Special Tour INSIDE the Kirtland Temple!

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  • Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
  • Join Casey Griffiths as he explores the recently purchased Kirtland Ohio temple. We go through several areas that most won't ever see. Casey explains some history of the first temple ceremonies, including practices similar to washing and annointings. He'll then explain the history of Christ's visit to the temple.

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  • @danielschulz9304
    @danielschulz9304 5 місяців тому +71

    This is wonderful, at my age I'll never get to see the Temple in person. "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains" thank you for doing this 😊

  • @jsmi53081
    @jsmi53081 4 місяці тому +20

    I lived in Ohio in the early 2000's and was able to have a Sacrament Meeting in the Kirtland Temple as part of a YSA conference. Truly one of the coolest opportunities and experiences I've been a part of.

    • @jkpaice
      @jkpaice 4 місяці тому +4

      What a truly wonderful experience.

  • @nettajar1938
    @nettajar1938 4 місяці тому +15

    WOW!!! I got goosebumps just watching. I will probably never be able to see the temple in this life, so thank you for showing us through. It is a sacred place.

  • @tomw.5208
    @tomw.5208 4 місяці тому +14

    I was baptized this past Saturday and me and my family all went to Kirtland to see the temple and the village and store. Plus we made our way to the Johnson Farm in Hiram Ohio. It was incredible and I really enjoyed it.

  • @lindaelia2616
    @lindaelia2616 5 місяців тому +33

    Oh how grateful I am to see this temple… to see the history of ourLDS temple… but to also see something that a many great grandfather helped to build. Thank you!

  • @jmhatutube
    @jmhatutube 5 місяців тому +40

    Thank you for showing us all the different places in the temple; particularly where keys were restored and the Savior appeared.

  • @G-mom-A
    @G-mom-A 4 місяці тому +6

    Thank you I love this tour and am so grateful we can care for this sacred building.

  • @andrewjosepholson
    @andrewjosepholson 5 місяців тому +41

    According to an entry on the Religious Studies Center website at BYU, the book, “Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources,” by Kip Sperry cites a variety of sources to build a consensus as to the specific meanings of the initials or acronyms on the pulpits, as follows:
    WEST TIER, MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTHOOD PULPITS (top row to bottom row):
    - M.P.C. Melchizedek Presiding Council (First Presidency of the Church or Stake)
    - P.M.H. Presiding Melchizedek High Priesthood (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, or Stake High Council)
    - M.H.P. Melchizedek High Priesthood (High Priests Quorum)
    - P.E.M. Presiding (Presidency) Elders Melchizedek (representing Elders Quorum)
    EAST TIER, AARONIC PRIESTHOOD PULPITS (top row to bottom row):
    - B.P.A. Bishop Presiding over Aaronic Priesthood
    - P.A.P. Presiding (Presidency) Aaronic Priests
    - P.T.A. Presiding (Presidency) Teachers, Aaronic
    - P.D.A. Presiding (Presidency) Deacons, Aaronic

  • @sharonb2038
    @sharonb2038 5 місяців тому +11

    Just wonderful Casey. So many cannot visit so this is a joy!

  • @JenniferAnnMcCaffrey
    @JenniferAnnMcCaffrey 5 місяців тому +21

    Oh wow!! This was amazing!!! I’m in Ireland so a long way from this Temple!! Mind blowing to think we can identify where Jesus stood! Thanks so much to everyone who made this! Really enjoyed it ❤

  • @peggybell6332
    @peggybell6332 4 місяці тому +5

    Casey, you are my favorite teacher. Thank you so much!

  • @lindamcdaniel2098
    @lindamcdaniel2098 5 місяців тому +10

    Thank You for the insights to the Kirtland temple. Amazing !!! I love the way you teach...

  • @jarrahlyn
    @jarrahlyn 5 місяців тому +11

    This is amazing!!! Thanks you so much for doing this! 💛🙏🏼💛

  • @chichard86
    @chichard86 5 місяців тому +10

    Thanks for the tour and backstories!

