Come Follow Me - Doctrine and Covenants 77-80: "I Will Lead You Along"
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- A verse-by-verse study of Doctrine and Covenants 77-80, an explanation of parts of the Book of Revelation, a revelation organizing the United Firm, and the calling of several missionaries. This lesson focuses on struggles with symbolism, asking questions, life on a sea of glass, opening the 7 seals, programs vs. principles, becoming independent above, the gift of companions, and more. Join Jared Halverson for your weekly Come Follow Me study of the Doctrine and Covenants!
Time stamps:
- Study of D&C 77 - 3:31
- Study of D&C 78 - 1:23:03
- Study of D&C 79 - 1:55:02
- Study of D&C 80 - 2:07:35
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Jared YOU ARE MY FAVORITE S.S teacher of ALL. I absolutely LOVE how you teach the wide spectrum of infants in the church to church scholars and everyone in between. You explain EVERY SCRIPTURAL LESSON in layman’s language. Thank you for living your life in TUNE with the spirit as to share Gods light and knowledge with the WORLD. 👏❤️🙏😇😇.
Thank you so very much!! My understanding grows with every lesson; my faith and my desires more and more to complete my mission with Honor!
Love your insight about the sand Turing into glass and us becoming United, able to take on each other’s knowledge and experiences. That for me really rang true.
Thanks for another wonderful video! I know you have been lead to minister through your videos. They are truly inspiring.
I love your uncle's book about the book of Revelation. I have given it as a gift to several people. I loved your insights. (The grains of sand - sea of glass) I watch every week. I watch about an hour a day and take a lot of notes. I am hoping that someday you teach the book of Revelation - one chapter per week. I know that is too much to ask for such a busy person as yourself, but please put that in the back of your mind Bro. Halverston. I appreciate all that you do!
Book title?
@@zanabowen806 "Who Shall Be Able to Stand?"
I took a CES class from Brother Wilcox specifically on that book! Best ever!
Diane Ireland - I agree 💯%! Great suggestion!!
I love your lessons I love how gently you share these truths of knowledge with the spirit thank you
The need to be led by the Spirit of truth to enlighten our understanding….is crystal clear. Line upon line, lesson upon lesson, prayer upon prayer, hope upon hope…thank you for your insights and faith😇👍
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Oh Jesus,
deliver us from the wicked!
Bro Halverson, you have been an absolute godsend to me.. I have never been able to learn as much, and in such a short time. Thank you so much for your selfless sacrifice
Thank you Brother Halverson for your beautiful teachings “verse by verse” ,
in doing that, l get the meaning God wants us to have more clearly.
One day l would love to follow your teachings of the book of Revelation, yes, verse by verse.
God bless you and your family in the trials of these days. Your lessons and special spirit are blessing untold thousands.
Thank you for the strength and beauty you add to my ever-growing understanding of our beautiful gospel. I feel so blessed and happy.
Love the Gospel of Jesus Christ
I do not have words for the work you do teaching the Gospel to everyone in such a spiritual way and wisdom.
It’s 11:24 pm. We are driving to Idaho Falls and my husband and I are so grateful we can listen to your beautiful insights! Thank you for helping to keep us awake until our 2 am arrival!
Oh, the beauty of technology! To be able to use the pause button and the rewind so I can write notes!! Amazing insight. Thank you for all the time and knowledge you share.
I thank you for your inspiring words with these lessons. How humble it makes me when during your speaking my heart feels the Spirit so strongly. This lesson was very powerful going through the Q&A. I shared it with my brother-in-law who is not a member but such a humble man. Sad this lesson is over. But anxiously await next week. Bless you and your family Brother Halverson. 🙏🏻
Your words are such a help in my life. They help me keep my eye on what is most important. An analogy - When I keep my eye on the pickleball, I do well. When I don't I completely mess up.
