Doctrine and Covenants 137-138: ”The Heavens were Opened”

Unshaken Saints

Jared Halverson

Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 27 November 2021

⏱️ 131 minutes

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A verse-by-verse study of Doctrine and Covenants 137-138, Joseph Smith's 1836 vision of the Celestial Kingdom and Joseph F. Smith's 1918 vision of the redemption of the dead. This lesson focuses on God's surprising generosity, the salvation of children, the fate of the unevangelized, pondering the scriptures, multiplying time by multiplying messengers, God's "paternal regard" and "ample provision," and more. Time stamps: - Historical background - 3:10 - Study of D&C 137 - 6:33 - Study of D&C 138 - 35:11

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0:00.0	When the Son of Man comeeth, shall he find faith on the earth?
0:06.0	Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief.
0:13.0	May our testimonies be as deep for the strong as that of Jacob.
0:19.0	When confronted by one who sought to destroy his faith declared,
0:23.0	I could not be shaken.
0:30.0	Hello and Shaken Saints, I'm Jared Halverson.
0:40.0	And after last week's lesson on the martyrdom of Joseph Smith,
0:43.0	which was hard, I am grateful that this week we have nothing but good news in session 137 and 138.
0:49.0	I want to introduce them by telling a story when I was home from my mission for,
0:53.0	I've been home for a while, probably a couple of years,
0:55.0	and I was back in California visiting my parents.
0:58.0	And I'm sitting there in a sacrament meeting in the overflow and the very back.
1:02.0	And I'm looking at the back of the head of someone in front of me,
1:06.0	wondering if it's at all familiar, because it kind of seemed like it was.
1:10.0	Eventually, I saw the face and was shocked.
1:14.0	You see, there was a guy in my football team.
1:16.0	He was a senior when I was a junior.
1:18.0	And then he went off and graduated.
1:20.0	We weren't super close, but we're on the same team.
1:23.0	We were teammates.
1:24.0	And he was affectionately known by his nickname, Scum.
1:28.0	And that name can just kind of give you some mental suggestions as far as his personality was concerned.
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