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Welcome to Book of Mormon Central's Come Follow Me Insights.

Today, Joseph Smith History, chapter 1, verse 1 through 26.

This is one of the most significant events in the history of the world that we're going to cover

today.

The first vision is going to change everything, not just for members of the church moving

forward, but for the whole world.

It's this opening up this glorious dispensation of the gospel called the dispensation of the fullness of times in these

the latter days. Before we jump into the story here in Joseph Smith history, let's set the stage.

Joseph Smith gave four different accounts on different occasions of what happened to him on that early spring

morning in that grove that we now call sacred. So, to quickly overview these, you can find great

detail on each one of these accounts that we're not going to cover in this video.

The church has produced a beautiful topic in their topics essays that you can go in and read

each one of these and see the similarities and where he points out different elements. Just in quick overview format, the 1832

account, the first one, is the only one written by Joseph Smith himself in his journal. So, it's

handwritten by Joseph, and he's going to focus on the feeling of seeking forgiveness.

He's wanting salvation, and he emphasizes that in here. And in the 1832 account, he mentions

the Lord appeared to him in that account. And some detractors have looked

at that and said, oh, well, then he's making things up later on when he mentions father

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