A Look Inside the Renovated Oakland California Temple
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2019
- The Oakland California Temple is an enduring Bay Area landmark that shines like a beacon from the Oakland Hills, directly across from San Francisco. A lengthy renovation was just completed on the 55-year-old temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The public is now invited to see inside the modernism-style temple that hasn't had an open house since its original completion in 1964.
I never knew that this was an LDS church. I'm truly shocked, but not really. It's beautiful. I remember watching it glow as a child going to my grandma's house nearly every Friday night traveling on 580.
I could see it from my grandparents house on Edwards Ave, right off 580 too. Good memories.
I hope you guys can someday spend some time inside. It is wonderful
It's a temple. The church buildings for Sunday and weekdays are different.
When you have a chance you should go see the grounds. They are truly wonderful.
I love this temple ,I received a very important life or death revelation in the Celestial room ,while hearing the tinkling of the crystal chandelier. My Aunt and Uncle served a mission there ,they loved it! So do I!
Michael Douglas Skewes loved the tinkling chandelier.
I grew up in the Bay Area and I have to say this is my favorite Temple. I have moved away, but I was always captivated by the temple’s beauty and I always looked for it when I would be in the area. I took the Temple grounds tour several times and I loved the feeling of The Spirit while I was there. I joined the church when I was 18 and later got to attend the Temple many times. I love the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with all my heart and now know why I was always drawn to the Temple. I also absolutely love how the chandelier in the Celestial room makes tinkling sounds from the air conditioning, it’s such a heavenly sound. 🥰
This must certainly be one of the most wonderful and magical buildings in the Bay Area. I hope I get to see it.
Incredible. I never imagined it was so lovely.
I was sealed with my husband in this temple 2013. Can’t wait to tour the temple. And continue the temple work for my ancestors.
Absolutely amazing and that's just the Celestial Room. Love the 60s era design elements. The outside landscaping and fountains are awesome. Wish this was a hotel I'd make myself at home haha.
This temple has such a wonderful place in my heart, not so much because of the architecture, that is nice, but because of the SPIRIT of GOD I felt within the walls of this temple when I was younger and served there. I will never forget. I was also married and sealed to my wife in this temple many years ago. The experiences of the temple ceremonies, the baptisms, the priesthood ordinances, all came with powerful manifestations of the Spirit of God... the Holy Ghost. These testimony building experiences I had there, I will never forget. Testimonies that what goes on there is indeed validated and approved by God, even though we people are NOT perfect, God is in it, and God desires that people be sealed together for all time and eternity, in the grand family of God the Eternal Father. The priesthood ordinances in the temple are the gateway to what Jesus taught about, where he said In my Father's house are many mansions... I go to prepare a place for you.
When watching this video I personally felt a piece of heaven falling into my heart the temple scene was very touching.
That's a bit of a Bigotry thing to say.
This was my first temple as a youth, and I got to sing in the Temple Pageant angel choir when I was 15. Amazing experience! I went back to the pageant in 2005 with my family !
All the children of all ages in the church were invited to go I was one of them it was absolutely mesmerizing and the meanings behind each room are absolutely wonderful it was a captivating experience and I can’t wait to go again with my mother
I was married in the Oakland Temple in 1968. We live in Utah now and will be flying there next week to tour this Holy Temple of God. I am thrilled!
One of the most beautiful of the LDS Temples!
We just came back from taking the Temple tour and the Celestial Room one really can feel the presence of God. We were able to reflect for a few minutes. I immediately fell to my knees in prayer.
The Oakland temple is a very special place to me. I was sealed to my wife there, we served in there for about four years, and it was my son's temple for the San Jose mission. Amazingly beautiful, in a truly breathtaking setting. So happy it's been renovated and that the public will be able to tour the inside from 11 May to 1 June- come and see it!
Secret garments, secret names, secret handshakes. You all don’t believe the Trinity god in 3 persons. One person not 3 separate figures. Love u
Just a beautiful temple, I miss it a lot, I hope one Day be able to return to this heavenly temple
Isai Limon plan where you want your life to be 3 years from now and live today to make that plan reality. All the best. You
Went here a couple of times when I served in San Jose on the early 90's. Beautiful place. One of my fave temples.
Our great Uncle Arthur Price would take us through the building area (early 1960) as he was the attending church architect in his older age. He was very very exact on having us understand that if one would take a plumb bob from the very top of the center spire, it would land right in the center of the baptismal font (which is below ground). Also the exactness of the center of Jesus Christ on the granite sculpture goes right down the cascading waterfall (which has been restored again thankfully!) representing the flowing life of our faith in Jesus Christ. All the beautiful granite is from Raymond quarry in the foothills of CA near me. I look forward to walking through this temple next week! Thank you for the preview here.
