So as a bride and groom kneel at the altar they are figuratively kneeling before christ.
Lds temple sealing room mirrors.
The culmination of all temple ordinances is eternal marriage or sealing.
The symbols in the sealing room include the altar and the mirrors.
A temple sealing for a living couple has the man and woman kneel on opposite sides of an altar in a temple sealing room while wearing ceremonial temple robes.
Sealing room in oquirrh utah temple.
A sealing room in the kansas city missouri temple this is one of three sealing rooms in the kansas city temple.
The creation room representing the genesis.
Note the altar at which the couple are sealed and the mirror on the far wall.
In temples of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints lds church an ordinance room is a room where the ceremony known as the endowment is administered as well as other ordinances such as sealings some temples perform a progressive style ordinance where patrons move from room to room each room representing a progression of mankind.
The lds church changed its policy on marriages and temple sealings by eliminating the waiting period and allowing couples to be both married and sealed in the temple.
They grasp each other s right hand in the patriarchal grip while facing double mirrors that create an infinite reflection.
The altar is a symbolic representation of jesus christ.