CREATION ROOM (Note: The following was transcribed from a tape recording of the entire proceedings in the Los Angeles, CA temple.) LECTURER #1 (tape recording) Brethren and Sisters, we welcome you to the Temple and hope you will find joy in serving in the house of the Lord this day. Those of you who are here for your own Endowments and those who have yellow or white family name slips should have been washed, anointed, and clothed in the garment of the Holy Priesthood. The brethren with the yellow name slips should also have been ordained. The ordinances of washing, anointing, and clothing in the garment of the Holy Priesthood, together with the ordaining on behalf of deceased brethren, were performed previously by other proxies for those whose names are on the green or gold name slips.

Each of you should have received a “New Name” in connection with this company. If any of you have forgotten the “New Name”, or have not received these ordinances as explained, please stand. Please be alert, attentive and refrain from whispering during the presentation of the Endowment. As you are asked to proceed to the veil, please do so in an orderly manner, row by row as directed. After passing through the veil into the Celestial Room, and in other areas in the Temple, if you need to communicate, please whisper, thus helping us maintain the quiet reverence that should prevail in the House of the Lord. We will now proceed with the presentation of the Endowment.

LECTURER #2 Brethren, you have been washed and pronounced clean, or that through your faithfulness, you may become clean from the blood and sins of this generation. You have been anointed to become hereafter Kings and Priests unto the Most High God, to rule and reign in the House of Israel forever.

Sisters, you have been washed and anointed to become Queens and Priestesses to your husbands.

Brethren and Sisters, if you are true and faithful, the day will come when you will be chosen, called up and anointed Kings and Queens, Priests and Priestesses, whereas you are now anointed only to become such. The realization of these blessings depends upon your faithfulness.

You have had a garment placed upon you, which you were informed, represents the garment given to Adam when he was found naked in the garden of Eden, and which is called the Garment of the Holy Priesthood. This you were instructed to wear throughout your life. You were informed that it will be a shield and a protection to you if you are true and faithful to your covenants.

You have had a New Name given unto you, which you were told never to divulge nor forget. This New Name is a keyword which you will be required to give at a certain place in the temple today.

The Endowment is to prepare you for exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom.

If you proceed and receive your full Endowment, you will be required to take upon yourselves sacred obligations, the violation of which will bring upon you the judgment of God; for God will not be mocked. If any of you desire to withdraw rather than accept these obligations of your own free will and choice, you may now make it known by raising your hand. (PAUSE)

Brethren and Sisters, as you sit here, you will hear the voices of three persons who represent Elohim, Jehovah and Michael. Elohim will command Jehovah and Michael to go down and organize a world. The work of the six creative periods will be represented. They will organize man in their own likeness and image, male and female. This however is simply figurative so far as the man and woman are concerned. (PAUSE)

Here begins a motion picture presentation which constitutes the major portion of the Endowment. Originally it was done on stage with live actors, but most all Temples are now using the filmed versions of the Endowment ceremony. During the creation sequence a series of scenes and animation or still art work are shown portraying the creation activities. Only the voices of the characters are heard.

THE CREATION - FIRST DAY
ELOHIM Jehovah, Michael, See yonder is matter unorganized. Go ye down and organize it into a world like unto the worlds that we have heretofore formed. Call your labors the First Day and bring me word.

JEHOVAH It shall be done, Elohim. Come Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH Michael, see, here is the matter unorganized. We will organize it into a world like unto the worlds that we have heretofore formed. We will call our labors the First Day and return and report.

MICHAEL We will return and report our labors of the First Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH Elohim, we have been down as thou hast commanded and have organized a world like unto the worlds that we have heretofore formed and we have called our labors the First Day.

ELOHIM It is well.

THE CREATION - SECOND DAY
ELOHIM Jehovah, Michael, go down again. Gather the waters together and cause the dry land to appear. The great waters call ye seas and the dry land call ye earth. Form mountains and hills, great rivers and small streams to beautify and give variety to the face of the earth. When you have done this, call your labors the Second Day and bring me word.

JEHOVAH It shall be done, Elohim. Come Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH Michael, we will gather the waters together and cause the dry land to appear. The great waters we will call seas, and the dry land we will call Earth. We will form mountains and hills, great rivers and small streams to beautify and give variety to the face of the earth. We will call our labors the Second Day and return and report.

MICHAEL We will return and report our labors of the Second Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH Elohim, we have been down as thou hast commanded, and have gathered the waters together and have caused the dry land to appear. The great waters we have called seas and the dry land we have called earth. We have formed mountains and hills, great rivers and small streams to beautify and give variety to the face of the earth. And we have called our labors the Second Day.

ELOHIM It is well.

THE CREATION - THIRD DAY
ELOHIM Jehovah, Michael, return again to the earth you have formed. Divide the light from the darkness. Call the light day and the darkness night. Cause the lights in the firmament to appear, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. Cause the stars also to appear, to give light to the earth, the same as with the worlds we have heretofore formed. When you have done this, call your labors the Third Day, and return and report.

JEHOVAH It shall be done Elohim. Come Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH Michael, we will divide the light from the darkness. We will call the light day, and the darkness night. We will cause the lights in the firmaments to appear, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. We will cause the stars also to appear, to give light to the earth, the same as with the worlds we have heretofore formed. We will call our labors the Third Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL We will return and report our labors of the Third Day, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH We have been down as thou hast commanded, and divided the light from the darkness. The light we have called day, and the darkness we have called night. We have caused the firmament to appear. We have set the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. We have caused the stars to appear to give light to the earth, and have called our labors the Third Day.

