Comments on: Brigham Young, Temple Capacity, and the Millennium http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kourtney F http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-40203 Kourtney F Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:31:23 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=1297#comment-40203 fascinating... definately bookmarking this one for future gospel doctrine debates. ;) i have often thought how convenient 24 hour temple sessions would be. why are they mostly during they day while the rest of us are at work? perhaps more people are able to attend sessions at midnight than noon. i know i would be there! but bob, a ten second session? maybe 45 minutes if they talked faster or pushed the fast forward button - but ten seconds is pretty extreme. it takes a lot longer than that just to get dressed! fascinating… definately bookmarking this one for future gospel doctrine debates. ;)
i have often thought how convenient 24 hour temple sessions would be. why are they mostly during they day while the rest of us are at work? perhaps more people are able to attend sessions at midnight than noon. i know i would be there!
but bob, a ten second session? maybe 45 minutes if they talked faster or pushed the fast forward button – but ten seconds is pretty extreme. it takes a lot longer than that just to get dressed!

]]> By: Ziff http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-39077 Ziff Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:20:06 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=1297#comment-39077 Thanks for this post, edje. Fun analysis! Thanks for this post, edje. Fun analysis!

]]> By: SC Taysom http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-38973 SC Taysom Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:16:56 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=1297#comment-38973 NYC as a giant temple...I like that idea--heaven knows I could have used a hot dog vendor during a non-millennial session a time or two. NYC as a giant temple…I like that idea–heaven knows I could have used a hot dog vendor during a non-millennial session a time or two.

]]> By: Bob http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-38970 Bob Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:52:28 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=1297#comment-38970 I think there is way too much thinking in a box here: (During the Millennium....) 1) Why can’t the dead do their own work? 2) Why not turn all of New York City into a Temple? 3) Why can’t a session be cut to 10 seconds? 4) Etc. I think there is way too much thinking in a box here:
(During the Millennium….)
1) Why can’t the dead do their own work?
2) Why not turn all of New York City into a Temple?
3) Why can’t a session be cut to 10 seconds?
4) Etc.

]]> By: SC Taysom http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-38957 SC Taysom Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:41:55 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=1297#comment-38957 Stepley, You're right about the DC temple. In that one, sessions ran all Friday night and through Saturday every week (iirc). I'm not sure when that stopped. Stepley,
You’re right about the DC temple. In that one, sessions ran all Friday night and through Saturday every week (iirc). I’m not sure when that stopped.

]]> By: Matthew Chapman http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-38948 Matthew Chapman Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:16:35 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=1297#comment-38948 According to Ezekiel 39:11-13, we will spend the first seven months after the Second Coming burying the dead. Imagine that when this task is completed, a great missionary effort causes the Millennial Church to grow at a rate of 100% per year. Assuming we will begin with the 1-to-500 member ratio we have now, the world would be converted in ten years. At the same time, a great temple-building effort would get underway. Three or four thousand temples would be built during the first ten years. Then using the proposed high-capacity temples operating 24 hours a day, all ordinances for the dead are completed in just 100 years. For the next 8½ centuries, the temples would then serve an entirely new purpose. Perhaps all endowed members would meet in "Thursday meetings", as the Quorum of the Twelve and First Presidency do today. Perhaps the temples would be the site of the "communion with the Church of the Firstborn". Perhaps there would be some other function of which we cannot even conceive. People of that day would look back on four great epochs of temple worship: (1) the Patriarchal temples, from Adam to Abraham, (2) the Aaronic Priesthood temples of the Children of Israel, from Moses to Christ, (3) the pre-millennial, Spirit-of-Elijah temples initiated at the time of Christ and his Apostles, restored in the Last Days, and continuing through the first century of the Millennial Reign, and (4) the Millennial Temples, whatever form they may take. "I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose." – J.B.S. Haldane According to Ezekiel 39:11-13, we will spend the first seven months after the Second Coming burying the dead.

Imagine that when this task is completed, a great missionary effort causes the Millennial Church to grow at a rate of 100% per year. Assuming we will begin with the 1-to-500 member ratio we have now, the world would be converted in ten years.

At the same time, a great temple-building effort would get underway. Three or four thousand temples would be built during the first ten years. Then using the proposed high-capacity temples operating 24 hours a day, all ordinances for the dead are completed in just 100 years.

For the next 8½ centuries, the temples would then serve an entirely new purpose. Perhaps all endowed members would meet in “Thursday meetings”, as the Quorum of the Twelve and First Presidency do today. Perhaps the temples would be the site of the “communion with the Church of the Firstborn”. Perhaps there would be some other function of which we cannot even conceive.

People of that day would look back on four great epochs of temple worship: (1) the Patriarchal temples, from Adam to Abraham, (2) the Aaronic Priesthood temples of the Children of Israel, from Moses to Christ, (3) the pre-millennial, Spirit-of-Elijah temples initiated at the time of Christ and his Apostles, restored in the Last Days, and continuing through the first century of the Millennial Reign, and (4) the Millennial Temples, whatever form they may take.

“I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose.” – J.B.S. Haldane

]]> By: J. Stapley http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-38947 J. Stapley Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:14:50 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=1297#comment-38947 I remember hearing folks in the DC area talk about 24 hour temple session at that temple on the weekends as a regular thing to accommodate the business. Unfortunately, now I understand that it is barely able to maintain a regular schedule (due to all the new temples). I remember hearing folks in the DC area talk about 24 hour temple session at that temple on the weekends as a regular thing to accommodate the business. Unfortunately, now I understand that it is barely able to maintain a regular schedule (due to all the new temples).

]]> By: SC Taysom http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-38945 SC Taysom Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:44:40 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=1297#comment-38945 Tom, That was a popular activity in the 70s and 80s. I know that 24 hour sessions occurred from time to time at the Idaho Falls, St. George, and Dallas Temples (and probably others). The church basically outlawed those after the one in Dallas. They weren't regular things though, just sort of one-off events designed to pump up interest in temple work. Tom,
That was a popular activity in the 70s and 80s. I know that 24 hour sessions occurred from time to time at the Idaho Falls, St. George, and Dallas Temples (and probably others). The church basically outlawed those after the one in Dallas. They weren’t regular things though, just sort of one-off events designed to pump up interest in temple work.

]]> By: Tom D http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-38902 Tom D Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:08:36 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=1297#comment-38902 Assuming that I am remembering this correctly, my parents told me that there was a time (probably in the 70s) when sessions at the Idaho Falls Temple really were scheduled night and day! Each ward (or stake?) in the temple district was assigned a slot. However, this did not last long. Assuming that I am remembering this correctly, my parents told me that there was a time (probably in the 70s) when sessions at the Idaho Falls Temple really were scheduled night and day! Each ward (or stake?) in the temple district was assigned a slot. However, this did not last long.

]]> By: Jared T http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/brigham-young-temple-capacity-and-the-millennium/comment-page-1/#comment-38889 Jared T Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:35:06 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/?p=1297#comment-38889 Thanks, Taysom, I'm glad to hear it was from a real source :) Thanks, Taysom, I’m glad to hear it was from a real source :)

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