The Book of Mormon

Alma 34:36

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And this I know, because the Lord hath said, he dwelleth not in unholy temples, but in the hearts of the righteous doth he dwell; yea, and he hath also said, that the righteous should sit down in his kingdom, to go no more out; but their garments should be made white, through the blood of the Lamb.

Influences

Colossians 1:20 (KJV)
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

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And this I know, because the Lord hath said, he dwelleth not in unholy temples, but in the hearts of the righteous doth he dwell; yea, and he haths also said, that the righteous shoualdl sit down in his kingdom, to go no more out; but their garments should be made white, through the blood of the Lamb.

Simple English

I know this because the Lord has said he does not live in unholy places. He lives in the hearts of good people. He has also said that good people will sit down in his kingdom. They will never leave. Their clothes will be made white through the blood of the Lamb.

Paraphrase

I know this because the Lord has said he doesn’t dwell in unholy temples, but in the hearts of the righteous. He’s also said that the righteous will sit down in his kingdom and never leave, and their clothes will be made white through the blood of the Lamb.

Notes

34:36

The Book of Mormon teaches that God is a Spirit (see also 18:26-28; 22:8-11). Contrast with Doctrine and Covenants 130:22; 130:3.

See also Lectures on Faith as delivered at the School of the Prophets at Kirtland, Ohio: "In our former lectures we treated of the being, character, perfections, and attributes, of God. What we mean by perfections is, the perfections which belong to all the attributes of his nature. We shall, in this lecture, speak of the Godhead-we mean the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. There are two personages who constitute the great, matchless, governing, and supreme power over all things, by whom all things were created and made, that are created and made, whether visible or invisible, whether in heaven, on earth, or in the earth, under the earth, or throughout the immensity of space. They are the Father and the Son-the Father being personage of spirit, glory, and power, possessing all perfection and fullness, the Son, who was in the bosom of the Father, a personage of tabernacle, made or fashioned like unto man...." -Lectures On Faith, Lecture 5.

The Lectures on Faith were removed from the Doctrine and Covenants in 1921.