ELOHIM It is well.

THE CREATION - FOURTH DAY
ELOHIM Jehovah, Michael, return again to the earth you have formed. Plant seeds of all kinds in the earth ...

NOTE: Elohim continues the instructions for filling the earth with vegetation, various forms of flora are specified. Jehovah and Michael accept the instructions and the process is repeated as in the first three days, with the instructions being put into action upon the earth. Jehovah and Michael return and repeat the same instructions in the form of a report, which Elohim accepts with, “It is well”.

THE CREATION - FIFTH DAY
ELOHIM Jehovah, Michael, go down again to the earth you have formed, and place beasts and all forms of animal life thereon: the Elephant, the Lion, the Tiger, the Bear, the Horse, Cattle in the fields and other kinds of animals; fouls in the air in all their varieties; fishes of all kinds in the waters, and insects and all manner of animal life upon the earth. Command the beasts, the fouls, the fishes, the insects, all creeping things and other forms of animal life to multiply in their respective elements, each after its kind, and every kind of vegetation to multiply in its sphere, that every form of life may fulfill the measure of its creation and have joy therein. Call your labors the Fifth Day, and return and bring me word.

JEHOVAH It shall be done, Elohim. Come Michael, let us go down.

MICHAEL We will go down, Jehovah.

JEHOVAH Michael, now that the earth is formed, divided and beautified, and vegetation is growing there on, we will place beasts upon the land: the Elephant, the Lion, the Tiger, the Bear, the Horse, and all other kinds of animals; fouls in the air in all their varieties, fishes of all kinds in the waters, and insects, and all manner of animal life upon the earth. We will command the beasts, the fouls, the fishes, the insects, all creeping things and other forms of animal life to multiply in their respective elements, each after its kind, and every kind of vegetation to multiply in its sphere, that every form of life may fill the measure of its creation, and have joy therein. We will call our labors the Fifth Day, and return and report.

MICHAEL We will return and report our labors of the Fifth Day, Jehovah.

Jehovah and Michael then return and repeat the dialogue again to Elohim in the form of a report.ELOHIM It is well.

THE CREATION - SIXTH DAY
ELOHIM Jehovah, is man found upon the earth?

JEHOVAH No, man is not found upon the earth, Elohim.
 

ELOHIM Jehovah, Michael, then let us go down and form man in our own likeness and in our own image, male and female, and put into him his spirit, and let us give him dominion over the beasts, the fishes, and the birds, and make him Lord over the earth and over all things on the face of the earth. We will plant for him a garden, eastward in Eden, and place him in it to tend and cultivate it, that he may be happy and have joy therein. We will command him to multiply and replenish the earth, that he may have joy in his posterity. We will place before him the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and we will allow Lucifer, our common enemy, whom we have thrust out, to tempt him and to try him, that he may know by his own experience the good from the evil. If he yields to temptation, we will give unto him the Law of Sacrifice, and we will provide a Savior for him, as we counseled in the beginning, that man may be brought forth by the power of the redemption and the resurrection, and come again into our presence, and with us partake of eternal life and exaltation. We will call this the sixth day and we will rest from our labors for a season. Come, let us go down.

JEHOVAH We will go down, Elohim.

ELOHIM Jehovah, see the earth that we have formed. There is no man to till and take care of it. We are here to form man in our own likeness and in our own image.

JEHOVAH We will do so, Elohim.

ELOHIM Jehovah, man is now organized and we will put into him his spirit, the breath of life, that he may become a living soul.

ELOHIM Jehovah, is it good for man to be alone?

JEHOVAH It is not good for man to be alone, Elohim.

ELOHIM We will cause a deep sleep to come upon this man whom we have formed and we will take from his side a rib from which we will form a woman to be a companion and a helpmeet for him.

NARRATOR Brethren and Sisters, this is Michael, who helped form the earth. When he awakens from the sleep which Elohim and Jehovah have caused to come upon him, he will be known as Adam and having forgotten all, will become like a little child. Brethren, close your eyes as if you were asleep.

ELOHIM Adam, awake and arise.

NARRATOR All the brethren will please arise.

(Men all stand up)

ELOHIM Adam, here is a woman whom we have formed and whom we give unto you to be a companion and an helpmeet for you. What will you call her?

ADAM EVE.

Elohim and Jehovah are shown suspended in air against the garden backdrop, as identical, brilliant, white, radiant personages with long white beards, white hair, and long white robes. Adam and Eve are shown shoulders and up behind garden foliage.

ELOHIM Why will you call her Eve?

ADAM Because she is the Mother of all living.

ELOHIM That is right, Adam. Because she is the Mother of all living.

Adam, we have organized for you this earth, and have planted a garden eastward in Eden. We will place you in the garden and will there command you and Eve to multiply and replenish the earth, that you may have joy and rejoicing in your posterity. Jehovah, introduce Adam into the Garden which we have prepared for him.

JEHOVAH It shall be done, Elohim.

Narrator We now go with Adam and Eve into the garden. The Brethren will please be seated.