Come Follow Me - Doctrine and Covenants 94-97: "For the Salvation of Zion"

A verse-by-verse study of Doctrine and Covenants 94-97, revelations regarding the construction of temples in Kirtland and Independence. This lesson focuses on the 3 Ss of gospel teaching, cedar and gold, following the Lord's patterns, darkness at noon day, balancing dominion and delegation, removing incumbrances, observing our covenants by sacrifice, building or becoming, and more. Join Jared Halverson for your weekly Come Follow Me study of the Doctrine and Covenants!
Time stamps:
- Principles of Gospel Teaching - 2:30
- Making Scripture Relevant - 7:21
- Study of D&C 94 - 20:28
- Study of D&C 95 - 48:35
- Study of D&C 96 - 1:33:47
- Study of D&C 97 - 1:44:35
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[@ericanderson6230]

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[@hiedidecker9088]

I am so very thankful for the time that you spend preparing and teaching us every week. Please thank your family as well, for the time they give up with you so that we can be edified.

[@idaho9479]

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[@jenniejennie3884]

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[@therayveneffect]

Thank you for this. I listen to this and come follow me are work and love it.

[@yourkatchoukalova4143]

Your teaching edifies me every time. Thank you so very much for your effort! May God bless you and your family!

[@SherrillGraff]

I made an appointment for the temple for next week.

[@katiehall3313]

Thank You so Much for these lessons ....I am Homebound due to Being Handicapped,Health Issues.... not Covid-19 Related.....I Appreciate Them and Your Time .

[@conniedunford5684]

Every week there are things that you say that are exactly what the Lord needs me to hear. You are His messenger to me and I feel His spirit speaking to me so strongly as you teach with His Spirit. I am grateful beyond measure. Thank you for all you sacrifice to bring this to so many every week. I am so grateful for you and the gifts God has given you to serve Him.

[@debivenneman5821]

ditto that

[@terriminus9928]

Brother Halverson, I know finally understand the discrepancy of what the Lord was commanding at Independence and what the saints were doing. The Lord would protect those that "became temples unto themselves" rather than fear the "guns that were pointed at them to get out". Talk about courage and faith and totally trusting in the Lord. This is the real test of discipleship! Thank you for your insight, it is very much appreciated.

[@laraejackson4115]

Thank you for your lessons. I am in an assisted living facility in Saint George, and were in lockdown for over a year, I was so missing my institute classes which I had taken for over forty years. You have saved my sanity! I so enjoy your teachings, they resonate with me. I enjoy your personal stories!

[@kevinphelps5017]

I just love doing my Come Follow Me Scripture Study every week with you. And I appreciate the time and talent it takes to do this. So thank you for your sacrifice and service. God Bless You

[@kristinsnyder1118]

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[@judybray7514]

I thank our Father for the pandemic > lockdown > these videos for your students > that I came across them! > that I in the other side of the world am also blessed each week. God bless you! I pray His blessings upon you. And... I hope these videos can continue into The Old and New Testaments, and the beginning of the Book of Mormon.

[@johannamartin9101]

Thanku forever 💞🌈Jared for including so many precious moments from other experiences and for all your study and understanding I love it all

[@heididyre3529]

Love your teachings each week. Thank you.

[@maryfranjeppesen8932]

Thank you for giving me a new appreciation of the Temple! I look forward to every new Unshaken!!

[@leslieabegglen769]

You are the most amazing gospel teacher I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. Thank you so much for all the time you spend to give all of us inspiration. You have given me so much perspective that it amazes me. I will never be the same person again. Please CONTINUE to teach and inspire all of us. You are doing so much good, and I am so very grateful. I refer back to your previous lessons to remind me again and to recapture the feelings I had. You are giving me such a priceless treasure and I can never thank you enough. I have also been thinking that it would be wonderful if you could eventually find time to teach us 1st & 2nd Nephi. Then, we could have the whole Book of Mormon? 💝🙏😇. May God continue to bless and keep you.

