Three Witnesses

We've got the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.

Now the next verse goes right into the three witnesses.

This inspired book, the Book of Mormon, was confirmed to others by the ministering of angels.

There's the reference to...

David, Martin, Oliver, and is declared unto the world by them, by these three, by their united statement that's appended to every copy of the Book of Mormon.

Those are the foundational historical moments as Joseph sees it here in this section.

So we've got first vision, appearances of Moroni, the miraculous translation of the Book of Mormon, and the three witnesses themselves.

And these, he says, have this collective effect.

Very different.

On February 14th and 15th of 1835, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris, the three witnesses...

Remember the original 12 not chosen by Joseph Smith? He looks at the three witnesses and says, "Hey, you choose them." The three witnesses selected 12 men to become apostles.

The 12 were conceived substantially as a traveling high council.

In fact, that's what they're known as in the doctrine and covenants in the revelations.

But Brigham, throughout his ministry, emphasized dreams.

Now famously, if you guys haven't seen the, uh, uh, the new Brigham movie that the Interpreter Foundation's done-

I haven't seen it, no

... oh, you guys gotta check this out.

Um, they have a whole podcast series going, Becoming Brigham, but they did this Brigham Young film, and the opening is Brigham Young speaking in tongues.

Man.

And the famous story, you guys probably know this, in the early church, um, we spoke in tongues, right? Like glossolalia.

Yeah.