Endowed with Power | What the Temple Endowment Is Really For — Peter B. Rawlins, BYU 2012 (LDS)
Send us Fan Mail What is the endowment really for — and does it have a purpose beyond personal salvation? Peter B. Rawlins, retired director of proselytizing in the Church's missionary department, argues in this BYU article that virtually all scriptural references to the endowment are in the context of missionary work — and that its primary, immediate purpose is to empower the Saints to fulfill the mission of the Church on both sides of the veil, not only to prepare them for eternity. In January 1831, the Lord gave two reasons for gathering the Saints to Ohio: "There I will give unto you my…
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