[@millennialk.1700]

Thank you so much for the time and effort you give for the gospel to share with us today I always love to watch and hear your teaching. I understand the way you explain everything, again thank you so much.❤❤❤

[@weemouse1959]

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[@harmonywoodrome9911]

Thank you very much! The pure in heart. Love it 😍👏

[@cynthiacarter7988]

Thank you. I have learned much about worship today. ❤️👍❤️

[@louisevigil4485]

Thank you again for a wonderful lesson, I get so exited when I see another lesson. You are so funny, i just love the way you teach00

[@marissachapman4370]

I went from reading a chapter of Hugh Nibley’s ‘Approaching Zion’ to listening to this, and I just have to pause the video at times, and just take it all in. I just have to bow my head and repent for choosing to walk in telestial starlight when I could be walking in noon-day sunlight, if I would just listen and follow and act. Thank you for all you put into your study and preparation to help us be taught by the Spirit.

[@Dunlappin]

How fun to find a kindred spirit reading Approaching Zion! I've been reading since April, it's so meaty, I have to take a little at a time but what a meal! It has opened my eyes to how we are condemned as a whole people to our adapting the Mahan School of Economics into our society. We will have to be willing to sacrifice all that we have for Zion. It has helped me prepare. You too?

[@davidspjut9365]

Since I have followed your teachings from the beginning, my love of the scriptures has become the focus for my growth in the Spirit. I love reviewing your lessons to reinforce, and open new avenues to consider. Worth every moment of my time….for the moment is brighter😇❤️. Keep up the good work Jared…..I think your snorkel my be reaching heaven😊

[@Xpyburnt_ndz]

It's worth every second!!! Thank you so much for your time and efforts in preparing and presenting your lessons each week! You will be blessed as much as we are and more!

[@freedom661100]

Love your lessons, Thank you.

[@carolynbosil1344]

You are just the greatest teacher to bring us to the Savior, His light and truth, His grace for and to grace and teach us how to do the same. Please don’t leave us when we finish the Doctrine and Covenants. HE will give you the strength and inspiration to continue on next year. 💗

[@glendamatthews3510]

AMEN!!

[@mnkeeme]

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[@evaemswiler8264]

Love your time to wake us up to wanting more and more! Eating up every word that makes us feel mire like Jesus! I am blessed because you are helping us to understand! Love every word! Amen

[@tammystreasures8766]

Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. Although I can’t watch it all in one sitting, I really appreciate how thorough you are. I have to tell you, I’ve been known to speed. Sometimes it’s just because I’m paying more attention to other things than my speedometer, but one day as I was speeding along, I was thinking about the articles of faith. I suddenly realized that believing in obeying the law of the land didn’t just mean the laws I thought were important. It also meant obeying the speed limit - even when I could get away with it. My character is made by my choices even when no one is looking. It totally changed how I viewed speed limits after that. It also changed my motivation as to why I try not to speed now.

[@novawarren5074]

I watch your video more than once and share in groups, family members enjoy your help in the insights and your personal experience and family life. Thank you very much.

[@MikolDawn]

I often watch more than once too

[@cherrymay1243]

❤️💪 i love listening God's Words.. Gospel Learning is so helpful in our everyday Life

[@sharancarlyle1401]

I love your teaching! I am such a visual pupil and I love how real and spiritual you have made Section 94. Thank you and God bless.

[@beckygalva3759]

My greatest thank you dear brother!

[@kpercy19]

"The temple reverses the Fall" and "An endowment is a gift that keeps on giving" just to name two of the things I loved! Thank you!!!

[@loribarnhurst348]

Good check list in section 95. verse 16 "...... and the offering up of your most holy desires....." that is some expansive ponderings right there. ❤

[@rconger24]

Yay! Always love when a new lesson arrives. 13:33 "They (the students) are going to be bored tomorrow if I'm bored tonight." 16:33 "Pattern." 20:27. Verse 1

[@winordie2003]

I love your videos. I am so glad you take the time to share your thoughts and testimony. I look forward to every video you send out. I wish you would make some for the first part of the Book of Mormon. I look forward to the day of getting rebaptized, join the fold and to participate in all the activities once again. Until then I am polishing up and allowing the lord to sharpen my sword. I love you my eternal brother and all my eternal brothers and sisters

[@jabulani22shepo61]

Love you bruh keep moving forward.

