Today I read 1 Kings 7 which finishes up the building of the temple of Solomon dedicated to Heavenly Father. The one part that I was most interested in was the molten sea, or as we would call it in our day, the baptismal font. This chapter describes in great detail how the baptismal font was made and how it was placed on the back of 12 oxen. This is the same way our baptismal fonts today are made. It does not state in this chapter that the baptismal font was placed under the ground, but I will wager that it was.
Baptism for the dead is one of the most sacred ordinances available to mankind. To my knowledge Latter-day Saints are the only religion today that explains how God can be Just and yet millions if not billions of people have died without ever having a chance to hear about Jesus Christ. Through our understanding of the Gospel and vicarious work for the dead, we know that all who have lived on this Earth at any point will have an opportunity to hear and accept or reject the Gospel of Jesus Christ. What other religion can promise that? All religions have their good parts and portions of truth, but as I stated, to my knowledge, Latter-day Saints are the only ones who have any kind of answer other than damnation for those who died without baptism or knowledge of Christ. And it is wonderful to have that knowledge! Until tomorrow.
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