  • @AnticipatingChristsreturn
    @AnticipatingChristsreturn 5 місяців тому +8

    This is so amazing!! Thank you for sharing!!!

  • @harambeboy
    @harambeboy 5 місяців тому +15

    The baby joins in! “Hosanna!” 👶

  • @ursulabyington1975
    @ursulabyington1975 4 місяці тому +4

    Thank you so much! This brings many special memories to my heart from when my husband and I served at the Kirtland Historic Sites as a Senior Couple from 2021-22. We were able to hold special meetings, a testimony meeting, & service project in the Kirtland Temple.♥️🎶👏🇺🇸

  • @mattmacey9756
    @mattmacey9756 5 місяців тому +8

    Fantastic video! I loved the tour, and seeing some of the spots you don't hear as much about was very cool. When I go in person I'll make sure I'm prepared for the stairs! That building is so unique and significant in our history, it is remarkable that it has endured over time and is in the condition it is. Many, many thanks to our friends at the Community of Christ for taking such phenomenal care of the temple for so long and preserving it prior to the change of ownership.

    • @ts-900
      @ts-900 5 місяців тому

      This is the time they all got drunk and started seeing everyone. Whitewashing history and making these claims knowing that the men were falling down drunk is how we can all know that the LDS isn't of God.

  • @michellescott619
    @michellescott619 5 місяців тому +6

    Thank you, Casey. I really like the way you teach

  • @sheisleeaddams
    @sheisleeaddams 5 місяців тому +8

    Wow, this was an awesome tour, thank you ❤

  • @Sharon_Miller
    @Sharon_Miller 4 місяці тому +2

    Thank you so much for showing us the wonderful Kirtland Temple! Greatly appreciate it 😊❤

  • @danite620
    @danite620 4 місяці тому +3

    Thank you brother Griffin for the wonderful tour

  • @gwengold8154
    @gwengold8154 4 місяці тому +4

    This was such a delightful experience! Thank you so much, Casey. It is on my bucket list to see this beautiful temple in person. This tour was so great that it was almost like being there!

  • @2EternityButterflies
    @2EternityButterflies 5 місяців тому +2

    Thank you so much. It really means a lot to be able to see and hear the story of the Kirtland Temple.

  • @purple_sorcerer
    @purple_sorcerer 5 місяців тому +11

    I toured the temple many years ago as a missionary in Ohio. It will be so exciting to see how the restoration continues. We also owe such huge appreciation to the Community of Christ for maintaining the building so wonderfully. (Our group of missionaries had a fantastic spiritual experience with our guide as she described the area where the Savior appeared: she whispered to us that she was supposed to say that Joseph and Oliver had just had ‘spiritual experiences’ there, but she knew that the Savior had been there!)

  • @beatricesavasta6710
    @beatricesavasta6710 4 місяці тому +2

    You're such experts on so many topics at Scripture Central! You do deserve thanks and admiration,.

  • @michaelmichaelc1748
    @michaelmichaelc1748 5 місяців тому +2

    Many many thanks for this tour and explanation of the first temple of our dispensation. So much spiritually rich history. God bless and please keep on sharing our fascinating church history. 🙏🏻❤️😊

  • @rosewinter8693
    @rosewinter8693 5 місяців тому +19

    This tour is such an inspiration. I could feel the passion and commitment of the saints thru the tour. I could feel the Spirit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for our Prophet Joseph Smith and the Apostles with him for persevering and bringing the Gospel into our lives thru Our Heavenly Father and
    Jesus Christ.
    Thank you for this tour of the Kirkland Temple.

    • @ts-900
      @ts-900 5 місяців тому +1

      This is when they got drunk and saw everyone. If you believe the LDS leaders at the time.