I have seen how listening to your pod cast weekly has enlightened my understanding and blessed me with the Spirit. I substitute taught yesterday in RS, and said things I hadn’t planned on. I knew it was the guidance of the Holy Ghost, which I have more of since digging deeper into the scriptures. Thank you so much for teaching by the Spirit and setting that example.
That's wonderful! You're so right that more diligent scripture study leads to a greater outpouring of the Holy Ghost. I'm glad your RS sisters were able to be blessed by your preparation!
Brother Jared, you make my studies so much richer. It's just so nice that you can connect all the material of the old testament and the new and eternal. Thank you. Greetings from Belgium.
Everything I feel alone in this 🌎, I just listen to your podcasts & I can feel the purpose of life
I'm so grateful to hear that--evidence of your openness to the Spirit's guidance and reassurance. I'm honored to join you for this leg of the journey.
Thank you, thank you so much.
My husband and I found you quite by accident last summer and have been listening to you ever since. We listen to you and a few others plus take notes, read, study, ponder, and thirst after more scriptures more than we ever have in our after raising 7 children life. We just got back from our own tour of historical church sites and they meant so much to us because of our studies. The gratitude and love we feel for our Savior cannot be written here. I find myself becoming more active in all life around me and trying to find those who would want to receive his life -giving messages. Muchas gracias!
How inspired, bro. Halverson, It makes so much sense, all of God’s children intelligences merged together, one heart, one mind…💖
Bro. H., you will be an incredible mission president one day. God bless you!
Being a Dane that went on a mission in England I totally get what you are saying. I KNEW I spoke the language when my companings forgot I was Danish, and the people thought I was from an other part of town. And now I have to translate again, mostly when I write 😉 and I find it is the same with the gospel. Being converted when I was 17 I Can really see what the gospel has done for me. But again it was a frien that joined the Church when she was in her 40’ies that has helped me to see how the gospel slowly has changed me. I never had the fear on my mission that you talk about. Perhaps I was a convert, I had fought to go on a mission for 4 years when I went. So it was what I wanted.
I sent this talk to my son, so he can see what our Church has done with His word Pray for him to gratefully accept it and bless him!!!amen Brother Halverson!!!
Thank you bro Halverson
Dont you think it's sad how so many people think all missionary work is about collecting money for the church?
Thank you for your time that you have put into making these videos. For the first time in my life, I understand what God is talking about. This makes me real happy!
Love all your videos. I always learn so much. Thank you for sharing the knowledge you have gained about the gosple and our Savior. 👍🏻🥰
Thank you for your insights and testimony. Thank you for the hope. I look forward to your posts every week, and always feel encouraged and inspired. Your work is very appreciated!
I have truly learned, and do so each week, thank you again, Brother Halverson!
Thank you so much! I’ve listen several times to the part where you talk about Christ stepping forward and our tears turning to tears of joy. :)
Thankyou so much for this. You have given me much needed Hope understanding and peace
I guessed Isaiah and Revelation would be 2 of the 3, but I love those. Then I realized I struggle with Leviticus so when you mentioned that one, I half-laughed - guilty! Now, I have to read it again and look for the symbolism. I never realized that and I was born to sealed parents - was always active in all classes, meetings and endowed, and I'm in my 60's! Never was taught that nor did I figure it out. I look forward to reading it with "new" eyes. Thank you. I always look forward to your videos and I learn so much every time.
Nice! “Raising the head to the crown.” My kind of hair-raising experience!
This was one of my favorite episodes! The section about the Book of Revelation has always been confusing to me. You explained it in a way that makes so much sense. I also love the art that you show. Thank you.
Thank you very much😍👏
Thank You!
