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Ephraim Utah Temple
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I felt sorry for you as you were being cooked in the oven out there and we were in the shade and then we got some help, a little heavenly help. This isn't the first time I've seen this kind of thing. ... We are here today because of a recent event shortly after the April 2021 general conference. I received very clear instruction that the Manti Utah Temple should be preserved and that a temple should be built in Ephraim, Utah.
President Russell M. Nelson
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Weaver, Sarah Jane
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Those who make and keep covenants in the house of the Lord receive greater access to His power to become more Christlike, more kind, forgiving, patient and holy. They are not the same people they were before entering the temple. The community of Ephraim, Utah and those in this temple district will never be the same because of this holy house of God. This Sanpete Valley was seen as sacred by numerous prophets and apostles through the years. Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff, Lorenzo and Erastus Snow, Gordon B. Hinckley, Russell M. Nelson and to a small degree, myself. With faith, my ancestors left Denmark and pressed on to the
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
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Temple work is all about the gathering of Israel on both sides of the veil. The city’s name, Ephraim, harks back to Ephraim, the son of Joseph in the Old Testament, and to the tribe of Ephraim. Those of this lineage have the primary responsibility and privilege of gathering scattered Israel in the latter days. “This divine reunion requires temple ordinances and covenants worthy of the Ephraim ancestry,” Elder Rasband said.
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
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This is sacred ground,” he said
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
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