Joseph Smith: Eyes on Zion, with Hannah Stoddard
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2023
- Meghan is joined by Hannah Stoddard to discuss Joseph Smith and his ongoing role in the Kingdom of God, preparatory to the return of Jesus Christ. Topics Include:
- Joseph Smith's key importance
- Our individual mandates as disciples of Jesus Christ
- What stopped the early saints from building Zion? What stops us?
- Joseph Smith's vision of establishing Zion
-Joseph as the latter-day Moses.
L. Hannah Stoddard is the lead author of Faith Crisis, Volume 1: We Were NOT Betrayed!, Seer Stone v. Urim & Thummim: Book of Mormon Translation on Trial, Faith Crisis, Volume 2: Behind Closed Doors, Joseph Smith’s Plural Wives: Helen Mar Kimball, and A Christ-Centered Home. She is the director of the Joseph Smith Foundation, and producer or director of seven documentary feature films.
Nephites in Europe (Episodes 1 & 2, Quest for the Nephite Remnant) (2019)
Hidden Bloodlines: The Grail & the Lost Tribes in the Lands of the North (2017)
Unlocking the Mystery of the Two Prophets: Revelation 11 Part 1 (2017)
The Prophet Joseph: More than we know (2015)
Statesmen & Symbols: Prelude to the Restoration (2014)
For Our Day: Divinely Sanctioned Governments (2013)
For Our Day: Covenant on the Land (2013)
In addition to directing Joseph Smith Foundation projects for over a decade, she is often invited to speak on various radio and video programs. Hannah helped direct her first documentary film, beginning at age 16. She has worked as a history and literature teacher, graphic design artist, software developer, videographer, project manager, agriculturist and research assistant. Her work focuses on Church history and doctrine, answers to Latter-day Saint faith crisis questions, educational philosophy, culture, and defending the Prophet Joseph Smith. Hannah’s research supports the writings and teachings of ancient and latter-day prophets.
Thank you for this podcast with Hannah Stoddard!
I have thought about dance too and had a daydream about how wonderful it would be to have a ward dance. I saw families and children who were so happy and moving in a way that was so full of the spirit
Thank you SO much for thus awesome episode 1:17:59 !! Many insights are applicable to me. I'm amazed and grateful for young people who "get it" and are striving to learn, share and become. It is people like you who are making a difference to help prepare the rest of us for a wild ride and a glorious future. My heart is growing step by step because the Lord is bringing forth so many faithful people to help counteract the adversaries increasingly blatant schemes. God Bless You!!
Barbara,....These people have nothing whatsoever to do with the God, Jesus nor Christianity of the Bible. They are an abomination to God as are all mormons. Repent!
Loved the bit about how we'd be in Zion now if WE were obedient.
To quote Joseph from Legacy:
"The Lord does love us. He chastens us to teach us obedience and faith. Zion cannot be built without these principles. It is our own wickedness that keeps us from her."
Thank you Hannah! Both of you. I have listened to Hannah for quite a few years.
I know Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God. I know the Book of Mormon is our guide in this day. Joseph does have work to do and I am excited for the return of our Savior, the New Jerusalem, and moving into the Millennium.
Love it! Thanks both of you for the work you are doing to help us all prepare and become the kind of people we were meant to be. Thanks again ❤
Dang!!! Such a great podcast!!! 🎉
Thank you for having Hannah on. She has an incredible testimony ❤❤
I've been waiting for you to have Hannah on 😊 You two had a very fun conversation - seems like you connected very well as "sisters in Zion". By far my favorite LDD discussion yet. So many amazing and important points covered - can't wait until next time!
This was really good…love your work and interviews. Hannah Stoddard’s 📚 are so good and videos are all fabulous. There are hidden gems 💎 in all of them. They will build your testimony if you read them. You two are perfect for what the youth and younger generation of the church need. Keep up the great work, you’re great examples especially to the young women who are now under major attack.
I agree John. Great stuff!
Amen! Amen! Amen! And… I love what you said about Lectures on Faith!! That is one of the things I am in depth studying right now along with what did Joseph Smith teach. I love this interview!!
Loved this! So much meat! You two have so much more to share as you bounce ideas, opinions, truths, and testimony with each other.
