Joseph Smith's Authority Is Being Challenged and It's a Really Important Piece of the Puzzle

There had been a debacle of course in kirtland over the failure of the bank and Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon had to flee in early 1838 they headed for the other place where the Mormons were gathered in Missouri. Things are bad as you know if you know your Missouri history if you paid attention to that in seminary so there in a situation where they're gathered together there's a lot of people on the outside who are fighting with them this is the Missouri war period. The Mormons are fighting back and sometimes they're doing things to defend themselves that other high-level members of the church are not agreeing with. Once they announce a dissenting viewpoint then they become perceived as the enemies to