Everlasting Covenant

God's temple was wonderfully renovated

We opened its doors for all to see

Gloriously completed, we celebrated

And rededicated it as His holy home

Here, we are reminded of our greatest blessings

The plan of redemption and happiness

Constituted for His son's and daughter's progression

Through the new and everlasting covenant, thus

Above all, our hearts fill with gratitude for His Son

For His Atonement, to redeem us from sin and death

His infinite sacrifice, the ultimate expression of love

That we might seek the path to return unto God's presence

Through the everlasting covenant

In this great and last dispensation

His sealing keys of His holy priesthood

Bind beyond the veil families for generations

[Verse 1] God's temple was wonderfully renovated We opened its doors for all to see Gloriously completed, we celebrated And rededicated it as His holy home [Verse 2] Here, we are reminded of our greatest blessings The plan of redemption and happiness Constituted for His son's and daughter's progression Through the new and everlasting covenant, thus [Chorus] Above all, our hearts fill with gratitude for His Son For His Atonement, to redeem us from sin and death His infinite sacrifice, the ultimate expression of love That we might seek the path to return unto God's presence [Bridge] Through the everlasting covenant In this great and last dispensation His sealing keys of His holy priesthood Bind beyond the veil families for generations [Chorus] Above all, our hearts fill with gratitude for His Son For His Atonement, to redeem us from sin and death His infinite sacrifice, the ultimate expression of love That we might seek the path to return unto God's presence [Outro] Through the everlasting covenant We seek the path to return unto God's presence

San Diego temple had upwards 600,000 people visit during its open house and rededication.  Wow!  Families who had been sealed there years ago came and walked through its beauty and were reminded....

“We thank Thee for the plan of redemption and happiness that Thou hast constituted for the eternal progression of Thy sons and daughters. We are grateful that Thou hast established once again Thy new and everlasting covenant in this great and last dispensation. Above all, our hearts are filled with gratitude for the Atonement wrought by Thy divine Son, Jesus, knowing that His infinite sacrifice to redeem us from sin and death is essential to Thy eternal plan. We acknowledge this ultimate expression of His love and of Thy love for us — than which love there is none greater. Unitedly in this moment, we express to Thee and to Him our unending love and gratitude. We thank Thee for having restored to the earth the Holy Priesthood after the Order of Thy Son that offers to Thy children of all generations the foreordained ordinances and covenants necessary for exaltation in Thy presence. We thank Thee for this temple and all temples that have been and will yet be built to Thy name wherein the holiest of these ordinances and covenants may be realized. We thank Thee for the keys of the holy priesthood, including and especially the keys of sealing to bind beyond the veil that which is bound on earth.”

Dedicatory Prayer San Diego Temple D. Todd Christofferson August 2026