Please give us a part 2.
So this has been bothering me a little bit.
I don't know if I took this the wrong way or not, but when you were talking about repenting, I don't feel that it is wrong to repent about things that you struggle with daily. I have been working awfully hard to not think evil thoughts about people that are hard to get along with in my line of work. I am not used to repenting about the simple things in life that I keep failing, but I feel it important for help to overcome anger. I look at heavenly father as someone who desires to know the challenges of what we each go through daily. Having a good day and a positive attitude is important to me. I almost feel like there is supposed to be a correct way to pray and I feel like I am not praying correctly. I want an honest conversation with God, and that is usually when I am in bed and can talk to him longer than a minute. So did I understand you incorrectly on this!
I’ve had very spiritual experiences in my lifetime .. only my children know about them because I don’t share them with people.. I can count them on one hand but they have surely gotten me through many dark days and because of them I can never deny The Love that Heavenly Father has for me or that there is a God .. how grateful for those unique and Profound experiences ♥️
Cool episode thank you!
Please invite Hannah again! 😊We want more!
Hannah, so spot on!
26:51 I have found that it is easier for me to choose to not contend or rebel/revenge, withhold love, but I still have those thoughts on brownies, and honestly it kicks my butt. I have been disciplined with diet and exercise for a long time but as a parent, I am always choosing the easier faster meal, trying to keep my composure with kid chaos that is all around.
Oh my gosh, I learned so many wonderful things from this. You ladies are so great. I wish that i could listen to you every day. You helped me to clarify what my mind was trying to figure out. Thank you so much. Please keep talking! I will listen ☺️
Always enjoy an interview with Hannah Stoddard! Thank you ladies!
This podcast was just great, and gives me a lot to think about. And I think that you guys really are on some thing with this learning of our history specifically with what Joseph Smith has done, what he went through, and what he was trying to accomplish because God had asked him to.
You ladies are amazing! Thank you so much for following the Lord and sharing your talents. ❤
This was very well done. I found numerous gems in this one. Thanks.
You, like all mormons are completely blind, lost, and deceived. Repent!
Both of you are the best!!!
BTW, I really loved this discussion. You two are awesome. I really appreciate your insights.
This was so good. ❤
Thank you for your inspired insights and enthusiasm for the truth. You helped me have renewed desires to learn more about Joseph.
RE,.....There is no truth is the ungodly false manmade cult of mormonism. Only leis and deception put forth by a master deceiver and con artist.
You young women are amazing! So knowledgeable! Im impressed by your ability to teach.
Could you put a list of the books you suggested we might read throughout the video, with a short description of what we might learn from them? Thank you, that would be so helpful.
“One like unto Moses” is a title like Elias. Multiple men have been referred to as that. Jesus himself claimed to be the one like unto Moses in 3 nephi. We do not have a type in the scriptures where God uses a immortal being to lead his people. He uses mortals on this side with the help of immortals from the other side. The servant from Isaiah will be a mortal man leading the people as one like unto Moses. Under the direction of Joseph smith and Jesus Christ.
Bravo you two. Very good. Not perfect but better than a lot of blogs I have watched.
The Servant of the Lord is on the earth engaged in continuing the
Restoration begun by Joseph Smith.
The Lectures on Faith was the Doctrine portion of the Doctrine and Covenant’s until it was removed quietly from the 1921 edition.
The work is quietly going forward right now.
You’re right that the Apostasy is ahead of us.
Egypt in chapter 19 of Isaiah is a description on the United States in our day.
Love your show. Keep up the good work.
Who is the Servant? Do tell.
I am not confident that any servant outside the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve is currently operating under Jesus Christ's instruction. From where have you obtained such information? Do you know who this proposed servant is or where that person might be?
I look forward with anticipation when the Davidic servant is revealed. At the same time the prophecy of only five wise virgins is heartbreaking.
@@CN-pe4gz I think 5/10 was extremely optimistic.
@normwalker7483 - C’mon Norm. Cough it up. Who is your pick? I agree with you on Isa:19. That describes the sweeping of this land that Moroni tells about in Ether:2.
Thank you !
I loved your conversation! Id have lived to have been a part of it! I can't even find people face to face who understand things the way you were discussing them!
