023 The 1978 Revelation of Reversion and Repair

Church History Matters

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🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Paul Reeve recently wrote: In June 1978, President Spencer W. Kimball received a revelation which returned the Church to its universal roots and restored what was lost, priesthood and temple admission to people of African descent. This … did not mark something new as much as it reestablished a commitment to the founding principles of the Restoration. [It] reconfirmed the Church’s original universalism, that the human family in all of its diversity is equal in God’s sight, that Jesus Christ claims “all flesh” as his own, that he is “no respecter of persons,” (D&C 1:34-35; 38:16) and that “all men are privileged the one like unto the other, and none are forbidden” (2 Nephi 26:28). In this episode of Church History Matters, we take a close look at the details surrounding this watershed revelation of reversion and repair. Both out on the peripheries of the Church and at heart of Church headquarters within the presiding councils we’ll see the Lord gently influencing circumstances toward the fulfillment of his purposes. Yet he waited with divine patience until all of the apostles were unified in approaching him with a desire to lift the ban—then he made his will known with power. The story we trace today of how they get there under President Kimball’s gentle leadership is instructive on so many levels. For show notes and transcript for this and other episodes go to https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Scott from Church History Matters.
0:02.7	Next week on our final episode of this series,
0:05.4	we will be honored to have Dr. Paul Reeve as our special guest
0:09.0	to help us respond to your questions.
0:11.3	He is an author and scholar on all things related to race
0:15.0	in Latter-day Saint History.
0:16.5	And Casey and I have drawn heavily
0:18.0	from Dr. Reeves great research throughout this series.
0:21.2	So this is our final call for your thoughtful questions on this challenging but important topic.
0:27.0	Please submit your questions any time up to August 10th, 2023 to podcasts at scripturecentral.org. Let us know your name, where you're from,
0:36.9	and try to keep each question as concise as possible when you email them in.
0:40.5	That helps us out a lot. All right, now on to the episode.
0:44.0	Paul Reeve recently wrote, in June 1978, President Spencer W Kimble received a revelation
0:57.1	which returned the church to its universal roots and restored what was lost, priesthood and temple admission to people of Africa. and commitment to the founding principles of the restoration.
1:13.2	It reconfirmed the church's original universalism
1:16.5	that the human family in all of its diversity
1:19.2	is equal in God's sight, that Jesus Christ
1:22.2	claims all flesh as his own, that he is no respecter of persons,
1:26.5	and that all men are privileged the one like unto the other, and none are forbidden."
1:32.3	In today's episode of Church History Matters, we take a
1:34.9	close look at the details surrounding this watershed revelation of
1:39.2	reversion and repair. Both out on the peripheries of the church and at the heart of church
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