D&C 109

In the dedicatory prayer of the Kirtland Temple, the Prophet prayed by revelation -

"...enable thy servants to seal up the law, and bind up the testimony, that they may be prepared against the day of burning." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 109:46)

Isaiah said much the same thing -

"Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples." (Old Testament Isaiah 8:16)

We also read in the 88th section regarding the Lords servants -

"Therefore, tarry ye, and labor diligently, that you may be perfected in your ministry to go forth among the Gentiles for the last time, as many as the mouth of the Lord shall name, to bind up the law and seal up the testimony, and to prepare the saints for the hour of judgment which is to come." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 88:84)

I know that the law is the commandments and doctrine that is to be taught. Testimony is the inspired utterances or witness to their truth. Hoyt W. Brewster wrote -

"...Dummelow indicated that the binding and sealing of the law is the process of actually tying up a parchment roll whereon the teachings of the prophets are recorded as a witness against those to whom the message was delivered." (Dummelow, 420)

It appears through the ordinances and covenants of the temple that the Lord's servants are endowed with power to teach and testify to the world in a manner that holds the world responsible for the law and testimony. Yet at the same time, it appears that the Lord is describing that the binding up of the testimony and the a seal so placed on that the law that is taught by the Spirit, that the actual promised blessing is poored out upon the servant for He says that it is for "my disciples", which prepares "the saints [or servants] for the hour of judgment which is to come", and "against the day of burning".

The binding up of the testimony and the sealing up of the law seems then to be in reference to the actual binding and sealing of the servant's heart. This becomes even moer apparent as we watch young men accept a mission calls, enter the temple, and then embark on a mission. And then two years later we witness with their return the results of obedience (sealing up the law) and the bearing of testimony (binding up the testimony) has done for this young man.