Shulem wrote:The Church Logo is a failure and so is the description by its Church President of what it represents.
Never has the so-called tomb arch been mentioned in General Conference or has symbolism of a tomb arch been taught in Church curriculum. President Nelson's description of the tomb arch serving as a reminder of Christ emerging from his tomb is entirely a new concept and something he adopted anew for the logo. Church leaders have never said anything about a tomb arch being symbolic of Christ's rising from the tomb.
As I said earlier, President Nelson made this stuff up on the fly in order to try and find meaning to the new logo. If this symbolic teaching really were a reminder of Christ rising then it would have been mentioned previously by other Church leaders and art depicted on the Church website would reflect tomb scenes having an arch. But as it is, nobody has ever thought or taught this concept expressed by Nelson until he came up with the idea in General Conference.
There is one occasion wherein Nelson, many years prior (October 1987) mentions the arch in a symbolic fashion with reference to the priesthood but it has nothing to do with the Garden Tomb:
Russell M. Nelson Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote:Thus, priesthood is the power of God. Its ordinances and covenants are to bless men and women alike. By that power, the earth was created. Under the direction of the Father, Jehovah was the creator. As Michael, Adam did his part. He became the first man. But, in spite of the power and glory of creation to that point, the final link in the chain of creation was still missing. All the purposes of the world and all that was in the world would be brought to naught without woman—a keystone in the priesthood arch of creation.
The only time an
"arch" is ever mentioned by General Authorities in conference is when referencing the keystone of the Book of Mormon but never the Garden Tomb in which Jesus was buried. Thus, the above reference to Nelson symbolically using the the word
"arch" is proof that he is willing to make something up on the fly without having precedent or something in which members of the Church would be reminded about something previously taught.
Nelson introduced an entirely new symbolic concept in attempting to associate the Garden Tomb with the new Church Logo but as we can clearly see he was simply making it up on the fly and the Church (including himself) is not on record for supporting this symbolism let alone depicting arched tomb entrances in artwork sponsored and used by the Church.
Therefore, nobody need be reminded that a tomb arch reminds anybody of anything.