Nicodemus: “Whoa! My mom’s not going to like that!” Lol
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I live in Idaho now but for about 18 years, while raising my children I lived in north central Arkansas. One of the things I miss most is the really stop in your tracks questions of the converts and investigators in Sunday school classes, many of these people in class had come into the church from other faiths, I even had one women once say to me, that because she had attended so many other faiths that she would sometimes get confused by what was church doctrine or what was from another faiths doctrine, and she was always afraid of asking questions" for fear of getting her hands slapped so to say for not knowing the answer when everyone else seemed to already know". I sometimes worry that by making knowing statements we shut the door for greater spirit and revelation both for ourselves as well as others. As I say this I also know that I often make the same mistake. If I have learned anything this year of studying with you the Doctrine And Covenants it is that questions are part of the pattern the Lord uses in giving revelation. Questions are more than acceptable to the Lord and we should make room for them in our lives. Thank you for opening this door for me.
Thank you so much for your insight and dedication to the Gospel. It has helped reignite my desire to study and learn.
I'm thankful for you sharing so freely, you're easy flow to fuller meaning and understanding. I feel we are all called to " that mission " to share the gospel in nature ways (President Uchtdorf) everyday, I understand this call more fully after your lesson.
I’m so glad that God sent you here. You blessed our lives. Miss you and your family.
Thank you and thank your family for your consecrated time, Brother Halverson.
Excellent insights!! I love your teaching style. Thank you!
Thanks so much for the great explanations. I will never understand them, but I will keep trying!! Yours is by far the most comprehensive discussion I've heard so far. Thanks for your effort here...
Thank you for clarifying many principles of The Book of Revelation and most importantly how much Jesus Christ loves each of us and what our focus needs to be.
My Mum talked to a seagull with one leg, well I think it's leg may have been held up somehow, and mother would ask Peg-a-leg the seagull what us children had been up to and would then look at us and tell us what a little birdie told her. Sometimes good things we had done, sometimes not so good. She could tell when we were lying, which was not often but we knew what ever we got up to Peg-a-leg would tell her. I love that you are explaining how we can understand revelations. President Nelson wants us to ask for and receive personal revelation. That means it is possible.
I always want to leave you so many comments after I have a mind-blown moment during these lessons, but then if I did, I would fill out pages of Yet Another Testament of Jesus Christ (though most unlikely to be published since I would not know of its universality or just applicable to me kinda thing). Anyway, I kept turning over the thought of the eyes and filled with eyes. Thought about it a bit more and found out that a monarch caterpillar has 12 eyes and seem to barely distinguish between light and darkness but after its transformation into a butterfly, it ends up with 12,000 and can even see ultraviolet! There are already so many symbolic lessons about going through our conversions like that of a monarch changing from a caterpillar to a butterfly. Thank you for helping me gain additional insight on my pupa-building stage.
Hopefully, that was insightful ;)
I just loved your approach to Section 78.
Thank you , Gratitude and Joy -and of course
a lot of diligence-.
Keep the good work.
God bless you.
Cheers from Australia 🍃
This was amazing. Thank you.
I feel the weight of the world ever increasing. Your lessons bring the Spirit into my soul and I am lifted and comforted and taught again and again. It is impossible to put into words. Just know I am so grateful beyond measure for you and your gift to teach and for the blessing of modern technology making this all possible. Thank you.
Talking about the sea of glass reminded me of seeing through a glass darkly, the original Hebrew word is more a mirror. When Christ returns we will see ourselves more clearly with his love showing light we will also see others more clearly through his charity and grace. We will see we are better than we think we are. What a glorious time that will be.
Thank you so much!
Thank you again for expounding the word of God with such clarity and passion. Be blessed today my friend. Jim
It was SO nice to randomly meet you and your lovely family today!! I was honestly starstruck!! I am so grateful for your lessons - Thank you for all that you do Brother Halverson!!!
It made my day to meet you! A beautiful tender mercy. Thank you for your eagerness to feast upon the words of Christ.
Gracias hermano. Que te Díos bendiga😁
When I went to Germany , the process you described with the language , ie translating, is what I went thru. I thought I was the only one who went thru that , so I had to laugh. Your Spanish is very good.
