Casper Wyoming Temple Media Day

Tours begin this week for the Casper Wyoming Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A public open house will take place from Thursday, August 29, through Saturday, September 14, 2024, excluding Sundays. The media got a chance to look inside the sacred structure on Monday, August 26, 2024.
The Casper Wyoming Temple will be the second operating house of the Lord in Wyoming.
Read more about the two-week open house in Casper on Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

[@brendanwilsonvfx5705]

Blessed be the most high God

[@mountaingrannie4020]

So excited 😊🙏🕊️🙏❤️

[@altheablackburn4224]

I’m so grateful the temple will in Casper! Glory Be To God!

[@erincorbridge3005]

Can’t wait to see it! So grateful for this beautiful place in Casper!

[@BeverlySchaeffer]

Beautiful Temple!! I’m a member in Houston, Tx

[@haroldtakahashi8875]

💛...

[@hpagalla]

The Holy House of the Lord, keep it in our hearts and in our thoughts and in our daily life.

[@bestill365]

We're going this coming Saturday. Hurrah for Israel!!

[@TheWyomingApologist]

Hosanna to God and the Lamb!

[@anthonymixa4431]

❤

[@saramcgee5786]

Amen🙏🏾

[@MegWasHere2011]

Wonderful

[@tywatts7834]

Pioneers are happy

[@cdeanneeckles]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cwn89015]

Temple #201.

[@dapperdave2090]

I'm I missing something here??? No art work depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus... No Christian signs of the cross????

[@jennabeers2594]

This is a great question. Thanks for asking it.
Latter Day Saints definitely believe that Jesus Christ suffered for everyone's sins and was crucified on the cross. (And we do have art depicting both.) We are grateful for His willingness to suffer and die for all of us. However, the New Testament makes it clear that His death was not the end. He was also resurrected on the 3rd day, breaking the bands of death. He lives today and stands on the right hand of God. We worship the living Jesus Christ and focus on building a covenant relationship with Him.
Another way of looking at it is this: if someone you cared about was killed by a drunk driver, would you put a car statue on your wall? Or if they died of cancer caused by smoking would you make a statue of cigarettes? Probably not. You would likely hang pictures of your loved ones, favorite memories so you could remember them by. The cross was a cruel tool of death used by the Romans. I'm not sure Jesus wants us idolize the tool of His death, but instead remember His teachings and our experiences with Him. There are many pictures throughout all of the temples depicting His interactions with God's children.
Hopefully this explanation helps.

[@jasonkrane1708]

@@jennabeers2594That’s a fantastic explanation!