Doctrine and Covenants 10 continues the Lord’s instruction to Joseph Smith after the loss of the 116 pages, revealing both the spiritual consequences of Joseph’s earlier decision and the divine mercy that followed. Joseph is told that when he delivered the manuscript to Martin Harris against the Lord’s warning, he lost his gift to translate … Read more
Doctrine & Covenants 91 and the Apocrypha (Part 1) Joseph Smith’s Translation Work and the Setting of the Revelation Doctrine and Covenants 91 was received on March 9, 1833, during the period when Joseph Smith was actively engaged in his Bible translation project. The revelation followed immediately after D&C 90, which instructed Joseph to finish … Read more
Common Protestant Claims About Latter-day Saints An evangelical pastor asserted: Latter-day Saints reject the Bible The Bible is perfect and unchanged Joseph Smith invented 500 pages of new scripture Early Saints were attacked because of polygamy The episode corrects all of these. The Latter-day Saint View of the Bible Latter-day Saints affirm: The Bible is … Read more
Context of the Revelation Doctrine & Covenants 91 was received on March 9, 1833, one day after Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 90. Doctrine & Covenants 90 commanded Joseph Smith to finish the translation of the Bible, preside over the Church and the School of the Prophets, and receive further revelation that would “unfold … Read more
This episode focuses on the Book of Moses, especially Moses 1, as a key early revelation in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in Joseph Smith’s doctrinal development. Historical Context and Dating of Moses 1 The Book of Moses comes from Joseph Smith’s early work revising/“translating” the Bible (later … Read more