Though I am not a member of the LDS CHURCH,. I am quite impressed with the amount of love that is in the hearts of those who are LDS. The appreciation of history and the love to continue the legacies of their ancestors.....very moving.
My brother lives a couple blocks from the Provo City Temple and his daughter can see the angel Moroni from her bedroom window. Every night, she says, "Good Night, Moroni!" and in the mornings, "Good Morning, Moroni!" It inspired her dad, (my brother) to write a children's book titled, "Good Morning, Moroni"... it's beautiful and features the Provo City Temple.
I loved listening to the man talk about building the stairs and his great grandfather built the original ones. I live thinking about faith being passed from one generation to the next. That part truly touched my ❤️. God bless all of you😊
Every inch of this building is beautiful. There is such a rich symbolic significance to the process this temple went through. The spirit in this building has brought me so much peace. The Lord can lift us out of the ashes of our poor choices, difficulties and heartaches and turn us into something some much more amazing than we were before.
My wife and I visited the Provo City Centre Temple on 9th October with a friend who served his mission in our Ward. We had a wonderful time there and loved the architecture. It was our 6th Temple visit on our holiday to Utah.
It was so devastating to see this beautiful, historic building go up in flames. I was born & raised in Provo, and this building was always so very special to so many of us. Many graduations, school programs, concerts, etc. were in the tabernacle. So grateful it has been rebuilt into a gorgeous Mormon temple! Love it!
The detail, the craftsmanship, everything is so perfectly made. Those who worked on every aspect of the temple; the furnishings, the woodwork and detail were truly very talented and inspired. I love this Temple of the Lord.
Wow! Absolutely STUNNING! The aesthetics and craftsmanship are beyond words. I've always loved the look of wood and glass and light. I'm so glad the Lord approved of us wanting to rebuild the structure. What a bonus to bring it back to life as a temple. I think my favorite phrase or expression about the need for temples comes from our hymn book, hymn #289, "Holy Temples on Mount Zion". It begins with the lyrics "Holy temples on Mount Zion, in a lofty splendor shine. Avenues to exaltation, emblems of a love divine." The 12 people who voted thumbs down above will someday understand all these temples stand for, "avenues to exaltation", indeed!
This is a most remarkable video. It is beautiful & when I went to the Open House for this beautiful building, I truly fell in love with this beautiful & historical building.
I congratulate them for overcoming the pains of this tremendous loss of such a Rich historical Heritage of the City.. through the unstoppable fire .. by building such a Magnificent.. pain healing Temple.. This is the Strength they showed to the work.. "From the ashes.. ..The Heavenly Empire!! "...Hope and Pray that God will open their hearts to needy .. Hopefully .. as they showed how much they cared for their pains.. Now.. directing their hearts to serve so many here on Earth living in pains . Thank you for caring..
I went thouge this temple , and was so glad to have the opertune to see it , and would love to be able to work there, thank you for such a lovey building to our Lord.
I was there when the building cached firer. I remember I was living two blocks away and waking up in the morning with smoke all over the city. So many good memories from that place.
What a wonderful way to preserve this Historic Building! I remember having an opportunity to go through the Open House. 😊 I've thought about the symbolism of the Pheonix, rising again from the ashes into a new and glorious Birth! I'm so glad it's been rebuilt and that we can still enjoy it's beauty. Thank you for all the hard work from those who helped build this! 😁
The night this Provo Tabernacle burned down I turned to my husband and said, " This is where the Lord will build the next Provo Temple. They are pressed for land in Provo, where else is He going to build it?" He looked at me like I was cracked, I said, "He works in mysterious ways🤷♀️." It was a great, " I told you so moment, months later.
Wow I had no idea that a temple burned in Provo as I don't live in the USA, very moving to see the restoration. I love the gospel and love seeing it in action. Beautifully and loving restored temple. Thank you.
Before the fire, it wasn't a temple. It was a tabernacle, which is more like a large capacity church and community center for concerts, graduations, funerals, conferences etc. Because of it's age and architectural significance, it was a huge loss to lose it to fire. Had it been a less important building, it probably would have just been demolished and a more modern building constructed to replace the spot.