    • @pattykake7195
      @pattykake7195 4 місяці тому

      @@ts-900 🎯🎯

    • @pollydunn3191
      @pollydunn3191 4 місяці тому +1

      That's what I've heard. They were still using real wine back then for the sacrament and from what I heard there was a little something like peyote added. 😂 Everyone seems to kind of make up their own history. No one knows for sure because we were NOT there.

    • @ts-900
      @ts-900 4 місяці тому +1

      @@pollydunn3191 "Orson, you cannot have forgotten the scenes of drunkenness during the pretended enduement [sic] in Kirtland in 1836. I shall never forget them, nor the hundreds of false prophecies delivered in the Temple on that occasion." McLellin to Orson Pratt, 29 April 1854, p. 2; cited in McLellin Papers, 436.

    • @pollydunn3191
      @pollydunn3191 4 місяці тому

      @@ts-900 of course the church dismissed this as anti Mormon at the time. They are very selective with their history as has been proven by their own admittance. Now they admit the stone in the hat and that Joseph Smith practiced polygamy. Just like now they can't hide that they are a multi billion dollar corporation thanks to technology.

  • @estherclawson6876
    @estherclawson6876 5 місяців тому +11

    This was refreshing after all the cares of the world. I'm glad we have this church in these latter days. I also have a testimony that Jesus is the Christ and the founder of this His church. Thank you for the video.

  • @RyanMercer
    @RyanMercer 5 місяців тому +10

    I always love these because I hate traveling 😂

  • @CissyJordan-n7t
    @CissyJordan-n7t 4 місяці тому +1

    Casey, Thank you and your staff for this great presentation of the Kirtland Temple. So many people will not be able to see it and it is so special.

  • @cbuck568
    @cbuck568 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you! It was so helpful to hear the history while seeing the actual temple. What a sacred space!

  • @lets_try_more_repect
    @lets_try_more_repect 5 місяців тому +6

    Thank you!

  • @mikethomas7138
    @mikethomas7138 Місяць тому

    So grateful you were able to create this video

  • @mjwells100
    @mjwells100 4 місяці тому +2

    THANK YOU for this wonderful tour! ❤️

  • @dganschow
    @dganschow 5 місяців тому +2

    What a wonderful tour of the temple. I enjoyed it very much. I especially like all the details and stories.

  • @mike87niko
    @mike87niko 4 місяці тому +2

    Wonderful! Thank you!

  • @angelabutler134
    @angelabutler134 4 місяці тому +3

    Thank you for making this wonderful video for us to enjoy! It was such a joy to go on this tour. I hope I can go in person someday!

  • @elizabethsetlhako1062
    @elizabethsetlhako1062 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you so much for doing this. It is amazing indeed!

  • @mygreatestdayever
    @mygreatestdayever 5 місяців тому +3

    Loved this! Thank you for the tour!

  • @pickledprepper
    @pickledprepper 5 місяців тому +4

    Awesome video! Learned so many things!

  • @tesscap5052
    @tesscap5052 4 місяці тому +1

    " there's a lot of stairs...." hahaha iloveyou Casey, thank you for showing us the beauty and magnificence of the Kirtland Temple.

  • @wagscrews
    @wagscrews 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you. I don't know if I will ever make it to Kirtland to see the temple for myself, but I am grateful for your tour and explanation of this sacred site. Thank you!

  • @carolmartin7042
    @carolmartin7042 4 місяці тому +2

    Thank you. l am grateful this temple is returned to the Lord and His Saints.

  • @briannicholls2628
    @briannicholls2628 4 місяці тому +2

    Awesome! Thank you for the exceptional video and tour

  • @randiphillips3888
    @randiphillips3888 4 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for this tour of the Kirtland Temple. I cannot travel so this presentation made the tour even more interesting and memorable.

  • @ruthnorman5021
    @ruthnorman5021 5 місяців тому +2

    I loved getting to go and tour this temple.

