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1/2/2019 - Section 132:34-66

January 2, 2019 Section 132:34-66 Plural Marriage, Abraham, Emma, Joseph, Forgiveness, Sin Unpardonable, Call and Election Made Sure, Minister, Mission Journal, The Lord is continuing to explain and to help Joseph Smith to understand the full concept of plural marriage. He speaks of the patriarchs of old, and he explains King David’s fall from his calling and election made sure when he caused that Uriah be killed…which was the shedding of innocent blood. And then at the end of his long explanations, he speaks specifically of Joseph Smith in V 50: “ Behold, I have seen your sacrifices, and will forgive all your sins; I have seen your sacrifices in obedience to that which I have told you.”   To me this points out that our devotion to, and our work for the Lord does not go unnoticed. V’s 51-56 are directed to Emma, ending with “ …let mine handmaid forgive my servant Joseph his trespasses; and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses, where in she has tr...