Jud Ann Milehigh Wow! The temples are very precisely constructed!!
This is the temple where my family was sealed. And this is where my grandparents and my parents were married and sealed. Amazing place and happy to see it’s up and running again.
Yippee, my family also promised the "oath of vengence" and to give everything to the church so their bowels would not be ripped out!
Deb Delves lol what
Jake, you should read about the Oath of Vengeance and the temple endowment of oaths, promises and hand gestures of how your life will be taken if promises are not kept.
Deb Delves are these books sanctioned by the church?
Read LDS history. I hv a Seminary book from 1969 in which you would not recognize as teachings from today. What happened in the temple in the 80's and before is easy to find out. You really do not know about how your life will be taken if you don't keep all the promises you made in the temple? Many changes have been made because those promises are so Masonic and evil. I used to hv to obey my husband!.... not any more...veil my face? .... not anymore. The Bible tells us what it takes to be saved. We are saved by Grace and Faith in Jesus Christ and nothing more is needed...especially not a $3,000 fake flower adornment nor crystal chandeliers! Jesus taught the downtrodden, poor and lowly without all the crazy pomp.
When I was a kid living in the Dimonds, I was told that Snow White and the seven dwarves lived there, very magical experience through my formative years
My wife and I were sealed in the Oakland Temple thirty-eight years ago It’s so beautiful.
Exquisitely beautiful. Thank thee, dear Savior for the priesthood and temples.
Nothing but the best for the Lord.
As soon as you walk on the temple grounds you can feel the spirit 💜
Amen
It would be so fun to visit this Temple
Then come and see it! The temple is open to the public for two weeks beginning on 11 May through 1 June 2019. It's a wonderful experience!
I might see it after it is dedicated, That's Awesome, Yes, Every temple is so amazing :)
This temple looks absolutely stunning! :)
This beautiful temple is highly visible from the freeways on either side of it.
I taught dance to children for a long time in the Laurel District, one freeway exit south of the temple. Sometimes little girls would come to class and excitedly tell me, "Teacher! I just saw a princess castle!"
I can see how the temple looks like a castle to children 😂❤❤❤
Its been a very long time since I've seen picture of the interior of this sacred edifiice, it is absolutely gorious now that its been renovated.
This is breathtaking
I am Amazed at the Vast Beauty of this Temple. Just a Spectacular Piece of Architecture.
We are blessed. Amen to that.
I remember going there as a kid with my family to the Open House prior to the dedication in 1964. I was baptized in December of that year and went there with Church groups as a youth, and then endowed there prior to serving a 2 year Mission for the Church. My siblings participated in Temple Pageants there. Later when my wife and kids lived in the Bay Area again, after college, etc. it was the Temple (and Multi-Stake Area Events Center) that we went to as often as we could. My parents also served as ordinance workers in this beautiful Temple for over 25 years. It is a very sacred and special place for my family. Thank Heaven it has been preserved and restored, including Oriental designs, and especially the exterior front water displays.
Can you smoke weed on the balcony area, since weed is legal now.
@@shakeemounwanda1720 lol wth is wrong with you
Amazing just really amazing. My friend got sealed there one year. How exciting to see all the great work. To make this temple a great place. To reunite with family and everyone. To return with our Savior Jesus Christ. And take everyone to see Heavenly Father. The work is great and I enjoy it.
Lol
Soy de Colombia miembro Funza, Cundinamarca, quiero oír en español todo lo que muestran de la construcción de los Santos Templos, me enternece ver sus construcciones. Amo a mi Iglesia.
This Temple is quite beautiful. Christmas is very decorated in the outside front areas with lights. And the view on the top of the hill is just spectacular especially at night. You can see across the bay to SF and the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges.
My family was sealed in the Oakland Temple in 1991. I did my first session of proxy baptisms there in 1996 as a young Deacon. I received my endowments there in 2003, and attended many weddings and cultural events there over the years as a young man and young adult. I have always LOVED SO MANY things about this place, and hope that everyone who has the opportunity to enjoy the Open House will do so. I have MANY family members in the Bay Area that are NOT members of the church who have visited the temple grounds over the years and wondered what it's like inside. I hope they will participate in the Open House.
