It's not quite open to the public yet, but the makeover to the Church Office Building Plaza is nearing completion. And if you walk by on State Street, you can see a new feature that hasn't been mentioned before.
A stone engraved with a scripture from Isaiah now fronts a renewed view of the Salt Lake Temple in downtown Salt Lake City, headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The stone reads:
That prophecy has deep meaning to past and present church leaders, who have said repeatedly the Salt Lake Temple is "the mountain of the Lord's house." In fact, on the first Sunday after Latter-day Saint pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, Elder Orson Pratt of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke to them about Isaiah 2:2.
In a 2002 conference talk, Elder Robert D. Hales noted that when Salt Lake City hosted that year's Olympic Winter Games, most of the world watched the Opening Ceremonies, which included images of the Salt Lake Temple. "Every time I walk around this temple, I wonder what these prophets of old could have seen that could have been more grand and glorious and beautiful than the temple of God established in the tops of these mountains. These prophets did not only say that it should be established here, but they also said that men and women should come from all nations of the earth, and this gathering here today is a witness of the divinity of their prophetic words.
"I stand today on the sacred ground that has drawn millions of visitors. In 2002, Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympic Games. The Tabernacle Choir sang at the opening ceremonies, and the church offered concerts and programs for guests and participants from many, many nations. I will always remember seeing the temple in the background of the nightly news broadcasts worldwide.
Renovation work continues on the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in downtown Salt Lake City on April 28. When the church closed the Church Office Building Plaza, the January 2021 announcement said the project would take 18 months.
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