My blog post on Come Follow Me: D&C 88 the Olive Leaf
Excerpt:
D&C 87, the Prophecy on War and Slavery, was given on Christmas Day, 1832. It was an amazing, but unnerving, prophecy.
A few days later, the Lord would begin to give Joseph a prophecy over a few weeks that would be known as the “Olive Leaf.” A revelation filled with wisdom and peace for the Saints to rejoice over.
The Holy Spirit of Promise
What is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost?
The Lord first explains a new role of the Holy Ghost: Not only is it the testifier of the Father and the Son, as well as the Comforter and Constant Companion of the faithful, but now we learn that it is the “Holy Spirit of Promise,” or the “Other Comforter.”
This is an important concept leading towards the concepts of the temple. We learn that the Holy Spirit of Promise must seal an ordinance or act upon a person for that event to be sealed on earth and in heaven. In other words, there is a line upon line, precept upon precept of progression in having the Holy Ghost.
We begin with the “Light of Truth” or “Light of Christ,” which we will learn more regarding of it in D&C 93..
As a process, receiving the Holy Ghost on levels is an important part of the Doctrine of Christ (2 Nephi 31; 3 Nephi 11).
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