Doctrine & Covenants 102-105 Part 2 • Dr. Matthew Godfrey • Sept 15-21 • Come Follow Me

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🗓️ 10 September 2025

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Dr. Matthew Godfrey continues with D&C 102-105, highlighting how Zion’s Camp and the dissolution of the United Firm tested the early Saints’ faith, ultimately preparing future Church leaders and demonstrating that God’s promises are fulfilled through abiding growth rather than immediate triumph. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDC238EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDC238FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDC238DE Portuguese: https:/...

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0:00.0	Welcome back to part two with Dr. Matthew Godfrey, Doctrine and Covenants 102 to 105.
0:07.4	I wanted to also touch a little bit on what the Lord says in verses 6 and 7, because I think this gets at what we were talking about earlier with expectations.
0:18.6	Verse 6, the Lord says, behold they shall, for I have decreed it,
0:22.9	talking about the saints, begin to prevail
0:24.9	against mine enemies from this very
0:27.4	hour, and by hearkening to observe all the words
0:30.5	which I the Lord their God shall speak unto them,
0:33.5	they shall never cease to prevail until the
0:35.9	kingdoms of the world are subdued under my feet,
0:38.5	and the earth is given under the saints to possess it forever and ever.
0:42.7	So the Lord tells them, okay, from this very hour, so from February 24th, 1834,
0:49.0	you will begin to prevail against your enemies,
0:52.0	and you will not cease to prevail until I come again and the earth is
0:57.5	given to you. Now, I think some people could look at that and could look at church history and say,
1:04.1	well, that didn't happen. I mean, they didn't get their land back. Spoiler alert, sorry if none of you
1:10.5	know this, but they don't get their Jackson County land back, and we can talk about that in a minute.
1:16.1	They don't get their land back.
1:18.1	They end up getting kicked out of Clay County in 1836.
1:22.5	Then they end up getting kicked out of the entire state of Missouri in 1838.
1:27.6	They build a new community in Navu. They end up getting kicked out of the entire state of Missouri in 1838. They build a new community in Navu.
1:30.0	They end up getting kicked out of Navu in 1846.
1:34.7	They come over to the Great Basin.
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