Ep 323 | D&C 58-59, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 2-8)
Talking Scripture
Mike Day & Bryce Dunford
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🗓️ 28 May 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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(00:00) The Lord lays out the attributes of celestial people who will build Zion.
(03:03) Be faithful in tribulation instead of feeling wronged and wroth.
(13:12) Francis Webster and the price he paid in the Martin Handcart Company to be acquainted with God.
(18:09) In our quest to build Zion, we need to be obedient and bear testimony.
(20:21) We are to prepare a feast. The feast has layered meanings.
(23:54) What we can learn from those who were reprimanded by the Lord.
(28:04) Description of the land in Jackson County, Missouri, the center place of Zion.
(31:48) The scriptures teach about two different parts of the New Jerusalem. One coming down from heaven and one being built upon the land.
(34:09) Be the kind of people who are anxiously engaged and not waiting to be told what to do.
(41:07) Seeking the praise of the world instead of the praise of God interferes with the building of Zion.
(42:49) If we have repented then we are forgiven and God remembers our sins no more.
(45:31) Let all things be done in wisdom and order.
(50:04) Thank God in all things and take the sacrament on the sabbath day.
(55:04) The fulness of the earth is yours. The feast represents the joy of being brought into God’s presence and anointed by Him.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate relevance and application |
| 0:08.0 | of the scriptures in Come Follow Me. We also dive into the history and cultures of the text. |
| 0:13.4 | Thanks for taking the time to share and subscribe to this podcast. For show notes, head over to our website, |
| 0:18.7 | talking scripture.org. |
| 0:25.2 | Welcome to Talking Scripture. I'm Mike. |
| 0:26.0 | And I'm Bryce. |
| 0:31.0 | And today we are going to be in Section 58 and 59 of the Doctor in Covenants. |
| 0:36.1 | Section 58 is right after the dedication of the land. |
| 0:41.5 | The land of Missouri, specifically Jackson County, was designated as the center place. |
| 0:46.7 | And so the Lord's going to give further instruction concerning this land. |
| 0:47.8 | Look in verse one. |
| 0:56.5 | Harken, O ye elders of my church, and give ear to my word and learn of me what I will concerning you and also concerning this land unto which I have sent you. And then the Lord talks about tribulation in verse two and three. He even says, |
| 1:04.8 | you cannot behold with your natural eyes for the present time the design of your God concerning |
| 1:09.0 | those things which shall come hereafter, |
| 1:11.8 | and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation. |
| 1:15.7 | And historically, this is what happens, isn't it, Bryce? |
| 1:19.5 | Much tribulation does come, not only to their lives, but collectively to all of us since then, |
| 1:25.0 | because the Lord at the end of this story is going to say, my people aren't prepared to build Zion, and they won't be until they suffer and learn |
| 1:32.7 | obedience. |
| 1:33.5 | And so he's just foreshadowing some of the tribulation that is coming that will mold us into |
| 1:40.5 | the people we need to be. |
| 1:41.8 | Now, last time in our podcast, Mike and I gave you kind of an overall |
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