AD,.....You mean people who have zero Biblical understanding like them. The fact is, the whole false manmade Godless cult of mormonism is made up of those who have no Biblical understanding whatsoever.
This is how I feel as well! The only people who are in my circle of influence just don’t care about these type of things. My heart hungers and yearns for Zion ever since I was a very little girl. Now that I have small children I’m homeschooling I hope and pray that my PB is literal when it tells me I will be an honorable mother in Zion.
@@CN-pe4gz ,...If you have anything to do with the Godless cult of mormonism then you are only ensuring that your children spend eternity in the lake of fire with you and all the totally blind, lost, and deceived mormons. Repent, and learn what the truth and Christianity of the Bible actually is. Your children's blood is on your head.
This is great. Would slightly disagree on not seeking spiritual gifts - the scriptures command us to (even covet them). That is not the same as sign-seeking. Gifts can definitely be corrupted (as noted, if you consume them on your lusts) but seeking them is righteous. 100% agree though that coming to know God is where everything stems from, and without knowing Him it’s all in vain.
Love your personal experience that you shared about 2/3 way through. I have had similar.
Any price to pay to know our Savior IS worth it
Yay Hannah !
Hosannah!!
Great discussion….
Learned a lot
One minor criticism/ the host referenced “ascending” as a path of righteous Latter Day Saints
That’s a new age/ mysticism/ occult term - to “ascend”
It’s not referenced in our cannon
I’m sure it was done innocently- but it’s an occult term of enlightenment
I've never heard anyone suggest that Joseph himself would return to finish his mission, and I feel like this quote says otherwise:
Although David was a King he never did obtain the spirit & power of Elijah & the fulness of the Priesthood, & the priesthood that he received & the throne & kingdom of David is to be taken from him & given to another by the name of David in the last days, raised up out of his lineage. (Joseph Smith, at the Temple, as recorded by Wilford Woodruff Journal, 10 March 1844)(in Ehat and Cook, Words of Joseph Smith, pp. 331) also found in Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 339)
I know Andrew Ehat better than I know Hannah Stoddard. I have heard both of them speak in person multiple times. I love them both for the level at which the revere The Prophet Joseph.
well produced!
It may be well produced but it is all nothing but unbiblical nonsense. joseph smith was nothing but a con artist and an absolute ungodly fraud. His false manmade cult is the false religion of the accursed of God. Repent!
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Alma 13 uses the word "order" some 14 times to describe The Melchizedek Priesthood.
The bom as well as all the 100% fake manmade books the mormons use with the exception of the Bible are all nothing but 100% false manmade frauds and complete garbage. They are only able to deceive those who are willingly ignorant, spiritually dead and blind, and who are accursed of God. Repent!
Well done ladies. You've dropped a lot of light bombs here, each of which have lifechanging value on their own.
We are learning how to become parents of spirit children. How can we teach our spirit children when they go through mortality how they should live their life of we ourselves have not lived it?
We are counseled to keep spiritual experiences sacred. Just because we haven't heard of certain miracles being performed doesn't mean they aren't happening. I think many members of the Church are seeing miracles and gifts of the Spirit in their lives.
I appreciate your zeal in study and your respect of the Prophet Joseph and your desire to cry repentance. Joseph is the Prophet of the Restoration, and we hold him in great reverence. But we have a prophet today that we are to follow. If the things you are sharing are true and essential, we would be hearing them from Pres. Nelson. I think you are looking somewhat beyond the mark with your interpretation of scriptures.
I am also wondering where charity or the love of Christ would fit in your discussion. If we emphasize knowledge without charity, we become too judgmental of ourselves and others, especially those who do not have the knowledge and covenants that we do. Witbout charity, we stray off the path. The scriptures teach that the Spirit will speak to our minds and our hearts. If we emphasize one or the other, either thoughts or emotions, we get off balance.
I experience that loneliness. My spouse LOVES to be e entertained: movies, concerts, festivals, etc. I've lost interest and joy in these things. It's hard. For our marriage i join in these things. But i dont like it.
How do you deal with the Book of Abraham issue? Royal Skousen at BYU argues that the facsimiles should be dropped from the Book of Abraham. No Egyptologist sees an valid interpretations by Smith in the facsimiles.
