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Church History Matters

169 - D&C 125-127 CFM - Temple Work and Redeeming the Dead - E45 November 3-9

Church History Matters

Scripture Central

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Welcome to Church History Matters Come Follow Me Edition where we are systematically diving into every section of the Doctrine and Covenants throughout the year 2025! In this episode Scott and Casey cover Doctrine & Covenants 125-127, while covering the context, content, controversies and consequences of this important history.

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0:00.0

This is the start of something that's going to be really, really important.

0:04.4

Baptisms for the dead is one of those things.

0:07.4

This is where the big stuff of our dispensation are revealed.

0:11.4

And that leads to the great work of family history and temple work that exists in the church.

0:16.2

And it's such an important part of what we do nowadays.

0:18.7

I mean, we've got it locked in now.

0:20.3

This section gets it off the

0:21.6

ground in that trajectory. Hello, Scott. Well, hello, Casey. We're back here and heading through

0:27.7

the Navu revelations in the Doctrine Covenants, which have a little practical matters,

0:33.3

civic duty, then some theology that we've got to kind of deal with here too. Yeah. Some groundbreaking

0:39.6

theology, right? Today we enter into the realm of work for the dead, which is huge. And it's been

0:45.7

previously Hindadat in Section 124, which talks about the Navu Temple. And by the time Section

0:51.2

124 was received, they were already practicing baptism for the dead.

0:55.0

In fact, it's Section 124 that moves baptism for the dead from the river to the temple, makes it a temple ordinance.

1:01.9

But what we're talking about in Section 127 and 128 has impact on the other ordinances of the temple, endowments, initiatories, ceilings.

1:10.0

Big stuff here. Full scope of work for the dead.ments, initiatories, ceilings, big stuff here.

1:11.3

Full scope of work for the dead, although it's interesting that only baptisms for the dead

1:15.5

will be explicitly mentioned, but it does lay the groundwork for everything else. So much to

1:20.5

talk about in both practical and theological matter. So let's dive in, shall we? So Casey,

1:25.7

help us with Section 125.

1:28.5

This is just a super shorty for little verses.

1:30.9

What's going on in the background here with Section 125?

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