Mount Shelem and the Temple
Several details about the experience of the brother of Jared on Mount Shelem in Ether 3 points to the temple. The account begins, “And it came to pass that the brother of Jared, (now the number of the vessels which had been prepared was eight) went forth unto the mount, which they called the mount Shelem, because of its exceeding height and did molten out of a rock sixteen small stones; and they were white and clear, even as transparent glass; and he did carry them in his hands upon the top of the mount, and cried again unto the Lord” (v1). He went to the top of the mountain, which is a symbol of temples just as Isaiah suggested in this passage: “And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains” (Isaiah 2:2). When the brother of Jared was at the top of this mountain, he made these small stones that were white and like glass. That language points us to John’s revelation: “He that hath an ear, let him hear ...