David Journal

Tag: Doctrine and Covenants

  • The priesthood revealed by Elijah

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    I’m fascinated by the statement that the priesthood would be revealed by Elijah. We know that priesthood was about the sealing keys but the phrases describing it are that the hearts of the fathers would turn to their children and the hearts of the children would turn to their fathers because of the promises which…

  • Peeking through the window

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    The Lord is being very transparent about what He is doing with these revelations and even as He says that those who will not repent will lose the lift they had previously received, He also says that He is willing to share this light with all men. The Lord is God, and the Spirit beareth…

  • Competing impulses

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    The Lord declared that His servants have power given them to seal up the wicked into the day of the wrath of the Lord. That’s all fine and good and compatible with the popular protestant teachings of that day about hellfire and damnation but I know by experience that the servants of the Lord are…

  • The promise of the last dispensation

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    At the opening of this dispensation the Lord declared that the restoration would bring about the fulfillment of these prophecies (verses 19-23): I fully expect that these will be fulfilled over and over again—in other words, if we can point to one fulfillment, or even several, there is no reason the Lord will not accomplish…

  • Introducing the Doctrine and Covenants

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    I don’t think I’ve ever read the introduction to the Doctrine & Covenants before. In doing so today I have came to appreciate the efforts the church makes to clearly explain and give context to our sacred texts. I also discovered that there was a published testimony from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in…

  • The office of thy calling

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    These words spoken to Emma are instructive. The office of her calling was to be a comfort to Joseph. That is certainly a unique calling but it illustrates generally that callings can be unique and specific and also that they can be outside of any ecclesiastical structure. Emma was also called upon to serve as…

  • The declarations

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    In reading the two official declarations I find that they each have a different feel. In the first the prophet was clearly responding to outside pressure (the law of the land) but doing so for the purpose of pursuing a larger good (keeping the church functioning and able to bring salvation for the living and…

  • Those who would have received it

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    The Lord knows who among the departed spirits would have received His gospel in mortality if they had the chance because they readily receive it in the spirit world when it is presented to them there.

  • Edifying words

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    Let your words tend to edifying one another. Doctrine & Covenants 136:24 Edifying words to one another are what I am trying to help the kids learn to speak—they are basically the opposite of their native language.

  • Gentiles and Jews

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    I never before noticed that in pushing to the Gentiles the elders were to invite them to repent and gather to Zion while they should invite Jews to repent and gather to Jerusalem. It says much about our respect for law that the church would declare from it’s infancy that where slavery was legal they…