Ep 342 | D&C 115-120, Come Follow Me 2025 (October 13-19)

Oct 8, 2025

The journey of the Saints from Kirtland to Missouri is filled with dramatic highs and lows. Key revelations from Doctrine & Covenants highlight the Lord naming the Church and laying the temple's cornerstone. The Danites emerge as a zealous group, showcasing the struggles within the community. Tensions rise with the Salt Sermon and escalating violence leads to dire consequences, including the infamous extermination order. Amid these trials, lessons of resilience and hope emerge from Joseph Smith's experiences in Liberty Jail.

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INSIGHT

Ups And Downs Shape Church History

Church history follows ups and downs like individual lives, with prosperity followed by painful trials.
Recognizing that pattern helps Saints choose humility in both prosperity and adversity.

ANECDOTE

Joseph And Emma Leave Kirtland

Joseph and Emma left Kirtland on January 12, 1838, under cover of darkness and never returned.
That move set the stage for Missouri tensions and shaped subsequent revelations and actions.

INSIGHT

God Puts His Name On The Church

In Far West the Lord names the church 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' amid a dark period.
That naming asserts divine ownership and comfort despite suffering and uncertainty.

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(00:00) The Saints leave Kirtland. The pattern of prosperity and pain in church history.
(05:06) In January 1838, Joseph and Emma leave Kirtland, never to return. Their enemies follow them to Missouri.
(11:16) In Section 115 the Lord puts His name on the Church.
(14:20) On April 26, 1839, the Quorum of the Twelve lay the cornerstone of the temple in Far West, fulfilling the command in Section 115.
(17:13) W.W. Phelps’ reaction to the Quorum of the Twelve and his later change of heart. Our worst days do not define us.
(18:47) More stakes are to be built nearby for the Saints to come and join Zion. This brings about the revelation regarding Adam-Ondi-Ahman in Section 116.
(23:37) The Danites are a zealous group of members who defend the church and want to force out any dissenters. Sidney Rigdon gives the Salt Sermon, prompting the Danites to issue a written resolution to the dissenters in June 1838.
(27:19) May we learn to be more wise than the Danites!
(31:18) Was Joseph Smith a Danite?
(32:25) John Corrill’s witness of Danite culture.
(34:45) Sampson Avard leads the Danites in many of their extreme behaviors.
(37:33) Oliver Granger is to sell all the property in Kirtland for as much as he can after the Saints leave. The message from the Lord to Oliver applies to us when we face difficult assignments. When you fall, rise again.
(42:29) Not all the Saints left Kirtland by July 1838. William Marks and Newel K. Whitney are commanded to leave in Section 117.
(44:50) The law of tithing is given to the whole church in Section 119.
(49:22) A knock down at Gallatin and the Judge Adam Black affair lead to increased tensions.
(52:23) Reed Peck’s account of Joseph Smith’s sermon in October and Joseph’s determination to fight back against the Missourians.
(53:49) After many Saints’ homes were burned by Missourians, there is a pivot point in the Mormon War. The Danites now go on the offensive. Lyman Wight is given authority to defend the Saints from Hyrum Parks.
(58:12) Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde secretly leave the Saints and write an affidavit against the Church and send it to Lilburn W. Boggs, the Governor of Missouri.
(1:00:29) Governor Boggs issues the Extermination Order. 17 Saints were murdered and 14 were injured in the Haun’s Mill Massacre.
(1:04:13) Joseph is taken to prison and the Saints evacuate Missouri. George Hinckle’s role in the surrender.
(1:07:59) God is with us in darkness. The light will come again.

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