In this episode we finish off the Doctrine and Covenants with the three sections that were written after Joseph’s death. Trigger alert: these posthumous sections contradict previous scripture!
Having already covered D&C 132 in episodes 10 and 11, we are joined this week by Kathy Bence to get a female perspective. If you’d like to get more of Kathy’s thoughts on the subject, visit https://www.nonsensicalpolygamyrestored.com
It’s that time of year again: we review some of the talks from General Conference that caught our eye (usually because they contradict scripture).
Sections 129 through 131 were not revelations, nor even writings of Joseph. They are notes others took while Joseph was having discussions with them. Joseph never reviewed these nor published them. In 1876, Brigham added them to the Doctrine and Covenants, contradicting previous revelations, until 1920 when a committee removed the Lectures on Faith from the D&C. We compare the doctrines found in these sections to the rest of the scriptures.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
2 Corinthians 6:16
1 John 3:2
D&C 46:7
Romans 1:23
After covering D&C 125 and 126 which were added by Brigham in the 1876 edition, we spend most of the time covering sections 127 and 128, which say shockingly little about baptism for the dead.
We cover some history after Joseph escapes from Liberty Jail and then cover Section 124.
These three sections were extracted by Brigham Young in the 1870s from a much longer letter that Joseph wrote from Liberty Jail in 1839. While presented to the church as revelations, many are Joseph’s thoughts, and the most “prophetic” language describe a few passages as the whisperings of the spirit of inspiration. Several things that were left out are also revealing. We cover them all in this episode.
This week covers the revelations received in 1838.
We cover the 18 months after the Kirtland dedication experience, including sections 111 and 112.
We discuss the endowment that was received mid-week and then the visions recorded in Section 110 that occurred on the 8th day of the dedicatory period.
Exodus 24:10
D&C 97:15
D&C 98:16-17
Ephesians 1:10
This episode covers the dedicatory prayer that kicked off the week-long dedication process of the house of the Lord in Kirtland.
This episode covers various events in the fall of 1835, including two revelations that are included in the current D&C as well as others that are not.
The last two sections of the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants were not revelations, but rather were statements of policy and belief. One has been disavowed as a non-scriptural usurpation that was surreptitiously added to the scriptural canon, whereas the other is exalted to the status of revelation and eternal doctrine. We also cover a vision Oliver recorded about the future mission of Joseph.
We wrap up our review of Lectures 6 and 7, which cover the law of sacrifice and the effects of faith. As with the other lectures, they teach principles that contradict those of the modern LDS church.
These lectures the characteristics and attributes of God, many of which pose a problem for the modern LDS God.
In this episode we review the first two lectures that were delivered in the school of the elders. Joseph considered these to contain the important elements of the doctrine of Christ and they remained in our scriptures until 1920. Today they contain false doctrines that will get you excommunicated.
Although an 1829 revelation spoke about calling twelve men as apostles, it wasn’t until 1835 that they were called. We discuss the aspostolic commission they were given and how that differs from what the men that call themselves apostles today say and do. We then review the first half of D&C 107.
We start with a conference in September 1834 that commissions Joseph, Oliver, Sidney, and Frederick to arrange the items of doctrine of Jesus Christ, which arrangement would become the Lectures on Faith. We then discuss section 106 before covering the covenant of tithing that Joseph and Oliver enter into in November 1834. We conclude by discussing the significant organizational changes that happened on December 5 and 6.
Luke 16:1-13
John 12:33-36
D&C 119:4
D&C 88:119-141
Mark 12:38
Matthew 23:5-12
Joseph joins an expedition back to Independence and then receives a revelation detailing what the church needs to do before Zion can be redeemed. Included in that is the calling of 15 people to return to Kirtland to receive an endowment of power.
D&C 88:22
D&C 101:55-56
D&C 101:62
D&C 105:27
Section 104 provides instructions on how to dismantle the United Firm as a collective endeavor while continuing operations of the mercantile and literary firms. In it the Lord says the covenant was broken through covetousness and feigned words.
A couple weeks later, on May 3, a conference removed the name of Christ from the church and made it instead The Church of the Latter Day Saints.
D&C 82:8-21
D&C 42:30
Luke 12:15-21
Luke 16:19-25
Matthew 24:42-43
3 Nephi 27:3-8
