Washing and anointing
In the Mormonism, washing and anointing (also called the Initiatory) is an ordinance (ritual) that symbolizes ritual cleansing and anointing to be a king or queen in heaven. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the ritual is performed in temples.
Washing and Anointing
Washing and annointings (also referred to as initiatory ordinances) are perhaps the earliest practiced temple ordinances for the living since the organization of the LDS Church. There is evidence that these ordinances were performed in part since 1832. They were first practiced in the Whitney Store as part of the School of the Prophets.
The ordinance of washing and anointing symbolizes the ritual cleansing of priests that took place at Israel's Tabernacle, the temple of Solomon, and later temples in Jerusalem (See Exodus 28:40-42, Exodus 29:4-9, 20-21 29-30, 30:18-21). The washing symbolizes being "cleansed from the blood of this generation", and being anointed to become "clean from the blood and sins of this generation". The anointing represents the ritual anointing of a king or queen, and is thought to be "preparatory" to the recipient "becoming a king and a priest unto the most high God, hereafter to rule and reign in the house of Israel forever".
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