Welcome to Part 2 with Dr. Rob Eaton, Doctrine and Covenants, Section 3 through 5.

I was reading this as a one-time extraordinary event, but eight months later, when Martin then goes to Harmony,

and now has an even more audacious ask. Really? He's now saying, I'd like to see the plates. His wife's brought a fraud trial against Joseph.

He'd like to see the plates before he was just asking to borrow the manuscript for a while.

On Section 5 verse 21, this is apparently an ongoing process for Joseph Smith that he's not yet completed eight months later.

And similarly, Martin's made progress and is told conditionally he can be one of these three witnesses if he repents.

So verses 11 through 13 and 18.

John, would you read those four?

So 11 through 13 and I'll read 18 in Section 5 now.

11 through 13. Yeah. and in addition to your testimony the testimony of three

of my servants whom I shall call and ordain unto whom I will show these things and they shall go forth with my words

that are given through you yea they shall know of a surety that these things are true,

for from heaven will I declare it unto them.

I will give them power that they may behold and view these things as they are.

And their testimony shall also go forth under the condemnation of this generation.

That's verse 18, if they harden their hearts against them.

But then before being able to do that, Martin's told he's got more humbling to do.

In verse 24, he exalts himself and does not humble himself sufficiently before me.

But if he will bow down before me and humble himself in mighty prayer and faith in the sincerity

of his heart, then will I grant unto him a view of the things he desires, which he desires

to see, and oh, what a view he gets. And then verse 28, and now accept he humble himself,

and this is back to what Hank was just saying,

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