Actually it was a tabernacle, a church building used for stake conferences and such. After it burned down it was decided that it would be rebuilt and made into a temple. It's a testament to how after trials are great blessings. :)
+R. Mat No temple burned down in Provo. It was a church building that was very meaningful. When it burned down the church rebuilt it as a temple to honor the early saints who slaved to build it in the first place.
R. Mat, it wasn't actually a temple that burned, it was a tabernacle-- used for conferences and things. After it burned, they decided to use what was left and build a temple. It truly is amazing, though! It's a miracle that they were able to do it. Love seeing the Lord's hand at work. Truly beautiful.
It brought tears to me and I don't even live there, but I believe in preserving historical structures in any possible way. After all, if our pioneer ancestors built it, we should preserve it.
+April and Davey Wow. Now I can see why y'all love going to church. I went to what I thought was a nice building, but this makes my church look like a dump.
Just Sheilz This is not a Mormon church. Their churches are actually very austere. This is a Mormon temple, where they go during the week, not Sundays, to learn secret handshakes (which they think are necessary to enter the Celestial Kingdom) and to do proxy baptisms for the dead.
+ruby hodder You truly are "nutso," and I will pray for your soul to be at peace & not angry, yelling out at others that you know really so little about. Bless you!
+ruby hodder God hates no one. He sent His only-begotten Son, Jesus the Christ, who lived a blameless, perfect life, and became The Savior of all of Humankind. God does not wish for a single soul of mankind to be lost to everlasting Hell and so He prepared the way through Christ for this to be possible.
well if you want to go that route the bible was written by man. how do you know that it is even from god and not made up by those that wrote. how do you know that they translated what was on the scrolls correctly.
Divina y muy linda construcción parece una Catedral cristiana católica Ortodoxa qué bien que se pudo reconstruir esta construcción ancestralmente preciosa llena de paz ver esa construcción 🏰.
Creo que el Templo de Provo , fue intencional, porque no considero que haya sido un corto circuito. Es más cada templo tiene las alarmas y sistemas de seguridad más importantes,de avanzadas . Y los mantenimientos que les hace a cada uno? Es impresionante. Se consagran los mejores talentos ,y obras en cada recinto y son personas muy laboriosas incansables ,con una perfección única en sus terminaciones , terrenos ,casi siempre están arriba de un cerro ,colina , o cercano a Montañas.
It was sad when it burned but it was also very beautiful as a contrast of fire and ice (from the hoses)... how often do you get to see something like that AND then they fix it afterwards?! I do wish they had kept it as a community center, but it was their building and their money so I'm not going to be mad that they saved it at all rather than demolishing. Must have been horridly expensive. But it really is a lovely structure.
+Wener Santos Que perseguicao? hoje a igreja e a babilonia andam de maos dadas, a igreja e mais popular que nunca, os lideres da igreja sao recebidos por chefes de estados pelo mundo a fora, a igreja gasta milhoes em publicidade etc... Compare com os Profetas antigos como Lehi; Elias; Isaiah; Abinadi; Ether; Samuel o Lamanita e mesmo Joseph Smith foi perseguido e assasinado. Pode ter certeza que quando o Senhor enviar um Profeta novamente na terra, esse profeta sera rejeitado e perseguido.
Please please please please please please please pray THAT l Am blessed with the best health care plan immediately AND automatically and permanently. THANK YOU ALL for ALL your loving prayers. PLEASE spread the holy word.
Thank you Diane Thompson for clarifying the contribution the Temple's members does for poor people and needy. Well, how is the Homeless population in your City looks like? We have here in Texas many., because of the warm weather.. Despite the fact that we have a City Manager belonging to Your Faith.. I didn't 't see any of the contribution the Church doing for Homeless population., .. Hopefully he will read your comments and will delegate the message so we can afford to support this daily increase of Homeless which already became Helpless.. God Bless you for what you doing for many!!
SIMPLEMENTE HERMOSO , PERO PORQUÉ EL PISO INFERIOR ESTÁ SIEMPRE BAJO TIERRA Y LAS VENTANAS SOBRESALEN Y LAS ESCALERAS TE LLEVAN AL PISO 2 , QUE PASÓ AHÍ OCURRIÓ ALGÚN EVENTO LO MISMO PASA CON EL TEMPLO DE ST GEORGE Y MUCHOS EDIFICIOS ANTIGUOS QUE NOS ESTÁN OCULTANDO A LOS HIJOS DE DIOS.
