Ep 344 | D&C 124, Come Follow Me 2025 (October 27-November 2)
Talking Scripture
Mike Day & Bryce Dunford
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🗓️ 22 October 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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(00:00) Joseph Smith and his companions escape from Missouri custody in April 1839.
(08:34) The Saints beautify Nauvoo. An overview of this section.
(11:03) Joseph has not fallen from grace. The Lord emphasizes Joseph’s prophetic role even though he has weakness. What are our expectations of prophets?
(14:31) The significance of official proclamations. Watchmen on the tower warn the Saints of the coming enemy. The disintegration of the family is one of the biggest challenges of our day.
(19:11) The Lord asks Joseph to make the first official proclamation calling the nations of the earth to give heed to Zion.
(22:42) The Lord’s global approach to Zion, inviting all to come unto Christ.
(24:42) Specific Saints that have passed away are remembered by the Lord. The story of Edward Partridge and his trials in Nauvoo.
(31:37) The Lord commands that a temple be built in Nauvoo. Temples are where the Saints receive the fulness of the priesthood.
(39:15) The doctrine of baptism for the dead was taught at Seymour Brunson’s funeral. The Saints performed these in the Mississippi River for a short time until the temple was ready. The Lord will meet us where we are and guide us to higher places.
(45:17) D&C 124 can prompt meaningful discussions about what happens in the temple. Appropriate communication about the temple is important.
(53:13) In the temple we put on sacred vestments as a symbol of changing our very natures as we come into the grace of Jesus Christ. Endowment, sacred vestments, investiture, “putting on,” are all related to the Greek word enduo.
(55:40) Nine individuals receive the endowment in the upper room of the Red Brick Store in May 1842.
(1:00:32) The Lord’s emphasis on the Nauvoo House is a reminder to be more inclusive.
(1:05:03) Ammon and Aaron’s different approaches to missionary work.
(1:08:22) The scourge placed on the inhabitants of Kirtland is removed by President Benson in 1979.
(1:10:11) Priesthood leaders are gifts given by a loving Heavenly Father.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate relevance and application of the scriptures in Come Follow Me. |
| 0:10.1 | 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. |
| 0:16.9 | For show notes, head over to our website, talking scripture.org. |
| 0:23.3 | Welcome to Talking Scripture. I'm Mike. And I'm Bryce. And today we're going to be in section |
| 0:27.5 | 124 of the Doctrine Covenant. Just a little itty-bitty one. This is the Navu period. |
| 0:32.7 | And we're finally arriving in what used to be known as Commerce, Illinois, which will be claimed by the saints |
| 0:39.2 | as the headquarters of the church and renamed Navu, which in Hebrew means beautiful. |
| 0:45.2 | Now, there's an entire gap here that we jump from 1838 at the end of the Mormon War, where we |
| 0:52.5 | just were reading the letter from Liberty Jail, it is now |
| 0:56.1 | 1841. So we've had a considerable time period pass before the Lord reveals anything in Section |
| 1:05.1 | 124. So I know what you're asking. What happened to Joseph? How did he get out of jail? |
| 1:10.6 | Great question, Bryce. Here's the story. By early April of 1839, the prisoners had learned that they would be transferred to Davies County for a long-awaited trial. |
| 1:21.1 | Joseph and the other prisoners leave Liberty Jail under a 15-man guard, and then two days later, the prisoners get to Gallatin. |
| 1:30.0 | And then on April 10th, a grand jury met, and it returned indictments for arson, riot, |
| 1:36.5 | burglary, and treason, and also receiving stolen goods. |
| 1:40.6 | Judge Thomas Birch then agrees to change the venue to Boone County. |
| 1:46.0 | And it's then that the prisoners are set off for Columbia in a two-horse wagon with a guy by the name of Sheriff William Morgan of Davies County. |
| 1:55.0 | Now at the time there's another man and his name is William as well. His name is William Bowman. |
| 2:00.0 | And these two Williams, William Morgan and William Bowman, |
| 2:04.4 | are the guys that are in charge of transferring the prisoners. And so while they're traveling east |
| 2:10.0 | through Chariton County, the prisoners escape. And were they allowed to escape? They escape on their own, |
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