A Brother Asks: When is the Temple going to be completed?

 

A Brother Asks: When is the Temple going to be completed?

Coach: The Temple referred to in the 3rd degree should have been completed prior to knocking on the inner door for the third time. 

Brother: Really?

Coach: Yes. If it wasn't completed, then the candidate is the very ruffian the drama acts out.

Brother: How's that?

Coach: If the Brother didn't complete his temple - the Work spelled out by the first and second degree - he is coming into the degree expecting to receive something he has yet to earn... just like the drama's ruffians!

Brother: But I'm talking about the Spiritual Building. 

Coach: Oh! The Spiritual Building referred to in the first degree is to be started only after the Master's Word can be understood, and not before. Any effort to build it before hand will fail due to infidelity.

Brother: Not before? Why is that? 

Coach: That's because until one completes the Temple referred to in the 3rd degree the Master's Word cannot be understood. It could be put right in front of a man, but it will not be understood for what it offers.

Brother: Wow!

Coach: Furthermore, without the Master's Word, no Spiritual Building can even begin to be started.

Brother: Why?

Coach: Because you cannot build without knowing the building rules & designs! 

Brother: So, when will the spiritual building be completed? 

Coach: Only after one erects it agreeably to God's Rules & Designs.

For More Light:

 The Craft Mastered

For Further Light: 

Completing the Temple