[@johannamartin9101]

Oh wow that’s exciting I’m so pleased for you

[@danielburt7849]

@@johannamartin9101 the gift of the holy ghost will teach you on that high level we all need to teach us. don't stop til baptism. so happy for you!!! sincerely. for the first part of the Book of Mormon watch video "Journey of Faith"

[@silviascooking4516]

Holly dedicating ourselves... I like that .. I love listening and learning and applying .. what I hear when I hear Him when I listen to you is so enlightening.. thank youuuuu

[@jaronryan3877]

Thank you so much brother Halverson you talking about all this is just how it helps me so much but this week I am a student for rigby high school in Idaho and I just this week we’ve been talking about just the ancient history not ancient but just history of the Middle East over there by Afghanistan in the things you’re talking about just have great deal to me and just what I’ve been learning about and it’s just been helping me in my class to understand better

[@sarahhaman35]

Wow! When you went from how to who, just wow! Talk about a change in perspective. Why are we not taught this before we become parents? I didn’t learn anything like this from mine, so consequently “traditions” are perpetuated. Now I have grandkids and the “tradition” river is still flowing. I want to cry.

[@jonathancarter6696]

I felt the same way...heart heavy with the thoughts of shoulda, coulda, woulda, and yet He provided us a pattern to go forward. His mercy is humbling and awe inspiring.

[@networkteacher1]

Some of the temple analogies (bodies vs buildings) got me to thinking. Imagine having done well materially and living in a really nice home with all the trimmings. Suppose you are invited by some long lost friends to come by their new home. You make the trip and when you get there, you see a really old run down two room cabin and they are just giddy with enthusiasm about it. Turns out they have not been anywhere else in decades and just would not know what a really nice house looks like. So, sometimes we think we are doing well, but when we arrogantly ask God to take a look at our 'house', we might be disappointed if He does not see something to get excited about. It is easy to neglect some aspects of our physical/spiritual/mental growth. Taking care of this 'temple' of the soul is very precision oriented chain of events, especially when being guided by the Spirit. When Nephi calls the great and spacious building 'strange', maybe its because he sees a people who don't know what beautiful looks like. To them its a party, and because their eyes are accustomed to darkness, they are not even aware of how different their world could be.

[@Unshaken]

Love this! What a great analogy. Definitely helps explain why Nephi would describe the great and spacious building the way he does. Thank you for sharing!

[@dnoellee1]

I'm so touched by the story you included about Hyrum at the end. I almost skipped over it and I'm so glad I didn't. Powerful doesn't even begin to describe my feelings.

[@SherrillGraff]

Shared on my FB page. Hopefully others will feel impressed to share these principles. Thank you for scripture study.

[@evaemswiler8264]

Thank you for your teachings! What a difference it has made quite a change in my life! God bless you and thank you so much!!!

[@janjones4550]

Once again, another wonderful discussion and revelation of the scriptures. Thank you, Brother Halverson!!! I love learning from your insights, perspective and inspiration. Thank you a bazillion times over for sharing!!! It's so much fun to watch the wheels turn in your head!!! God bless you and your family! On a more serious note...I know you try not to be too serious but there is a time and place... do you know how hard it is to feel like you are ever good enough or can be good enough, when you know you can't be? ...except through our Savior's sacrifice... When your heart has been broken and your spirit has become contrite, you realize with a brutal clarity that you never can be good enough; no amount of effort or sacrifice you can give will ever be enough. This crystal clarity is what submits the heart to Him. This profound comprehension creates that humility and meekness that turn us to Him. I am so profoundly aware of how much I need Him. I love our Savior, Jesus Christ. He is my Savior and friend. I love Him with all that I am and ever have hope to become! Thank you for being such an amazing teacher for Him!

[@Unshaken]

Such a beautiful comment--full of faith and humility and spiritual strength. Thank you for sharing your love of the Savior. It's the kind of testimony that makes me want to be more like Him.

[@janh1399]

I felt that in study of this with the Holy Spirit guiding, that God was showing me a pattern of how to live in His Love

[@ileneperry4199]

That is just insight that came to me as I was watching your Unshaken KZbin. I love your lessons, they really open my mind to new ways to understand the scriptures. Thank you for your time and effort to share your talent with us.

[@jandnpitcher7942]

Thank You !!

[@genajessop7554]

WOW! Does it get any better? Any deeper? Only next will tell😁You’re amazing Bro Hal. Love you, thanks! Is everyone catching that “temple talk”, I hope so. 👍 You help me see the symbolism throughout all the scriptures - Nephi- Haggai- WOW!

