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Response to Passing the Heavenly Gift
| Was the Nauvoo temple not built with enough speed? | A FAIR Analysis of: 'Passing the Heavenly Gift' A work by author: Denver C. Snuffer
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Conclusion |
Were the Saints at Nauvoo were punished for slothfulness in building the temple?[1]
The spot was not consecrated by the Lord, or made holy by His or the angels’ presence
The church was moved out of the spot
The temple was utterly destroyed
Suffering during the exodus from Nauvoo
No Pentecost-type experiences in the Nauvoo temple?
Notes
- ↑ Portions of this wiki response are based upon Gregory L. Smith, "Passing Up The Heavenly Gift Part 1 Part 2," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship7(2103): 181–341. The text here may have been expanded, reworded, or corrected given the nature of a wiki project. References in brackets like this: (xx) refer to page numbers in Denver C. Snuffer, Jr., Passing the Heavenly Gift (Salt Lake City: Mill Creek Press, 2011).