  • @dinocollins720
    @dinocollins720 5 місяців тому +12

    Give bro Griffiths a break after climbing all those stairs haha 😂

  • @KBColeLong
    @KBColeLong 5 місяців тому +4

    Wonderful!!!

  • @nancyshippen6395
    @nancyshippen6395 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for this tour and for your wonderful testimony. I was recently asked to give a talk on Joseph Smith’s dedicatory prayer in section 109, and I learned so much. Seeing this makes it even more meaningful.

  • @MarleneKerr-p6x
    @MarleneKerr-p6x 4 місяці тому +2

    Thank you from australia

  • @azhotmom
    @azhotmom 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you Casey, this was so fun to come along with you on this FABULOUS tour. Makes me so excited to come visit this summer-guess I better get in shape first for those stairs haha

  • @RobersonLudgero
    @RobersonLudgero 2 місяці тому

    I had the privilege to visit this sacred place in june, 16th 2024. Inside this temple happened one of the most important things to mankind. I know it.

  • @scottsoward
    @scottsoward 4 місяці тому +1

    Way to rock those steps, Casey!! Great video, great overview, fascinating details about the temple, and as always, great job narrating the walk-through.

  • @toddsyoutube2679
    @toddsyoutube2679 5 місяців тому +2

    How wonderful! I was especially wondering if it was known exactly where the Savior appeared and you answered my question. What a wonderful video!!!

  • @AlicesAdventuresTV
    @AlicesAdventuresTV 5 місяців тому +2

    Thank you!

  • @gingerjimenez9987
    @gingerjimenez9987 4 місяці тому +2

    Although I already know about the kirtland temple in the scriptures.but still I am very curious of what inside of it.hoping that one of this day I can experience what is the feelings inside of the house of the LORD.thank you for this brother.

  • @silverfoxidm
    @silverfoxidm 4 місяці тому +1

    I echo the MANY thanks, also, for ur efforts - BLESS YOUR HEART ❤️ so very , very much for this so beautifully illustrated & accomplished.
    To feel along side the exhilarations of Our Marvelous Prophet Joseph Smith is truly an honor!

  • @KadMac25
    @KadMac25 5 місяців тому +8

    This was awesome! Thanks for the tour. I didn't know that we still have the original glass window. Does anyone know exactly how much of the temple is original? It sounds like most of it is.

  • @MsEva9470
    @MsEva9470 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing this story 😮

  • @marywarner2336
    @marywarner2336 4 місяці тому +5

    Thanks to Scripture Central for making this experience available to all.

  • @samuelmoon3051
    @samuelmoon3051 4 місяці тому +1

    You guys have great videos! Thank you for this

  • @searsfam5317
    @searsfam5317 4 місяці тому +1

    Amazing video thanks so much for sharing this.

  • @mickellbrown3
    @mickellbrown3 4 місяці тому +2

    11:08 Kirtland is so innovative they drive backwards.😂😂

  • @betty154
    @betty154 4 місяці тому

    Been there -- we were seated in that large room where the benches were, and sang "The Spirit of God" -- which made it feel more like 'our' church. I imagine this building will be completely destroyed and rebuilt. Awesome to have this tour!!! Thank you so much!

    • @paulamortensen36
      @paulamortensen36 4 місяці тому

      I think they will certainly remodel it but it will basic be the same design

  • @tsvete01
    @tsvete01 4 місяці тому

    Thank you so much for the wonderful tour!