I served my mission in Sacramento CA and this was our temple back then 2001-2003. It is such a special temple. The renovations are beautiful. :) #FaithToAct
Faith to Act My oldest daughter also served in Sacramento (Stockton) Spanish speaking from December 2001- July 2003.
@@helenjohnson7583 Yes I recall a Sister Johnson that spoke Spanish :) She may remember me as well.
I’ve never seen a Church like this.
It’s amazing, and the location looks so pretty.
So many amazing moments would happen at this Church. Such a nice place for God and Jesus. 🙏🏼
That bridal room, 🤩 when I was young, we had mini youth conferences there, was also sealed to my parents & 2 older sisters long ago, sure miss those days… finding out later in life, the church isn’t for singles, it centers around the family, some of us really don’t have that family
Churches are so beautiful
I just did an aerial drone flight around the church a few days ago...such an amazing place of God :)
I received my endowment for the first time in this beautiful temple. It ll always have a special place in my heart.
Yes beautiful building.
J
We went to the open house and my daughter had to go to the bathroom during our tour, so she used the bathroom next to the sealing rooms. She was in there for a long time, so our group had already left. After leaving we asked them what their favorite part was, she said "the bathroom was so beautiful!"
California has been blessed with some of the most iconic beautiful Temples in all the church in their state. Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego Temples are amazing.
sacramento is also beautiful
The Provo Temple, that used to be the Tabernacle, is an achievement, I have never seen before! What an amazingly beautiful Temple it is!🌷🌻🌷Watch the making if it on RUclips it is totally amazing !
And they only have to wash the poop of the sidewalk twice a week!
KevlarX2 yeah they look like cinderella castles so opulent and rich, there’s really nothing else like it as far as greatness and spaciousness since colonialism. They are truly beautiful and are something to be proud about it.
I love the oriental touches
Great Blessing and joy peace
Thank you.
Looking forward to major luster in the Logan temple restoration.
I visited this place when I was a kid
That was my temple for 9 years. It is very special to me too. It doesn't look much different to me.
My wife and I were married here 32 years ago. 🥰
Thank you God bless those always that way
The lord's house is the best place where a person can spend his time to always feel the spirit
It's always nice seeing Emily in these videos. Any chance for a Cleveland-area redesign? ;)
It slightly like the Laie temple.
Me n my husband n our seven children sealed our family in Hawaii Temple in Laie ,The day that we never ever Forget but hold that SCARED in our hearts FOREVER ETERNALLY Amen .Thank Thee Oh Lord for LEAD n Guide us Through to these days of Miracles a Marvelous Work of the Lord
They had "trouble" whenever they thought they could "improve" on something? I know those were the times Heavenly Father had His say. (Along the lines of "No, Leave it. I Am pleased with it.")
@Veronica McClure
That’s bizarre. I would imagine someone would hear a, ‘sell it and feed some of the thousands of children that die every day of starvation related illnesses’.
@Activator Don
Does my question make you feel uncomfortable?
Maybe I should ask about the $2B shopping centre built in Salt Lake City by the church.
Of course not from the tithings right? Just the hard working businesses owned by the church? Sounds like something Jesus would be super proud of.
A few fresh water wells in villages of starving families would be such a waste.
Wait. I can hear your smooth brain, ‘b b b b but if the shopping centre does well financially, then we can do more for starving children’.
The church gives less than 1% to charity and trades in over $32B on the stock market.
It has been confirmed that the church has only given $1.2B to charity over 30 years.
It has had consistent growth in revenue since 1991 when it received $4.7B in donations that year, to $33B in 2010 from donations and $15B from other business ventures.
Do you think that if a church member was asked, ‘would you rather we give the $8,000 for this set of good door handles, to starving children and maybe have good quality gold coloured door handles that cost $400’? That church members would say, ‘no, we need that money spent in our beautiful temples, so we can feel that slice of heaven while we spend 1% or less on charity’?
I highly doubt it. I think a little more highly of my Mormon friends.
Mormon church members are amazing people mostly and based on the figures, you are finding a corporation that does not have charity work and helping others at the forefront. Not by a long stretch. Other religions give up to 80% to charity.
Speaking of the $2B shopping centre, I may be wrong. It may have been built for all the homeless and vulnerable and unfortunate and least among the community as Christ would have done, had he lived in this era.
A pair of religion jeans costs $200 in one of the stores in that shopping centre. How ironic.
