Timestamps:
00:43 – The Kirtland Saints and the Jackson County Saints received the same command to build a temple, but they had different results.
05:28 – The significance of temples was lost due to the Apostasy and misunderstanding of scriptural texts over time.
07:07 – Four days after the revelatory rebuke in D&C 95, George A. Smith, Hyrum Smith, and Reynolds Cahoon haul loads of stone and commence digging trenches for the temple.
12:05 – The other buildings described in Section 94 are not built, but the Saints did finish the Kirtland Temple.
15:08 – The importance of temple work and its peculiar nature as emphasized in D&C 95.4 and Isaiah 28.21. A brief examination of Isaiah 28 in its temple context.
27:45 – We build temples to give us a place to take our most holy desires unto the Lord so that he can pour out His spirit upon us.
29:04 – The dedicatory prayer of King Solomon’s temple and its relevance to our day.
34:13 – The Kirtland Temple is built on part of the Peter French farm.
38:12 – The Latter-day Saints’ opposition to slavery contributed to the political tension in Jackson County, Missouri in the summer of 1833.
44:56 – The Lord offers the Saints a way to escape vengeance by building the temple. He gives a similar message to Hezekiah, King of Judah, who understands the blessings and promises of the temple.
52:35 – Why we build temples.
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