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D&C 81-83 I Early Saints & the Book of Mormon I Come Follow Church History with Lynne Hilton Wilson

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Scripture Central

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 852 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Doctrine and Covenants 81-83 represents the restoration at work—addressing immediate historical needs while establishing eternal principles. They demonstrate that revelation is not abstract doctrines, but universal divine truths that can be applied to specific circumstances. The progression from individual calling in section 81 to community organization in section 82 to institutional responsibility in section 83 mirrors the development of both individual discipleship and Church organization. Divine revelation addresses all aspects of human experience—personal, economic, social, and spiritual—as integrated elements of the restored gospel rather than separate spheres of concern. Join Dr. Lynne Hilton Wilson and guest Janiece Johnson as they discuss the impact of the Book of Mormon on early Latter-day Saints. The restoration was signal to the world that the heavens were now open and that God was speaking to His children. How did this affect new members of the Church who were raised believing that the heavens were closed? Did the early Saints cherish the Book of Mormon as much as we do today?

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0:00.0

The idea of this golden Bible permeated the nation.

0:06.3

Very few early critics who are going to take the Book of Mormon seriously.

0:12.2

But for those believers, that's a very different story.

0:16.2

It's just amazing to me that the Bible was so important that this became wild.

0:21.6

The Book of Mormon was a signal.

0:24.6

It was a signal to gather the restored gospel.

0:28.6

It was a signal that the heavens were opened, that Joseph Smith was a prophet, that a revelation continued.

0:35.6

I have gone through all of his Navu sermons,

0:39.3

and they are chock-full with the doctrines of the Book of Mormon.

0:47.3

Hello, welcome back to Scripture Central.

0:52.3

I'm Lynn Hilton Wilson, part of the team who want to build enduring faith in Jesus Christ

0:59.2

by illuminating and defending the gospel and restored Scripture.

1:04.6

And I'm so happy to be in the middle of the Doctrine Covenants right now.

1:08.7

This is the area of history that I studied from my dissertation.

1:12.7

We're in the early spring of 1832.

1:15.4

We're looking at the months of March and April.

1:18.4

Doctrine Covenant Section 81, 82, and 83.

1:22.4

And in a few minutes, we'll be fortunate to bring back Janice Johnson

1:26.4

as she talks a little bit more about Frederick G. Williams,

1:30.3

who is in the first presidency as we read about in our sections here of the doctrine and

1:35.2

covenants. She has a specialty, though, that I'm really excited about. She answers the question,

1:41.2

what did the saints do with the Book of Mormon? You know, it's now been

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