Ep 336 | D&C 94-97, Come Follow Me 2025 (September 1-7)

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(00:00) The Kirtland Saints and the Jackson County Saints received the same command to build a temple, but they had different results.
(05:27) The significance of temples was lost due to the Apostasy and misunderstanding of scriptural texts over time.
(07:05) Four days after the revelatory rebuke in D&C 95, George A. Smith, Hyrum Smith, and Reynolds Cahoon haul loads of stone and commence digging trenches for the temple.
(12:01) The other buildings described in Section 94 are not built, but the Saints did finish the Kirtland Temple.
(15:04) The importance of temple work and its peculiar nature as emphasized in D&C 95.4 and Isaiah 28.21. A brief examination of Isaiah 28 in its temple context.
(27:32) We build temples to give us a place to take our most holy desires unto the Lord so that He can pour out His spirit upon us.
(28:55) The dedicatory prayer of King Solomon’s temple and its relevance to our day.
(33:59) The Kirtland Temple is built on part of the Peter French farm.
(37:56) The Latter-day Saints’ opposition to slavery contributed to the political tension in Jackson County, Missouri in the summer of 1833.
(44:40) The Lord offers the Saints a way to escape vengeance by building the temple. He gives a similar message to Hezekiah, King of Judah, who understands the blessings and promises of the temple.
(52:18) Why we build temples.

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