How can one say they hate any of the scriptures? That does not feel right. We find those scriptures difficult and maybe not our favorites, but "hate" the scriptures? Brother Halverson, I appreciate how you teach us to know and understand these scriptures. I love the symbolism and learning what it means through your teachings. I know that I, personally, must read and listen to all more than once, and it is more than worth every moment! Studying the scriptures is a lifelong duty and privilege! Thank you!
I just want you to know that I really love how you add so much information beyond the circle of the church. I also love your insights gleaned from the text itself that I would never have picked up on. As someone who has lived her life in the mission field, I really appreciate it. How you can remember all this stuff is beyond me.
The D&C hasn't been my favorite set of scripture, but thanks to you I understand it alot more than I ever have done before. The time listening to your series might be long but it is always worthwhile Thanks for taking the time to prepare them for I know it takes more time to prepare than it does to listen to it. kathy
An interesting side note on last week's installment. It seems there in no law in Germany against naming a child Adolph. It also seems that aprox forty-six thousand people now living in Germany bear that name. Kind of surprising. Thanks so much for last week's lesson. It was simply magnificent.
And maybe some of us didn't ask a lot of questions when we were being taught by the missionaries is because most of the concepts being taught were already what I believed and knew, so I didn't need to ask. So I guess I was never an investigator!! HAHA!
That's an awesome way to describe it! So true!
When I heard “sea of glass” I thought of the French “mer de glace” which is a glacier… It brought to mind a huge force that is stopped by nothing… that carves out valleys, pulverizes rocks and trees… it connected to me the idea of the stone cut out of the mountain without hands… a glacier carving though a mountain without hands…
Anyway, just thought it was an interesting direction…
It also comes in all colors and shapes and can be very beautiful
Sea of glass is like the windows of heaven
Awesome lesson!! Thank you.
Reminded me of the song- Is He Worthy? By Chris Tomlin
FYI. Here’s a bit of science I thought you’d be interested in. As a missionary we went thru Corning glass works in NY. We sat thru their video. In it they said silica sand is the most common element on earth and if the earth was exposed to the needed heat it would become a globe of glass.
Amazing insight! Thank you for sharing!
This is just an impression I've had as I've studied the Myers-Briggs Personality Temperment test. Personality/pyschology...human nature.. It's always intrigued me. I relate EVERYTHING to the scriptures and the Gospel.
As I listened to your lesson I wondered if one interpretation could be likened unto this "sorting" of these beasts. They could be a representation of those 4 temperment types which are subdivided into 4 other catagories within each. So you Limited to the 4, but classed according within each. This study has always interested me. There are many intereptations of this personality test. How opposites attract and how all views are needed to get a full perspective on the world...life...relationships...eternity. How all areas of the mind could come together to all be of one mind.
Thank you, Bro. Halverson! I am already looking forward to listening to your lectures for the Old Testament, but then I worry life might get in the way and you may not be able to continue these videos. If that becomes the case, I wanted to ask you beforehand if you could recommend great resources for studying Isaiah? As you mentioned, the symbolism can sometimes be hard and I am looking for some help! There are so many authors, I just don't know who to trust to help me navigate that important book of scripture (besides you and the Holy Ghost, of course 😉). Thanks again!
Brother Halverson, the story of the Marines was from the Korean War during the retreat from the Chosen Reservoir. The commanding officer, Chesty Puller made the comment to rally the Marines to the task at hand.
Perfect! Thank you for the correction! What an incredible attitude in the face of adversity!
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Hi. I always think, when I find symbolisms as in DC 77:1 regarding the Lord´s answer, that if this world as is is beautiful I cannot fathom the beauty of it in its celestial state. It must be awesome. Actualy one of my concearns of the celestial earth is : Will there be golf courses? hahaha
I didn't ask questions. I just accepted it. Maybe I wasn't really investigating because I already wanted to be baptized?
I have been a member my whole life, served a mission, etc. It all always made sense to me. The spirit recognizes truth. However the passed couple of years I have been investigating more and more mostly making my decisions more inline with the gospel. There is so much to learn.
