As we discussed last time, Joseph Smith and others were taken prisoners in Far West on Oct 31 of 1838. A death sentence was passed on them, but they were effectively saved from execution by Alexander Doniphan. While their lives were spared, they were incarcerated for the next five months. Why were they taken prisoners […]
Learn about the events that led up to the infamous Extermination Order by Governor Boggs of Missouri in 1838. It reads in part, “the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description”. What made Governor Boggs, and
This is a video-only episode (except the little explanation version I do separately). For the video go to: https://youtu.be/9ModX2-auQo (YouTube). If you happen to be listening on Spotify then click the little switch to go to the video version. In this episode I take you on location to Independence, Missouri! We believe this is the
After the saints got kicked out of Independence, Missouri, fleeing north over the river to Clay County (Missouri – mostly Liberty), and had been there a couple of years, it became apparent that the local residents there didn’t want the saints among them any more than did their cousins in Jackson county, and legal and
From the last episode we learned why around 1200 saints had moved from Kirtland, OH to Independence, MO, with more on the way. In this episode we learn about how the locals, who were largely frontiersmen and former southerners, didn’t love the idea of the northerner religious saints moving in and kind of taking over
The Lord revealed the “center place” for the gathering of the saints in the last days, and the place of Zion, the New Jerusalem, in 1831 to Joseph Smith. The place was Independence, Missouri – a city at that time on the western boundary of the United States (west of that was all Indian territory).
In this episode Susan does a study on the lives of several of the men who knew the prophet Joseph, to see how their faithfulness over the years affected their blessings. (Susan has studied EVERY person who knew the prophet Joseph.) Here we talk about Heber C. Kimball, James E. Talmage (who was not contemporary
In this episode we delve into the Kirtland Safety Society and how when it failed, many members of the Church left, some temporarily and some permanently, including members of the Quorum of the Twelve. The Kirtland Safety Society was basically a bank that was founded by Joseph Smith and other principal leaders of the Church.
Revelations to Joseph Smith given in Kirtland, Ohio – Stories of how they came to be, how they were copied, who they were to, what they were about, the most and least popular, the “White Horse Prophecies”, visions in the Kirtland Temple, and the Tragedy of Kirtland (Kirtland Safety Society). YouTube (Video) Spotify Apple Podcasts
In February of 1831, the Lord having just previously commanded the people of the church to gather to Ohio, Joseph and Emma arrive (first) in Kirtland. Two months later Emma gives birth to twins, both of whom die within a few hours. Shortly thereafter Joseph and Julia Murdock’s twins are born but Julia dies in
