Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants
Doctrine and Covenants 88
The School of the Prophets was held in this room.
Every so often, the Lord gives us a glimpse of His boundless “majesty and power” (Doctrine and Covenants 88:47) through stunning revelations. Doctrine and Covenants 88 is that kind of revelation—one about light and glory and kingdoms that can make our earthly cares seem small by comparison. Even if we can’t comprehend it all, we can at least sense that there’s far more to eternity than we ever realized. Of course, the Lord doesn’t share these grand truths to intimidate us or make us feel small. In fact, He promised, “The day shall come when you shall comprehend even God” (verse 49; emphasis added). Perhaps it was to that glorious end that the Lord commanded His Saints in Kirtland to form the School of the Prophets. “Organize yourselves,” He said. “Prepare every needful thing; and establish … a house of God” (verse 119). More than anywhere else, it is within God’s holy house—and in our homes—that He can lift our vision beyond the mortal world, “unveil his face unto [us],” and prepare us to “abide a celestial glory” (verses 68, 22).
D&C 88: Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet at Kirtland, Ohio, December 27 and 28, 1832, and January 3, 1833. The Prophet designated it as the “‘olive leaf’ … plucked from the Tree of Paradise, the Lord’s message of peace to us.” The revelation was given after high priests at a conference prayed “separately and vocally to the Lord to reveal his will unto us concerning the upbuilding of Zion.”
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 33: D&C 88 (2021), Jonn Claybaugh
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 33 (D&C 88) (2021)
- “And There Are Many Kingdoms”: D&C 88 and the Hierarchy of Kingdoms, David J. Larsen, September 20, 2013
- “Thou Shalt…Offer Up Thy Sacraments upon My Holy Day” D&C 87-92, Taylor Halverson, November 9, 2014
Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 21, "Looking Forth for the Great Day of the Lord to Come", Administration, June 16, 2017
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 22, "The Word of Wisdom", Administration, June 16, 2017
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 23, "Seek Learning, Even by Study and Also by Faith", Administration, June 16, 2017
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 26, "Go Ye into All the World, and Preach My Gospel", Administration, June 16, 2017
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 41, "Every Member a Missionary", Administration, October 12, 2013
- “How long can rolling waters remain impure?”: Literary Aspects of the Doctrine and Covenants, Richard Dilworth Rust, October 6, 2017
- The Doctrine of Resurrection in the Book of Mormon, A. Keith Thompson, July 31, 2015
- Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Doctrine and Covenants 2025
- Light and Truth, Part 1, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos
- School of the Prophets, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos, President Gordon B. Hinckley
- The Spirit and the Body, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos, President Boyd K. Packer
- Those Warned Must Warn Others, Doctrine and Covenants Teaching Videos, President Henry B. Eyring
- A School and an Endowment, Revelations in Context
- “A House for Our God”, Revelations in Context
- Chapter 33: Doctrine and Covenants 88:1–69, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2017)
- Chapter 34: Doctrine and Covenants 88:70–141, Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual (2017)
- The Light of Christ – Doctrine and Covenants 88, Liahona – Come, Follow Me: Doctrine and Covenants
- Section 88, Harper, Steven C. – D&C Contexts (Book of Mormon Central Archive)
- Doctrine & Covenants 88, Doctrine & Covenants Central
- Doctrine and Covenants 88 – “Establish … a House of God”, BYU Studies
- BYU Religious Education Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: Prepare and Sanctify Yourselves D&C 88-89