We love all or our Brothers and Sisters no matter where they live or what color of skin they have. "and he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile." -2nd Nephi 26 :33
Does their Congregation have more "open lines " on their Prayers to God that we do by dedicating this Empire Building to God while other people are Homeless praying on the streets all over the world? Just Curious? What about helping people on their distress? We got nationwide a survey on Homeless population.. We need solution to this people living in this Awesome Country.. And dying every day of lack of minimum necessary life condition of living.. Such a Brilliant people building this Magnificent Temple. can share a "solution" to that?
+Margareta Fratila Margareta -- the Mormon church (actual name LDS - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) does a ton of charitable giving. I believe our church has the highest % of peoples' monies that are donated & those funds go to many people - worldwide. We, as members, give a monthly tithe of 10% of our income to what is called "Fast Offerings" that goes to many people & organizations who are doing great things - not just in our own city & state, but throughout the USA & the world. We have a bishop's warehouse that stores much food & necessities that are given to those less fortunate or who are "hurting" because of unemployment, sickness or other hard times. So, please don't judge us by a temple, or anything else, as we are a very giving people. I hope God will bless you in your life!
+Margareta Fratila Yes, i have reflected on the huge problem you mention for years. The solution has to come from salary readjustments needed in certain areas: NBA players earning 15,000,000 dollars a year. NFL stars making 20,000,000 a year. the Opras, Beyonces, etc making over 100,000,000 in just 12 months...Recently, i took as example one of them who made 245 million and compared it to average household usa staying alive with 24 K,the numbers do not lie, that family man would have to work 10,000 years to match the salary of the other one... Can you see it now, how crazy the ultra-rich agenda really is? and as a fact we all know that wealth drives ppl to depression and madness bcos we are meant (by design) to integrate with others, not to place ourselves well above them as if we were their gods. Btw, this also applies to jobs that keep rich ppl under the radar of fame... The temple is a must for those of us who believe. Our devotion is not negotiable or subject to elimination..other expenses should, instead. LDS member, love my Lord and need His relationship with me every day. My covenant will remain.
Well now... That was very rich. However, I found it very odd and somewhat disturbing that of the hundreds of people who appeared in this video, there was not even one African-American (black person) in the video. Could someone explain why?
The population of Provo is less than 4% black. It's almost all white and Latino. So just percentage wise, there were only a few people in the video, it's not very likely there would be any people in it besides white people and Latinos.
Why would you accuse? We love all or our Brothers and Sisters no matter where they live or what color of skin they have. "and he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile." -2nd Nephi 26 :33
It made me so sad to see this historic building - a symbol of openness and community - to become a closed edifice and echo-chamber for members. They have every right to do this, but as someone who experienced a marvelous messiah sing along in this building, I see this as a great loss.
Yes, my sister sang in this building the night before the fire. But she sees it as no loss. She loves to attend it as a Holy Temple and did so last week. They still sing in The American Fork Tabernacle. I have seen and heard the marvelous renditions of Handel's Messiah all over the valley as performed in High School Auditoriums. These have been interfaith supported. They come around at Easter. You are welcome to attend.
Every time I see one of these monstrosities, I think the same thing: Just imagine the millions (that could have been given to good causes) wasted on building these hideous monuments to Joe Smith's fantasy.
The LDS church is the highest religious contributor to charities and emergency aid in the world. Not to mention Utahns in general donate the most to charities out of any state in the united states. Stop trying to virtue signal 🙄
Though I am not a member of the LDS CHURCH,. I am quite impressed with the amount of love that is in the hearts of those who are LDS. The appreciation of history and the love to continue the legacies of their ancestors.....very moving.
Restoring what was lost, that is the work of the Lord.
My brother lives a couple blocks from the Provo City Temple and his daughter can see the angel Moroni from her bedroom window. Every night, she says, "Good Night, Moroni!" and in the mornings, "Good Morning, Moroni!" It inspired her dad, (my brother) to write a children's book titled, "Good Morning, Moroni"... it's beautiful and features the Provo City Temple.
