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Week 40: Doctrine and Covenants 109‒110
The first temple of the Church was supposed to be built in Zion, Jackson County, Missouri, the center place for the gathering of the Saints and the planned site of the New Jerusalem. But mobs drove out the Saints before it could be completed. A second temple planned...
Week 39: Doctrine and Covenants 106‒108
As the Church grew and matured, it faced the perpetual challenge of growth: finding and training good leaders. After the march of the Camp of Israel, the Lord called members of that group to serve in two new leadership bodies, the Quorum of the Twelve and the Seventy....
Week 38: Doctrine and Covenants 102‒105
As the Church approached its fourth birthday, it had grown a great deal both in terms of size and complexity. Doctrine and Covenants sections 102 through 105 illustrate that complexity. They include organizational minutes for a high council, a revelation to organize...
Week 37: Doctrine and Covenants 98‒101
With one exception, Doctrine and Covenants sections 98 to 101 cover from August 6 to mid-December 1833, a turbulent period in Church history. This period saw the Saints in Jackson County attacked; their bishop publicly kidnapped, beaten, tarred, and feathered; the...
Week 36: Doctrine and Covenants 94‒97
The summer of 1833 was a busy time for the new Church and its members. Sections 94‒97 of the Doctrine and Covenants embody four of six revelations the Prophet Joseph Smith received during that busy summer. The revelations are not arranged in chronological order but...
Week 35: Doctrine and Covenants 93
The revelation that is now section 93 of the Doctrine and Covenants is one of the most fascinating and revolutionary of all received by Joseph Smith. It reveals characteristics of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ that had been lost through the centuries. It...
Week 34: Doctrine and Covenants 89‒92
Between February 27 and March 15, 1833, Joseph Smith received the revelations that now make up sections 89 through 92 of the Doctrine and Covenants. Section 89 includes the Lord's health code known as the Word of Wisdom. Sections 90 through 92 deal with the First...
Week 33: Doctrine and Covenants 88
Section 88 of the Doctrine and Covenants combines two revelations, the first received on December 27 and 28, 1832, and the second on January 3, 1833, both in Kirtland, Ohio. Coming as they did after the revelation on war, they helped to advocate peace in difficult...
Week 32: Doctrine and Covenants 85‒87
Doctrine and Covenants sections 85‒87, which date to the last two months of 1832, arose during the course of Joseph Smith's life as he went about fulfilling his duties as prophet. Section 85 came while he was writing a letter. Section 86 came as he was translating the...
Week 31: Doctrine and Covenants 84
The tarring and feathering of Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon in March 1832 and Joseph's trip to Missouri in April to June of that year were followed by a visit to Kirtland, where Joseph and his family eventually decided to relocate. In September, missionaries who had...
Week 30: Doctrine and Covenants 81‒83
The spring of 1832 was a trying time for the Prophet Joseph Smith. On the night of March 24 and 25, a mob attacked him in his sleep, dragged him from his home, stripped him of his clothing, beat him viciously, choked him to unconsciousness, tried to force poison down...
Week 29: Doctrine and Covenants 77‒80
March 1832 saw additional revelations to follow the great vision of the hereafter that Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon experienced in February (Doctrine and Covenants 76). These March revelations were largely focused on practical concerns of the Church and its members...