Without Disclosing My True Identity
NOTES
(^1) JSH 1:54.
(^2) BOM, 2 Nephi 9:28.
(^3) 2 Timothy 3:1–2, 7.
(^4) HR, 1:20–3.
(^5) BOM, 2 Nephi 9:42.
(^6) BOM, 2 Nephi 9:42.
(^7) BOM, 3 Nephi 2:2.
(^8) See 666 America, 313–16.
(^9) “Machu Picchu...is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft)
above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80
kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. ...Often
referred to as ‘The Lost City of the Incas,’ it is perhaps the most familiar icon of the Inca World.”
(“Machu Picchu,” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 31 Apr. 2011, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 1 May
2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu.)
“In July [2011], Machu Picchu, Peru’s biggest tourist attraction, will mark its 100th
anniversary of rediscovery. Hiram Bingham III, a Yale professor, came upon the vine-covered ruins
on July 24, 1911.” (Catharine Hamm, “100 facts for 100 years of Machu Picchu: Fact 17,” Los Angeles
Times 1 May 2011, Tribune Company, 1 May 2011 http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/lat-100-
facts-for-100-years-of-machu-picchu-fact-17-20110429,0,6369037.story.)
(^10) A Google Earth™ search for “Machu Picchu, Peru” will provide an enhanced view of
this location.
(^11) Compare BOM, Alma 21:17.
(^12) BOM, Alma 22:30–1. See also BOM, Helaman 3:5–6.
(^13) BOM, Alma 22:30. See also BOM, Mosiah 3:7–12.
(^14) SNS, 89.
(^15) SNS, 89.
(^16) BOM, 8:28.
(^17) SNS, 88–9.
(^18) “Because they are so sacred, temple ordinances are only discussed within the walls of the
temple itself.” “Preparing for your Temple Endowment,” Aug.1988, LDS.org, 2011, Intellectual
Reserve, Inc., 1 May 2011 http://lds.org/new-era/1987/02/preparing-for-the-temple-
endowment?lang=eng.
“We do not discuss the temple ordinances outside the temples.” (Boyd K. Packer, “The Holy
Temple,” Ensign, Feb. 1995: 32.)
“The ordinances of the temple are so sacred that they are not open to the view of the public.
They are available only to those who qualify through righteous living.” (Elray L. Christiansen, “Some
Things You Need to Know About the Temple,” Ensign, Jan. 1972: 66.)
See also SNS, X. Circa 1990, the LDS church made extensive changes to their temple
endowment. Before the change, one section read thus: “[W]e desire to impress upon your minds the
sacred character of the...names, signs, and penalties, which you will receive in the temple this day.
They are most sacred, and are guarded by solemn covenants and obligations of secrecy to the effect
that and under no condition, even at the peril of your life, will you ever divulge them, except at a
certain place that will be shown you hereafter.” (SNS, 76.)
After the change it said this: “[W]e desire to impress upon your minds the sacred character of
the...names and signs, which you will receive in the temple this day. They are most sacred, and are
guarded by solemn covenants and made in the presence of God, angels, and these witnesses, to hold