A great question you asked: When in your mission did you know you had been given the “gift of the foreign language”. I knew it the first night in Peru when I actually dreamt in Spanish. Desde entonces no tuve que pensar en ingles, solo espanol.
Hello Friend,
I was thinking 🤔 maybe the 24 elders were the 12 apostles in Christ ministry and the 12 apostles after his resurrection in 3rd Nephi . This is after Christ comes and they are all back in his presence. This thought came to me when I was studying revelation. I am still trying to understand it all. I love watching your video’s they teach me so much. I wish we could double date and speak the beautiful things of the kingdom. Been a convert I just can’t get enough. The more I learn the things of God, I feel the less I know.
I remember the point at which you dream in your mission language was when you "arrived"!
Sand also goes through intense heat to become glass.
Yes…the Refiners Fire that we shall all experience😇👍
...which easily breaks.
And when I heard 24 Elders, I thought of twelve ______ (tribes, apostles, etc) and their counterpart wives, in each of those sets of twelve.
I learn the most from your studies, as you truly do your research with years of experience that benefits us as well as your students, thanks for sharing. How do I find your podcasts
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I have learned so much from you, Brother Halverson, and I am deeply grateful. But as I ponder the weekly hours required to study your lessons; on this particular Sabbath Day I questioned spending more time with you weekly than the time required to attend Sacrament meeting…Just a thought.
Might it be possible to note in the descriptions the artists and the art that you often have to illustrate your lessons?
Would you give me a resource about Hiram Page’s experience with Nephites as you told in the episode on D&C 71-75? And why did he leave the church?
@Unshaken I had a thought while you were explaining the eyes and the wings... the wings could represent the 24 elders sitting I. The throne room meaning the judges in Israel - there being 4 beasts with 6 wings =24 wings. The eyes represent all that they need to see in order for them to judge righteously. Just a thought! I love your videos.
Where did you get the picture of beasts with eyes all over them. I need it for class.
I love your insights and benefit greatly from them. But, I was thinking that perhaps the 24 elders were the 12 apostles in Christ's time in Jerusalem, and the 12 apostles he chose on the American continent. But, perhaps that may be too literal?
I would love to be able to study the Book of Revelation with you.
Dear Brother Halverson, we enjoy your presentations very much and learn a lot from you. My husband and I felt that the word "hate" (at the beginning of your presentation) was too strong of a word for describing the books of scripture that saints avoid. We personally don't "hate" them, we just don't visit them as often as other books of scripture.
Can you recommend a good book for someone who doesn’t like to read? My son is going on deployment and I’d like to get him a book that will inspire him to turn to God. (He has a rudimentary understanding of the gospel because he’s always rejected learning of any topic. It has to be easy to read.) Thank you!
I love the Gospel Principles manual.
Are these paintings depicting scenes in Revelation available in a book? I’d love to have these!
Would you please tell me more about these councils the church is bringing together?
Brother Halverson,
Where in the scriptures does it say that the earth will pass away, is it in the BOM?! Pls let me know.
Just want clarity to seal the concept.
Heres a small hand full of scriptures. There are many others with the same meaning just different wording.
Isa 65:17, 3 Ne 26:3, Mormon 9:2, D&C 29:3, D&C 63:21, D&C 101:25,
When you say that the person who volunteered needed to be worthy... weren't we all worthy? Did we just know that we wouldn't be able to stay sinless once we got to Earth? I thought it had to be Jesus Christ because he was Heavenly Father's 1st born spirit son? You teach that he volunteered. I've been wondering these questions for awhile now. Thanks for teaching.
The way that I envision it, is that your are right, that the "right" (and responsibility) to take the role of Savior belonged to Jesus. However, it wasn't going to be forced upon Him. He needed to volunteer for it.
Can someone answer a question my husband and I have? The answer in verse 12 says that God made the earth in six days and on the 7th he finished his work and sanctified it, and formed man out of the dust of the earth. Genesis and Moses, as you know, says man was created on the 6th day and on the 7th day he finished his work and rested on the 7th day? Does just go back to the time line is just estimates?