I loved listening to the man talk about building the stairs and his great grandfather built the original ones. I live thinking about faith being passed from one generation to the next. That part truly touched my ❤️. God bless all of you😊
I'm not a member of this church but this videos makes me tear up for no reason
- Me too
It's the Holy Spirit of God. Look into the LDS Church more. Study the Book of Mormon and PRAY about it. God bless.
As a Catholic I share your sorrow in losing your original church. Good you did rebuild.
Every inch of this building is beautiful. There is such a rich symbolic significance to the process this temple went through. The spirit in this building has brought me so much peace. The Lord can lift us out of the ashes of our poor choices, difficulties and heartaches and turn us into something some much more amazing than we were before.
Not a Mormon. But beautiful video. I’ve always been impressed by Mormons faithfulness and their special respect for their temples.
My wife and I visited the Provo City Centre Temple on 9th October with a friend who served his mission in our Ward. We had a wonderful time there and loved the architecture. It was our 6th Temple visit on our holiday to Utah.
It was so devastating to see this beautiful, historic building go up in flames. I was born & raised in Provo, and this building was always so very special to so many of us. Many graduations, school programs, concerts, etc. were in the tabernacle. So grateful it has been rebuilt into a gorgeous Mormon temple! Love it!
What a HUGE blessing it is to live only a couple blocks away from that temple!
+dasilverwelshman, use it well. I used to live 15 minutes from three temples. Now it takes me 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to the nearest temple.
Where is that temple located?
The detail, the craftsmanship, everything is so perfectly made. Those who worked on every aspect of the temple; the furnishings, the woodwork and detail were truly very talented and inspired.
I love this Temple of the Lord.
Wow! Absolutely STUNNING! The aesthetics and craftsmanship are beyond words. I've always loved the look of wood and glass and light. I'm so glad the Lord approved of us wanting to rebuild the structure. What a bonus to bring it back to life as a temple. I think my favorite phrase or expression about the need for temples comes from our hymn book, hymn #289, "Holy Temples on Mount Zion". It begins with the lyrics "Holy temples on Mount Zion, in a lofty splendor shine. Avenues to exaltation, emblems of a love divine." The 12 people who voted thumbs down above will someday understand all these temples stand for, "avenues to exaltation", indeed!
Just beautiful temple,, where the spirit of the lord is presented.
My old tabernacle in Provo is in my heart and goose bumps to the renovated temple. Stunning and beautiful.
My wife and I had the opportunity to go to the open house on Friday, Jan. 15. It is amazing the work that was done. Truly a beautiful temple.
This is a most remarkable video. It is beautiful & when I went to the Open House for this beautiful building, I truly fell in love with this beautiful & historical building.
I congratulate them for overcoming the pains of this tremendous loss of such a Rich historical Heritage of the City.. through the unstoppable fire .. by building such a Magnificent.. pain healing Temple.. This is the Strength they showed to the work.. "From the ashes.. ..The Heavenly Empire!! "...Hope and Pray that God will open their hearts to needy .. Hopefully .. as they showed how much they cared for their pains.. Now.. directing their hearts to serve so many here on Earth living in pains . Thank you for caring..
This is so beautiful and spiritual filled with love and hope thankyou for sharing this with everyone in the world
I went thouge this temple , and was so glad to have the opertune to see it , and would love to be able to work there, thank you for such a lovey building to our Lord.
What a story of respect for the past and hope in the future. I just love this.
So glad that we have this temple open for us to do our work. I love going to the temple. - Chad James
What a beautiful tribute to the saints of old and those of the future.
I was there when the building cached firer.
I remember I was living two blocks away and waking up in the morning with smoke all over the city. So many good memories from that place.
The lord's house is just the best place on earth it makes me be happy.
Mm i don't know what kind a temple but a temple where the lord can lives where the people have a pure heart.
Zabdiel Aburto the Lord's house is a temple made by men hands 🍉😇
jamdvx there where no marriages in the temple .
The white J Cole keep your Bible .
This was helpful in revitalizing the area! It truly is a gem.
The last time I stepped foot in there, it was a special occasion. I didn't remember that spire, and now I know it was a restored spire. Beautiful!
