D&C Section Twenty-seven

This revelation came about as the result of an angelic visit to Joseph who intervened in Joseph's efforts to find wine for the sacrament. Evidently, the wine that he was going to procure would have caused them physical harm. The Lord tells Joseph that it doesn't matter what they use for the sacrament, what matters is the place where the heart is when they partake of it. What's of more interest to me is the Lord reveals that at his second coming, a great meeting will be held where all of the great prophets will be in attendance from Adam to the present day. Also in attendance will be those who have kept their covenants. These are the members the Lord refers to in verse 14 where he says "those whom the Father hath given me out of the world." People set themselves apart from the wickedness of the world through keeping covenants. How we achieve that is given in verses 15 to 18 where the Lord gives similar verses to those of Paul admonishing us to take on the armor of God. President Harold B. Lee defined the armor like this: the loins represent virtue and chesty, the breastplate represents our conduct because are actions represent what is in our heart, the feet represent having righteous goals, the helmut represents our thoughts, and the sword is the word of God. These are also the parts of our bodies that represent our most vulnerable areas to Satan's influence.