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September 24, 2025 82 mins

What can the Kirtland Temple dedication teach us about power, angelic help, and joy? Dr. Anthony Sweat examines the historical and spiritual significance of Doctrine and Covenants 109-110, clarifies the difference between the endowment and its presentation, and shows how repentance and covenant keeping open the way to lasting spiritual strength.

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TIMECODE:

  • 00:00 Part 1 - Dr. Anthony Sweat
  • 01:45 Thoughts on the Kirtland Temple
  • 04:13 Anthony Sweat bio
  • 07:36 Come, Follow Me Manual
  • 08:58 President Nelson’s challenge
  • 10:45 1836: A highlight
  • 13:56 D&C 88:68: Thesis
  • 17:19 Like a student stake
  • 20:16 “Walking in darkness at noonday”
  • 23:32 Temple is the point
  • 25:55 Ordinances in Kirtland Temple?
  • 28:36 Did they understand work for the dead yet?
  • 30:36 Third floor rooms
  • 34:20 Unanswered questions
  • 37:28 Dedicatory prayer was given by revelation
  • 39:46 Picturing the dedication
  • 44:08 Introduction and plea
  • 46:14 Fulfillment of promise
  • 49:10 Sweat’s “We Need an Endowment”
  • 51:37 Learn, grow, and become
  • 54:55 Seeing the Savior in the temple
  • 57:44 Intended to bring you inside the temple
  • 59:52 Repent, return, restored, and reverence
  • 1:00:17 Armed with power and delegation
  • 1:04:45 Angels and family on the other side of the veil
  • 1:07:10 Eternal family BBQ and work from the other side
  • 1:12:25 Seven blessings
  • 1:14:27 Ordinances as doors to power
  • 1:17:03 Difference between presenting concepts and receiving power
  • 1:21:40 End of Part 1 - Dr. Anthony Sweat


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