I attended stake conference sessions there while attending BYU. Glad they restored it and made it into a temple.
What a wonderful way to preserve this Historic Building! I remember having an opportunity to go through the Open House. 😊
I've thought about the symbolism of the Pheonix, rising again from the ashes into a new and glorious Birth!
I'm so glad it's been rebuilt and that we can still enjoy it's beauty.
Thank you for all the hard work from those who helped build this! 😁
From the ashes, the Provo City Center Temple has been constructed!!!!
God bess we all.
The night this Provo Tabernacle burned down I turned to my husband and said, " This is where the Lord will build the next Provo Temple. They are pressed for land in Provo, where else is He going to build it?" He looked at me like I was cracked, I said, "He works in mysterious ways🤷♀️." It was a great, " I told you so moment, months later.
What a benchmark of devotion and triumph to man’s attempts to acknowledge the divine.
What a beautiful modern construction using the shell of the walls and turrets. Modern construction can be incredible when quality is commissioned.
Just so amazing. Such a symbolic restoration of a building. Beautiful.
This makes my heart sing
Wow I had no idea that a temple burned in Provo as I don't live in the USA, very moving to see the restoration. I love the gospel and love seeing it in action. Beautifully and loving restored temple. Thank you.
Before the fire, it wasn't a temple. It was a tabernacle, which is more like a large capacity church and community center for concerts, graduations, funerals, conferences etc. Because of it's age and architectural significance, it was a huge loss to lose it to fire. Had it been a less important building, it probably would have just been demolished and a more modern building constructed to replace the spot.
Thank you very much Jacob Wood, I very much appreciate it. I hope to visit it one day very soon as I was very moved my this new event.
Actually it was a tabernacle, a church building used for stake conferences and such. After it burned down it was decided that it would be rebuilt and made into a temple. It's a testament to how after trials are great blessings. :)
+R. Mat No temple burned down in Provo. It was a church building that was very meaningful. When it burned down the church rebuilt it as a temple to honor the early saints who slaved to build it in the first place.
R. Mat, it wasn't actually a temple that burned, it was a tabernacle-- used for conferences and things. After it burned, they decided to use what was left and build a temple. It truly is amazing, though! It's a miracle that they were able to do it. Love seeing the Lord's hand at work. Truly beautiful.
I was born in Provo, Utah; this is my Temple
This is the Temple i seen in my dreams the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints and the message is , You will know me by my Doors.
Touching, Beautiful
What a feat to keep the walls up on stilt-like supports while they do the foundation.
What faith to work under it!
It brought tears to me and I don't even live there, but I believe in preserving historical structures in any possible way. After all, if our pioneer ancestors built it, we should preserve it.
Fantastic. I will visit the temple this Summer!
The workers and artists are truly blessed ♥️
so amazing!! loved walking thru it today!
+April and Davey Wow. Now I can see why y'all love going to church. I went to what I thought was a nice building, but this makes my church look like a dump.
Just Sheilz This is not a Mormon church. Their churches are actually very austere. This is a Mormon temple, where they go during the week, not Sundays, to learn secret handshakes (which they think are necessary to enter the Celestial Kingdom) and to do proxy baptisms for the dead.
Os templos são a casa do Senhor, estive neste templo com minha esposa, é maravilhoso o sentimento e também a beleza deste templo.
A Stunningly Beautiful Temple! 🙏
So awesome!!
+Prepare God hates Mormons
+ruby hodder You truly are "nutso," and I will pray for your soul to be at peace & not angry, yelling out at others that you know really so little about. Bless you!
+ruby hodder why would you say that.
+ruby hodder God hates no one. He sent His only-begotten Son, Jesus the Christ, who lived a blameless, perfect life, and became The Savior of all of Humankind. God does not wish for a single soul of mankind to be lost to everlasting Hell and so He prepared the way through Christ for this to be possible.
well if you want to go that route the bible was written by man. how do you know that it is even from god and not made up by those that wrote. how do you know that they translated what was on the scrolls correctly.
Divina y muy linda construcción parece una Catedral cristiana católica Ortodoxa qué bien que se pudo reconstruir esta construcción ancestralmente preciosa llena de paz ver esa construcción 🏰.
Inside and out, it is perfection!