  • @titinroselim6065
    @titinroselim6065 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for the tour that was wonderful, I hope I can visit there but……

  • @gaymichaelis7581
    @gaymichaelis7581 4 місяці тому

    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!! I don’t know this brother‘s name, but remember seeing him before!!! So want to thank you very much for your wonderful presentation, your service, and your time, and climbing those 99 steps, is it?!? so happy that this Kirtland temple has come back into the church’s hands, though the other church did a wonderful job of preserving it, and respecting it, etc.!!! This is so very educational and emotional also!! Yes, it is wonderful about Jesus Christ being there!!! Thank you to any and all that helped make this video and help bring it to all of us on UA-cam… Love, Sister Gay Michaelis(and brother Duane Michaelis on the other side of the veil) and family ❤️🙏😇🤗👍🌎

  • @wilmarmalapitan9872
    @wilmarmalapitan9872 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for the tour. Watching from Philippines ❤

  • @halefiremusic
    @halefiremusic 4 місяці тому +2

    FYI: M.P.C. (Melchizedek Presiding Council) - First Presidency of the Church or Stake Presidency
    P.M.H. (Presiding Melchizedek High Priesthood) - Quorum of Twelve Apostles or Stake High Council
    M.H.P. (Melchizedek High Priesthood) - High Priests Quorum
    P.E.M. (Presiding or Presidency Elders Melchizedek) - Elders Quorum Presidency
    The lettering* on the east side is thus, also from the top pulpits to the bottom:
    B.P.A. (Bishop Presiding over Aaronic Priesthood) - Presiding Bishopric or local Bishopric
    P.A.P. (Presiding or Presidency Aaronic Priests) - Priest’s Quorum Reps
    P.T.A. (Presiding or Presidency Teachers Aaronic Priesthood) - Teachers Quorum Presidency
    P.D.A. (Presiding or Presidency Deacons Aaronic Priesthood) - Deacons Quorum Presidency

  • @chren6643
    @chren6643 4 місяці тому

    Thank you so much for allowing us to have the opportunity to visit the Kirtland Temple, while being thousands of miles away (France). I am not sure to be able to ever visit it in person.

  • @teressam.draher491
    @teressam.draher491 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you

  • @MakeupPearls
    @MakeupPearls 5 днів тому

    March 2014, I saw this plate in a house that I buy in the future. The plate was in a place I wanted everyone to see. The image was Temple picture was blurry. I found the plate at Kirkland 6 months after the dream.

  • @KevinReeve
    @KevinReeve 4 місяці тому

    I had the opportunity about 10 years ago to go into the basement of the temple. It was cool!

  • @hortonao
    @hortonao 4 місяці тому +1

    Nice job Casey, great tour! Almost as good as our video down at the set in Goshen😉

  • @judymarkel8029
    @judymarkel8029 4 місяці тому +1

    Wow
    My friend was there many years ago a d said she could feel a power where Jesus had stood

  • @kelbexplorin
    @kelbexplorin 5 місяців тому +4

    I'm curious if anyone has done a tour with both the COC church and LDS church. What was similar? What was different? I've only seen Elder MacKay's online tour, and visited the site a week after reopening with the Missionaries. Any insight between the two tours is appreciated.

    • @laraleepn
      @laraleepn 5 місяців тому +3

      I haven't seen anything official, but one of the differences as I understand it is there is now included the spiritual experiences, or included in greater depth, that occurred there. Mention of the visitation of Christ and the ancient prophets have more significance to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and are now talked about in a different way than before.

    • @DonaldWMeyers-dwm
      @DonaldWMeyers-dwm 5 місяців тому

      I found this video tour to be far superior to the one done by the Community of Christ.

    • @jamespetersen7760
      @jamespetersen7760 4 місяці тому

      @@laraleepn THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL TOUR "Casey". I visited the Kirland Temple in the early 1980's and was the only tourist at the time. The wonderful couple that who were the tour guides at the time let stay as long as I Wanted. I felt a wonderful spirit and felt empowered as I stood in front of the pulpet where our wonderful Savior, Moses, Elijah and others appeared to President Joseph Smith. The tour guides also took back behind the walls into Joseph's private office is located. I was treated so kindly by the extraordinary tour guides of the Comunity of Chiist Church.

    • @jamespetersen7760
      @jamespetersen7760 4 місяці тому

      This is one of the greatest experiences of my life.

