P EERING T HROUGH THE G LASS

S TUDENT ’ S E SSAY …. Pharaoh forced the Hebrew slaves to make bread without straw. Moses led them to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. Solomon, one of David's sons, had 500 wives and 500 porcupines.

1 N EPHI 4 Therefore let us go up; let us be strong like unto Moses; for he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea and they divided hither and thither, and our fathers came through, out of captivity, on dry ground, and the armies of Pharaoh did follow and were drowned in the waters of the Red Sea. Now behold ye know that this is true…Let us go up; the Lord is able to deliver us, even as our fathers, and to destroy Laban, even as the Egyptians. And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do. …as I came near unto the house of Laban I beheld a man, and …he was drunken with wine….And when I came to him I found that it was Laban. And I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the sheath thereof; and the hilt thereof was of pure gold, and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine, and I saw that the blade thereof was of the most precious steel. And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban;

T HE G REAT AND S PACIOUS B UILDING Vain Imaginations

I MAGINATIONS ? Vain Imagination s Divine Vision (Selfish, prideful, conceited) (Visual Self-Images) Actions, Choices, Decisions Actions, Choices, Decisions

P AUL ’ S V IEWPOINT I Cor 12:21 2 Cor 3:17 Alma 5:14

H OW DO WE IMPROVE OUR V ISION ?

Temple “Work” Temple “Worship” D UAL F OCUS OF THE T EMPLE

That vision, that manifestation and witness that I enjoyed at that time, has made me what I am, if I am anything that is good, or clean, or upright before the Lord if there is anything good in me. That has helped me out in every trial and through every difficulty I know that that was a reality, to show me my duty, to teach me something, and to impress upon me something that I cannot forget. Improvement Era, Nov 1919, 16,17 V ISION OF THE P ROPHET J OSEPH S MITH

S EED T IME … D&C 103:15- 20

T HE L AST L INES OF THE C HRONICLES OF N ARNIA And as He spoke He no longer looked to them like a lion; but the things that began to happen after that were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is the end of all stories, and we can most truly say they all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.