Sadness can bring happiness 😃
Truly magnificent! ❤️
Great and every details are inspired. I love this.
Creo que el Templo de Provo , fue intencional, porque no considero que haya sido un corto circuito. Es más cada templo tiene las alarmas y sistemas de seguridad más importantes,de avanzadas . Y los mantenimientos que les hace a cada uno? Es impresionante. Se consagran los mejores talentos ,y obras en cada recinto y son personas muy laboriosas incansables ,con una perfección única en sus terminaciones , terrenos ,casi siempre están arriba de un cerro ,colina , o cercano a Montañas.
I love watching this video.
So cool makes me cry every time I wacth
New temple I love the Temples
que gran historia acerca de este templo.yo no la conocia.😮👍👌
So beautiful ☺
Beautiful
Beautiful!!!
Good decision to replace it with a temple. When I make my next trip to the area, l hope to go through it.
Its so beatiful
Sacred Ground' GOD knoweth all!
I am Mormon but I have been there before it was burned down when I was a baby...
C'est Vraiment la Seule et vraie eglise sur toute la terre
It was sad when it burned but it was also very beautiful as a contrast of fire and ice (from the hoses)... how often do you get to see something like that AND then they fix it afterwards?!
I do wish they had kept it as a community center, but it was their building and their money so I'm not going to be mad that they saved it at all rather than demolishing. Must have been horridly expensive. But it really is a lovely structure.
comecou a perceguicao aos santos dos ultimos dias.vamos orar por nosso povo em todo o mundo.
+Wener Santos Que perseguicao? hoje a igreja e a babilonia andam de maos dadas, a igreja e mais popular que nunca, os lideres da igreja sao recebidos por chefes de estados pelo mundo a fora, a igreja gasta milhoes em publicidade etc... Compare com os Profetas antigos como Lehi; Elias; Isaiah; Abinadi; Ether; Samuel o Lamanita e mesmo Joseph Smith foi perseguido e assasinado. Pode ter certeza que quando o Senhor enviar um Profeta novamente na terra, esse profeta sera rejeitado e perseguido.
Amazing, wow
Great!
GREAT.😃
I wonder how it caught fire?
God anointed churches.....from k graham
I walked inside for the first time on the 25th
Does anybody know the name of the background song used to open the videoclip?
I love the music too but I don't know the name....
Does anybody know the name of the background song used to closed the videoclip?
Please please please please please please please pray THAT l Am blessed with the best health care plan immediately AND automatically and permanently. THANK YOU ALL for ALL your loving prayers. PLEASE spread the holy word.
Thank you Diane Thompson for clarifying the contribution the Temple's members does for poor people and needy. Well, how is the Homeless population in your City looks like? We have here in Texas many., because of the warm weather.. Despite the fact that we have a City Manager belonging to Your Faith.. I didn't 't see any of the contribution the Church doing for Homeless population., .. Hopefully he will read your comments and will delegate the message so we can afford to support this daily increase of Homeless which already became Helpless.. God Bless you for what you doing for many!!
As a going to be a member of the LDS faith from being a Catholic, I was very sad
Ruby -- If you knew what/why this happens, it would make sense to you, but instead you show your ignorance by rude comments.. So sad for you!!!
Love it, So uʻi!
YESH ITS DONE! MY
😥😥😥😥😭😭😭
👍👌✋🙏
That is truly a great and spacious building.
+bowrudder Wrong kind of spacious building Ruds. The one you make fun of is as big as a planet. lol.....
SIMPLEMENTE HERMOSO , PERO PORQUÉ EL PISO INFERIOR ESTÁ SIEMPRE BAJO TIERRA Y LAS VENTANAS SOBRESALEN Y LAS ESCALERAS TE LLEVAN AL PISO 2 , QUE PASÓ AHÍ OCURRIÓ ALGÚN EVENTO LO MISMO PASA CON EL TEMPLO DE ST GEORGE Y MUCHOS EDIFICIOS ANTIGUOS QUE NOS ESTÁN OCULTANDO A LOS HIJOS DE DIOS.
No escondemos a los hijos de Dios en esta iglesia. Les enseñamos acerca de Jesús.
Una iglesia quemándose por dentro es muy esclarecedor
¡Sí, muy esclarecedor!
