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Priesthood
Within Christian tradition Pentecost has a connotation of great outpourings of the Holy Spirit, revelation, or miracles. A Pentecost-like experience took place in June 1978, when temple blessings were extended to all who were worthy, regardless of race.
This week, as part of our Come, Follow Me study, we revisit the miraculous events which occurred on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2), ten days after the Lord’s ascension. As the apostles were “all with one accord in one place” a “rushing mighty wind … filled all the house where they were sitting” and they saw “cloven tongues like as of fire” resting upon all those in attendance (vv. 1–3). Filled and...
Upon You My Fellow Servants by Linda Curley Christensen
Today, May 15, is John the Baptist Day, the day on which he appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in 1829 and restored the Aaronic Priesthood. On that morning, Joseph had reached 3 Nephi 11 in the rapid process of translating the Book of Mormon. It was in that chapter that Jesus gave his twelve disciples in Bountiful the authority to baptize. Realizing that they themselves needed to be...