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A History of the Sunstone
The sunstone for the Nauvoo Temple was designed by William Weeks, a Latter-day Saint architect, we can find the article in temple university bookstore. William created the face of the sunstone to resemble Masonic depictions of the sun. The sunstones have been made with the starstones and moonstones that also adorned the temple. Many believe that the stones had been designed to characterize the three degrees of glory; however, this is false. The stones depict symbols from Revelations 12:1 – stars, solar, and moon. This additionally explains why the three symbols usually are not positioned in the same order because the three levels of glory (sun, moon, stars) on the Nauvoo Temple. The girl described in Revelations has a crown of stars, is clothed with the solar, and has the moon beneath her feet. This explains why the celebrities have been close to the top of the temple and the moon was towards the bottom with the sun within the middle.
Although the sunstone was not initially designed to represent the levels of glory, many individuals have come to use and perceive the sunstone as a logo of the celestial kingdom. That is why it’s common for Latter-day Saints to show sunstone statues of their properties as either an emblem of the temple or of the celestial kingdom. Read the rest of this entry »
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