Sometimes the gospel is really difficult and the Lord asks us to make huge sacrifices. And Section 132 is a text that just illustrates that principle.

If you're having issues with this, you're normal. These verses can very easily be misread.

Verse 26 and Section 132 is the most abused passage in any scripture.

The wives are the world's leading experts on what it was like to deal with the complexities growing out of Section 132.

A spouse who engages in sin does not condemn a spouse who remains faithful to their covenants.

As long as you keep your covenants, you're going to be okay, regardless of what happens. Casey, anything controversial about Section 132?

Hello, Scott. Hello, Casey. We are back, and this is a big one. Well, this is a big one we approach with some fear and trepidation, correct?

Yeah, I've been side-eyeing this all year long, like, okay, I know Section 132 is coming.

How are we going to do this, Casey?

And I'm still wondering that as we begin the recording today, how are we going to handle this section?

I mean, somehow, Section 132 of the Doctrine of Covenants contains both some of the most

uplifting and illuminating of Joseph Smith's revelations, while simultaneously having some

of the most controversial and challenging revelations, all in one section, right?

You ain't just whistling Dixie there, man. So, yeah.

This is where we get, like, the only scriptural theological, like, explanation of

eternal marriage. It is so important, right? It is so important. It's laying down the possibility

of eternal marriage between husbands and wives. Huge, beautiful, amazing.

And just a couple verses later, we also learn of plural marriage, which is the most controversial

thing in our history.

It was controversial when it first came out, and it continues somehow to be controversial

even into our day.

And so both beautiful and perplexing all in one.

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