Next week we will begin discussing the sacrament and then spend the bulk of our time in Section 25.
Carol Madsen writes about the historical context of the section here. There is a biographical sketch of Emma here. And here another historical essay on Emma from the Revelations in Context written by Matt Grow. Some new thoughts regarding the Methodist context to the command to "exhort" shared by Chris Jones here.
As verse 16 notes, section 20 is not just the word of the Lord to Emma, or the word of the Lord unto women, but "this is my voice unto all." As the Lord tells Hyrum in 11:27, "I speak unto all who have good desires, and have thrust in their sickle to reap." The words of the revelations are "unto all." We need to learn how the Lord speaks to us individually through these revelations. We will likewise begin to address some of tidbits from some of the other individualized sections including 11 & 12, 14 -16.
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