School of the Prophets

He'll become a bishop, a patriarch, this incredibly consecrated soul

Sees Jesus Christ in the School of the Prophets.

Like, that's one of the sweetest stories of the restoration, too, is that he sees a vision of the Savior while he's in the School of the Prophets.

Sidney Gilbert, who's a store owner, who's partners with Newel K. Whitney.

John Johnson, who is gonna invite Joseph Smith to his home.

George Q. Cannon didn't just quietly hold on to the idea.

In an 1867 School of the Prophets meeting, he told the group the doctrine, quote, had been revealed to him so that he knew it was true, end quote.

Independent historian David John Brugger, who we mentioned earlier and whose 1982 Dialogue article remains the most cited academic study on the subject, documents later 19th century evidence showing Adam God beliefs persisted well beyond Brigham's death.

But something began to change, not necessarily belief, but public usefulness.

And to have it open to me.

Now, I've thrown this out to you, and can we go to section 88 of the Doctrine and Covenants? And this is where the Lord says something in regard to the school of the prophets.

And section 88, and he uses temple-like language here, right? He uses temple-like language and School of the Prophets is very clearly, section 88 is very clearly a temple prep section.

The Lord is preparing his people to enter into his house, his house of order, his house of faith.

He's preparing them for the temple and for temple ordinances.

The two men opened a store in Kirtland, still there, under the name N.K. Whitney and Company.

And their store, which is going to become kind of the hub for church activity, the School of Prophets are held there.

It's kind of the first bishop's storehouse.

It's where a lot of key revelations are received, is owned and partially operated by Sidney Gilbert.