Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Part 1 Preparing for and Understanding the Endowment
Chapter 1 Introduction 3
Chapter 2 Understanding the Words That Are Central to the Temple Endowment 15
Chapter 3 A Brief Overview of Adam and Eve 45
Chapter 4 Adam and Eve's Journey According to Genesis, Moses, and Abraham 53
Chapter 5 Adam and Eve and the Plan of Salvation in the Ancient Temple 65
Chapter 6 Worthiness to Enter the Temple 79
Chapter 7 The Blessings of the Temple 89
Chapter 8 The Ordinances and Covenants of the Temple 101
Chapter 9 Learning from the Lord through Symbols 113
Chapter 10 Assembling the Pieces of the Puzzle 129
Part 2 The Abrahamic Covenant and the Temple
Chapter 11 A Brief Overview of the Abrahamic Covenant and Its Role in the Temple Endowment 137
Chapter 12 The Promised Blessings to Abraham Begin 147
Chapter 13 The Blessings Promised in Genesis 15 "Look Now toward Heaven, and Tell the Stars" 159
Chapter 14 The Blessings Promised in Genesis 17 New Names and Kings from Abraham's Seed 163
Chapter 15 The Blessings Promised in Genesis 22 "By Myself I Have Sworn, Saith the Lord" 175
Chapter 16 The Works of Abraham 185
Chapter 17 The Commandment in Genesis 12 "Get Thee … unto a Land That I Will Show Thee" 189
Chapter 18 The Commandment in Genesis 15 "Take Me an Heifer of Three Years Old": Sacrifice and Cutting Covenant 193
Chapter 19 Genesis 17, Part One "Walk before Me, and Be Thou Perfect" 201
Chapter 20 Genesis 17, Part Two "And This Shall Be a Token of the Covenant betwixt Me and You" 209
Chapter 21 The Commandment of Consecration in Genesis 22 "When the Lord Has Thoroughly Proved Him" 215
Selected Bibliography 223
About the Author 227