~ ♡♡ ~
this was in the LDS church plans. obviously.
Is that Mit Romney narrating ???
Definitely not
Do many blacks live in that town?
We love all or our Brothers and Sisters no matter where they live or what color of skin they have. "and he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile." -2nd Nephi 26 :33
Does their Congregation have more "open lines " on their Prayers to God that we do by dedicating this Empire Building to God while other people are Homeless praying on the streets all over the world? Just Curious? What about helping people on their distress? We got nationwide a survey on Homeless population.. We need solution to this people living in this Awesome Country.. And dying every day of lack of minimum necessary life condition of living.. Such a Brilliant people building this Magnificent Temple. can share a "solution" to that?
+Margareta Fratila Margareta -- the Mormon church (actual name LDS - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) does a ton of charitable giving. I believe our church has the highest % of peoples' monies that are donated & those funds go to many people - worldwide. We, as members, give a monthly tithe of 10% of our income to what is called "Fast Offerings" that goes to many people & organizations who are doing great things - not just in our own city & state, but throughout the USA & the world. We have a bishop's warehouse that stores much food & necessities that are given to those less fortunate or who are "hurting" because of unemployment, sickness or other hard times. So, please don't judge us by a temple, or anything else, as we are a very giving people. I hope God will bless you in your life!
+Margareta Fratila Yes, i have reflected on the huge problem you mention for years. The solution has to come from salary readjustments needed in certain areas: NBA players earning 15,000,000 dollars a year. NFL stars making 20,000,000 a year. the Opras, Beyonces, etc making over 100,000,000 in just 12 months...Recently, i took as example one of them who made 245 million and compared it to average household usa staying alive with 24 K,the numbers do not lie, that family man would have to work 10,000 years to match the salary of the other one... Can you see it now, how crazy the ultra-rich agenda really is? and as a fact we all know that wealth drives ppl to depression and madness bcos we are meant (by design) to integrate with others, not to place ourselves well above them as if we were their gods. Btw, this also applies to jobs that keep rich ppl under the radar of fame...
The temple is a must for those of us who believe. Our devotion is not negotiable or subject to elimination..other expenses should, instead.
LDS member, love my Lord and need His relationship with me every day. My covenant will remain.
Well now... That was very rich. However, I found it very odd and somewhat disturbing that of the hundreds of people who appeared in this video, there was not even one African-American (black person) in the video. Could someone explain why?
The population of Provo is less than 4% black. It's almost all white and Latino. So just percentage wise, there were only a few people in the video, it's not very likely there would be any people in it besides white people and Latinos.
Why would you accuse? We love all or our Brothers and Sisters no matter where they live or what color of skin they have. "and he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile." -2nd Nephi 26 :33
That’s a sign we shouldn’t never have big temples n never hide anything from the one upon in heaven 😊
But is God in it...?
Well, it IS his house...
It made me so sad to see this historic building - a symbol of openness and community - to become a closed edifice and echo-chamber for members. They have every right to do this, but as someone who experienced a marvelous messiah sing along in this building, I see this as a great loss.
Well, there is a way to go back in there, you know.
Yes, my sister sang in this building the night before the fire. But she sees it as no loss. She loves to attend it as a Holy Temple and did so last week. They still sing in The American Fork Tabernacle. I have seen and heard the marvelous renditions of Handel's Messiah all over the valley as performed in High School Auditoriums. These have been interfaith supported. They come around at Easter. You are welcome to attend.
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It's a shame they removed a public building from use.
I think it was a fire that removed it from use as a meeting house.
It was never really a public building. It was always owned by the church, not the city.
Every time I see one of these monstrosities, I think the same thing: Just imagine the millions (that could have been given to good causes) wasted on building these hideous monuments to Joe Smith's fantasy.
The LDS church is the highest religious contributor to charities and emergency aid in the world. Not to mention Utahns in general donate the most to charities out of any state in the united states. Stop trying to virtue signal 🙄
Colossal waste of money. Could have built two temples for that budget. Or do some real good in people's lives.
Money has nothing to do with it
Yes my sister sang in this building the night before. There were miracles.
Does anybody know the name of the background song used to closed the videoclip?