I'm Taylor and I'm Tyler and I'm Alex Baugh.

This is Book of Mormon Central's Come Follow Me Insights today, Doctrine and Covenants,

sections 58 and 59.

And we are so grateful to have Alex join us again.

I'll just say that of all the people I know, I don't think there's anyone alive

on this earth who knows more about the Missouri era of the history of our church than

Alex Boss. So this is a treat. Thank you for coming back and joining us again. Well, thank you.

It's an honor to be with you. All right. Let's begin with a little question.

Has there ever been a time in your life when you had huge anticipation for something

where you had build up this expectation for either a particular event or a location, a destination you were going to, or

a relationship, somebody we're going to meet, or something where expectation is really high.

And then that day comes when you arrive at whatever it was that you were expecting, and

there's a serious feeling of let down. You

look around and say, really? This is what I was so excited. This is what I was looking forward

to? This isn't exactly what I want. How does that relate to Section 58 and 57 before that?

Well, actually, that's a great analogy, Tyler. I think you can take the whole Jackson

County experience of the Latter-day Saints between 1831 and 1833 and say, high expectations,

things did not work out any way, shape, or form that they anticipated. I think the Lord

really refined and polished these people in ways that he's building not only trying to help

them build Zion, but not only that, but to build a Zion person of one heart and one mind.

And this will be a great schoolmaster for the Latter-day Saints. That's an interesting point because sometimes it's really easy

for us sitting in the comfort and the ease of the 21st century, looking back through the

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