[@johannamartin9101]

Yes Jared wheat harvest is in the summer when the sun has poured lots of nutrients into it. I love your gentle reminders of the deeper understanding of the word of wisdom. There are sadly so many ways it is interpreted 😘

[@tylerburns1364]

Happy to leave a comment. I wish there was more demand for this.

[@llasjk4481]

Thank you for your lessons. It will it be great if we can hear them in Spanish too. I want to share with family and friends that not speak English.

[@tdijon7]

Wonderful. Brother Halverson, would you consider doing a special episode about Elder Holland’s recent address to BYU from August 23rd? It was incredibly impactful to me, and I was wondering if you tuned in. All the best!

[@jerikeeley1361]

As you said, "Fasting and mourning" I realized that so many of them, and so many of us, and so many people in the world--EVERYONE at some point mourns the loss of someone to death and yearns to be with them again. The TEMPLE was to provide the peace and answers that they were seeking in their heartbreaking prayers and fasting and it was GRIEVING God that He couldn't provide those answers because they wouldn't build the dang temple!!! Just as the temple stands as a beacon of healing and help for us if we'll just go and meekly ask Him.

[@tdijon7]

I love what you said about being good neighbors, and the kinds of people others would want to live with. Sometimes I wonder if that is enough in our world today. So many people dislike Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints because of the hard stand on marriage between a man and a woman. It seems to me that in recent years this has become a non-negotiable issue for many people. We can be as kind and decent as possible, but commitment to certain principles of the gospel is viewed as a crime against secular society.

[@elizabethwhipple314]

I have a lot to consider.

[@kellycook4830]

Since these sections deal with the temple so much, I wanted to comment on a video, which is on KZbin, of a presentation given by Bruce Hafen and his wife at the Sep 2020 Interpreter Foundation Conference. According to Bro Hafen, years ago a friend asked him (I'm paraphrasing) "Jesus is the center of the Gospel and the Church, Jesus is the center of the temple, so what is all this stuff about Adam and Eve in the Temple Endowment?" Bro Hafen didn't know either, but in this presentation he discussed how he came to understand over time that the story of Jesus is the story of GIVING the atonement; the temple endowment is about RECEIVING the atonement and exaltation thru it. Gave me a new insight into the temple that I hadn't thought about before. If the Unshaken family isn't taking advantage of Interpreter Foundation, BOM Central, Evidence Central and related websites I would recommend visiting them as part of your study (if you have time after listening to Bro Halverson's great lessons). BTW Bro Halverson, I have learned and pondered more about doctrine since finding your channel than I ever have before. Keep up the great work.

[@justinanderson6189]

Love your labor here. On "this is the place," I wonder after having read so many Pioneer journals if they finally weren't "the people." and were given a place to succor them. In studying the ascension/descension of Prophet and People in Isaiah I often "theorize" where we are on that pendulum now. The Church corporation was dissolved by the Edmunds Act in 1877 and we didn't incorporate til 1912 again. Operating in a telestial sphere can have some limitations, hence why the Kingdom is so important. I actually loved it a few weeks ago when Holland pointed to dropping accreditation at BYU. Operating in a babel system is limiting. But I understand we have to be in it but not of it. Your thoughts on these principles and theories moving forward will be appreciated. Thanks Brother Halverson. We can obviously influence the world by our symbiotic people to temple and people to prophet and people to the Lord equation. If Joseph would have lived I think it was 4 more years then Zion would have been place and people.(that is my recollection...I don't readily remember the chapter verse now.)

[@ileneperry4199]

When you talk about the axe being laid at the root, you are using it in a passive tone, as if it is just sitting there waiting, but I believe it is a more active tone. When the scriptures use the word lay, it is active = Lay hold of every good thing, lay the foundation, I lay down my life, lay up fruit to the season. And when you think about the symbolism of trees, the Lord prunes, which strengthens or propagates a good tree. If you cut it down, there is still a stump to cumber the land and allow for inferior succors to grow, but if you lay the axe to the tree below the crown, at the root, then you destroy the tree completely and make room on the ground for something else to grow.

[@jennettabiberston753]

I'm using this in seminary! ☺️

[@Unshaken]

Excellent insight! That really clarifies that verse and makes the symbolism so much more powerful. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@MikolDawn]

That is great insight. Thank you!

[@monty-365]

Brother Halverson, thank you for your lesson and insights. I was wondering, the music in the intro and end of lesson…where can I hear the complete compilation?

