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|section=Day 1: Ezekiel 4–32; Day 2: Ezekiel 33–34; Day 3: Ezekiel 37; Day 4: Ezekiel 38–48
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[http://seminary.lds.org/manuals/old-testament-seminary-teacher-resource-manual/index.asp Old Testament Teacher Resource Manual]
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==Critical questions==
=Day 1: Ezekiel 4–32=
 
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|teaching=The Lord inspires prophets to use parables, allegories, and other symbols as powerful tools to teach gospel principles. Ezekiel used symbolism to convey God’s message to the people.
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==Critical answers==


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|teaching=Always follow the prophet's counsel
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|teaching=We have agency to choose good or evil regardless of what those around us choose. We will be held accountable for our choices.
*Critics use a statement made in the Ward Teachers' Message published in the Improvement Era in June 1945 to claim that members must do whatever Church leaders say without question. Critics use a statement made in the Ward Teachers' Message published in the ''Improvement Era'' in June 1945 to claim that members must do whatever Church leaders say without question. The statement is presented by the critics as follows:
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:Any Latter-day Saint who denounces or opposes, whether actively or otherwise, any plan or doctrine advocated by the "prophets, seers, and revelators" of the Church is cultivating the spirit of apostasy.... Lucifer ... wins a great victory when he can get members of the Church to speak against their leaders and to "do their own thinking."...


:When our leaders speak, the thinking has been done. When they propose a plan—it is God's plan. When they point the way, there is no other which is safe. When they give direction, it should mark the end of controversy.
*Response from President George Albert Smith regarding the statement:


:I am pleased to assure you that you are right in your attitude that the passage quoted does not express the true position of the Church. '''Even to imply that members of the Church are not to do their own thinking is grossly to misrepresent the true ideal of the Church, which is that every individual must obtain for himself a testimony of the truth of the Gospel, must, through the redemption of Jesus Christ, work out his own salvation, and is personally responsible to His Maker for his individual acts.'''
=Day 2: Ezekiel 33–34=
=Day 3: Ezekiel 37=
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|teaching=Because of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, all mankind will be resurrected with perfected physical bodies.
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*[[Mormonism and church leadership/The thinking has been done|"When our leaders speak, the thinking has been done."]]
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=={{Further reading label}}==
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=Day 4: Ezekiel 38–48=
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|teaching=The Lord has always commanded His people to build temples. Ezekiel saw in vision the temple that would be built in Jerusalem.
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*Just prior to the crucifixion, Christ was anointed with expensive oils. The act was criticized by Judas who suggested that the items could have been sold to benefit the poor. Christ's response was telling. He said "for ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial" (Matt 26:11-12). Just as with this event that served to the preparation for the eternal sacrifice of Christ, even so Temples serve to the eternal blessing of the rest of us and make Christ's sacrifice effective to the exaltation of others.
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*[[Mormonism and temples/Why does the Church build expensive temples|Why does the Church build expensive temples?]]
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Week 3
A FAIR Analysis of:
Seminary: Old Testament Teacher Resource Manual
 		Week 33

Day 1: Ezekiel 4–32

From the manual section: "Suggestions for Teaching"
"The Lord inspires prophets to use parables, allegories, and other symbols as powerful tools to teach gospel principles. Ezekiel used symbolism to convey God’s message to the people."


Commentary
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources



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From the manual section: "Suggestions for Teaching"
"We have agency to choose good or evil regardless of what those around us choose. We will be held accountable for our choices."


Commentary
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Day 2: Ezekiel 33–34

Day 3: Ezekiel 37

From the manual section: "Suggestions for Teaching"
"Because of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, all mankind will be resurrected with perfected physical bodies."


Commentary
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From the manual section: "Suggestions for Teaching"
"The Bible and the Book of Mormon are companion witnesses of Jesus Christ. With them we can help fulfill the Lord’s promise to restore the house of Israel by declaring the message of the Restoration."


Commentary
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources



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Day 4: Ezekiel 38–48

From the manual section: "Suggestions for Teaching"
"The war between good and evil that began in the premortal world will climax in a great battle in the Holy Land."


Commentary
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From the manual section: "Suggestions for Teaching"
"The Lord has always commanded His people to build temples. Ezekiel saw in vision the temple that would be built in Jerusalem."


Commentary
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Common criticisms related to this lesson topic
Why does the church spend so much money on temples when children are dying of starvation in other parts of the world? Wouldn’t the money spent on these buildings be better used in feeding the hungry? Source(s)
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  • Just prior to the crucifixion, Christ was anointed with expensive oils. The act was criticized by Judas who suggested that the items could have been sold to benefit the poor. Christ's response was telling. He said "for ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial" (Matt 26:11-12). Just as with this event that served to the preparation for the eternal sacrifice of Christ, even so Temples serve to the eternal blessing of the rest of us and make Christ's sacrifice effective to the exaltation of others.

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