To better understand the Lord’s words in the Doctrine and Covenants, the thoughtful student will read the section headings for helpful background and other information. Occasional further information will be added herein. Section 4 was given for Joseph Smith,...
read moreJS—H 1:1-2 “In Truth and Righteousness” As stated in the Introduction to the Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith—History contains “excerpts from Joseph Smith’s official testimony and history, which he and his scribes prepared in 1838-39.”...
read moreBicentennial Proclamation to the World In the April 2020 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson shared a “proclamation” to all the world, titled, The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This one-page proclamation is found on...
read moreJS—H 1:27-28 “The Weakness of Youth” For three and a half years after the First Vision, Satan continued his attempts to derail the Lord’s great latter-day work, as Joseph Smith was “all the time suffering severe persecution,” in addition...
read moreDoctrine and Covenants 1 D&C 1 “My Preface” Eight years after the earliest section (Section 2), the Lord instructed the Prophet Joseph Smith to compile the revelations into what was titled Book of Commandments, published in 1833 (the Lord referred to...
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