The lion in the book of Ezekiel is someone who is a Leo (the Contellation). There is flying lion in the book of Daniel who might be just on eagle's wing.
Why the use of "24" in describing elders, or "7" churches? Do these refer to the major religions over the ages?
What is the symbol for the tribe of Gad?
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@1:11:00 I believe Christ will visit several times at the beginning of the Millennium and I also feel that we will have something to do with bringing about the peace. I cannot believe that the wicked will not be destroyed, though. There are too many people who are too evil to convert. I think we will have a hand in extending lifespans through our inspired innovations. My fear is that the division between us will become greater and that conditions will get so bad that average people will have to seek out the righteous in order to live in peace. I don't want to see persecution as the reason why we unite.
All voices should be heard in church councils, a diverse group is good.
The only requirements are that each have an eye single to HIS glory, that they love their neighbor and desire their neighbor gain Salvation and lastly that the cause espoused in these councils is the cause of Christ.
Then, and only then can the diverse council you are suggesting work.
Not wanting to send critical - 99% of what you say resounds with me and is amazing.
But, the comments of Nicodemus were not so literal. Remember the Savior commented at the rarity of a Jew without guile? Well, Nicodemus was not one of those. He was speaking symbolically and sarcastically when he spoke of returning to the womb. It was a sarcasm bomb that the Savior understood and parried with supernal skill.
Oppressed people as a rule hide all their true meaning in sarcasm.
Excellent thought! I totally agree. Thank you for the insight!
The 24 Elders could also be the 12 apostles of the New Testament and the 12 apostles of the Book of Mormon. Yet, there may be even 12 more amoung the lost ten tribes.
So I have a question. When you are going over the question in vs 10, when you answer you say “and that’s the time in which we live, the end of the sixth seal”. Do you mean “we” current day or “we” Joseph Smith’s day?
I have questions too, including, but not limited to:
Why do you say ask and ye shall receive, or ask in faith, believing that you'll receive it, and you will receive it, but when that doesn't happen, you fall back on the cop-out answer of "not my will, but thine"?
Which is it? Do I ask for what I need, or just say his will be done, even though he'll do his will whether I ask or not?
I'm troubled by one of the things you said about missionary work in this episode. You compared "being on a mission" to "being a missionary" and said that the difference is when they wake up and want to do the work because they love it. I am worried that missionaries out there listening will think they aren't a "real" missionary if they don't love every moment of their missions. I know there were a lot of days when it was my sense of duty that got me out of bed in the morning, and it wasn't that I didn't love the Lord and want to do His work. Missions are very taxing, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. There might be moments of pure wanting to do the work but there are other moments where you are just tired. I don't think people who experience that are any less of missionaries. I'm afraid people may get the impression that they're not real missionaries unless they feel drive to work all the time.
I have a question? Are someone that's just investigating the Church, allowed to partake of the sacrament?
Yes they can. Please come and attend and invite your friend if it's them wondering. The sacrament is a nut shell is a renewal of a covenant made with God which is made at baptism and continually reminds us of that covenant and Christ being at the heart of it where he shed his own blood and body was given on our behalf when he performed his atonement. Hope that helps.
I thought that you had to be Baptized to be able to partake of the Sacrament
@@glendaking1385 nope anyone can partake of it as long as they haven't been prohibited which is a discussion for a different time. Within the church only those that are of 8 years old or older are baptized. You'll see many young children partaking that aren't baptized being younger than 8 years old. Guests and visitors may also partake. I'd highly recommend you goto churchofjesuschrist.org and request two nice missionaries to meet with you and answer your questions. I hope this all helped.
I love to learn of all the wonderful people out there threw the comments 🤩
@@ClintK. My husband isn't a member. I asked our Bishop this specific question. And yes, you can partake of the sacrament.