And now for part two with Dr. Brent Topp, Doctrine and Covenants 106 to 108.

When I'm looking at these verses 23 and 24, it takes me back and maybe you were going to talk about this because you said three cases.

This revelation is given when 1835, boy, that's succession in the presidency thing. It sounds like when I read

Saints, for example, and people are wondering after the death of Joseph Smith, what do we do?

And Saints, it says, Brigham Young took his hand down on his knees where are the keys

they are right here he seemed to understand okay at the death of the president of the church

first 24 then the 12 represent a quorum am i getting that right was that clear in their minds

or did it take a while to go, hey, wait a minute.

Joseph talked about this. Yeah, I think that's a very good question. I don't think that it was clear

in 1835 when this revelation is given. Even though the Lord is spelling it out, we look at it now

in hindsight and say, wow, that's the perfect explanation for how it's done. But I think that's why

it prophet Joseph Smith is teaching the 12 in Navu about what it means to be a quorum. And when he brings

them home from their missions and said, I need you to stay around here, we're going to do

leadership training.

And then his great charge when he said,

I'm rolling off of my shoulders onto yours,

the keys of the kingdom.

You just mentioned a minute ago,

the mission to the British Isles.

I have just thought how brilliant and inspired that was to have, it was like

you said, the 12, but I think there was nine of them and then Norse and Hyde left to go dedicate

the Holy Land. The quorum anyway, to go operate independently when they couldn't text or call

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