Lynne's Scripture Journal D&C

October 28, 2018 Section 121:1-25 Trials, Tribulations, Endure to the End, Liberty Jail, Peace from the Lord, Blessings of Trials Tribulations and Hardships, Joseph Smith wrote this revelation, as well as Section 122 and 123 when he was in-prisoned in Liberty Jail for some months, in terrible conditions, and under terrible treatment. President Joseph Fielding Smith wrote of these as “one of the greatest letters that was ever penned by the hand of man. In fact it was the result of humble inspiration . It is a prayer and a prophecy and an answer by revelation from theLord. None other but a noble soul filled with the spirit of love of Christ could have written such a letter. Considering [their sufferings], it is no wonder that the Prophet cried out in the anguish of his soul for relief. Yet, in his earnest pleading, there breathed a spirit of tolerance and love for his fellow man.” (Church Hisotry and Modern Revelations, 2-176.) So Joseph is living...

July 30, 2017 Section 58:1-7 Sacrifice, Tribulations, Learning Opportunities, Growth, Law of the Stretch, Lord’s Vision is Better Than Ours, Our Purpose On Earth, It’s August 1, 1831 and this revelation was given to Joseph the Sunday after he had arrived in Missouri. Members of the Colesville branch-- who had first tried to settle in Thompson Ohio but Leman Copely had changed his mind as to giving part of his property to the Colesville saints—had also just arrived as they had followed the Lord’s direction and moved again—this time to Missouri. And as the preface to this section says: “ Many were eager to learn the will of the Lord concerning them in the new place of gathering.” The Lord begins this lengthy section encouragement to “ keep my commandments” and to be “ faithful in tribulation” (v 2). He also explains in v 3: “ Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory...