97: Temples Part 4 -- The Endowment: Line Upon Line

Please consider supporting this podcast: Venmo: @Michelle-Stone-24 Patreon.com/132Problems Too few of us understand the history and origin of the temple endowment. After watching this episode you will know exactly what sources we use to claim the endowment came from Joseph Smith, instead of Brigham Young. Links: Ongoing Restoration video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKH4vU1EiB4 Brigham Young April 6 1845 Speech Times and Seasons: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/c58aed5c-b5e3-41c8-9006-d776e493ada9/0/9 Andrew Ehat papers: Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord? (Only available for download, search terms and download papers) Joseph Smiths Introduction of Temple Ordinances: https://archive.org/details/EhatIntroOfTempleOrdinances2 BYU Journal Papers: https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/line-upon-line-precept-upon-precept-reflections-on-the-1877-commencement-of-the-performance-of-endowments-and-sealings-of-the-dead/ https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-20-no-1-2019/line-upon-line-joseph-smiths-growing-understanding-eternal-family#_noteref-87 Elder Bednar Line Upon Line: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2010/09/line-upon-line-precept-upon-precept-2-nephi-28-30?lang=eng#title1 Saints Unscripted video: https://youtu.be/glJzMcNWn3c?t=27 Isaiah 28:7-31 Isaiah 56:10 Micah 3:5-7 President Nelson Oct 2021: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/10/47nelson?lang=eng#p17 Joseph Smith May 1 1842 sermon (recorded by Willard Richards): https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-1-may-1842-as-reported-by-willard-richards/1 Joseph Smith June 11 1843 sermon (Wilford RIchards) https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-11-june-1843-a-as-reported-by-wilford-woodruff/2#full-transcript (Recorded by Eliza Snow) https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-11-june-1843-a-as-reported-by-eliza-r-snow/1 Joseph Smith April 8 1844 (recorded by Wilford Woodruff): https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-8-april-1844-as-reported-by-wilford-woodruff/1 May 4 1842 Original Journal Entry (Use these links to go to the 3rd and the 5th): https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1841-december-1842/25 Draft: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-draft-1-january-30-june-1842/13 CHL: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-c-1-2-november-1838-31-july-1842/1#full-transcript Heber C. Kimball to Parley P. Pratt letter June 11 1842: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/707c7146-38a5-41e6-98d8-1cad8d89bcc5/0/3 Temple Pro Tempe: https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=lib_faculty Feb 15 1884 Deseret news semi-weekly, Lucius Scovil letter to the editor, page 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=hnlMAAAAIBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=true "Mary Brown Firmage Woodward papers" collection at BYU. https://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/ltpsc/resources/upb_mss2650 Joseph Smith Store Daybook: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/joseph-smiths-store-daybook-a-january-july-1842/269 Joseph Smith Jr's Red Brick Store: https://archive.org/details/josephsmithjrsre00laun/page/28/mode/2up L. John Nuttall Journal: https://archive.org/stream/TheJournalOfLJohnNuttall/The%20journal%20of%20L%20John%20Nuttall_djvu.t July 8 1844 Brigham Young letter to Willard Richards: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/58a1b50f-c250-4190-82c8-5123218b6d19/0/1 Saints Chapter 37: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1/37-we-will-prove-them?lang=eng Nauvoo Temple Records: https://user.xmission.com/~research/family/familypage.htm Joel 1-3 James 5:16 2 Kings 22