Not a lot of references given. I would really like to read these things for myself
Thank you for the meat of the gospel. We need that so much! I am so tired of all the fluff and having the alphabet stuff shoved down my throat. Our ward Relief Society is way out there with the fluff.
Amen!! How long can so many in our wards live on milk only?!
Joseph Smith is still doing Gods work. We learn this in Doctrine and Covenants 138. Miracles have not ceased in these days, but we are to testify of them only as moved upon by the Holy Ghost.
Hanna is the best!!!
40:51 the war of Armageddon, I thought began with the death of Joseph, or Moshiach ben Yosef. We obviously still have apostasy and many maintain the use of the Book of Mormon for at least awhile. But yes our traditions and ignorance among even the mainstream are like Canadians, it would take an additional hundred or so years to awaken from tyranny and bondage. It’s like today many bend the knee to secularism and think they are as Joseph or Daniel when they simply have become as the Egyptian or the Babylonian. Hence the ongoing restoration. Right now is a major awakening.
@39:40 The apostasy that REVEALS the Son of Perdition just before the 2nd Coming is in 2 THES 2:3....in the early 1980s it was in the 2nd discussion that we used this very scripture to support the GREAT apostasy following the days of the early apostles.....however, in the past 2 years I have had strong impressions by the spirit that this very scripture is being played out before our eyes in the 2020's and the apostasy in the church right now......may well be a sign that we are approaching the time in which the son of perdition will be revealed.
Today we interpret most of Joseph's statements to be referring to the LDS church. However in actuality, the "saints" are a small subset of LDS and other religions.
Many LDS are members of Babylon and "saints" in name only.
A key part of repentance is prioritizing our problems. Once a person decides to follow God, Satan's best tactic is to keep them busy working on less harmful things, like a medic putting a bandaid on the pricked finger of a patient whose detached leg is quickly causing them to bleed to death. Tourniquet the leg, then worry about the splinter. Or, as Jesus put it, worry about the beams before you worry about the splinters (see Matthew 7:3). I am no fan of Harry Potter, but I suspect that overindulgence of soda has caused much more harm to society than Harry Potter. Anticipating pushback, I'll say this: While the little things are the big things, that description is more about our own lack of judgment, not the actual bigness or littleness of problems. For Jesus, the little deviations in the weights used by the moneychangers were a big enough problem that they justified building and using a scourge to violently drive them out of the temple.
I, and honestly most of my friends and family have a problem with obesity. I know it's destroying our "temples" Do you have any suggested reading that might more clearly show how the Lord wants us to care for our bodies. There are so many interpretations of the word of wisdom, honestly, I think most of them are just interpreting it to fit the narrative they want so they can continue to do what they've always done. Is there any definitive writing that just lays it out? I'm afraid most of the country needs it.
Eat real food only. If man touched it, like turning sugar cane into refined sugar for example, then it becomes bad for you. Anything refined strips the nutrition and fiber from a real food source. Read your ingredient labels if it comes in a box or can. Don't put weird ingredients into your body. Fast food places also are awful - convenience is killing us! Cook your own food from scratch.
@K Clark This is a real challenge, since it seems that the way stores are set up...its not for healthy foods, for what's easily affordable, etc. Thats one of the things I loved about my mission, being able to eat fresh foods, fruits and vegetables in another country, along withmeeting so many wonderful people.
You're always going to get different information on this from different people. The only thing I can contribute is that the Word of Wisdom is not a weight loss diet, or instructions on how to become healthy, except in the broadest terms. I stopped seeing it as a "temporal commandment" a long time ago. It is given for our temporal salvation, but it is not a temporal commandment. It uses apocalyptic and temple language at the end, and pre-ambles with cautions against conspiring men in the last days. I would, instead, investigate the typological word-links it forms with Isaiah, the Temple ceremony and other scriptures. Think upon what each of the different prohibitions and allowances represent. Ask yourself questions like "what does meat represent?", "what does meat represent and why are we to partake sparingly?". Of course, continue to follow the prescribed prohibitions of the Church, but I would stop looking to it for advice on becoming healthier. The clincher in changing this interpretive framework was a graduate thesis performed at BYU (iirc) that set out to see if there was any benefit from using tobacco as a poultice for treating bruises. It found tobacco does absolutely nothing to treat bruises.
Modern understanding of nutrition shows that we eat far too many calories in Western Diets. There is also old data that showed that people who were more likely to be obese, also had a lower basal metabolic rate per unit weight. There are individuals who do not start losing fat till their calories drop below 500/day. Some of us are in that group, like myself. In order to maintain a figure that's normal requires that I eat around 1500 calories per day and engage in very strenuous exercise for at least 2-3 hours per day. I also have to remove all carbohydrates and most fats from my diet, I eat pretty much nothing but protein and fibre. That keeps me at a pretty lean 210 lbs at 5'8". This is in contrast to the Word of Wisdom, which prescribes the use of grains as the "staff of life". Any variance from this program results in rapid weight gain, and various negative health problems (gout, cystic acne, heart palpitations, edema, etc).
Find what works, and stick to it. Keep the prohibitions stated by the Church, but treat the Word of Wisdom as prophecy. It think that will work much better, it has for me.
Dig into 89 verse 10.
1 Corinthians chapter 6
Is the apposite after Joesph smith when Brigham young.. introduced all the false doctrine that he pushed on the saints and that the church today has dropped most of his doctrine..??
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Ladies, interesting ideas, I will continue to listen your podcasts I will caution you on one thing however....it is a dangerous thing to arrive at the point that you think you have special knowledge that the bulk of the church is missing! I agree that we need to study in great depth the writings of the Prophet Joseph Smith but not in exclusion of our living prophets as though they are fallen..that is the message I am receiving from you ladies......be careful!!
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I have a comment about Harry Potter and other literature that talks about magic and evil. The Harry Potter books are at their foundation an illustration of0 the fight between good and evil. Much of the evil presented in the books is apparent in our day, and readers see that. The evil in Harry Potter targets children to a large extent; does that sound familiar? Readers feel motivated by the books to also stand up and fight evil. Harry rejects the evil, in the end destroying the wand that represents the most powerful magic. If we are going to reject literature based solely on the vehicle the author chooses for representing basic themes of human life, then I think we are going to get in trouble. Are we going to reject The Lord of the Rings with its types of Jesus Christ, just because it has magic in it? A school district in Utah has banned the Bible in elementary and middle schools because some passages are not appropriate for children. Are we going to throw out The Book of Mormon because it talks about burning and raping people and torturing them to death? Evil exists, and I believe it's important to communicate that.
Also, "ascension" (and other terms like "frequency" and "vibration") are New Age terms. I think it can be helpful to understand how some people use these terms so we can find common ground when discussing truth. However, the only use of the word "ascension" that I can find in the Gospel Library is in reference to Jesus Christ ascending to heaven after His resurrection. I think it might be better when discussing the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ to use the common vocabulary used in the scriptures and by the brethren.
Was George Washington a "new-age" philosopher?
Irrationalism takes many forms. LDS Irrationalism is a breed unto itself.
But does rationalism include wisdom?
And what does it matter to you with "LDS?". They give away nearly a billion in relief around the world each year. What is it to you if their (in your eyes) deficiency in rational thought makes them good neighbors?
Fun fact: Sterling Van Wagenen the director of the 2013 endowment videos was convicted of Child molestation in 2019. He plead guilty and is serving time. The Church knew about his behavior years before the movies came out. The prophets must have shut out the spirit when they called him to that job.
There was once a man who felt troubled about his world and wrote a book about it. Well that wasn't too bad until he went crazy making his trouble into everyone else's trouble. He went about for the next twenty years doing this to everyone until, when he saw he was not going to get his way, he killed himself. That man was Hitler.
Do you know Brother Luke that I tell you this in love?
Do you know the accusation presented as "fun fact" is really a half-truth? (i have read it for myself) Don't you realize you've been presenting in a self degrading ex-mo-troll & paste style? (not flattering) Don't you think if you really believe you have found a better way that you should preach it in a *positive* manner? Wouldn't God expect that if it is honestly your conviction? Don't you understand it is *negatively* self-deprecating for you to throw mud on someone else's faith? Don't you really want to show us the best of yourself? I challenge you Luke to find your beautiful potential ! Best to you brother!
