When the Son of Man comeeth shall he find faith on the earth.

Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief.

May our testimonies be as deep for the strong as that of Jacob.

When confronted by one who sought to destroy his faith declared,

I could not be shaken.

Hello, scriptorians. This is Unshaken. I'm Jared Halverson.

And please don't take scriptorians as an insult.

I don't mean some kind of cold, unfeeling scholar that's huddled over ancient manuscripts.

I mean people that are trying to become more like God by studying his word.

People who are trying to tighten their grip on that sharp two-edged sword that we talked about last time.

People that are trying to understand the true meaning and intention.

I mean those who approach God's word with the humility that opens the eyes of your understanding.

And reveals to you things that are sealed to the learned.

If that's the kind of scripture study you want to be a part of, then you're in the right place.

And today we get to study sections 14 through 17 of the Doctrine and Covenants.

It's a pair of threes, three brothers and three witnesses.

Those three brothers are David, John, and Peter Whitmer.

And the three witnesses are David Whitmer again, along with Martin Harris and Oliver Cowdery.

We're going to meet all of them today and spend some time in words that were intended for each of them.

But before we get to them, let's pick up where we left off last week.

At the tail end of Joseph Smith history, the Aaronic priesthood has just been restored.

And Joseph's describing the persecution that they're facing there in Harmony, Pennsylvania.

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