The Temple Faces East
Have you ever looked up at the statue of Moroni and pondered why he points east? Yes, it is said that the Savior will come from the east during the second coming. I believe there is more than one reason the Temples face east. Think about the ordinances performed in the temple, families sealed together. We stand in as proxies for our ancestors being baptized, the endowment and sealing husband and wife, parent and child. The temples point east because our ancestors came from the east. The Temples point east to remind us of the prophecy of Malachi and the Spirit of Elijah. Malachi 4: 5-6 5 ¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord : 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Maroni faces east telling us to look east, to go east and connect with our ancestors and their descendants. Whether that...