    • @jamespetersen7760
      @jamespetersen7760 4 місяці тому

      Thank for this wonderful tour.

  • @kevinboren2324
    @kevinboren2324 4 місяці тому +1

    Love. IT!

  • @555gears
    @555gears 4 місяці тому +1

    Do any of the windows in the Kirtland Temple open up, either then or now?

  • @joycegrover1146
    @joycegrover1146 5 місяців тому +1

    Thought there was a lg assembly hall looking room?

  • @PapaKryptoss
    @PapaKryptoss 4 місяці тому +2

    Oh no John Hajicek will start crying rivers of tears that the bell will be eventually taken out.

  • @waynevaughan7159
    @waynevaughan7159 4 місяці тому

    Amazing construction, how many years to construct?

  • @robertjohnson4246
    @robertjohnson4246 4 місяці тому

    Any idea if the current owners will do any renovations, such as strengthening the top floor to allow more people and/or furniture?

  • @rebeccalarson7995
    @rebeccalarson7995 4 місяці тому +1

    Jesus is in his temple, not just the Kirtland temple. Even though I have not physically seen him there, I have definitely felt him there and heard him there. It was in the Kirtland temple, however, that I received a witness that those things did happen and that Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God.

  • @michaelyobs4448
    @michaelyobs4448 4 місяці тому +3

    So glad they got their property back after you ran them off their land killed as many as you could and took their property.. sounds so familiar don't it.. but yes the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints now officially owns the property once again and this is the first Temple of the latter days

  • @James-ol6rw
    @James-ol6rw 3 місяці тому

    I know of a place in the forest in Canada where Jesus appeared. I was there and hope to return one day.

  • @seanryan8680
    @seanryan8680 4 місяці тому

    I wish I can visit Kirtland temple

  • @seanryan8680
    @seanryan8680 4 місяці тому

    I wonder which room Jesus Christ, Moses, Elijah and his son can’t remember his name came to this room? Which one?

  • @RunShootSki
    @RunShootSki 4 місяці тому

    What is the lifespan for “Rubblestone” construction?

  • @srghot18
    @srghot18 22 дні тому +1

    You also need to redefine the word testimony. you used it it the LDS sense not the actual sense of the word!

  • @stevenleslie8557
    @stevenleslie8557 4 місяці тому

    Before the temple and other properties fell into the Church's hands for purchase, i knew it would only happen after the Community of Christ's leadership felt its significance was minimal to the organization's own purposes and mission. Couple this with the financial problems the CofC was experiencing, and it was the perfect storm.

  • @tiedyehobo
    @tiedyehobo 4 місяці тому

    Why didn't NEPHI bring the music and language?

  • @fernandodelimafalcao9143
    @fernandodelimafalcao9143 4 місяці тому +1

    33 Guys, 33!

  • @yoyoho2627
    @yoyoho2627 4 місяці тому +1

    Jesus did not stand there, no evidence supporting that claim.

  • @tiedyehobo
    @tiedyehobo 4 місяці тому

    WHY DIDNT NEPHI BRING THE WHEEL?

  • @CAOceanWaves
    @CAOceanWaves 4 місяці тому

    That basement looks scary weak to me, like it couldn't even hold up the temple. I'm sure once the 15 year agreement is met, the church will work on giving it a firm foundation just as it has the other pioneer temples.

  • @pattisonpattison3639
    @pattisonpattison3639 4 місяці тому

    Sorry but he didn’t, because we are still awaiting the first coming.

  • @heelsidehero7581
    @heelsidehero7581 4 місяці тому

    You know what other basement they never show you? The Alamo.

  • @tinariches6690
    @tinariches6690 4 місяці тому

    Anyone watching this should go to the actual contemporary documents to learn about what is truly documented.

  • @propbraker
    @propbraker 4 місяці тому

    Joseph Smith said a lot of things. We should follow what the Bible says, not what Joseph Smith claimed.