[@Unshaken]

I'm glad you enjoy it (I do too!). I found it among a long list of sound clips that came with my video editing software, so unfortunately, I don't think it has an official title or composer.

[@bvmaxwe]

I appreciate your description of the "preparatory redemption" and it has given me a lot to ponder. As I have search for a description of this for many years the only description I had ever found was in the GC talk by Elder T M Burton Apr 1975. His description is quite different than your description. Perhaps both are right?

[@tarp11z]

"The wise man built his house (foundation) on the Rock."

[@rconger24]

1:23:17. white clothes are an LCD.

[@teachingsofjesuschrist]

With regard to the sacrifice of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters in living the law of chastity Isaiah 56 says: 3 Let not the foreigner who adheres to Jehovah say,Jehovah will surely exclude me from his people.And let not the eunuch say, I am but a barren tree. 4 For thus says Jehovah:As for the eunuchs who keep my Sabbathsand choose to do what I will-holding fast to my covenant- 5 to them I will give a handclasp and a namewithin the walls of my housethat is better than sons and daughters; I will endow them with an everlasting namethat shall not be cut off. ...Their offerings and sacrificesshall be accepted on my altar,

[@walterzagieboylo6802]

Brother Halverson, your videos (right word?) are pure joy. Please don’t humbly speak of opportunity costs about listening to them. They help me to think clearly and bring up lots of holy and precious ideas, which in the last analysis are far more precious that gold or silver. In trying to help, I may add some constructive thoughts. Like the somewhat odd reality that our modern Temples are not built of cedar and gold, so your analogy about building up one’s life based on that idea falls short. You do jump to grasp at a burst of insight and sometimes get a little bit shaky on some analogies in this way. But, we all are imperfect still. Your scholarship, insight, and humor are glorious. I’d almost say hold onto your weaknesses, as there is a danger you might get translated if you don’t. Thank you so much.

[@Unshaken]

Haha! Thank you, my friend. There's definitely no danger of me getting translated early :) And I'm grateful for your constructive thoughts. They help clarify things for me and push me to articulate truths more clearly. I'm grateful we get to play on the same team!

[@denisehall914]

CHALLENGE*❤️ PLEASE ... if possible 🙏🏻 do a commentary for THE CHOSEN to help the youth from 104 down to 8 years understand the hidden gems of WHOSE we are and from where we came from what a gift we been given ...Our HEAVEN FATHER really did love us all by giving His Son. If we truly understood we could do miracles. We would see the world through different eyes. I have watched you and your gift to reach the hearts and minds of many ❤️. Think big audience here ( you know THE ONE sheep ) not sure of the legalities. If it’s supposed to be it would happen. A youth fireside approached the right way would could light a little fire. But perhaps this has already crossed your mind. Blessings for your many hours and dedication to help others Follow HIM.❤️

[@LynetteJonesLDS]

The final judgement is not at death. I do think no one in the Telestial Kingdom will be running around looking for the stuff not in their bags. The ones who care, will be doing that before and will be given the ability to understand how to correct the problem. I don't think anyone wants to feel short changed. I don't think they will... Yes, yes, I know the arguments.... I just want to say that perhaps we should be more careful with our words so we don't guilt trip mothers. They need to know that their children who care where they end up will have every chance to set things right before the final judgment. And everyone of us will be happy, settled with the out come.

[@Unshaken]

I completely agree. And I'm so sorry if my words made anyone feel guilty or less-than, especially mothers! It's hard to think of any group of people who does more to sew up the bags of those they love, in hopes of helping them get as much joy out of life as possible. Thank you for that reminder.

[@ambers6313]

Be careful what you hear about people you might be hearing it from the problem.

[@andrewbolton7797]

Why is it harder for lgbt to keep the law of chastity ? Am I missing something here ?

[@PainH8er]

Because it's much easier for a heterosexual to keep the law of chastity because they can have sex in marriage. According to the church's current teachings, gay marriage isn't allowed, so LGBTQ in the church cannot have sex unless they are violating the church's teachings. It's much easier to keep the law of chastity if you can do so while having sexual relations. It's much harder to if you cannot have sexual relations

[@MikolDawn]

For their whole lives... Most people coming out are so very young. That's alot of years being alone and single. I feel sad for them and worried for them.