S5 E48 True and False Temple Worship and How You Are an Idolator, and How to Stop It (1 Kings 12-22)

Kerry is providing a free pdf of his publication that takes the storyline of the books of 1 and 2 Kings and makes it into a readable, understandable whole. It is for free for everyone at the Patreon website. Just go to   / enlightenedgeedu   and go to "collections" and then go to the "TSAR Handouts" collection. You will find it there. Also join us on an incredible cruise where you will be uplifted in ways that will start your year out with incredible spiritual momentum. Learn about it, and join (using the promo code KERRY for a discount) at https://www.goanddotravel.com/momentu... . In this episode Kerry and Dr. Jeffrey Chadwick explore how the kingdom of Solomon divided, and how that led to idolatry in the north. They look at the Hebrew words and the archaeology that help us understand what is going on with this division and how it will eventually lead to the scattering of Israel. They help us understand how the institution of this idolatry guides the rest of the history of the Old Testament and how it happens in our lives. They explore what this has to do with temples in ancient days and in our day. They look at how this affects the Book of Mormon story as well. They discuss how temples were important, and how true temple worship and false temple worship affect everything that happens in their lives and our lives. Then they look into the story of Elijah and what was happening in the kingdom of Israel and how Elijah was trying to stop institutional idol worship. They explore the history of the kings of Israel at that time. They look into how idolatry is real in our lives. After that Kerry and his wife, Julianne, explore how what Elijah is teaching about halting between two opinions is not what we usually think it is, and how we do the same things in our lives. We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, T. Cottrell, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.