Ep 344 | D&C 124, Come Follow Me 2025 (October 27-November 2)

Talking Scripture

Mike Day & Bryce Dunford

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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→ Timestamps: (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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