I’m sure the so said ‘Christ’ would be turning in his tomb if he saw the financial hypocrisy down by a church that uses his name.
www.nytimes.com/1991/07/02/us/income-of-mormon-church-is-put-at-4.7-billion-a-year.html
www.scribd.com/document/380562519/2017-12-31-Thirteen-LLC-Investment-Summary
www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.deseretnews.com/article/865657898/LDS-Church-welfare-humanitarian-efforts-average-40-million-per-year-apostle-says.amp
www.sltrib.com/religion/local/2017/10/14/historian-digs-into-the-hidden-world-of-mormon-finances-shows-how-church-went-from-losing-money-to-making-money-lots-of-it/
www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/humanitarian-aid-welfare-services-breakdown-donations-costs-resources
www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/lds-church-has-spent-1-2-billion-on-welfare-and-humanitarian-efforts/amp/
planphilly.com/uploads/media_items/http-planphilly-com-sites-planphilly-com-files-cnaan_lds_giving-pdf.original.pdf
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-07-18/how-the-mormons-make-money
Do you really think a true disciple of Christ’s teachings, needs this mishandling of finances to opulence over practicality?
You know you could build 10 commercial standard beautiful temples for the price of one right? That’s if you went with stainless steel over gold plated. That’s if temple things are so important. Perhaps there are other reasons behind such frivolous use of funds.
I’m still ‘trolling’?
My Parents were married here! 😁👰🤵➡️💒💓
This is where I and my husband was sealed. We were just a visitor but decided to be sealed here with only a friend in Oakland who became our witness. We didn't have a family because they're not a member. But we were blessed to be able to fulfill one of the most important parts of becoming a member. To be sealed for time and eternity.
Please please- to the powers that be…. Preserve the ROUND Provo Temple! It has a purpose. It is one of a kind! Respect that architect as you did Burton here!
Incredible beautiful spiritual holy
Is it still open?
Do those spires power the church?
I see this weekly growing up
beautiful but no windows? that is weird
There are very airy sky lights in the design
Amazing building but I guess everyone could do that with so much money.
Can someone tell me the reason for no windows in the majority of a Temple? I am genuinely curious, thank you
Many temples, such as the San Diego and the Newport Beach California Temples, have large windows in their Celestial Rooms facing toward the sun at midday, so that the beauty of natural light will enter the room, shining onto chandeliers and other decorative aspects of the room. The brightness of the gentle, naturally sparkling sunlight in the Celestial Room adds a beauty and stillness and peacefulness to the experience of just sitting and pondering in the quietness of the room. The serenity one feels in the Temples cannot be duplicated anywhere else.
The only reason I can think of that some temples appear to not have many windows might be because they are usually constructed of stone, typically granite, and some are constructed of large slabs, where putting in a window would not be practical. However, even though they have stone facings, many of the newer temples incorporate many large windows in their design. Since there are now many temples being constructed around the world each year, I suggest that you go to the Church’s website, churchofjesuschrist.org and look for the tab that takes you to the list of all of temples around the world, and find the newer ones, and you will most likely notice that the newer ones usually have many windows. 😊
beautiful!
So very beautiful...I hope to visit there one day
Amen 🙏
When is the open house, again?
It starts May 10 till beginning of June.
Going on now for a few more weeks.
The morman church has something rhat most churches lack.A temple where people can be prepared for the world beyond.Not preaching, nothing else but the heavenly realm.As a student of inner spirituality i like this idea
QUE HERMOSO PERO DONDE ESTÁ EL ANGEL MORONI.
Why it not having holy cross on top of the dome?
The Church of Jesus Christ does NOT worship the cross, an instrument of excruciating torture that we do not feel is holy. We worship the Risen Christ.
The symbol for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the living Christ, and in the faithfulness of it's members in loving God with all our hearts, and loving our neighbors as ourselves.
I joined the LdS church in 1973 in Hayward, CA. This temple was were I participated in baptisms for the dead as a teenage LdS convert in the 1970s. I also received my own washing, anointing, and endowment in 1977 before my mission to Germany. I am no longer a member of your church. I no longer believe in the temple's rituals as I have been now a long time member of Community of Christ, but it is a great experience to see the renovated building inside and out here in this video. I have lived away from the Bay Area for many years. This wonderful video made me so homesick!
Come for a visit, Leon. Always welcome!
Beautiful building. But I can’t imagine a building not having any windows. It would feel claustrophobic, almost like a mausoleum.
I used to smoke weed on the part upstairs. It was a beautiful thing.
I love the temple you can really feel the spirit of god
The house of the lord.
Wow nice temple
House of the lord..
