Finding Faith Lesson #2 - The Why and the When

Unshaken Saints

Jared Halverson

Education, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 March 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On March 18, 2020, the ground literally shook in Salt Lake City, causing the trumpet to fall from the hand of the Angel Moroni. It was a physical wake-up call for a spiritual reality: our world—and our faith—will be shaken. The question isn't if the earthquake is coming, but whether your foundation is built on something that cannot be moved. Summary: In this episode, we answer the "Why" of the "Finding Faith" course, exploring the deep symbolism of earthquakes in scripture to see why this kind of "shaking" is meant to symbolize life in the last days. Drawing from Revelation 6 and the "sixth seal," we analyze the nature of spiritual instability and the divine purpose behind the "shaking." The Sixth Seal: We dive into the apocalyptic imagery of mountains moving and the heavens departing as a scroll. Who shall be able to stand when everything familiar is displaced? The Salt Lake Earthquake: We reflect on the 2020 seismic event as a metaphor for the "shaking" of our modern institutions and personal certainties. The Purpose of Shaking: Using Hebrews 12:27, we discuss how God allows the shaking to remove things that are temporary so that "those things which cannot be shaken may remain." Building on Bedrock: We learn the difference between sand and rock, and how to ensure our "spiritual architecture" is built to withstand the "spectres of the mind". Finding Power in the Night: We conclude with the hope that faith isn't just found in the light, but is forged and strengthened in the darkness of the "shake."

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0:00.0	Hello, my friends and welcome back to class.
0:02.4	We are round two of this amazing semester,
0:06.0	and we don't even know how long the semester is going to last,
0:08.5	but second class.
0:09.8	Now, with my students at BYU,
0:12.0	second class of the semester is always an interesting one
0:15.0	because the add drop deadline hasn't come yet.
0:18.0	So if they want to drop the class, they can.
0:20.0	It could be a one and done.
0:22.2	First date and I never want to see that teacher again. And so when I have my students back for
0:26.8	day two, it's a thrill. It's like getting a second date, which I didn't always get when I was in high
0:31.7	school and college. Now, to have you back for the second round, remember what we did the first.
0:36.8	The first class, this introduction kind of went through our syllabus day, and we talked about
0:42.0	the whats of the class and the who's of the class.
0:45.4	The what's were all of the material that we're going to cover, and all of the diagnostic skills,
0:51.4	and the prescriptive medicine, and the medical school that you and I need
0:56.0	to sign up for so that we're in any kind of shape to help other people or to help ourselves.
1:02.1	Now, having done that and having established the who, who I am as your teacher, who you are as
1:08.0	students, but also as my teacher, it's going to go both ways through all of this.
1:13.0	Having done the what and the who, we are now ready for the why and in an interesting way, the when.
1:20.1	In fact, maybe the why grows out of the when. Why are you here? You'll have your reasons.
1:26.7	Why am I here? I have mine. I shared some of those last time. But why do we need a class like this?
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