaven and earth — in the temple, on behalf of those who have gone before.▶️ WATCH & LISTEN🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thinningoftheveil🌐 Website: https://www.thinningoftheveil.com🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinning-of-the-veil/id1753511394🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jWCfMHkZXwnSwy2b98J4M🎵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a0a45561-d4c2-46d3-af8d-a1e967a21a25📖 BOOKPatterns of Revelation — Spiritual Foundations for Hearing God's Voice: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW36MG9B📱 CONNECTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinning.of.the.veilFacebook Group (Gathering of the Gatherers): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1429562078443774Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thinningoftheveil💛 SUPPORT THE SHOWVenmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/thinningoftheveilPayPal: https://paypal.me/thinningoftheveil✉️ Have you had a thinning of the veil experience? Email [email protected] — your testimony may be exactly what someone needs to hear.#ThinningOfTheVeil #PartingTheVeil #Temple #FamilyHistory #LDS #LatterDaySaints #SpiritWorld #SecondComing #DoctrineAndCovenants #ComeFollowMeCITATIONS:President Nelson, Hear Him, April 2020D&C 138:6-8, 11, 18, 30, 53-54, 57D&C 52:14, D&C 94:2 Marvin J. Ashton, “A Pattern in All Things”, Oct. 1990D. Todd Christofferson, “Redemption”, Apr. 2013Matthew 27:50-53Savior: Guide to the ScripturesRussell M. Nelson, “The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation”, Oct. 2021D&C 133:1-2, 4, 26, 32, 36-37, 38-40, 41, 56-57, Henry B. Eyring Social Media Post, Dec. 4th, 2025Joel 2:28-32Russell M. Nelson, “Overcome the World and Find Rest,” Oct. 2022D&C 113:7-10Boyd K. Packer, “Covenants”, April 1987Support the show