@@rconger24 ,...The sad fact is, your 100% fake cult of mormonism is nothing but a manmade fraud. It is the false manmade religion of the accursed of God, of the spiritually dead and blind, and of the vessels of wrath and the brute beasts made for destruction.
Here is an excellent and accurate comment from above in this comment section in case you missed it,....
@nerdnul
8 hours ago
LDS and the Joe Smith Blasphemy have been exposed for what it is. The good news is that LDS is dead but Jesus lives!
The great LDS Exodus has been caused by the mass exposure of mormon history and origional doctrine to the common mormon. People across the globe now have access to data never before available. People are thinking and not just accepting a 'feeling' prescribed by a church. The LDS faith is a dying artifact of an early American culture of greed, deception and criminal activity. It lingers today as an example of how Satan's work on Earth can hold captive educated people in a family/social polytheistic cult. Joseph Smith developed doctrine which fooled thousands into believing they too can be a god and control your own planet. He said that the god we worship was once a man like us but because he was a good mormon and he became the god we now worship. Smith was a known liar and story-teller. He had a "seer stone" which he said gave him power to find treasure. Smith was a convicted swindler who decided he was entitled to marry 34 women, of which 2 were 14 years old. Smith attempted to print his own money, build his own army, and declared himself a king. After being wanted for treason against the United States, Smith was killed in a gunfight; not quite the “martyr” LDS declares. History, logic and wisdom have destroyed the LDS faith. As mormons have more tools of education and access to the actual historic record - not just the LDS revised and approved version but the origional mormon historic record, LDS practitioners are simply walking away from a cult.
American folk religion and con artistry are sticky; - wisdom is the solvent. Joseph Smith was a con artist who fabricated a snake-oil folk religion into a self-serving, ego-feeding, lust filling cult. Smith fed his lust, greed, and ego and it continues to do so for the LDS leadership today. Now that there are open volumes of data available for inspection, the LDS faithful are holding the leadership accountable and asking questions. The Book of Mormon has been exposed as to what it is; a prop for a con. There is no real or actual evidence to shore up the frail story and geography of BoM. There is no DNA evidence to support this Jew Indian Theory of theirs. Ironically, the best evidence against the BoM are all mormon sources and doctrine. The history vacuum plaguing the LDS faith cannot be filled by revelation knowledge from a prophet or a mormon's testimony; God does not leave us blind. We must call the LDS church what it is - a criminal enterprise began by a con man that continues today.
@LukeFunfact: you are sick. I sincerely hope you get the help you need. Only Jesus Christ is perfect. It is a lot easier do love than it is to hate.
@@dwRS1 ,....No, it is a lot easier to hate than it is to love. You have this backwards. You also have the Bible completely backwards. Mormonism is a 100% false manmade ungodly cult.
@@rconger24 Half truth? Point out what part of the fact I got wrong and I will correct it.
If you two were born in India you would be saying how amazing Hindu gods are, or if you were born in Saudi Arabia how amazing you feel Allah and the prophet Mohammad are. You were born with access to the lds religion and what a miracle it just happened to be the right one and all the others wrong haha. Funny how people all around the world think this.
The BoM is clearly fictional. Look at the names used in this 'ancient' book and how they are the same names if friends and acquaintances JS knew in his day...what an amazing coincidence.
Anyway, pretty sure your whole religion is make-believe/made up with secret handshakes to get into heaven and cult aspects like the 'second anointing' and all that...but how you don't drink alcohol and work hard is to be admired.
Maybe you should focus on your relationship with God and Christ rather than criticizing others' religious beliefs.
@@Hi-jw7oq their BoM condones genocide on Native Americans, so when they stop pushing the genocide of men, women, and children as something God does I'll stop criticizing this silly cult.
Maybe Hannah will be a prophet who will bring about another restoration.
A female prophet recognized by authority would be something to see, even reaching priesthood status would be news worthy
Nope. The church will not go into apostasy. Individuals of the church will, but the church will not be taken from the earth in this last dispensation.
@@andrewdurfee3896 I was just being honorific.