Yes :)
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A very very beautiful place!!!🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗
Simply beautiful!!
Lesson learned: when designing temples include windows and avoid fad-like features (doing so with the Provo and Ogden temples would have saved quite a bit of money in the cost of redesigning these two temples).
When I was a kid i thought it was nasa made another rocket
Absolutely beautiful 🤩
Thank you!
Beautiful
la casa del señor, muy hermoso, me encanta.
Cost of housing is so astronomical here, how can people afford to live here?
👍
Marvelous work and wonder
It’s so nice and beautiful it must be the house of God....
Acts 7:48-49 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
If the Living God said He does not dwell in temples built with hands what god is this the house of?
These Temples are not built by hands, but by commandment and revelation from God.
Terry Stewart Revelation from what god? Where in the Bible is it foretold that the Saints would build temples? So many different religions build temples. Do you think the Living God of creation would cause this confusion?
1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
What makes this temple any different? Is It because a man claimed he was a prophet?
Where in the Bible is it foretold that we would have 1 prophet as head of the church?
I’ll tell you what is foretold.
Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
Matthew 7:15 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Matthew 24:24 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Romans 16:18 - For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Mark 7:6-9 - He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
So much warning yet the Bible says they will follow these prophets.
Where is it foretold that the church would be lost and restored?
Psalms 145:4 - One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Psalms 100:5 - For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Is The Living God a liar?
Galatians 1:8-9 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
God knew these times would come.
And gave us His Word to protect us.
This is revelation and prophecy from the Living God happening right now.
Jared Williams You've obviously made a good point and backed it up by quoting scripture, or should I say partial scripture. Were warned of false Christs and wolves in sheeps clothing but you didn't mention anything about by their fruits ye shall know them. Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord will do nothing but he revealeth his secrets to his servants the prophets. Or Isaiah's vision of the latter days when the mountain of the Lords house shall be built in the tops of the mountains and all nations shall flow unto it. You need to study the entire bible so you don't come up with "Another gospel"
awesome, really wish i could go there but i live in provo utah, if i had 80 bucks i would go to the lds library or brick em young website and then i would build it or hopefully they will make a mini version if they made a 49 99 dollar one and cents
My parents were married in this temple ❤
Looks tatarian and some free energy.😁
It doesn't say you must be baptized to get into heaven
"Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born of the water [baptism by water] and of the Spirit [baptism by the Holy Ghost], he cannot enter the kingdom of God." John 3:5
"Teach all nations, baptizing them in the name...." Matthew 28:19
"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." Mark 16:16
"But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him." Luke 7:30
"Repent and be baptized, every one of you." Acts 2:38
"Be baptized and wash away thy sins." Acts 22:16
"The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us...." 1 Peter 3:21
What a large and spacious building. Is this what Nephi was talking about?
This is a beautiful structure with an amazing view of the Bay Area. I served as a missionary in the Oakland Mission and was a District Leader for the sister missionary working in the visitors center. Me, my wife and 4 children all active recently had the courage and integrity to resign from the church. I still enjoyed learning some history from this video, though.
J & D Robinson I love the Gospel. This world is truly a difficult place to deal with. It is what it is.
Hey Helen - the world doesn’t have to be a scary place like the church teaches. There is so much to learn and experience and good people in the church and especially outside the church. Best wishes!
BIGOT
Ummm, OK. Not sure what this bigot reply means, but one of the reason why my family and I resigned from the church was it’s history toward women, African Americans and LGBTQ people. Polygamy was human trafficking women from Europe. Ellis Island even has an exhibit talking about stopping the Mormon missionaries from bring women to America for servitude in polygamy. I can send you a picture of the exhibit!
J & D Robinson No worries! The person who commented “BIGOT” is trolling.
The only true peace is through the Prince Of Peace.
Mormon’s greatly believe. He is our Savior.
The ceiling of my church is the open sky , the walls of my church are the trees the wind , the ground of my church is the soil of the earth under my feet . . .
No need of anything else to come in touch with the divine 🌹🌿🌸
Why dont you ask the divine if there is something else you can do to commune with it?
@@esmeraldagreen1992 Because in the middle of the nature is the divine itself , and preserving it is to commune with goodnes
❤🌸🌹🌿🙏
@CaptainRidley yes dear
@CaptainRidleySaid : "Do anothers no harm , dear , never".
@CaptainRidley Its all about oil gas natural resources. . .
That would be sweet if it was all true
I don't know, starting feel like tease video's. American members are spoilt.