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D&C 129–132
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Monday
- Commentary: Section 129 Context, Steven C. Harper
- Scripture: D&C 129:1–9
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 129:1–3.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 129:4–9.
- Commentary: Section 130 Context, Steven C. Harper
- Scripture: D&C 130:1–7
Tuesday
- Scripture: D&C 130:8–23
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 130:6–11.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 130:12–17.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 130:18–19.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 130:20–21.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 130:22–23.
Wednesday
- Commentary: Section 131 Context, Steven C. Harper
- Scripture: D&C 131:1–8
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 131:1–4.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 131:7–8.
- Commentary: Section 132 Context, Steven C. Harper
- Scripture: D&C 132:1–14
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 132:1–6.
Thursday
- Scripture: D&C 132:15–25
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 132:15–18.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 132:19–25.
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Quote: True love requires reserving until after marriage the sharing of that affection which unlocks those sacred powers in that fountain of life. It means avoiding situations where physical desire might take control. Pure love presupposes that only after a pledge of eternal fidelity, a legal and lawful ceremony, and ideally after the sealing ordinance in the temple are those procreative powers released in God’s eye for the full expression of love. It is to be shared solely and only with that one who is your companion forever.
When entered into worthily, this process combines the most exquisite and exalted physical, emotional, and spiritual feelings associated with the word love. That part of life has no equal, no counterpart, in all human experience. It will, when covenants are made and kept, last eternally, “for therein are the keys of the holy priesthood ordained, that you may receive honor and glory” (D&C 124:34), “which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever” (D&C 132:19).
But romantic love is incomplete; it is a prelude. Love is nourished by the coming of children, who spring from that fountain of life entrusted to couples in marriage. Conception takes place in a wedded embrace between husband and wife. A tiny body begins to form after a pattern of magnificent complexity. A child comes forth in the miracle of birth, created in the image of its earthly father and mother. Within its mortal body is a spirit able to feel and perceive spiritual things. Dormant in that mortal body of this child is the power to beget offspring in its own image.
Boyd K. Packer, “The Plan of Happiness,” April 2015 General Conference.
Friday
- Scripture: D&C 132:26–37
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 132:26–27.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 132:28–36.
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Quote: Abraham’s faith in God was so implicit and profound that, although in the moment of offering up his own son, he felt that God would provide a lamb for the sacrifice. Isaac was bound upon the altar. The arm of Abraham was raised to strike the fatal ‘blow when he heard the voice of an angel calling to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him, a ram caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son” (Gen. 22:9-13).
Abraham’s faith in God was wholly justified, for while he was about to sacrifice his own son, God provided a ram. The obedience of Abraham in this incident, without a doubt, is one of the greatest examples of obedience in the history of the whole human family, and because of his great love for God and having implicit faith in God, God made him the father of all nations, promising him that his descendants would be as numerous as the sands of the seashore (D&C 132:30). God so loved the world that he gave his Only Begotten Son, and Abraham so loved God that he was willing to sacrifice his son at the command of God.
Joseph L. Wirthlin, “Behold, Lord, Here Am I,” April 1948 General Conference. - Video: Temple Sealings - John Hilton III (D&C 132)
Saturday
- Scripture: D&C 132:38–50
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 132:37–39.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 132:40–45.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 132:46–50.
Sunday
- Scripture: D&C 132:51–66
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 132:51–56.
- Commentary: Casey Paul Griffiths, Doctrine and Covenants Minute, Doctrine and Covenants 132:57–66.
- Video: Q&A with Joseph Smith - Casey Paul Griffiths (D&C 129–132)
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D&C 130:5
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D&C 130:8–10
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D&C 131:1–8
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D&C 131:5
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Doctrine and Covenants 132
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D&C 132:19
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D&C 132:28–33
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D&C 132:48–50
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D&C 132:51–52
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