“Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father” (Discourses of Brigham Young, sel. John A. Widtsoe [1954], 416).
President Russell M. Nelson has taught: “We … increase the Savior’s power in our lives when we make sacred covenants and keep those covenants with precision. Our covenants bind us to Him and give us godly power.” (Russell M. Nelson, “Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into Our Lives,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2017, 41.)
Temple Preparation Course (if you are going for the first time)
Attend the six lessons taught in the Temple Preparation course in your ward or at institute before attending the temple and the seventh lesson after attending the temple.
Temple Preparation
Study the booklet Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple
Read the article Prepare for the Blessings of the Temple by President Russell M. Nelson
Temple Qualification
Read the Temple Recommend Interview Questions (Church Handbook 26.3.3.1) and be prepared to honestly answer these questions with your bishop and stake president.
Temple Garments and Sacred Temple Clothing
Watch the video Sacred Temple Clothing
Read Wearing the Temple Garment (Church Handbook 26.3.3.2)
Read Disposing of Garments and Ceremonial Temple Clothing (Church Handbook 38.5.7)
Attending the Temple
Watch the video Your First Temple Visit: A Practical Guide
Watch, listen or read Meeting Jesus in the House of the Lord by Elder Allen D. Haynie
Watch Two Apostles Lead a Virtual Tour of the Rome Italy Temple or A Sacred House of the Lord | Washington D.C. Temple
Temple Ordinances
Read entries in the Bible Dictionary that are related to the temple, such as “Anoint,”, “Covenant,”, “Sacrifices,” and “Temple.”.
Study Exodus chapters 26-29, and Leviticus, chapter 8. These chapters underscore the antiquity of temple work and the enduring nature of its ordinances.
Study Moses, chapters 2-4 and Moses 5:1-11 (also Abraham, chapters 3-5 and Genesis, chapters 1-3). The chapters teach us about the creation of the world, Adam and Eve, and the Garden of Eden.
Making Temple Covenants
Read About the Temple Endowment and study the 5 covenants that you will make in the temple.
Temple Symbolism and the Old Testament
Watch the video The Tabernacle and the Messiah
Sealings